LRCE, Obama, Kali, slumber parties, etc..

So, president Obama was sworn in yesterday. It was quite moving. I think it would be something special to have been there to see all of those people. I am really excited about what he will bring to the table. It is great to see such hope from people who never cared before. Poor guy has a lot to live up to though!

I am still waiting to here from the LRCE program to see if I got in. I hope I do!!!

Nick and I went and looked at the apartment he will be living in when he moves back here in May. Can I say... it is BAD ASS. It is only $50 more per month than our apartment now and wwaaayy nicer. I feel like we are getting gypped! I am excited to visit him there. The only problem is that the guy who lives there is sooo old. The furniture is all new but it is all old people furniture. He really liked me and Nick. He seemed lonely which made me sad. We sat and visited with him for a while. e gave me such a big hug when we left it made me sad. I told Nick to call him to go play golf since he lives on the course. He may!

Last weekend was a lot of fun. Nick and I went out to Wasabi for sushi for Shannon's birthday and then we went out downtown. I work with some pretty great people. I will miss them so much! This weekend we are having a "reunion" at a friends house and there should be a huge turnout. I think it will be fun and worth the drive to Jacksonville!

I cant wait to get my hair done tomorrow!!! I am desperate for a cut and color... i am out of line at this point! I will post a picture although it may not look too different!

Mom also got new counter tops this week. This brown granite color. She sent me a million pics and I can t wait to see it in person! I was also on the phone with Kali forever yesterday. I told her a long time ago that when I move home that we will have a slumber party. She is still so excited about it! She said that she is going to make a map of the house. She wants her uncle Nick to "build her a stage for karaoke!" I almost died and tried to explain to her that uncle Nick doesn't know how to build anything. She also said that we need to make invitations and cookies and have a tea party. She said all the girls can "wear their Easter dresses...I have mine and its pink with white dots". She asked is Nick was allowed and I said no boys. She then went on to ask why boys don't have slumber parties. I explained to her that they usually call them sleep overs. She said all the girls MUST bring: pajamas, Easter dresses, and sleeping bags. She said we could all do each others hair and nails. She is pumped and so am I. Every time I talk to that child I think of how much fun I will have with her when I move home. I think I love her more than anybody I have ever met. I don't know if I will be able to love my own more? I hope so. :)

Anyways...Hope everyone has a good rest of the week. I am trying not to work too much even though I worked about 11 hours today! BOO... I cant wait to teach! Everyone say a little prayer that I get in... I think I will need it :)

yay for my interview being over!

I did my interview for the LRCE program today. It went pretty well and I have high hopes of getting into the program. It seems like things are finally falling into place. We are going to start packing this weekend and we are going to look at the apartment Nick will be living in when he comes back before graduation. Hopefully, there will be no new work drama. I cant take anymore!!!! I was in my car today from 8 am to 4 pm. I was in the office for an hour and then picked Nick up, CRAZY! My poor car, I can't wait to get a new one.... one day!

times a tickin'

I just finished typing my resignation letter!! WOO HOO

weekend fun

It has been a pretty laid back weekend. Friday night Nick and I went to see Yes Man. It was funnier than I thought it would be! I wanted to see Bride Wars but Nick was having none of that. Sat. we went and played tennis. I am getting better every time I play. I have mucho respect for tennis players who are actually good. It is harder than it seems! sat. night we went out downtown. It was basically me, Nick, Chris B and Chris D. So they talked most of the night about things that I am not at all interested in. It was still pretty fun. We went to A1A and Sangria's. They had some really good bands out in little St. Augustine. I believe this is the most popular time to visit. The town is still completely lit up with white Christmas lights and the breeze from the water is breathtaking. I will really miss this place. Today, Nick and I slept late and ran some errands. I made homemade sweet potato fries. They were pretty easy and good. I am nervous about moving back home and I think every day about how much I will miss it here. If only I liked my job it would be terribly hard to leave. I wonder when I should start packing? I have to pack better than I typically do because we got specific instructions from the moving company. Who knew to put 4 inches of either crumpled paper or bubble wrap around all breakable items? Not me. I have a feeling that some of my things wont make the trek... but at least I wont be loading and unloading that crap. Anyways, hope everyone has a nice week. I am praying that this work week wont be as bad as the last few. :)

