Grumble

So things have been fairly boring around here lately. So I was excited when my friend from work asked if I wanted to walk my dogs with her at the park this evening. So we got all packed up in the car and met her over there. Unfortunately, her dog was smaller than I thought (he's a schnauzer, must be a mini) and Scout absolutely does not like small dogs, and her dog definitely didn't like him back. We adopted him from a rescue when he was 3 (he's 4 now), so who knows where that came from. So, after 5 minutes of growling and barking (oh, and Rufus slipping out of his collar...luckily its not the first time that has happened and its easy to get it back on him), we headed back home. I think part of it was due to the fact that my dogs are both neutered and her dog wasn't. I'm just disappointed because it was something fun and active to look forward to. We're gonna walk sans dogs soon at least, but its lame that our dogs can't get along. And I don't know what to do about Oh well.

Yesterday was pretty interesting. I don't know what's going on, but I'm hoping its just allergies gone crazy. I went to sleep with one eye bothering me and woke up to the other one bright red. All the kids thought I had pink eye (its gotten better since so I think I'm good). Oh, and I managed to forget my lunch at home so I had to eat cafeteria food! Thankfully we were having pizza so it wasn't too bad. I'm just out of it I guess. Here's hoping the rest of the week goes by a little faster!

In other news, I think my taxes are finally on their way to getting done, yay! That's one less thing I have to worry about. Oh, and I got my state inspection on my car done yesterday. I think my to-do list is finally getting smaller! Now if only Nick's truck would magically fix itself...

Weekend Update

I'm bummed that my weekend is coming to an end. It was a really nice, relaxing, fun-filled weekend. And it was just the break I needed. I think I'm finally over my sore throat/cold, although I still have a horrible-sounding cough.

Truthfully, I'm slightly bored with today, but I think that's because I haven't started a project or anything, knowing I'm going to bed within a few hours and have work tomorrow. I've done the not working thing, and I know I go slightly crazy. But a nice break every now & then is good. And I wouldn't complain if I had another day added to my weekend...

Anyway, yesterday I lazed around pretty much all day. It was glorious. I attempted to go do some stuff with my car (not the broken-down one that's still sitting outside my house), but found out I couldn't do it until Monday...oh well. No huge loss there. I really didn't do much of anything until that evening, when I went to the coffee I co-hosted for my battalion. It turned out being pretty fun! It wasn't quite the crazy party it was last time, but we had a good time chit-chatting and stuff. We decided on a St. Patrick's Day theme, so we did some beer-tasting which was fun. I found some beer I can actually tolerate, ha ha. I was actually the one to shop for the beer and apparently I did a pretty good job! I had to get some weird ones, like blackberry and banana bread, which were actually decent. Here's a picture from last night:



Pretty much the same ladies as last time & a couple new ones. Next month we're going to have sushi, yum! So that was fun.

Then today was church, which was great, as usual. I hadn't been to a service in a couple of weeks (Spring Break, nursery last week), so it was really nice to go to one today. It reminded me how much I love my church. After this crazy week, I was able to praise God for getting me through it. And the sense of peace I had about everything was amazing.

And Heroes at Home was great this week! I know I recently wrote about how frustrated I was that the leaders of the group were leaving at the end of May. But, I was talking to some of the other ladies today, and even if there isn't a replacement to lead the group, we really want to make the effort to try to get together a few times a month. So that was really exciting! I really feel like I'm getting to know people in that group. There are 2 ladies in particular I really like, one of which keeps sitting with me during the service. So that's really cool.

