Home Sweet Home

We got the house! (insert squeals of glee here) So excited about moving in and getting settled into our beautiful new home! Can’t wait! We sign the lease August 30 and can move in after that! Yay! I’ve already done a little shopping for my room in the new house and have been anxious to get started on the packing! And dog shopping!

Other than the new house excitement, we just got back from Eastern Washington where we did a little camping/hoteling with Beth and her family and fiancé. It was really fun to spend time with her that didn’t involve wedding stuff. It’s not that I don’t enjoy wedding planning and prepping with her but it was nice to have another little mini-vacation. We spent all day at the lake, enjoyed campfires, played board games, read books, and just enjoyed doing nothing.

On Sunday, we (Mom and I) are hosting a bridal shower for Beth so tomorrow and the next few days will be devoted to getting ready for that, I’m excited! It’s going to be fun!! I still need to come up with a few shower games and then get some decoration stuff made. But most everything is planned and ready.

Busy, busy weekend ahead! :0)

Dream House?

So we applied for a house today, we should hear back tomorrow afternoon! Prayers would be greatly appreciated! :0)

Spring Break Not So Great

It’s the first day of spring break technically, and typically that means sunshine and blue sky. Well not here, it’s rainy and a little thundery too. And right now my mood matches the weather outside.

School was good, a half day easy enough. The kids finished some writing from the week and we ended the day with a drawing lesson. I was feeling good about everything, leaving for Boston late tomorrow night and a chance to not think about long vowels, pencil sharpening, and when you should use a comma. 

Then, I came home.  Dad and I were sitting on the couch watching an old movie on TV, pretty typical behavior for us and then he got a phone call about the potential for job openings here in the district next year. After he got off the phone, he proceeded to tell me about a colleague of his who has family looking for teaching jobs in Portland and how they are on a 2 year waiting list just to sub and that there will more than likely be a good chance for me to get hired here again next year. And in response, I reminded him that I don’t want to live here, and so he started suggesting nearby cities that I could live in instead, and I told him again that’s not what I want to do. And he responded well I just don’t understand why you would want to move away from a job here, and not in the nicest way.

Now, I’m feeling like crap. I thought parents were supposed to be supportive. I know it’s risky, I know I may be turning down opportunities to work here but it’s not where I want to be. I’ve tried it here, I have no life. I feel like it’s just passing me by, I go to school, I have play practice, I have YL but I don’t really have any connections with people. It’s just nothing.

I’m so tired of feeling lonely, and like an old lady who hangs around the house all the time. This year especially has been really hard, in a job that I’m not necessarily crazy about and trying to make the best of that situation. And now, I feel like if I do go through with this plan to move with my sister my dad is going to be really mad at me and our relationship will suffer. I understand why he’s worried, I get it. But can’t he see my side too? I just don’t know what to do, I can’t make everyone happy. And for once, I’m trying to figure out what would be the best decision for me, and I’ve thought about it a lot and I really think this is it. So maybe I won’t be a teacher for a while, I can deal with that. I can get another job. I know I’d be fighting for a job pretty much anywhere, and yes leaving a district I’ve worked in may not be the best career move but isn’t there more to life than work…it feels that over the past 2 years that’s all I’ve really had is work. And I want more than that.

Here’s hoping the rest of break is better than day one.

Hot Off the Presses!

So, firstly it’s official, well as official as it can be at this point, but the parents are in the know and I am Portland Bound the summer of 2011! Super excited, nervous, you know all those big emotions that go with a life-changing-ish decision. A little worried about the ordeal of finding a job, getting an Oregon teaching license, finding a place to live. But super stoked about what’s around the corner!

Now as for some less groundbreaking news. My lovely sister posted on my Facebook wall with a link to this blog and a suggestion that I take place in the 30 for 30 Challenge. So I cruised around and checked things out and basically am now obsessed with this whole idea to shop in my closet instead of shopping elsewhere for clothes;  to really see what clothing it is that I have, and what I do or don’t need.

I am proudly taking part in this fashion challenge, which might be quite difficult seeing as how many clothes I have in my closet - narrowing it down to 30 was practically an all day process. And honestly, I feel a little bit sad for the clothes that will be hanging in my closet untouched for the next 30 days. I am also agreeing to not shop for clothing for a month, which will be a feat for me. :0)

To help keep myself accountable and to do my best to stay on task, I’ll upload pictures each day with the outfit I’ve remixed from the 30 items I’m styling out of my closet.  I’m excited and also a little leery about what the end of the 30 days outfits might look like…but I’ve never been one to shy away from something a little quirky.

I  already have several outfits put together for the first work week, and am hoping we won’t have snow, torrential rain, or freezing temperatures like we had last week that will make me want to ditch this whole plan in favor for my less fashionable but cozy winter clothes. So it’s onward and upward, here’s hoping for the best with Portland and my 30 for 30 Remix!