A Taste of Normalcy....

Sean and I have learned to deal with him being on night shift - and a weird variety, at that. I try to make sure there's coffee either 1) in the house or 2) prepped in his coffee machine before leaving for work. I try to clean up so that all he has to do is go to sleep, wake up, shower, clothe and head to work. Occasionally, I'm an overachiever and make his dinner....lately I've slacked and relied on the frozen food sales at Safeway and stocked up on some delicious-looking Lean Cuisine.

However, there are moments that make me envious of "normal" couples.

Take yesterday. Sean decided to sleep in the evening rather than staying up to help him switch to night-shift "mode" for the following worknight due to a meeting this morning. I actually got to sleep. In the same bed. AT THE SAME TIME. With my HUSBAND. And the awesome part was it didn't feel weird like some adjusting days are (geez, who's taking up the bed??? haha....). He got up around 6:30 and was ready to go. I needed to have covers surgically removed to get myself up by 7. He came in and snuggled with me, woke me up by talking gently to me. It all ended when one of us said "Hallo" and the other responded "Salut" and ended with Sean looking for the Numa Numa video on YouTube. We actually were able to get ready together, since I was asked to go into work early. It was fun for both of us actually HAVING to be awake at the same time and cherish the moments we had!

I'm grateful for those moments God gives us...even though Sean couldn't nap today and had to work his 12 hr shift tonight, the feeling of some kind of "normal" normalcy was...pleasant:)

Refreshing...the Disney Way

Yesterday was a tough day of work. On top of my morning, when I went to walk to Starbucks from work (a meager 6 or so stores down), the sky literally turned black, the wind started howling against the massive building, and thunder, lightening, and rain all poured down at once. It was incredible. I stood there talking to our Asst Director for the last 30 minutes of break, drinking down the coffee that they provide for parents in the morning.

After that, the day was just barely bearable. Lots of things that someone wanted to do one way, but I had to correct.....did I mention I hate correcting adults? Especially when it's something that we initially agreed on, but then they wanted to do things their way. Ooh, what gets me if they change it because they feel the child is incompetent....*shudders* That just ruffles my feathers at a whole new level of upsetedness....*Ahem* Anyway, yeah the day was long.

I texted Sean during a bathroom break and asked him if we could have something special tonight, like milkshakes. He said definitely! When I got outta work, I called him - he got the milk, I got the ice cream (yay for being in 2 stores at once and comparing prices:P).

We got home within 5 minutes of each other. Since we have to clean out the fridge a bit, we had delicious leftovers of stew and stir-fry :) We decided to watch "Up" while eating it. I'm pretty sure we were done with our food before the intro finished and were just staring at the TV the rest of the time. I remember at one point just pausing it to get orange creamsicle milkshakes, but otherwise the story drew us in fantastically!

After watching it, Sean commented that this was the best Disney Date Night movie ever. I agree. It was very emotional, especially for Disney! When the credits finally finished, we sat there, completely embraced, pouring out ILYs left and right ;) We decided to go out and catch fireflies at that point. I caught one and one caught Sean :) We then walked and talked all the way to CVS and back for a soda.

The rest of the night was devoted to Fallout 3 watching/playing. I love video games, but I'm definitely more of a watcher than a player on gaming systems. On the computer, I'll take over in a heartbeat;) I love showing Sean support as well - we both get very into the game and sometimes I'll check to make sure he's not missing any prize items before he leaves a location ;)

It was definitely an awesome night for both of us - even though we didn't stop the game until 1am, and after that we just talked for a while. I love being married, especially to someone who's willing to be spontaneous and shows love for me when I've had a rotten day :)

Time for an Update

Hello, Mrs. Rebecca here!! It's so strange thinking I've been married for 8 days today! The wedding was beautiful - if I take the time to take pictures off a USB stick, I'll post them. The weather was very cooperating; in the morning we had humidity, followed by a 15 minute downpour, then nothing but blue skies the rest of the day! There are so many aspects I want to talk about, like how my Mom panicked because it took my old roommate longer than expected to fix my hair and makeup, or how Sean and I decided last minute to not take the tandem bike into the sunset, but went for his pollen-covered car instead, or me smashing cake into Sean's face when he was being nice ;) So many memories, and so many people arrived that I didn't expect!

Sean and I have been enjoying married life! We like the idea of not having one of us drive home at 11pm to our separate homes, to wake up and have your best friend there to say good morning to...in person! Haha we joke about how much gas and text messages we'll save just because we're in the same place now - it's true! We spent the week after our wedding relaxing, goofing off in the hotel (no seriously, they have 4 glass elevators and we spent a long time trying to get them all onto the same floor...without ticking off any of the other guests!), shopping for jackets because we forgot ours, making Amish Friendship Bread, and organizing our apartment into a home. Adding my stuff PLUS all the wedding gifts has been a trial, but we have been very polite with each other while trying to make room for the essentials :)

It was really hard going back to work on Thursday, but my kids missed me! My assistant teacher had helped them make a sign for me that said "Welcome Back Mrs. Rebecca! We missed you!" or something of that nature:) They were so adorable on Thursday, but Friday they were back to their normal tricks. Next week my director decided to have parent-teacher conferences for the PreK rooms...bit torn on how to respond there: glad they're happening, but not that quickly! I had to take home 17 assessment sets to fill out on each child, how they've progressed, and match it to the papers I had them do on Friday (colors, shapes, numbers, letters, words, names) to show their progress. I am praying that all goes smoothly - I think that the teachers are supposed to share the meetings, but I don't feel comfortable doing that, so I'll be doing mine on my own (yipes!). Pray that I have a clear head, as this is the last time I meet with the parents - other than our "graduation ceremony" - about their child going into Kindergarten in the fall, whether in the Kindercare or in the school. Pray that I can clearly show parents what their child needs more of in order to enter school without fear of being behind!

Time to go get my laundry out of the car! My former landlady let me know that I could come over and do laundry anytime I needed to, so yesterday I brought over 2 Rubbermaid tubs filled with dirty laundry - yippee? I got to visit with my former housemate, Josephine, and go shopping with her, make pancakes, and watch Sherlock while the laundry did its thing. Now all I have to do is bring the tubs back into the apt - it was about 12:45 when I got home last night/this morning, so I didn't feel like toting anything in at that time!

Alright, I think I've rambled enough. Laundry - and then church! - here I come!!! :)