The rest of the afternoon was pretty chill. Rach came over yesterday to deliver my candles from the candle party (my house smells so good!). I was telling her about all the crazy house and car stuff thats been popping up, and she offered to let me borrow her husband to help. So they came over today and helped me get into the attic (long story, but I finally put my Christmas ornaments away, ha ha), checked out the car (still have to take it to a mechanic, boo. But at least I know I'm not crazy), and helped fix the roof of the patio because this happened:



Somehow with all the rain we've been getting recently, it pooled on the roof & made it sag like this. So now all the water is gone, although I think we have to replace that one piece of roof. Oh, and my neighbors fixed the fence, so now more jailbreaks from the dogs! Yay! I swear though, this has been the week that everything goes wrong. Does that mean the rest of the deployment will be smooth sailing? Please?

You're Kidding Me

So as I was writing my last post, I realized both dogs were outside...and it was a little quiet. And if you have 2 crazy dogs, quiet is definitely not good. And this afternoon when I came home from work, I noticed yet another hole in my fence. And this time its an actual hole (I think it was the wind this time). Rufus actually escaped once into my neighbor's yard (a different one this time) earlier, but he's small and comes back really easily. This time it was both dogs. Thankfully Scout was really excited to come back in, so he squeezed through really quick, but wow. Its a sign of how crazy this week was that I'm not even phased. I'm just laughing to myself at how ridiculous this week has been. Good times.

Long Week

Oh my gosh, I am sooo happy its finally Friday!!! I honestly can't believe Spring Break was only a week ago. This week just dragged on. I can't believe its almost April though. We're like at the 3.5 month mark now! 4 months is just around the corner.

Obviously, having to deal with the whole car situation was hard, and the communication this week with Nick was less than normal. He's been super busy and we've just barely missed each other. Overall, I was kind of in a funk this week and being sick didn't really help. All I really wanted to do was sleep. But I'm doing much better now. I have a fun weekend ahead (another coffee with our coffee group tomorrow!!!) and I'm just excited to relax a little more.

Work was kind of annoying this week. I absolutely loved working with the kids, but for some reason, my morning duty was changed. I used to do morning recess with the 3rd-5th graders, but I got switched to Kinder-2nd grade. Its not a huge deal, but it seemed really random. I wasn't really sure why I got changed, but my principal made a comment yesterday at a meeting that basically inferred that she thought I wasn't strict enough with the kids. There was one recess a few weeks ago where she saw a couple clingy kids hanging around me and she commented on that. So I think that's why my duty was switched. I don't know, it just kind of bugged me.

Also, I found out that the church group I'm in for spouses of deployed soldiers might be ending in late May. At least, the people who run it are leaving. I understand because they've been doing it for like 5 years or so, but they are awesome people, and there's no word yet on whether or not there is a replacement for them. So that's kind of frustrating.

Like I said, it was kind of a rough week. And if last month was an "I'm over this deployment" month, this was definitely an "I'm REALLY over this deployment" week. But, I made it through. And I really feel like God was able to use all of the craziness to empty me out so I can be filled back up with Him. Sigh. TGIF. I'm so glad this week is over!!!

Pictures!!!

Ok, finally, here are some pictures from my vacation. I went to the San Juan Islands in Washington state. My gramma has a house up there & we usually go every summer (since I was like 7). It was a pretty sweet vacation (can I take another one?):

View from the porch

Another view picture

Moi

Sunset

In front of Nick's perfect house (it belongs to family friends)

My brother has like 700 more pictures, but most of them were from before I got there and I couldn't choose! There were too many good ones. But ya, it was a totally relaxing and nice vacation. The only thing that would've made it better would've been Nick. He has actually never been up there in the (almost) 6 years we've been together. One day soon though, definitely! It was a little chilly (we got a little snow, although it didn't stick), but overall great. I wish I could go back!

Still feeling a little sick...my throat is a little sore & I have a headache on and off. Hopefully I can get some extra sleep tonight & nip this thing in the bud.

The Ordeal

I finally have time to update! I kind of took the night off because I was completely exhausted coming home from work today & had a headache pretty much all day. I skipped working out (obviously) and taking the dogs on a walk (also because there was a storm on the horizon) and just laid around. It was wonderful.

