This time of year the days seem to drag by at a snail’s pace in anticipation of summer. The coming week has been one that has been in the works for a long time for many reasons. I can’t even believe that it is finally within a few days away of some of these major events. It seems that everyone around us has change in their future.
- I’ll start with the best one. My husband is retiring. He’s leaving a job that has been great to support our family but has royally sucked when it came to schedules. He has worked days, swing, and graveyard all in a 28 day span. Our family has been unable to have any sense of normal schedule. He has missed a lot of the kids activities over the years and of course, has felt bad (aks: grouchy) when on graveyard. He officially has one more day to work and he is home for good. Now if we can find him a little day job, all will be well in our world.
Packing his lunch on one of his last nights to work.
- Have you heard that Texas is in a bad financial mess? Well, it is. So lots of good teachers are going home with retirement incentives. My friend Susan is one of them. I think she was planning on retiring this year anyway but this made it easier to decide. WAAAHHHHH. The only good thing about this is that she has offered to run errands for me. It may actually work in my favor.
Catchy slogan....I hope it's true!
- I really don’t want to write about this because it makes it real and hold me accountable. I want to keep it secret and then if I fail nobody will know. I like to do that. Not fail, but keep my failures to myself. Anyway, here goes. I’m going to take a college class this summer. It is super difficult and I wake up at night in a panic telling myself that I can’t do it. I’m going to try though. I have to devote at least 6 hours per day, even weekends. That is if you learn at a normal pace. I may need 12 hours per day since I haven’t been on the other side of a desk in a few years. I plan on shutting down my facebook and texts for 6 weeks. (or until I drop the class).
Return address....
I think I have 6 books for this 6 week class.
There are a few more little things that I’ll try to post about as we go. These are the three main things that will make life so drastically different. Well, all on the heels of Joy getting married. I guess this will be the year of change for our family. While all are good, they will require adjustments. I’ll have to get used to him being home 24/7. And spending less money. And Susan not being across the hall. And having to study. And the last time I was in college my mom helped me with all my projects. I think we can do it. (even though I’m mortified)
Tomorrow is her big day but we are busy from start to finish. So today, we have spaghetti and finger foods. Happy early birthday Boo.
Joy began the wedding planning with a certain idea in her mind. Her main goal was that everything look perfect.
Feathers? Yes, there were feathers and jewels.
While the design of the flowers and the cakes were important, most of the time went to choosing the design for the favors. Joy wanted a cookie buffet and found a way to serve them that went along with her invitation design.
I think it was all a hit. The main hit of the party was the bottled drinks. My sugar free raspberry lemonade “punch” was OK. (Mom had insisted we have punch) The little vintage bottled drinks seemed to be the hit of the party.
Yes, everything came together just as it was pictured. Well, except for the Brittney song “Crazy” on the reception play list. I guess nothing is ever perfect.
I think it was pretty close though.
