Duchesne

It's starting to be hiring time for the next school year, so I've been looking around for job openings. Honestly I've been a little less than enthusiastic about it though. I haven't been very excited since being rejected 4 times. But I went to the Teacher Fair at BYU and met a few people. I saw the principal from ALA (where I applied and interviewed in December), and he recognized me and acted really friendly and even asked for a resume. He told me they may have an opening for next year but it didn't sound super promising.

Anyway, I met some people from Duchesne County School District. That's about 2 hours east of Provo, out in rural Utah. They are super desperate for teachers who will come out there, so they wanted to interview and show me around. It also seems to be a geology-rich place, so I figured we could at least check it out.

Well, it turns out that 2 hours feels a lot longer when you're actually driving than when you're thinking about driving. It felt like we were going on a road trip!

But at least it was really scenic!

On the way home we stopped at a little rest stop.

I did the interview, it went really well, and I toured the school. Everything seemed really nice and it would probably be my dream job if it weren't for the commute. They ended up offering me the job, but we decided to turn it down because nothing would really make sense. I'm not going to spend 4 hours every day driving. Moving in between would be expensive and inconvenient. Living apart will just not fly. And lastly I can probably get a job elsewhere that's closer.

But it was, really, a very fun road trip.

I really love these power line holder thingies. Emily and I always called them cat aliens. Every time I see some, I take a picture and send it to her.

We passed by lots of giant fields, with these cool twisty sprinkler systems. We also passed through Uintah National Forest and by Deer Creek Reservoir, but didn't stop for pictures.