Obviously, yesterday was a little bit stressful. What was meant to be a 30 minute errand turned into a 2 hour ordeal. I was taking Nick's truck off post because unfortunately, it didn't sell (grr) and their policy is that you have to take it off the lot for a month. I had my friend drive me there and after a little hiccup, the truck started up fine. I managed to drive about a mile when it completely died. I pulled over and after a few more tries, I called the roadside assistance.

Of course, it was an 800 number so they had no idea what I was talking about when I was trying to explain where I was on Fort Hood. Like, I was near a gas station & they were like, what is the name of the gas station? Ya, it literally just says Gas Station. And they asked what the cross streets were...I was off a main road, but I was basically coming out of a parking lot. Good times. Thankfully, the people in town knew to call me to figure out where I was.

Anyway, then this one guy came and tried to jump start the car (I mentioned it might be the battery) and put gas in it...no go. So, he said I needed to call a tow truck. Awesome. So I called and waited about 30 minutes for that to get there. Finally, they showed up and I got home around 8:30. My poor dogs hadn't eaten yet, I hadn't had dinner, and it was about time to go to bed.

It was just so frustrating being stuck literally for hours and not being able to do anything about it. I felt so helpless. And really, in the end, I just got home. I still have to somehow get it to a shop and have them fix it. Inevitably, I just wanted to get home last night and not have to deal with a shop (which would have probably been closed at that point and would've meant I needed a ride home). Which is going to mean more time and money. I'm so glad we're getting rid of this car (if it'll ever sell) because I don't want to have to deal with stuff like this anymore. Honestly, we've never had a problem with it. Yes, it was sitting in a parking lot for like a month without being driven, but still. My car would be totally fine if that happened.

I wrote Nick a big huge E-mail about it (he was already well asleep by this time). I think what made it worse is that I couldn't call him and vent about it. I just had to suck it up and deal with it by myself. I did have some friends call or offer to help (and pray for me, thanks D.A.R!), which I am so thankful for. But really, the only option was having it towed. It wasn't going anywhere. Good times.

This is an instance of what we Army wives like to call Murphy's Law of Deployment. Anything that can go wrong while our guys are gone will go wrong. This is my first hit from Murphy, but man, it was rough. And I'm already a little stressed out between trying to sell this truck, and getting my taxes done, and just the amount of stuff on my to-do list. And transitioning back to normal life from Spring Break hasn't been exactly fun either. I'll be very glad when this week is over! I think the stress from yesterday made me feel sick all day today. So again, I'm trying to just give it over to God and get on with life. I don't have to get the truck fixed anytime soon anyway.

Oh, and I promise pictures from Spring Break to come soon! I may have to steal some from my brother because he took a million.

Maybe Not...

So maybe I'm not really going to be updating today either. I had quite the interesting afternoon/evening (I believe it added up to 2.5 hours total) involving Nick's car dying on post and having to call not one, but two times for roadside assistance. I'm finally home & the car is parked out front. Oh, and my neighbor (who I just met tonight) is a mechanic and offered to look at the car tomorrow. Its been a long night & I'm gonna scarf down dinner and head to bed. I promise, tomorrow I will really try to update! I should have time, unless something crazy happens like tonight. Its been one of those weeks.

Tomorrow

So I was going to update about my Spring Break and all that jazz, but my camera is out of batteries and thus, I can't load my pictures onto my computer. And I'm just tired and don't feel like it. It was a long day & I'm trying to kind of ease back into my routine (which surprisingly seems so foreign after only a week away from it!). So ya, hopefully I'll have time and the motivation to do a proper update tomorrow. As for now, the TV & my puppies are calling me.

Spring Break

Just wanted to do a quick update. I'm spending my Spring Break up in Washington state in the beautiful San Juan Islands! My brother & his friend left this afternoon so its just my parents and I for the week. Its pretty chilly up here (in the 40s), so we're doing a lot of hanging out and relaxing, which is just fine with me! Its so funny how it feels 10x colder up here when we were just having weather like this in Texas (although I checked the weather now & its in the 80s, HA! Of course!). Although, it has snowed a little bit, but didn't stick.

