Lately

After one full week of working (and one full weekend to relax and reflect), I am so grateful for a career that I actually love. If you know me, then you know how much I like to plan. But you may not know how disappointed I tend to get with my plans sometimes. I have really been hoping that my choice of profession wasn't going to be one of those.

As it turns out, it isn't!

I had so much fun working with so many different children this past week: pre-K through high school, speech impaired to autism... you name it. I am definitely looking forward to working full time once the school year starts. August 4th will be here before I know it so now it's time to focus on plans for the rest of the summer!

I am going to visit one of my best friends from high school and her new baby this upcoming weekend. I haven't seen her since Christmas (she didn't even know the gender of the baby then!) and I can't wait to see her and her sweet little boy. (Although, I'm psyching myself out about being around a newborn.... They make me so nervous!)

I am going to be babysitting some of my little cousins at the end of the month. I am looking forward to spending some precious time with them and having some quality time with another of my cousins (she is tagging along to help and then we are taking a girls trip to the city as a treat!) Following that, I will be spending a week at the beach with one of my nearest and dearest friends and before you know it, the end of the summer will be here.

Add a little summer romance to the mix and you have all the ingredients for a fun and memorable summer!

Seriously?

Seriously.

Happy First Day of Summer!

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I stumbled across my own blog yesterday (funny how that happens...) and realized that I've been a little slack in keeping it updated lately. The last post was about a puppy trip to the vet so I guess I will pick up there.

As of yesterday (the last puppy visit!) Linus is up to a whopping 15.5 pounds and Lucy is a more slender 13.6 pounds. The vet is fairly confident that Linus will be about 18 full grown and Lu will be about 16. I'm happy with those numbers! I never really wanted a little bitty dog, so I am glad that they will be almost "medium" sized. (It's still so funny to me that I can't leave food on the coffee table or else they will get a hold of it without even jumping up. I remember when they couldn't even jump off the couch!) They haven't have an accident in almost a week so I'm hoping that we've finally gotten the hang of going to the bathroom outside. Other than that, the vet recommended that I enroll them in a puppy obedience class... which might or might not have had to do with their behavior at the vet (they can be a little jumpy).

I officially started work today even though I only got to see two speech kiddos. It was a little weird not have a supervisor checking in on me every second, but I didn't flounder and I think the kids had a good time. So, yay. Haha.

My parents came up last weekend and my dad painted four walls in my apartment for me. Since I didn't have to move to a different city to start a job (and because my new job is just up the road), the smart move was to actually not move at all. So painting the walls was a great way to make my little townhouse feel more like a home and less like a generic, sterile apartment. I got new bedding for the master bedroom to top the weekend off and once I make some good money, I'm going to order a new bedroom suit! I'm looking forward to having some more drawer space and a bigger bed. And my dad is happy that someone else will be moving it into my apartment instead of him!

Anyway, this will have to do for now!

Seriously?

Seriously.