Just putting it out there...

Email, round One...

Hello!

Hi! Match told me something about you being interested...I don't really know how all this works yet, so I figured I'd email you and say hello.

You profile says that you miss Colorado...I have family out in Colorado Springs, and I was there last summer for my cousin's wedding. I could see how you would miss it. I fell in love with it there.

Anyway, if you really are interested and Match wasn't just trying to rope me in, let me know :

) Talk to you soon, hopefully!!!

Angie

Hey there,

I dont really know how this whole thing works too much either. Just wingin' it I suppose, but Im definitely interested.

Colorado is great. I keep getting pictures from my friends with snow on the ground and deep blue skies. Heh, here we get excited if the rain takes a break. I was there for 3 years in colorado springs for my second duty station in the army.

How much time do you have left in school? Im getting antsy to finish now and I have only a month or so left. So why dont you have your German Shepard now? Im looking to get a dog now too, something in the 35-50lb range though. Cant quite decide what, but Ill probably just adopt something from the humane society.

Well if you interested in talking more, message me back.

-Dallas

RE:

Hello!

I am truly the queen of flying by the seat of my pants. I am glad that you are interested! That means I didn't email you and embarrass myself, which I am also prone to doing. I'm not so good at the "thinking before I speak" thing. I'm around first graders all day, and I think that they rub off on me a little bit in that way. :

)

The sky in Colorado was my favorite part of the state...so blue! And I know what you mean about the rain...I moved up here from California when I was in high school, and I still haven't quite adjusted to the rain.

I finish up school in June. I cannot wait! I'll have my Master's of Art in Early/Middle Childhood Education. Classes are done for me next week, and then I'm strictly student teaching. I am looking forward to it! I am looking forward to the new challenges that are going to come my way. What is your major in? What do you plan to do when you are done?

I don't have my German Shepherd yet because I want some place big enough for it to move around a bit. I'm looking forward to having one though. I love big dogs. Currently, I take care of my Gram and she has a little dog, which I'm not normally a fan of. But it's a Jack Russell, and it's super smart, so she kind of makes up for her size by being fun to teach things to.

I feel like I should have more questions or something for you, but I'm really quite awful at this sort of thing, so I got nothing :

) Hopefully that is okay? If you have any question for me, please feel free to ask. I'm an open book : )

Thanks for emailing me back!!!

Angie

Flying by the seat of your pants is a great way to go. Keeps life interesting. Im generally the "Up for anything fun" type of guy.

Colorado Skies are amazing. It just make you want to go do something even though its -10*. We really are a weird bunch to live in the NW, I always thought it was funny that some people have to take anti-depressants when moving here. I grew up here and never had problems with the rain till I left and came back.

I finished up my classes last spring for an MS in mechanical engineering. Ive just been working on my grad project and doing research for the last 6 months. I probably could have been done a while ago, but its just been so nice doing everything on my own schedule. It'll be hard going to a real job after 5+ years in college, but Im excited at the same time. Ive thought about it a lot for what I'm gonna do after I'm all done with school and unless some super duper awesome job drops in my lap, Ill probably push for a decently paying 40h a week job so I can live my life and do all the fun stuff I couldn't afford to do before. Its such a big change though leaving school that I cant really plan for much of anything, just gotta go with it for now.

Well congrats on making it through all your classes. I know after my last class it was a bit surreal that I didnt have any more midterms or conventional homework. Is your student teaching stuff paid? Im not sure how it works for people outside the engineering world, but we get paid for doing research or internships.

So is their a reason you really like German Shepherds? I grew up with an awesome yellow lab, so if I had my way and lots of room Id probably get a big lab again. I also love Huskies and always wanted one of those. Are Jack Russel's one of the smartest breeds? Right up there with Border Collies.

So what are your hobbies when you not teaching the 1st graders?

-Dallas

I am the BIGGEST weiny (sp?) ever when it comes to cold. I am almost always freezing...the thought of 10* weather makes me get goosebumps. I don't understand the anti-depressant thing either...I hear some people actually get sunlamps and just sit by them to get their moods better. I personally stick to baking and the gym. Keeps me happy and sane and active.

I know what you mean about the big change from school to the working...I'm looking forward to seeing how that goes. I'm pretty jealous that the internships your field has are paid. Mine are not. Which kind of sucks considering teachers really don't make much anyhow. I really don't know how the system works the way it is. I'm in a teacher's class, teaching her kids, and she's getting paid, even though I'm the one doing all the work. It doesn't make much sense, but that's the way it goes, I suppose.

I like German Shepherds because I grew up with them. Although honestly, I'm just fan of bid dogs, and intelligent dogs. I'm an animal person, so as long as I get my fuzz therapy, I'm good. Jack Russells are super smart. I don't know if they are the smartest, but Maxie is pretty brilliant, so I'm cool with her bugging me.

When I'm not teaching first graders, I'm at the gym, reading, dancing or playing rugby. I'm kind of weird...my hobbies don't seem to really go together. Most people think because I dance ballet and read I shouldn't be into rugby, but I honestly adore it. in 2011, the world cup is going to be in New Zealand, which is where my favorite team is, so I'm pretty much going if I have to swim there :

)

What about you? What do you do with your free time?