Yesterday I was all excited for a cookout with my ladies group and our husbands. I had prepared the hamburger patties, gone shopping for some chips and pop, and set everything together for when Matthew got home. We prepared to leave and headed out like normal. Now, Matt hates it when I ask him if he has his keys. He seems to find it offensive that I would think he would forget them when they sit right next to his wallet and phone on his night stand. So if he grabbed his wallet or phone, he would have grabbed his keys too. I normally ask him every single time if he has his keys so we don't get locked out of our house. Well, this time I held my peace so he wouldn't get mad. And wouldn't you know it! He reaches back to unhook his keys from his belt loop to unlock the car... but what? No keys there! Hmmm. He must have forgotten to grab them! Now we're locked out of the house and out of our cars! Stuck. Our neighbors aren't home. We check all the doors to the house, all the windows. Nothing is budging. Shoot. I'm pretty frustrated and hot by this time, it was rather humid outside. We were late for the cookout and it didn't look like we'd be going to church that night as planned. Double shoot. We couldn't get ahold of our upstairs neighbors/ landlords to find out when they would be home. We were hoping they hadn't taken a mini-vacation and would indeed be back later that evening. Otherwise we'd have to break a pane of our door (it has several glass panes in the front) or a window to get inside for the night! One of my friends came and picked us up for the cookout so we weren't just sitting outside our house all miserable.
The cookout was a lot of fun! I got to meet all my friends' husbands and I think the guys all got along pretty well. We ate good food, played some games, and laughed a lot. Baby Hanna made a special appearance! Such a sweetheart. I like my friends and I'm glad Matt had fun too. We need to go out more with other couples. We like to stay in a lot. It's cozy and romantic. But having couple friends is good too. Most of the friends we knew before marriage aren't in a relationship or haven't been available to hang out together. So this was fun.
At the end of the cookout we finally got ahold of our neighbors and they were home. They let us in and the crisis was over. From now on I'm going to grab my keys every time we leave the house. Just in case. We're going to buy a hide-a-key also. We put one outside now, but an actual hide-a-key would be better than our spot right now. No, it's not under the front mat, but it would be difficult for me to get in an emergency. So we'll be looking for a fake stone or clay pot or something. Haha.
I also got some potential great news on the job search yesterday. I'll keep you updating as much as possible as it pans out. Just keep praying for me! I very greatly appreciate it.
Speaking of jobs, today was day number 1 at St. John's Day School for the 2009-20010 school year. I have to say, I have a super amazing class this year! I guess I'm saying that prematurely. Half my class I know from last year, half are new students. But I'm pretty sure it will turn out to be an amazing class. I'm in the same room I was in last year, but I will be lead teaching a fours class. I know two of my children won't be turning four until late next spring. So it's really my favorite age group of threes! It will be so much fun. I set up my room a little differently than we had it last year. I tried to section off the space more so the kids wouldn't be tempted to run. I'm going to be real strict about running in the classroom. Just not safe. I only have seven kids this year (compared to 10-14 last year at various times) so the room seems huge! One whole table will be just for art and crafts. We all fit comfortably at the other table for snack and lessons. I like how my room turned out. Tomorrow I'm going to go pick up some more things for my class: cubbies, name tags for the cubbies, chapel, and chairs, and anything else I see to add. I'm going to try to decorate the room a little more for Parent Orientation Night and Meet the Teacher morning later this week... but I have some ideas about hanging things from the ceiling, but last I tried I was too short. We'll see if I can find something to make me tall enough.
I also found in my cubby this morning some presents from my students from last year! I missed the last week of school last year for Jon and Andrea's wedding so they were placed in my cubby. My favorite gift is a scrapbook one of the parents made. It holds a picture of each child in a graduation cap and gown, a little note from the child saying what they liked about me, Ms. Carol, and their favorite part of the year, and a picture they made for me! It's so adorable. I was so blessed with my class last year. I hope to be equally blessed this year.
Can I just say, I have an amazing group of friends? Seriously, God has truly blessed me. Each stage in my life was full of various transitions that I wasn't too sure about. I went to the same school from Kindergarten through High School so I was never the new girl. I was very comfortable around everyone in my class and the classes around me because I had been there for forever. When I went away to college at Liberty (800 miles away from home), I discovered that I'm actually a shy girl! The cheer captain that was also one of the biggest class flirts (until she landed herself one good man, at least) was so shy she wouldn't go out of her room for fear of rejection from the girls on her hall! Thankfully, I made some of the best friends ever that first year at Liberty. Lifetime friends. And I had an amazing time at college. Funny how looking back I have so many good memories. But reading through my journals it definitely wasn't always happy. I need to learn to focus on the positive in the moment. Instead of all the minute silly things that bother me. Anyways, then came marriage. It was different with my college friends. We had completely different schedules, moved to different cities, and even the few of us who stayed in Lynchburg lived on opposite ends of town. So I was once again forced to make new friends. It took about six months of marriage, but I finally opened up to some girls at work. We are now great friends and i am so thankful for our weekly meetings! Seriously, God has blessed me so so much with great friends for every stage of my life. I am so thankful.
Time for a work out. I'm very tired since I'm not used to waking up early and working all day yet. But if I get in the habit of not working out I'll be very very sorry for it later! Plus Matt and I might be going to California to see his family for his birthday! Have to be bikini ready by then!
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