Happy 9th birthday Alayna
(Alayna wrote this song-to the tune of Happy Birthday- for me to sing to her to wake her up on her bday. Original spelling kept to save the integrity of the poem.)
“Penguguins live in a zoo,
There also meant for pets to,
But im not getting one for your birthday,
And remember that for Christmas two!”
She invited lots of friends over for her birthday party. We were originally going to get “Mr. Poppers Penguins” but it didn’t come out in time, so we went with Alayna’s favorite movie, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. I let her pick out her decorations (she is very particular), her cake (we had the lady there put on her name for free), and the rainbow cupcakes for her class. She LOVES being able to pick all that out on her own and decorate her own way.
The kids watched the movie and had lots of popcorn. Then we opened presents, had cake and ice cream, and then played outside. Overall, I think it was a huge success. Her daddy even bought her flowers!
Fantastic and Exciting News
I have never once regretted my decision to resign from teaching at the middle school. I felt strongly I needed a change and a “new direction”. I’ve been searching diligently for a new job for several months now. I was offered one, but turned it down due to some concerns I had. I was offered a possibility on another and turned that down as well. Then, I thought “Maybe I’m being too picky”? But then I have LOVED being home and stress free. I always knew if I could start feeling better and have no stress I would be a force to be reckoned with.
Anyway, the 1st week of August a job popped up for a media secretary at Jefferson High School, which is exactly the type of thing I’ve been wanting (I think?) So, I figured this was as good a time as any to try, right? Long story short, I thought the interview went great and they called (after several grueling days) and offered me the job. They said my references were “absolutely impeccable” and they were excited to have me. I start on Monday so wish me luck. I’m taking a break from my Master’s for a bit to lower the stress and make sure this is what I want to do. I have lots of worries about this new change and how I will fit in, but I know how happy I am in libraries, so we shall see.
Not such great news
I promise I am NOT being ungrateful here for the job, but I found out there is no air conditioning and the required dress is dressy casual, of which I have very little. See, NONE of my clothes fit anymore, which is a good thing, but fashion right now is hideous which is BAD! Fur vests? Really?? Can anyone picture me in a fur vest in an un-airconditioned library? I think not. Ruffles? Ok, some people can pull off ruffles, but I am not one of those. I look like a pirate and the ruffles go around my face like a picture frame, so not a good look. Also, shirts with HUGE arm holes. Really? Is that where we want people to look? After about 3 solid shopping days I came home with 1 pair of black pants and a sports bra. So, wish me luck on Monday! Maybe I should go into fashion design and make affordable cute clothes for people my age to still want to look young and don’t want to enter into a mid-life crisis. Is that too much to ask?
Kayla and the Drama of the Sophomore Year
Ok, so I won’t go into a ton of detail except to say sometimes high schools suck and I wish a charter school were here. Basically, Kayla has had a couple of health issues so she has had to miss PE and so I petitioned to get a waiver and have it dropped. The idiots at school won’t drop it til she has a dr note and the dr can’t see her again until Tuesday. Argh! So, they made her sit in the counseling office. I finally pushed and got this quarter waived until we get the dr note which hopefully waives the remainder of the year.
THEN, they said we missed the deadline to add a class by 2 days. They make NO exceptions. Ever. Did I say “idiots” yet? So, they can add a study hall. But she ALREADY has a block study hall. So, we went with a different option and ordered an interior design class from BYU independent study for high school students. She is SUPER excited so she will do that class during the 2nd study hall.
Domestic Goddess of Awesomeness
*I probably should have put a disclaimer at the beginning of this entire blog entry to let you know most of it would be about me!
Now that I will be working pretty much full time (6 ½ hours a day), my previous job of “Domestic Goddess of Awesomeness” shall probably cease to exist. And I was on SUCH a roll! You would all be shocked at everything I accomplished this week. I probably should have relaxed more (and I did some like relaxing bubble baths to read during the day) but I felt like I had so many things that were needing to be done, I just couldn’t help myself. You know me.
I scrubbed the outside of the outside fridge which hasn’t been done since we moved here. I scrubbed the door going from the laundry room to the garage. It used to look black, now it sparkles white. I transferred almost all of the kids treasure boxes into color-coded bins. I made their awards binders. I started working on the blog for our 1st year of marriage and Marisa’s birth (I should have been shot for the bangs I had!) I dusted and deep cleaned, I put up our new family picture. Let’s just say, so I don’t list and bore you to tears, that I TOTALLY rocked this week. Now I go back to survival mode?
Odds and Ends
●Marisa went on a temple trip on Saturday to Nauvoo. Tyler wasn’t able to go since he spent all Friday home sick with a fever and Kayla was sick as well. It’s starting already? Really? Kayla and Alayna even spent some time in the nurse’s office this week. Good grief, people! Do I need to send you to school with masks on? Bob is literally following everyone around with Lysol. He even squirted Tyler’s pillow when Tyler’s head was still on it!
●I have some more excellent and exciting news! BOTH girls (Marisa and Kayla) earned an academic letter for last year and will be awarded for it at a huge assembly this week. It means their grade average stayed above a 3.9. Kayla will get a special Honors Award and Marisa is getting a special Distinction Award. I am so very proud of them and their efforts.
●Alayna is one of the most creative people I know! She brought home her cupcake container after school and turned it into a housing area/spaceship for her squinkies. It’s awesome!
●Made more spaghetti sauce!
Private blog
After a ton of consideration, I finally decided to make our blog private. I had someone leave an odd anonymous comment and then someone try to advertise Abercrombie in my comments section, so I figured it was time. I sent invites out to those I know that read it, but if you know anyone who reads it and needs an invite just let me know. I promise I am not trying to exclude, just protect.
2 comments:
Glad to see the school year is underway so "well"....Happy Birthday Alayna!
Wowza! That was a doozy of a blog entry! I have to say I feel your pain about clothing. I seriously was JUST complaining about that to Aron. We should collaborate for clothing for women our age. There is a definite need. I said "We can't wear clothes from Forever 21 anymore, and we're not old ladies, don't want to wear THOSE clothes!" Yep, definite need. Let's do it. I've got the brains, you've got the looks. Let's make lots of money! (Ha ha, or vice versa, you've got BOTH)
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