Yes, already I post anew.

Last night I slept a solid 12 hours. It was much needed as I thought I was coming down with the swine flu. Not really (what in the world?), but I was feeling pretty rotten. It was a mixture of spring allergies, a terrible migraine, a bad choice for dinner, and having a stomachache since Thursday night. I finally caved and bought some allergy medicine and went to bed super early (around 8:30) to try to fend off any further illnesses. I'm feeling much better today, but still fairly rotten. Hopefully another good night of rest will help me gear up for a new week of school! We're having a shortage of reliable substitute teachers at school and as I am currently subbing for another teacher on maternity leave, I doubt I could find a replacement so short notice. It is rather miserable. I wish we could just have normal sick days like other jobs. But the kids need supervision.

Today I spent doing nothing super strenuous. I had meant to go to the Pier with some of my girlfriends from college... but the drive would probably have done me in. I get motion sickness so that added onto everything else going on would not have made for a very pleasant day for any of us. I do miss those girls though. I cleaned a little, nothing like normal, read a few chapters from my book, cooked some good food for the husband, drank a lot of hot tea, and applied for several more jobs. I'm not getting discouraged if I don't hear back any longer because I am very content with my current job. It is a great work environment, I get along with all my co-workers, it is a Christian organization, I love spending time with the kids and hopefully influencing their lives, and I like the hours. But there's no harm in getting myself out there either. I usually find job postings after they've been up for at least a week so I'm late in getting my applications in anyways. So I'm usually not too hopeful. There are a lot of other people out there who need jobs more than I. I'm just thankful Matt and I both have good jobs that pay enough for our bills (which are remarkably low).

I have started meeting with a small group of wives once a week. I have only been once but am very excited for this new addition to my schedule. These girls are just the light and fluff I need in my hermitage existence! Mabsy and I always joke on how we have both turned hermit over the years! It is always nice to have married girl friends and these girls were so welcoming and enjoyable to be around. For me, as an extremely shy person, it was a very pleasant experience finding myself open up to these girls on the first night. It definitely helped that I work with two of them. I am so excited for these new relationships. Hopefully Matt can gain some guy friends out of the husbands of the group as well. But who knows what all the men's schedules look like anyways!

My parents are coming to visit this week! They'll probably arrive late on Monday night and we'll try to go get a late dinner with them. Tuesday I will go into the school but I asked to have nannying off that evening. So after I'm through around 12:30 we'll get to spend the day together! They have to leave Wednesday morning to get to the conference they're going to. I wish they could visit longer, but I'll see them during our week in Michigan in about a month. We will be staying at their new condo after all!

Wow, it's not even 9 yet and I still feel like going to bed early! I'd like to go to church tomorrow but I also know I need the sleep. Maybe Matthew and I will go an evening service together. And there's always the joys of podcasts. All my podcasts were updated today when I logged into itunes. So I have a couple new sermons from different churches I could listen to. I just really hope I feel better on Monday for school. It's no fun working when you're sick.

Oh yes, one more big thing. We got our insurance papers today! We are officially insured by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield! It has much better coverage than Matt's policy through the hospital and we have added maternity coverage! Of course, there's the six month wait period before any babies can be made and covered... but hopefully we won't be having an oops baby anyways! But I know that if we did God would still provide and we'd manage to pay all our bills. It's just nice to officially have everything taken care of. Now all we need to do is cancel our coverage through Matt's work so we're not paying for two policies and we'll be all set. Oh the joys of grown up life and marriage!

But seriously, I wouldn't have it any other way.