35 DAYS TO GO!

so, I think work is overrated! I am stressed out all day at work, i am not sleeping, and I have a car full of everything one of my kid's stuff. Nick and I started driving to work together this week. It is going ok. It makes me realize just how much I work. I feel like I cant possibly pack everything in to a 9 hour day!!! Tomorrow we have to drive separate so that I can work later. I'm so over it!!! I guess I should start a countdown to unemployment....

35 work days until freedom!!!! (not including Martian Luther Kin day because we are off). Does anyone have a resignation template I can use? I want to have it ready. Thank you Jesus!!

I thought this was funny! :)


“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.” Drew Carey quotes

Pictures

our New Year group
Happy New Year!
The gurls
we liked the horns
getting drunk
at the Caterie
jojie and jude
me and my baby sister
go dad go!
sporting the skinny jeans
sara sitting nicely watching the game
taboo
my babies
sad because it was his last day at home
enjoying the bed

Bye bye 2008!

So, I have not blogged in quite a while. Between working my ASS off and vacay, I haven't really had time. I can say that I am truly enjoying Nick's time off of school. He starts work on Monday and we will be commuting together as much as possible. It is nice to have some time where I get him al to myself. Xmas was ok, Jenn wasn't home so it was weird. Not like I didn't enjoy the rest of the fam it just felt incomplete. My dad, me, Kali, Nick, Sara and Jamie all went bowling one day. I think dad likes the particular alley we went to just for the food. Between us we ate 48 chicken wings, fried mushrooms, fried fish, french fries, and fried shrimp salad. And it was delish! Good memories! And we even got to play taboo a couple of nights while I was home. We went to the caterie one night and that was fun to hang out with Jo and Jude. We used to hang out there all the time, it is weird going back!

Life in St. Augustine is weird right now too! Duncan doodle is with my mom. I now know what it must be like to have someone die. I sometimes find myself talking to or about him as if he was here, may sound strange, but we forget that he isn't here. Poor baby, mom said he had fun running around the yard today, I hope he doesn't get hit by a car like all of the Crosbie dogs of the past! I would die! Work is not going so well. I am completely overwhelmed by the responsibilities I have and I am counting down the days until we hit the road. It is not like I am thrilled to leave St. Augustine, but I sure am looking forward to moving on to new things.

New years was really fun. Nick and I were both pretty plastered. We went out to eat sushi for dinner then met up with friends and went out after. It was kind of funny, we were toasting to the new year and it went as follows... me: "I am excited about 2009, I cant believe you will finally graduate this year and we will be home" Nick: "yes, here's to unemployment and living in a trailer...your right, at least I am graduating" Then we both laughed. It will definitely be a year of many changes. our goal is to go wherever life takes us and to hopefully have jobs and a house by this time next year. But, you never know! At the end of the night we called three different cabs. We ended up being stranded, sitting on our friends door step in the cold waiting almost an hour for one to show up, we laughed again saying "So, I guess this is how our year is going to start" :) We finally got picked up eventually and ended up going to bed at 4 in the morning. We woke up late today, went out to lunch and went to see Benjamin Button. It was a good movie, but pretty sad. After, we went next door to the Hallmark store because ll xmas ornaments are 50 percent off and we don't have many. We decided to buy each other a xmas ornament every year. Nick bought me one that is really pretty that has Noel written on it which is my middle name. I got him a Santa on a surf board so that we will remember that it is from St. Augustine. We also bought a gold cross and a turtle. I will miss it here, we are collecting boxes and we booked a moving company. I am nervous but excited.

I hope everyone had a nice New Year and stayed safe. Hopefully, I will be posting pics soon.