The internet and reception are pretty sucky up here (maybe 1 bar...every once in awhile), so we're actually at the library taking advantage of the free wi-fi. Otherwise, things are pretty uneventful. I'm just enjoying sleeping in and laying around (although my parents did bring their Wii Fit!). Its nice to not really have any responsibility, but I miss my dogs like crazy. I realized this is their 6th time in the kennel in a year...eek. I don't know the next time they would potentially go in the next year though, so thats good.

Traveling up here took literally all day on Saturday. I think it ended up being 14 hours in 3 different airports. Two of my flights were delayed, but thankfully I made all my connections and ended up getting here...eventually. It really wasn't so bad, but I was tired! I'll be sure to post some pictures when I get home. I might steal some from my brother because he took some amazing ones!

I doubt I'll update again this week, but I'll be on the way home again on Saturday (another long day!) and then back to the routine...

Month 3 in Review

We are officially 3 months done with this deployment! WOOHOO! At times it seems like its flown by & at others, its creeped along slowly. Its nice to have such a milestone (1/4 done), but at the same time, I can't help but think about the other 3/4ths we have to get through. I'm trying not to focus on that too much though. Anyway, here are some of the highlights from the month:

- Installed my own beautiful sunflower showerhead...ahh. So nice! And I did it by myself!!!

- Wasn't too miserable on Valentines Day, mostly due to the beautiful roses I got from the hubby! :) And the kids at school helped a bit too.

- Celebrated my dogs' 1st (Rufus) and 4th (Scout) birthdays!!! They really enjoyed their gifts and I enjoyed being a dork & "wrapping" them for them. They've only destroyed one of their new toys, so thats pretty good.

- Spent my 23rd birthday in San Antonio with my wonderful parents who flew all the way from California!!! Went to the Riverwalk and the Alamo, ate at the top of the Tower of Americas & got a wonderful massage!!!

- Had a crazy, fun weekend going to a candle party and a "splurge" party at a local clothing store! I got a lot of cool stuff & didn't spend toooo much money!

- Got slightly stressed out about life in general and all the things I have to take care of on my own. I've been consciously trying to just depend on God and give Him my burdens and things have been getting better. I still miss my husband terribly and wish I wasn't the one in charge of everything, but I know I'll get through this. It was definitely an "I'm really over this deployment" month.

- I survived (barely?) TAKS testing day (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) and had to wrangle a class of Kindergarteners and deal with a snake in the vent. Lets just say it was a day I won't forget anytime soon. Oh, and did I mention we have 3 more of these days before the year is over? Great...

- I successfully linked my TiVos (I know, I'm a dork)...ahhh! I like TV a lot, if you didn't know. I feel like a technical guru. Oh, and this is definitely not necessarily a "big girl" accomplishment (something I did on my own during the deployment) because my husband is...shall we say...not technically savvy. Still awesome though! At least I'm excited.

- Started a mini herb garden. I have chives, rosemary, mint, oregano, parsley and basil. Some have started sprouting up already too!!!

Deployment Goals

1) Bible Study- Been good on that front. Still loving my Stormie Omartian book. Thought about joining a small group at church but then I realized adding another thing to my schedule might send me over the edge.

2) Get in shape- Still good at this. I definitely have been walking the dogs every day (even in the rain) and have been very consistent with the Wii Fit. I've also added 10 minute DVD workouts to my regiment daily. There haven't been any huge changes, but my BMI is definitely going down little by little.

3) Cooking- This month, I made my sister's chili (YUM!) and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes. Let me know if you want the recipe. I also spent some time grilling (I'm getting pretty good) and made a delicious Soy sauce steak (I stole the recipe from the back of the soy sauce bottle), mmmmmm! Let me know if you want any recipes.

