Homeschooling Convention

This is one convention we didn't actually get to attend. George was a speaker and I thought we might go one day, but I got laid off. So with my new job, I can't take any time off (for now). Luckily, George's session was on Sunday night AND we got free passes to Disneyland! Actually, I would've been thrilled with a ticket to DL, but these were 4-day park hopper passes -- whoohoo! And we got one for Auntie Kohl, too. Shoot, when we went to checkin, the dude asked me how many we needed. I could've said 5 or 6! Oh well, I'm too honest for my own good.

Anyways, we got there, got our tickets, parked, and went to look for food. We actually found a decent, inexpensive place near the pool at the Grand Californian. If you go to DL and need a cheap meal, head to White Water Snacks.



We got George over to the room where he would be speaking at. He got all settled, started his presentation. I took some video, Kohl took some pics, and we were off to California Adventure.



When CA closed, we headed back to the Grand Californian to pick up George. It sounded like he had a great session. When we went into the room, I left the door open in case people walking by wanted to join in. However, one the participants closed the door so that he could hear the presentation without all the hallway noise. Nice that someone was that interested in what George was talking about. A few people stayed to chat afterwards and it seemed they really got something out of the presentation. Go George!

Layoff #7

In case you hadn't heard, I received another layoff notice at the beginning of August. Although, I knew my boss was looking for new assignments for us, I thought that any notice would be 60 days. Wrong. We had two weeks. I guess I just assumed I wouldn't find anything so quickly. Usually when you start a job search, it takes two months just to start getting the interviews. Luckily I was wrong. One of my old co-workers put me in touch with her old boss. My checkout with HR was on a Thursday. My new boss contacted me Thursday morning. He asked me to come in Friday morning for an interview. Since Friday was technically my last day, that worked out. By Friday afternoon, they had canceled my layoff. Thank goodness! Now I'm even closer to home and working right around the corner from my parents. It's actually the same area I started working 20 years ago and it's changed so much! However, they could only promise me work for one month. Apparently the whole department is in the same boat and we just have to wait for the final decision. Keep your fingers crossed!