Lazy Weekend...

Steve and I have had another lazy weekend on the couch and enjoying our company together. Saturday we woke up early and saw the movie "Oceans" which was very different from what I had expected it to be. I was expecting a sort of educational documentary like the Planet Earth series, or the Discovery "Life" TV series. Oceans was more like a story of the ocean and how it came to be. Pierce Brosnan narrarating the movie was a little wierd for me too. After the movie we enjoyed Chipotle with our dear friends Jeremy and Kaylon who are about to have thier new little baby Gunnar at the end of May. We really wanted to stay in Tucson at least until the baby came so we could be there for one of the most precious times in thier lives.


Today, Sunday, we are taking it easy...currently I am watching "The Hills" reruns and I feel as though they are numbing my brain power. I really want to read my book I'm reading currently, The Poisonwood Bible, but unfortunately the TV has been winning the battles. Today I also have planned to clean house since my Dad and my stepmom are coming to visit us on Tuesday. We are very excited to have them visit with us since we have not seen them since last summer. A little gelato will also be nice to have around the house as well...:)

Steve and I are starting to get our moving process underway as well. In two weeks we will be having a garage sale and we will be weeding out several things that we need out of our house. Several things in our house just do not fit our current lifestyle and they need to go so we have less stuff to pack for the big day. We've also decided that we need to have our house packed up at the end of May so we can start the big painting extravaganza. When we first moved into the house we had a grand painting idea, and now we can't stand all of the different colors! Next house will be all neutral, earth tones. So we'll be painting our current house completely white for the new renters. We'll also be putting our house up for rent next month, and I hope someone will want it quickly...it's just too cute to pass up. Steve and I do love this house and all of it's quirks....it was our first house together and we will always love it unconditionally.

Steve and I have also continued to seek out jobs in Seattle and are doing all of the paperwork and researching as much as we can. I've started the process of getting my Washington Teaching License which has been an expensive affair. I don't understand how they can charge us so much, yet we get paid so little compared to other careers in the world. Steve has also continued his EMT-B class and is almost finished with it. He has been doing clinicals at hospitals around Tucson and is getting great hands on experience with the ER.

Well I only have 19 days left with Walker Elementary school as a Teacher and I will miss my time and all of my co-workers dearly.

There are only 40 days left until we are actually moving as well!!! How time flies by so fast.....

I hope you are all blessed in positive ways in the upcoming week!

2 1/2 months until the move!

This past Tuesday, we finally came back from Seattle. We were in Seattle for 6 days job hunting, and getting acquainted with the suburbs of Seattle that we would like to move to. We spent a lot of time with Steve's family and friends and had a wonderful time.

During the trip I visited 18 elementary schools in two days! I am absolutely so thankful for Abby, Steve's step-mom, for driving me all around Issaquah and Maple Valley in search of the perfect schools to work at. I was only able to visit with one of the principals at the schools and he told me that he wouldn't know if they would be able to hire until May-June. The typical school year in Washington ends in mid-June and then starts again in September after labor day. So I will have quite a long summer this year! I probably won't be going on any interviews until we move up there, so that will be better.

As well as me looking for jobs, Steve was also able to take another firefighter test, and was able to go on another ride-along for 24 hours with his cousin Mike. Mike's station is in Auburn, south of Seattle, and Steve had to work alongside the other firefighters for 24 hours straight. He was able to speak to the station's fire chief and got a positive outlook on his job search. He hopes that he had scored high enough on his test he took, and hopes to get a call soon about a fire department that wants to interview him. People have been telling him that he is the perfect age to become a firefighter, due to his experience in the working world.

After we came back from our trip I went back to work, and Steve had more studying to do for his EMT class. He will be done with his class in early May, and then will take the national EMT test at the end of May. Steve has also booked our Uhaul for our big move. We will be moving the week of June 10th so Steve can take another firefighting test to give himself more options for prospective jobs.

It will be very sad to leave my school and my mom and mike behind in Tucson. I have really grown attached to my co-workers at school and the community feeling I have every morning when I go into work. I have never worked with such a tight-knit group of people that are so humorous and accepting of everyone. I will miss them all dearly. It will be also sad to leave my mother who has been my back bone through so much of my life.

On the bright side, I hope everyone has an enjoyable Easter weekend spent with loved ones, family and friends!