Finally the New Year...

Once again, my entire life is in boxes. It's humbling, really when you realize how much/how quickly you can be reduced to simple post-it notes with labels. I must have done a better job at organizing things because this time, there's really only one box labeled "random." Tomorrow is my last day at work and I'll be taking Friday off for me to get things organized for my Saturday move. I realized that when I get there, I'll be able to throw in a load of wash. Little things like that are the most freeing things to think of.

I gave notice of termination today. Basically, because of legal tenant codes, I am able to terminate because of a packet I was not provided with upon the signing of my lease. I know, it's not the nicest thing to do, BUT, it's at least something and as of February 1, I can take care of a lot of other things.

We spent last Saturday celebrating ANR's birthday and also going to Ikea. Ikea has now gone from a fun, exciting place to really, one of the circles of hell. We were there for almost five hours. Amongst the better purchases included a friend for William Howard Taft (he's a baby that we have named Jimbo), an elephant, this great print and a fantastic desk. I have no idea how we're going to put any of these things together or how anything is going to look at all. But, hopefully it'll be alright... S and P offered to help us this Friday and we're really going to need the help.

They came out to my parents' on Sunday where we watched some football (Go Eagles!) and ordered some pizza. C and I also bought a television the size of a small African nation (the one for downstairs is the size of a large African nation...)

This entire week has been a blur, filled with having the sixth graders volunteer at lakeview pantry and working on their legendary figures project. Teaching Christianity is also incredibly interesting (and rattling). Next week, we're heading to Wisconsin for three days of winter fun (and it's supposed to be nearly as cold as it is here... which is freezing let me tell you.)

Either way, I'm still slightly overwhelmed and wishing that I could go back to those two weeks when C and I were both off, and both enjoying just laying around... It was amazing. I'm trying to prep for the amount of grading that's going to come in soon and what that's going to mean. I'm just trying to prepare. It's going to be a wicked month (independent writing piece, biography project, essay, grammar test, history test...) and I need to get situated for it. But then comes February break!
There we are on New Year's Eve. I'm hoping that I can keep that smiple up even as he gets busier (and I know he has to get busier...)