mixmastermick

DYING to know who paid to reactivate my account...!

Months or preparation and it's over in 15 minutes. I am rehashing all my answers, wishing I threw in more points, wishing I hadn't rambled, wishing I had covered missed areas. I'm kind of kicking myself about not being as prepared as I should have been and possibly missing points because I didn't cover some valuable terrain (there were only 5 questions), but I hit...
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Gahh! My interview is Thursday! I've spent /months/ preparing, but not even a minuscule amount of time practicing. I'll be fine; my practice interview went amazing. But I know I'm wasting the opportunity to polish answers by my lack of focused practice... Like surfing aimlessly instead of cracking down and studying!

My firefighting physical ability test is this Friday. And the panel interview is next Thursday. I'm confident I'll do quite well, but nervous because it means so much!

Work is going well. I'll be sad to leave Rocket whenever I start academy with firefighting.

I'm going to the Apple Festival this weekend. Should be awesome. Autumn has always been my favorite season, and I have...
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I be having a place now. SE 30th Place & Pine. It be a large old full-furnished house, my room being the only one on the main floor which opens onto the large back deck and I have my own bathroom. All utilities including WiFi for $580 a month. I may feel like having some of you rascals over sometime...

Still looking for a job... Thought I had some super promising prospects but they were kinda old Craigslist postings and they said they loved my resume but had already hired others. I'll keep on keepin' on.

I'm a Portlander!

After 2 days scrambling to pack literally all my belongings, and 3 long but quite pleasant days on the train, I have arrived in Portland. Wow am I glad to be here. I have no doubt this will be my home for decades to come. Now to get settled...!

Back in the US! It was long tiring day, but I'm excited to be back. I went Nagoya > SF > Portland > Denver > Wichita. I dropped my luggage off in Portland and continued on to Wichita. I'm home now to pack for a couple days before taking Amtrak back out to Portland.

It has not hit me at all that my time in...
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Hey there SG. Been awhile, huh? I check in every once in awhile but haven't been contributing for a long time.

Since my last blog I've rocked my new students (sad to be leaving), become an advance open water SCUBA diver in Malaysia, finished my 27th trip around the sun, experienced even more of Japan, become a ripped manbeast on CrossFit, manhandled a drunk Englishman...
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Back in pink. I need to clean up after my parents' stay though. I have a one room apartment, and it's a mess after three people living in it for 2 weeks with all their stuff in mid-winter.

Umm, something else interesting...? I weigh 83kg right now. That's 183lbs. I haven't weighed that little since my Freshmen year in HS. I peaked at 215lbs several...
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The parental units are still here. We had an whirlwind tour of Kansai (central Japan). They saw more in 4 days than many people see in 4 months! I haven't spent that much continuous time with my parents since middle school though. They were driving me crazy with their bickering! And my mom snores so I was even grumpier because of lack of sleep (thank...
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