It's Past Midnight...

Yes it is past midnight and I am still awake. If this was a school night I would have been asleep for over 3 hours already. I know all you teachers out there are going to kill me, but I AM SO BORED! Of course while school was in all I could think about was summer break and sleeping in, but there are some cons to summer break:

1- I am all alone! I don't have children to entertain me and my two little, sweet, wonderful pups have been gone from us for going on 5 weeks! Yes 5 weeks! If you know Josh and I you know that we love and treat Shadow and Bouncer like they were people. Because we live so far away from out families and I don't like to board them Josh's mom keeps them for us. It's a 3 hour drive from Phenix City so when she keeps them, she KEEPS them! We went to the beach Memorial Day weekend so Jack-A got them before we left, well Sunday we leave for Hilton Head for a week so there was no way we could get them keep them for a week and a half and turn around and get them to Phenix City. To many miles. I miss them sooo much I have no one to talk to during the day (yes I talk to my dogs, like I said we treat them like people), Josh is at work and Turtle hates me so he won't even look at me. I can't wait to get them back on the 21st.

SOO I totally went off the subject, back to what I was talking about...oh yeah the cons of Summer break!

2-I spend money! Because I am alone and bored I go shopping (bad idea)! It's terrible I have the quit I MUST QUIT!! ahhhh and lastly...

3- I eat! Again I am bored, so what do I do? I go looking around the kitchen for a "Snack." Bad idea!

I am sure when Josh and I have kids my days will be filled with entertaining out sweet, lovely children. But until then I need a hobby, any suggestions??

All this talk about summer break I failed to mention I lost my job at the end of the school year.
:( Bummer I know! Right now I am in that place where I know the Lord will put me where I need to be, but not knowing what my future holds career wise is breaking my spirits! I love what I do, I enjoy going to school and teaching kids and I want to do this until I am an old lady. However it's hard to get a job where no one knows you and is not sure if they want to take a gamble on you. I feel like I would be a great asset to any school, I just have to keep the faith.

Josh is doing so well in his career. I am so proud of him and all his hard work. Some days I can tell it is tough of him, but nothing that a kiss and a home cooked meal can't fix. I am so happy that I choose him to be my husband, he's truly the best!

Oh P.S. I found out today Bouncer has heart worms :( However the vet says that he's pretty sure he caught it in time so Bounce should be fine. He has to spend the night though so I am sad about that.

Ok enough rant and raving for one night. Josh and I have an exciting week ahead. Tomorrow night we are going to Birmingham to see Zac Brown Band and then Sunday we leave for Hilton Head, SC for a week (business trip for Josh, fun week for me). Yay!

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye!

As many of you know last Sunday (May 23rd) my best friend Whitney died in a car accident. That day will be cemented in my mind for the rest of my life. When i first received the phone call about the accident I did not want to believe it. Mainly because I had talked to Whitney not 2 hours before. She had went on a date with this guy and she was so nervous the night before, but that morning she let me know that the date went "Wonderfully" and that she would call me as soon as she got back to the Delta to tell me all about it. I was frantic to find out the truth; I didn't want to believe the "he said, she said." I wanted to hear it from her family. Finally after an hour or so I got a hold of her brother and that was when my heart shattered into a million little pieces. Not Whitney, not the girl who loved life so much that it was written all over her face. Not my best friend, the one who no matter if we hadn't talked in weeks could pick right back up where we left off. Not my best friend who I shared so many silly, fun, eventful memories with. Now I lost my dad almost 5 years ago to cancer and yes that was hard, but I knew my dad was in pain and letting him go meant not having him suffer and knowing that he had a brand new body in heaven. However, to lose someone so young, so unexpected was soo much to bear. There is not a day that doesn't go by that I don't and will not think of her. I can only imagine what her family must feel, because I feel like a piece of my heart is missing.

The only comforting part of this is knowing that Whitney is in heaven. I can just see her now loudly laughing and looking down on us. Whitney is not in the ground she is in all of our hearts. As hard as it is to know I will not see her again in her earthly body, I know I will see her again in heaven and we can pick up right where we left off! :)

Happy Anniversary!

