Monday Meanderings

It's my favorite month, February!  I have had writers block and a lack of time to write but am making myself try to get caught up.  As always, the best way to do that is with a little meanderings...

Meanderings on...

The New Job...I started subbing and shadowing the teacher 3 weeks ago today but she had her baby over the weekend so I officially started the long term sub job today.  It has been a crazy 3 weeks and so much has happened.  I've been extremely discouraged but think it may start getting better?? At least I hope!  I love the students but it's pretty overwhelming with the number of students.   On a positive note, I am learning so much!  I can't believe how much there is to know. sigh. I am so thankful for this opportunity and am really looking forward to the next 3 months to see how much I can learn!    Yay for being a teacher!

On Apartment Hunting...When we moved here we had planned to buy a house by the end of our lease but as I shared here, we paid off my student loans instead so have some more time in an apartment.  We don't like our location at all and want to move further west so we decided to spend all day last Sunday after church apartment shopping.. We found some great places in great locations all in our price range but in the end it looks like we're going to stay put.  In addition to losing money on our non-refundable deposit,  the idea of packing and moving again hasn't really motivated us to pursue another location. So as it stands right now, we're not moving...but technically haven't yet signed this lease, so only time will tell!

On Super Bowl Sunday...We went to a local brewery just the two of us.  By half time (which by the way I thought was terrible!) we decided to head back home and on our way in ran into a neighbor who Jason has talked to before and he invited us over to their apartment for  the second half! How nice was that!? And their dog gets along super well with Cooper which is also a major plus! Speaking of the Super Bowl..did you see the Clydesdale commercial? Oh my gosh...so good! I miss horses! You can watch it here if you missed it. So cute!

On Feelings Last Week...I had a really hard week last week.  It was actually cold here and the sun wasn't out, Jason was out of town, work was really killing me and I don't even know what else. But it was a bummer.  I've decided that a major reason I have found it to be easy to transition here minus the lack of friends and family and city life is that the weather is just amazing.  It's been in the upper 30's - 50's almost all winter and the sun is ALWAYS shining. So the few days of gloomy, extra cold weather mixed with my job totally sucking and my husband being gone all took a toll on me.  I think I'm out of that funk...at least for now.

On Going to the Bulls Game...in Colorado...Thursday night we're going to the Nuggets game!  They're playing the Bulls and I am thrilled!  I LOVE the Bulls and especially going to games and have been super excited to go to a Nuggets game here but the tickets are expensive.  Super thankful for Jason who researched and found us some reasonable tickets!  It will be a little sad and weird to be at a Bulls game and not see Bennie but ahhhh I cannot wait!!

On random thoughts about Calendars!...I'm back at using a "daily planner.". Ever since 2005 when my planner fell in the bucket of water I had that collected water from my radiator I have used a palm pilot or phone to keep my life organized.  My phone now has my calendar and I love that everything backed up but with my new job I just have too much to add and keep track of and obviously cannot have my phone out during the day and I don't always have my computer so it's back to the old planner. I haven't figured out yet if I'm loving the new planner or hating it.  Time will tell...

Speaking of backing up...I got a new iPhone last week!  Ever since I got the new phone in October the battery has been terrible. I finally did something about it and brought it in and they checked the battery and told me I had a bad one so could get a new phone. I'm not convinced that the new one is any better but at least it's a start!  And it backed up just fine and everything!  Yay for technology working for me!

On Decorating...So everyone knows I hate clothes shopping but now I've realized I also have a serious problem decorating.  I've always had my mom to help me but obviously when there's 1,000 miles between us I don't have her to help me. (another part of my meltdown last week with missing home) I cannot decorate to save my life!  I wanted to hang all these pictures I had developed and bought all these frames but they didn't look good once I had them arranged together.  I've been so stressed about this the past week and it's killing me.  Yeah, I probably sound dramatic but I'm serious. I'm literally losing sleep over this and need some help!  I guess that's why people pay interior decorators? I cannot be the only one out here who is this challenged in that area...can I?

Happy Monday all!  Hope this will help me to get back into blogging!  Love you all and thanks for reading along!  Night!