New life, new shoes.

Well. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I’m sure you all know this by now, or at least I hope you do, but I am now living in Hawaii. Yes, it’s pretty awesome. I’ve been here just about two months now, Brett and I found a great studio near the University where the landlords have chickens and grandchildren who like to chase them into our house. It’s absolutely fantastic.

I spent the first bit of summer taking a graduate seminar in Public Health which was thrilling, and then searching for jobs. After many many hours and many more applications and resume touch-ups, I landed a gig sweeter than I could have dreamed of. I swapped two part-time restaurant jobs for a full time position teaching at the most prestigious school in the state. I am no longer just Erin, I have taken up the title of Ms. Allmann, marine science teacher extraordinaire (or at least ordinaire, I hope…) It’s really amazing, I applied as a substitute, and they had an opening for a full year full time teacher teaching marine science, so they called me up a week and a half before school started, and well, here I am! I just finished my third full day. And by full I mean I teach four out of eight periods. And the students are so much better behaved than we ever were as kids…it’s strange. They come in, and sit down, and when I tell them to do work, they actually do it. Unnerving. That’s private school for you, I guess.

Well. I think that might be it for now. I’ll be back in CA next week for Holly’s wedding (whoohoo!) and that’s really all the news I’ve got.

oh! and I won third place in a photo contest put on by Fujifim and Riteaid. So thank you older brother for being my model and dad for letting me use your camera. (I told you the shot was worth you getting hurt, Josh!)