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Tomorrow is a very exciting, anxious, nerve racking day. Tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen- I will be attending my first day at the elementary school I am going to be teaching kindergarten at. Of course, I have been there for several weeks working in my room, but tomorrow is the official first day for teachers. I am a little nervous at this point with lots of "what ifs"....

What to expect?
Will I live up to the requirements?
What if my kiddos hate me?
What if I forget to do something?
How am I EVER going to make it to school in time?
What if my assistant thinks I'm bossy?

This is just about 2% of all the thoughts flying through my head at this point. I know everything will work out though, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to be in this situation.

Today was filled with a little bit of nothing...
I went to lunch with some members of an education board in Greenwood. They have "adopted" me, if you will, for the school year and they bought me lots of goodies for my classroom. We enjoyed a nice little lunch at O'Charleys. From then, I went to shop around a little. I bought 3 new shirts for school, 2 more canvas boards for our house, and some groceries at Corleys. I then came home to waste away time on Facebook (instead of writing the 23984443 thank you cards that are still sitting there... mom!). A little while later I ventured off to Zumba for an hour workout. It was soooo hard to get there, but once it was over (like always) I was so glad I went. The hubby went to Lowe's while I was there and got a few things for the house. When we came home, I fixed a quick supper of chicken strips and baked potatoes and we enjoyed that on the back porch.The rest of my evening has been spent organizing files on my jumpdrive for school tomorrow while Tim and a few others are fishing on the pier.

Anywho, I should have been in the bed about 5 hours ago since I will be getting up at 6 AM. It's going to be hard to fit in my 12-14 hours of sleep now with this school schedule :) I'm not complaining... just rambling, it's called- nervous energy.

Well, off to pick out my clothes and TRY to go to sleep, I'm normally just getting started at this point of the night. This should be interesting. Night all!

Summer

This post title is disappointing to me- the end. I love summer... I love other seasons as well but I guess summer is a favorite because of the time off. I enjoy spending time laying out, swimming, fishing, lake days, and of course beach vacations with the family. Doesn't get much better than that- besides Christmas time when everyone is together again for celebrating the holidays. Once summer is over, I am ready for Christmas and vice versa.

So, being at the lake for the later part of the summer has been wonderful for us. I can honestly say we are getting very spoiled out here and I can't imagine not being able to sit on our screened in porch all the time while looking at the lake. Don't even wanna think about it. We have been sure to make the most of the time out here. We are loving having family and friends over for grilling and porch time! We spent the afternoon today in the lake on floats, which was rather humorous. Who knew Lake Greenwood could be a freaking wave pool/high tide at the ocean? When we weren't relaxing on a float, we were jumping off the pier like crazy people, followed by some late night fishing. SO MUCH FUN! I am going to miss these days..... but even more than that, I am going to miss the "free time" I have had. I don't feel like it has been much this summer with wedding planning, getting married, and getting settled in- but I wouldn't trade it for anything. It is now time to go back to school.. sigh. Don't get me wrong, I am excited about a new year with new sweeties- but there is nothing like late summer nights with not a care in the world. I'm getting depressed now writing this, so I'm going to go put some gel in my hair and sit on the porch, again. I may just stay up all night and sleep all morning tomorrow, only 1 more day of freedom with sleeping late... and those of you who know me, know that this is what I dread the most. Being in town at 7:10 coming from the lake? Wooooo.... don't know how that's gonna work out. We shall see.

1 OUT OF A MILLION

So, last night when I went to wake the cute hubby up to move him from the couch to the bed (yes, you heard me right.... he actually let me sit in the recliner, simply because my computer needed to be plugged up) he gave me a little show. For those of you who know Tim, he can literally sit down to "watch tv" and within 3 minutes he is sleeping. And- within 4 minutes after that, he is snoring away. So, after hearing him vibrate the house for let's see.. about 2 hours, I decided it was time to wake him and send him to bed. He is not an easy waker, sometimes he can be angry (in a sweet way) and sometimes he can be funny- which brings me to my next point. I finally got him to sit up, after him telling me to "take it, take it, take it". I have no idea what he wanted me to take. He sat up on the couch, started smacking his lips, and making these horrible faces. He began pointing towards to bedroom constantly with his eyes closed. He was a complete nut! After this little phase was complete, he began moaning and groaning, and hopped in the bed to quickly pick up where he left off (snoring).

I love these little moments with him.... it was 12 am and I was laughing my head off. This is just another reason why I love him to death- he always keeps me laughing, whether he knows it or not :)