Well, it’s been almost 3 months since I’ve posted anything, so I’ll try to get caught up & do a better job in the future! Now that I’m no longer working 40+ hours a week for free along with 25 hours a week paid, I have a little more time on my hands!
I’ll start with where I left off…end of January. After finishing up grading tests & end of quarter stuff, I was done with student teaching. That evening was David’s cousin Jake’s wedding.
That weekend, my parents came down for a friend’s wedding. Philip came with & demonstrated his Guitar Hero skills…apparently he played all summer & can beat the game on expert or something. I don’t really know–I guess David & his cousin Caleb were both really impressed. After church & lunch on Sunday, we decided to kill time by looking at town homes & found great ones in Farmington (just up the street from David’s parents). However, it turns out that school loans from Northwestern, UMN, Argosy, and UWRF do not equal a good enough debt-to-income ratio for us to get a mortgage.
So that ends January. On to February…
Valentine’s day…we went to sushi, which apparently takes reservations for V-day. We were not expecting that (since it’s never busy). They found us a table practically in the kitchen…and proceeded to forget about us all night. Not so great.
My flower girl turned 6 at the end of February. She was super-excited to be turning 6 on February 28, while Michael (from church in Fargo)wasn’t turning “6″ until February 29! She thought it was really funny that they could both be turning 6, but he was so much bigger than her…nobody told her that he was actually turning 24, but since he was born on Leap Day, he had only had 6 actually birthdays.
March didn’t start off too pleasantly. David’s grandma died at the beginning of the month, so instead of going to jury duty on March 10, I went to the funeral. It was different experiencing it as someone else’s grandparent & not my own.
The end of March brought Easter & Kristen’s birthday! Since her birthday was the day after Easter, we celebrated them together after church with brunch, decorating eggs, watching Enchanted, & cake!
In April I finally got my teaching licenses! Stupid paperwork. I am now officially licensed to teach grades 1-6 in Minnesota & 1-8 in Wisconsin. However, since it’s so close to the end of the school year & kids are so crazy at this time of year, I’m keeping on working at AE & I’ll apply for jobs as they start posting through the summer. Since the last floorset at work, I’ve been “acting stock supervisor” as one of my coworkers put it. I’m in charge of the back room until the next floorset, & I spent my first week back there hanging, sizing, & sorting out all the clearance & basically straightening it all up since our district manager & new regional manager were coming for a big visit. That week I also went up to St. Cloud with 2 of my managers to help finish setting up the new
Aerie opening in their mall. We dressed all their bustforms (they’re not mannequins…they don’t have heads or limbs) & set their windows. We’re going to be opening our Aerie in September, so our DM wanted us to see what to expect or something.
David’s been working random shifts (it seems like). He had a 4 or so week run of night shifts…10pm to 7am! Last week he worked evenings, his “normal” shift. Next he’ll be going to days to finish up his remaining training. Maybe someday we’ll see each other again…
Well, that’s about all I can think of, & I’m sure you’re sick of reading this (if anyone’s even reading it anyway!).
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