Where'd Summer Go?

Also known as, hello end of August!

Yes it's been that long since I updated! Lesee what's been going on....

- Sean and I celebrated our 3 month-versary last Sunday. We went to church together for the first time in a very long time (because of Sean's night shift job), went to the library, then headed out to Markham, VA for peach picking! It was a deliciously beautiful day and we got 2 large bags of peaches to enjoy :)

- My job has been tossing ideas back and forth as to my position this fall. They are still preliminary, but just imagine the possibilities of teaching somewhere in a daycare, and you probably hit the nail on the head.

- I created/modified 2 delicious recipes. Hopefully I'll post one tonight - Teriyaki Chicken, yummy!

- My family is down in Virginia/Southern US for a little over a week. Tim will be done with his boot camp next week and packing up for Liberty!! Sam and Phil spent the night last night - I went to bed like an old lady, they stayed up til almost 2 playing Halo!

- My car completely bit it; we had to have it towed because the spark plug needed replacing. The mechanic tested it, said instead of just a new head, I'd need a full engine because things (aka serpentine belt and compression valve?!) came off or broke. Repairs? Overe $3k. So.....

- We bought our first new car! It's a 2010 Yaris, very beautiful. We still can't believe it's ours! Although it was my car that broke, Sean has laid claim to the beautiful metallic-colored hatchback with it's deluxe package :P Ah well, I'd rather not be responsible for keeping that thing nick-free ;)

- My PreK class is down to 12 kids. I know it's nearing the end of summer, most of my kids will be going to public school this fall and not our Kindergarten class, but it's still weird. Hopefully this week I'll get my new roster and get a large batch of kids!

- My assistant and I are getting along, praise God! We went from terrible to okay, to tolerable, to good/bad days, to joking and laughing amid the stresses! I'm not sure how long it'll continue, but I count my days one blessing at a time!

- Almost half of my thank-you notes are out! I know, that sounds terrible, since we just celebrated 3 months of marriage, but frankly, we both have full-time jobs, I bring my work home AND do planning/library shopping/minor classroom purchasing on the weekends. I'm happy we have more than 15 out:)

- My grandma (mom's ma) celebrated her 84th birthday in July! I called her on the phone and talked to her for a bit. I wish I could visit her, but working full time and being fairly new (almost 1 year!) at this job means no vaca time for a while.

- The apartment is pretty near complete! I loved putting photos online to share with family and friends who aren't nearby!

- Sean and I have had visitors! Of course, never when Sean's around, save for the 10 minutes after he got home from work this morning, and that was my family:) Anna came over to make some extreme amounts of banana bread and Tina and Josephine got to see the apartment after a night out last month. We both home to entertain more people, but for now we're trying to survive day-to-day, especially because....

- Sean switched schedules. Bleh. I was beginning to get used to the previous one, but at least this one gives him every other weekend off!! Unfortunately it's a lot of 12-hour shifts, but it was amazing having a weekend off together last week and I'm not about to lose it now!!

- I got a small random case of mysterious hives 2-3 times this week. We played the guessing game for nearly an hour trying to figure out what it was: new detergent, unclean peaches, too many peaches (haha), something at work, those 15 pieces of rice I ate off the OUTSIDE of the sushi roll someone brought to Bible Study...yeah =P Benadryl worked in getting rid of the bumps the first night, but 1) they knocked me out toooo well (as in, Sean came into the bedroom to check on me all night and I didn't hear him once) and 2) the bumps returned about 2 hours after being in work. I tried the cream the next night, but that did nothing :( Hopefully it was something that's out of my system now and not something that's at work!!

- I have struggled with trying to help Sean find a birthday gift for me. The problem is that I don't have a lot of tangible, purchasable needs. It takes some hard thinking for me to think of stuff I like that people could get: Wicked paraphernalia, Rascal Flatts, organization stuff, mani/pedi (maaaybe, depends on the day), books, movies... I feel bad not having something for him, but maybe that means I'm content ;)

Wow that was a lot of typing. Thanks to donating my computer chair - which was putting dents into the carpet, thus sent to Tim's new place for school! - I'm using our exercise ball (from....Bill Monthie??) to sit on. I'm now realizing how much time I spend here just because I've had to balance myself. I'm usually one to sit on one leg or criss-cross my legs; however, I canNOT do that with the ball :) However, it is fun to sit in!

Alright in 9.5 hours, I will be on the road with Mom, Dad, Sam, and Phil off to Grandmother's house!! I haven't seen her since the wedding in May, so it'll be nice to catch up a little. Pray that our time isn't wasted, that we hold tight and create memories that'll last a lifetime! It's hard to grow up when you finally realize that you can't stop time from happening.

Hopefully this post hasn't bored you to tears. If you made it this far, congrats! I wish I had something to send you, but I honestly don't post on this blog frequent enough to have prizes readily available :) Other than a totally awesome high-five! =)