As many of my friends know, I am planning to move up to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah and work at Indian Hills Elementary as a PE Instructor. Many things have been falling into place quite smoothly, a bit smoother than I first imagined. I have already got a home locked down, as well as a job!
I went up to Salt Lake City in Early July to get things finalized. The first thing I did was get my key from my roommates brother's wife. She was very nice when she showed me the house. After that I went to Tooele for the weekend to spend time with my Dad for July 4th. I have got to say it was a blast. Dad and I pretty much did anything we felt like doing. With him, I got to see Grandma and Grandpa Walters. It is always a thrill to see them. It was too bad Grandma had to work most of the time. In Grantsville we watched this parade. My favorite float was the Bonneville Brewery. The guy on it was acting kind of drunk and yelling "Come get your whiskey" and he would pour some on the road. It made me laugh and I had to get a picture. Later, Dad, Jen and I had burgers grilled with some yummy potato salad and pickle spears but the next day was even better. Dad introduced me to this place called Penny's which had pretty darn good burgers. I tried the inferno which was there "hotter than hot" burger. It tasted delicious but it tasted fairly mild to me but I have eaten some pretty hot stuff so that is no surprise.
After wards, I went to my U of U orientation. I will be honest. Not much to say about it except for I was excited. The orientation was actually quite draggy because they mostly talked about the same stuff that Dixie State told me every semester. What are the rules and expectations? What is considered Plagiarism? You get the point. I did explore the campus however and I was quite wowed by it. It was a huge upgrade from Dixie State University's campus. The student center has it's own bowling alley!!!
Later after my U of U meeting, I got to meet with the principle of Indian Hills Elementary. The people there call him "Doctor Arnoldsen" because he got his doctorate degree from William and Mary University. He seems like an easy going principle who likes to work with kids. He has definitely given me reason to look forward to working there. One thing that definitely made me excited was meeting with one of the students. Doctor Arnoldsen was giving me a tour of the school and one of the teachers was setting up her class room. Her daughter happened to be with her. Doctor Arnoldsen told her I was going to be the new PE Teacher and then the Mom/Teacher told her daughter about me and she began pulling off the biggest grin at me. It shook me up a little because it was a much different reaction than you would expect high school students to give. Do not get me wrong, I have absolutely loved working at the high school, but I am excited to work at an elementary school. My biggest objective right now is to keep getting experience towards my career goal before I get done with college and I feel since I have shown I could work well in a high school setting, its time to now prove to myself and others how well I can handle working with younger kids.
The nice thing was Doctor Arnoldsen ended up offering me schedule flexibility. That is very nice because that makes attending college much easier. I will just meet with him as soon as I get my new schedules and we will decide how to work around it.
So yeah, I am pretty much upgrading everything. I will be getting bigger paydays, live in a bigger home and attending a much bigger school! Do not forget the entertainment. I will definitely have to go to some Ute football games and of course go see the Utah Jazz when the San Antonio Spurs come into town! I think it's going to be a lot of fun being up in Salt Lake. It will be a lot of work but there will be some super fun moments too. You all know me. I will find ways to make it fun. That is just how I role!
