Teaching/house hunting!!!

Teaching is going pretty well these days. I have some bad days but mostly good days. I feel like I am finally getting an idea of whats going on! I guess that is a really good thing! Nick started his job. I think the first day was rocky. Yesterday and today went pretty well. I am excited for him. I think he is going to be an awesome therapist. He is working on Nana. I think she is driving him crazy which is funny but he is taking good care of her. We have been trying to drive to work together and it is working out pretty well. I stay at school about 11 hours everyday and Nick has been working a lot too. Hopefully things will settle down and we will only be working like, say 9 hours a day.

We have also been house hunting. It is pretty spectacular. We found the most wonderful house. The timing is not good but we love it. We were there two hours last night. We are thinking of making an offer but not sure yet. It is really pricey.... we will see what happens. We have seen our share of SKETCHY houses over the past couple weeks. It is interesting when someone says "oh, don't look at that big black rug.... we'll fix whats under there before we leave". Oh, and the house we walked in where there was shoes and socks on the counter top, crap thrown everywhere, the wood floors were bowed up from water damage..... needless to say we didnt go past those two rooms. WOW! I wish there were more nice neighborhoods to choose from. We have the one we want narrowed down aznd our dream house is the only one for sale in it. I will keep everyone updated as soon as we decide what we will do. Hope everyone is doing well!

First week of teaching

This is an old blog I typed up on the way home to Louisiana from Nicks graduation and never posted!

So my first week as an educator has come to an end. I have had some funny moments this week and some very frustrating times. Some of the kids love me, and tell me constantly and one child has set out to make my life miserable. I have decided to take it one day at a time. When I think I can’t put up with him anymore I will remind myself that he is just a child and that he needs my help and probably more love than the others in class. I REFUSE TO LET A SIX-YEAR-OLD MAKE A FOOL OF ME. So hopefully this week will go well. I had a sub on Friday and there is no telling what I will be walking back into. We start our real instruction this week and I am excited to teach them something. I will try to remember to post some of the funny things that I hear. You would be surprised what comes out of six-year-old mouths. My first day some of the kids were telling me that they loved me and that I was the best teacher they have ever had. I have one baby named Marcus who is just a sweet pea. He started to cry when he had trouble with a worksheet. He said, “Ms. Row, I’m so sad”. He is just such an emotional one. That’s another thing, my name! They CANT say it. It is sooo funny. So far this week I have been called: Ms. Row (quite popular), Ms. Tootsie roll, Ms. Cereal, Ms. Sereo. I just answer to anything. My main goal this week is to really get my classroom management together. It is going to be a long year and some of them REALLY have a lot to learn. Hopefully I wont let them or their parents down.

I flew in to Florida on Friday for Nick’s graduation. I was soooo excited. It was really good to see him. It seems like whenever we are together I’m home. It doesn’t matter where we are. Saturday was GREAT! I had a manicure, pedicure and eyebrow wax. Then I went to Five Guys with Nick. For any of you who have not been there, GO! It is really good. His graduation was awesome. Hopefully I can post pics soon enough. My eyes welled up with tears about four times. Not just because he was graduating and I was so proud of him. I was also proud of some of his classmates and their accomplishments. We all had our own little battles to fight and everyone did it. Also thinking about all of the good times we had. They all worked so hard. I have never been so proud of him. I know first hand how much work he put into his program, he came a long way and he did awesome! Just seeing him in his little cap and gown with the bars on the sleeves getting “hooded” (I guess that is what is called) meant so much. He deserved every bit of the night. After the graduation we took some pictures and went to Columbia’s. We went through I think three pitchers of Sangria and had a good time. We went and met some of his friends out at the White Lion after. There were a lot of people there. I think Nick had a good time. My feet were killing me in the four-inch heels I was wearing but I had a good time anyways.... and Nick liked my dress so I sucked it up! :o). Now I guess I will have to call him Dr. Cicero. CRAZY! It was nice that my parents got to go, Brian and Alecia, Jonathan and Nicks parents. Hopefully we will get to go back to St. Augustine one day to visit. It really was fun while it lasted and I appreciate the time we had there. We learned a lot about ourselves and each other and what we could do. It is bittersweet leaving but I am soo glad to bring him home. Today we went by mom and dad’s condo to pick up some stuff and visit with them before driving home. They looked so relaxed. I asked mom when was the last time they went on vacation by themselves. She thought for a second and said “never”. I am glad they got to get away and relax a little bit. They both deserve it for all they do. We have been driving all day now. I talked Nick in to stopping at Mellow Mushroom (he hates to sit down and eat when we are on the road all day) but it was really good. I am ready to get home already though. I think we have a few hours left.

So overall, this weekend was pretty awesome. My husband is awesome, our families are awesome. Life is so good. We have so much to look forward to and we are excited to begin the new journey that is our life. That’s all I have for now.