4) Church- Other than when I'm out of town, I've gone every single week. I helped out in the nursery (1s & 3s) twice this month too.

5) Work on the house- Does keeping it clean count? Oh oh, the sunflower showerhead definitely counts! And I got an automatic waterer for our tree in the backyard. And I fixed part of our floor. And my dad helped out with a few things while he was here too.

6) Read a new book every month- Ya, I'm kind of in the middle of like 3 books right now. Didn't get a chance to finish one.

I also want to add a goal:
7) Work with the dogs on obedience-I really need to do this. Its not like they're terrors, but Rufus' new trick was not fun (jumping on the tables) and he really needs to stop jumping in general...on counters or people. So, instead of just complaining about it, I'm actually going to do something about it.

Countdowns:
25% done with the deployment!
28% of the way to R&R!

Prayer Requests

- Sleep/rest for Nick. He's been doing a lot of night missions lately, and seems a little worn out.

- Quality of communication. Obviously its a little difficult to have a relationship when you're thousands of miles away from each other and don't have consistent communication.

- Strength and patience through the rest of this deployment. Obviously this deployment has been wearing on me a little bit lately. I could use the strength to get through the rest of it and the patience to not be so affected by the little things.

Some of the things I'm anticipating in the next month:

- Going to Washington state for Spring Break (TOMORROW!!!). I'm pretty much anticipating relaxing and keeping warm (drinking hot cocoa, snuggling under blankets, etc.).

- Building my new stools for the table on the patio!!!

- Another "coffee" with my coffee group in a couple of weeks- this one involves St. Patrick's Day (a little late, but oh well) and beer tasting. Should be interesting and fun!

- Being even further along with this deployment.



Alright, off to bed. I have an early flight in the morning!!!

I Heart my iPhone...

And why do I love my iPhone so? Because I can instant message my husband from work! The only time I really have my phone is during my lunch hour (they're kind of strict about phones at work), so I decided to just check if Nick was online one day...and he was (yay for internet in his room, by the way!)! So I can sit and eat lunch and chat with him online on my phone. LOVE it!!! I'll have to remember to thank my parents again for that awesome Christmas present (although they read this, so I basically already did)!

In other news, we are getting a whoollleeee bunch of rain! I'm totally loving it. We haven't had rain like this for awhile. I'm a sucker for a good thunderstorm. Although it definitely makes me want to sit curled up under a blanket, reading a book, in front of a fire. Too bad I have to work, ha ha. Crazy person that I am, I actually walked the dogs in the rain today. I feel bad having them cooped up all day while I'm at work, so I subscribe to the Cesar Milan (Dog Whisperer) idea of walking them every day (although I only do 30 minutes instead of 45). Its good exercise for them and for me and they're slightly less crazy at bedtime. Anyway though, the walk in the rain really wasn't that bad. It was only really sprinkling. The only unpleasant things were when the rain flew directly in my face and my hands getting a little chilly (I really need to remember my gloves). Hey, at least it wasn't 14 degrees this time!

Rufus' New Trick

So my crazy smart dog (or rather Nick's dog...mine is the good one, ha ha) has figured out a new trick!

Yes, he is standing on his crate...

...and attempting to climb on the table!

These were from last week and he has now escalated to having all four paws on the table. That dog is too smart! Pretty amusing, although annoying too. He hasn't tried it today, thank goodness. He is promptly pulled off and told no, and I moved his crate a little further away from the table.

Not too much else going on. I'm still kind of getting into the groove of Daylight Savings (I swear, its never been this hard to get used to), but its definitely getting better. I'm still trying to go to bed at my normal time and waking up at 6:15 on a regular basis definitely helps. Although I could do without it being pitch black when I get to work in the morning (kind of makes it hard to watch kids on the playground, ha ha). I wish I could take a nap at about noon (after lunch), but I'm doing alright. In true Texas fashion, the weather has been absolutely gorgeous (80s), and the next 4 days are supposed to be rainy and not get above 60 degrees. Hilarious!