Sunday was mine and Josh's 1 year anniversary. I can't believe it has been a year! It feels like yesterday I was getting ready for the best day of my life! A lot has happened in our first year of marriage: we moved twice (Troy to Birmingham, Birmingham to Tuscaloosa), we bought a house, 2 new cars, and we both got "grown-up" jobs. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I love waking up and seeing Josh beside me. I love the way we make each other laugh and how silly we are together and how we are just as crazy about each other as we were when we first starting dating. I assume that Josh would say all the same about me :)

First thing Saturday morning Josh wanted to open presents!

I got Josh tickets to the Falcons vs. Cardinals game!
Josh got me a diamond cross necklace!! It's soo pretty!!

We decided for our 1 year anniversary we would spend it at the Birmingham Zoo (we don't have to go far to have a good time)!

Josh feeding the flamingos at the zoo. It was super weird to have them eat out of your hand!

Afterwards we went to dinner and did a little shopping. It was nice to spend the day together with no itinerary and enjoy each other's company.

Then we had 1 year old wedding cake!! It tasted better than it looked! As delish as I remembered! :)

I think I'll keep him for another year! I love married life! :)

A Year Ago...

This time a year ago Josh and I were getting ready to graduate from Troy. Boy has time flown by! I feel like it was just yesterday I was preparing to become an adult and a wife! I have learned a lot in this past year as a "grown-up." I've learned that reading a textbook and taking a test doesn't compare to what I have experienced in this past year. I have learned more about teaching in this past year then I did in all my years at Troy. Now I know what some of you might say, "You must have not paid attention," or "Maybe you should have studied more." But on the contrary, I did study (most of the time :)) and I did pay attention. Still a textbook is nothing like seeing an autistic child in action, or trying to read with a child that reads on a beginning 1st grade level while in the 2nd grade. I am amazed at what children go through at home and how the best meal they will receive is the 2 they get at school. I have learned to work on Patience. I didn't realize how little I had, and how quickly I had to fix that.

Now, I have to admit, there are days where I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to still be in college. In the mornings when the alarm goes off at 5:50 and nights when I don't go to bed until 10:30 because I am grading papers. When I see pictures on Facebook of KD events and fun things happening on week nights; I wish, maybe just for a few minutes, that I could go back. However, I realize that that is part of growing up. Don't get me wrong I love "grown-up" fun, but I would love to sleep in some mornings.

I love my husband, I love my job, I just all around love my life. I thought I would just look back at the past year and reminisce about all that I have learned about life.

The Unknown Fryer

Some of you may know, while others may not, but there is a Fryer that isn't as popular as Shadow & Bouncer. His name is Mr. T, and he is a red ear Slider turtle. Ok here's the back story of Mr. T: Last Memorial Day Weekend while we were in Florida I decided I wanted a "class pet." So as we were leaving we stopped in one of those Souvenir shops and I spotted this turtle tank. For $10 you got a turtle and a jar of food. As we were getting our turtle I asked the sales girl how long do they usually live. Sadly only a month or two I was told. So I assumed that my turtle wouldn't make it through the summer. Lo and behold it has been almost a year and he is still kicking!! When I first got him he fit in the palm of my hand. Now he is about the size of my whole hand!!! I wish I had taken a picture of him when I first got him to show his growth, but I didn't think he would live as long as he has.

This is turtle today! We have a love/hate relationship, see how his head is has gone back into it's shell. He never wants to play!! :(

This is turtle's home. He only sits on the floating rock when he thinks no one is around. As soon as someone walks into the kitchen he slides off (I told you, love/hate relationship).

Correction

My husband informed me that I should have said "No Hitter" instead of "shut Out." I apologize to all of you avid baseball fans!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

This weekend Josh and I made a trip to "Hotlanta" to spend some time with friends. Our first stop: Dave & Busters!! You will never guess what happened, the first game I played I hit the Jackpot and won myself 1,000 tickets! Yes on my first try, can you say AWESOME!! (Picture of with my winnings below)

After acting like little children at Dave & Busters we made our way to the Braves game. If you don't know Josh is a HUGE Braves fan (I spend many nights watching the games).

Sadly, the Braves lost! :( However on the bright side we did witness a shut-out!! So I can scratch that off my "Bucket List." Josh wasn't as happy about the shut-out!

We had a great time with friends we don't get to see often.