I'm definitely getting excited for Spring Break. It is still SNOWING in Washington state, but that's still sounding pretty nice. Frankly, just having a break from school sounds pretty good! I still have some preparations to do to get ready, but in true organized fashion, I've planned out the next 3 days. I was slightly freaking out because Rufus needs a Kennel Cough shot to be boarded (his expires the day I take him to the kennel), but there is an awesome vet in town who takes walk-ins, yay (the on-post vet is ridiculously crowded & I couldn't get in)!

I went out to dinner tonight (mmm, Mexican food!) with a couple of other wives and we started planning our coffee group's next event. It's going to be in a few weeks and I'm getting pretty excited! Alright, I should get off to bed while I'm still tired.

Daylight Savings

As much as I love the fact that it is now going to get darker later, Daylight Savings Time is kicking my butt. It was so painful waking up this morning at 7:15 and having it be dark out. Although I guess it doesn't really matter on weekdays, since I'm up for work well before then. But still. Losing that hour of sleep was tough too. I think I still got like 8 hours, but it was really tough getting up this morning. I wanted to take a nap when I got home from church, but the dogs weren't having it. And, of course, now, when I actually need to go to sleep, I'm wide awake. This is definitely going to take some getting used to.

The sun set today at like 7:30pm though, which is sweet. That means I can enjoy my patio and relax outside longer/later...maybe I'll even eat dinner out there. I've been watching the stools that match our new table (the one that I built) and they finally got a little bit cheaper, so I jumped on them. Hopefully they'll get here before I go out of town next weekend for Spring Break. I probably won't get the chance to put them together, but at least I'll have them and they won't be sitting on my front porch for a week.

I'm starting to get really excited for Spring Break. I'm going up to my grandmother's house on San Juan Island off of Washington State...one of my favorite places in the world. Its absolutely gorgeous up there. Although my parents and my brother just got up there this weekend, and apparently its snowing!!! Ya, it was like 85 today here. Might be a little drastic of a change, ha ha! But there will be lots of tea & cocoa and curling up on the couch with a blanket...sounds pretty good to me! Hopefully this week of school will be much faster than the last one!!!

Lazy Saturday

Ahhh, I can't tell you how happy I am that it is Saturday. This was seriously the longest week ever. I had a nice relaxing day. I did a little bit of stuff around the house, but mostly just hung out. And I went to a chick flick with Rach, which was super fun!

I had kind of a cranky night last night and this morning wasn't much better. I just had like no patience and the dogs were driving me nuts (barking, playing, etc). And I was trying to mess with our wireless & I thought I screwed it up. So that was frustrating! Thankfully, we're all good today & I successfully linked our TiVos, wooo! I know, I'm a dork. I was really excited though.

I got to talk to Nick for a long time this morning too, which was awesome. We had a lot of frustrations getting ahold of each other this week, so it was much needed.

Oh, and I may or may not have mentioned on here that I was thinking about working summer school, but I just found out its going until mid-July and I'm planning on being in California for the month of July (because I have time off & my sister is having a baby!). I was kind of stressing about the decision to work, so I'm glad I don't have to worry about it anymore! Yay!

How Did I Forget This?

So you know I must've been fried yesterday from my day with the Kindergarteners, because I realized this morning that I completely forgot to write about the most eventful part of my day.

So there I am, doing a little science experiment with the kids, when all of a sudden, one of the kids points and says "What's that?". I looked up toward the ceiling and there was something coming out of one of the air vents. I thought it was one of the kids messing around, so I didn't think much of it...until it started moving! Um yeah, there was a SNAKE coming out of the air vent! It was just a little garter snake, so nothing really to worry about, but since when are there snakes crawling up in the air ducts?! I calmly called the office & told them the situation, but by the time they showed up to take care of it, it had slithered back up.

Ya, how did I forget to mention that yesterday?!

Today was back to normal at work, thank goodness.

Feeling Better

So I'm feeling much less stressed today. I pretty much just woke up with a better attitude. I mean, I still with Nick was home & the entire burden didn't fall on me, but I'm better. I think I was kind of dreading school today because I knew it would be a long day. It definitely was...I spent ALL day with 18 Kindergarteners (and I mean all day. I had 2 bathroom breaks and that was it). I'm pretty fried. It was like being a sub again...not my favorite thing in the world. They weren't necessarily bad, they just had a hard time being quiet and listening. Which can be extremely frustrating.

But, I made it through the day! And although there will still be some testing tomorrow, I think I'm pretty much back to my normal schedule. Thank goodness! Its so funny because a year ago, I would've told you that I'm better with younger kids, but after working with kids up to 5th grade, I definitely prefer the "big kids". I don't know what it is, but they frustrate me sooo much less. I don't know if it would be better as a permanent teacher (rather than a sub), but man, for whatever reason, I feel like I'm not cut out to be a teacher. I just don't have that commanding presence that some people tend to have. But, like I said, the day is over. Thank goodness!

Worn Out

So as fun as this weekend is, I think I need to slow down a little bit. With my new schedule at work, the only real break I have all day is my 30 minute lunch...and even that hasn't been completely solid lately.

Due to aides being out and whatever, we've been ridiculously short-staffed in the cafeteria during my duty. I have been told more than once that I might have to stay later and push my lunch back...um, to when? I literally don't have any other time in the day. Thankfully, it hasn't come to that, but its just really frustrating to hear. And this new lunch duty is waaay more stressful. It isn't the kids or anything, its just the fact that it does not run smoothly by any means. So thats not helping matters. And doesn't really help my attitude about my job.

And when I come home, the dogs pretty much need to be walked immediately so they don't drive me nuts. And then I try to get my daily work out in so I can shower at a reasonable hour. So at this point, its about 6:30 or 7 when I can finally relax. And thats on days when I don't have to run errands or do chores around the house. Phew.

I'm just burning out. And I'm realizing how far away R&R is. Yes, we're almost done with 3 months, but we have like 6 more to go until I get to see my husband for those precious 2 weeks. Good times. I'm doing alright, just a little worn out. The stress of taking care of a house & 2 dogs and working full time is just stressing me out a little. Its moments like these where I'm glad I'm not a teacher. Only 2 weeks until Spring Break...thank goodness!

Whirlwind Weekend

I can't believe tomorrow is Monday again already. Wasn't it just Friday? Anyway, its been kind of a crazy weekend. Yesterday I did some relaxing and even took a nap. I checked a few things off my to-do list, but overall I was pretty lazy. I kind of needed a day like that though. Then, in the evening, I went to a candle party with Rachel. It was really fun & I got a good amount of candles for not toooo much money. Who can refuse candles though?

Then, this morning was church & I was planning on going to Heroes at Home (the group for spouses of deployed soldiers, but then Rachel & her hubby were a little shorthanded with the 1 year olds in the nursery, so I helped out. They were soooo cute! We had 13 of them and it was surprisingly not that crazy. We had a couple of criers, but overall it was pretty fun. Some of them were really snuggly and cute.

Then I ran some errands and ate lunch and did some housework (fun, fun) and soon I'm off to another party for a friend of mine's FRG. Phew! It should be fun though. Its at a local clothing store & we get some good discounts!!!

Oh, and I'm sleeping much better, by the way, thank goodness. I don't think I'd make it through this week if I wasn't. We have TAKS testing (Texas' standardized tests) on Tuesday & possibly some of Wednesday. And I'm covering a Kindergarten class...lets hope this week goes fast. Oh, and yay for it being March! Almost 3 months down with this deployment!!!