I need to take a moment to vent about the complete STUPIDITY of my parents!!!!!!!!!!!! They were perfectly aware that in filling out teaching applications I was starting to put down their phone number because as of next week my phone number will be disconnected. So you know they were aware that if any calls for me went to their house they were probably from people interested in me for jobs.
SO! What happens when the first person calls their house looking for me?? Dad tells them I no longer live there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!!!!! According to Mom, Dad was confused and thought it was somebody calling from a "hair" academy. No fools!!!! We have been telling Dad for years that he needs some hearing aides. What he thought was the "hair" academy was National Heritage Academy!
Fortunately the caller sent me an email letting me know that they had trouble with the provided phone number and wanted to get in touch with me to schedule a phone interview!!!
Now this is certainly not the ideal teaching position. It is teaching 7th and 8th grade at a charter school in Gary. You would have to be crazy to teach in Gary...but you would also have to be crazy to teach in East LA. Of course teaching at a charter school in Gary wouldn't (one would hope) be as bad as teaching public school in Gary. We shall see. It isn't the ideal job. But honestly, in my prayers I have been telling God that I don't need the perfect job, I don't need my dream job. I just need a job. So here is one and I am very thankful! I also can't get ahead of myself, this isn't "my" job yet. Just an interview. But still very exciting!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Packing and Livestrong
Hi my friends. My time in Canada is quickly winding down. Have been slowly and gradually packing things up. Today I started some packing in the kitchen. Still have a lot to pack up in there, can't believe how many boxes it is taking. All of the stuff that I got packed today I will be taking up to the in-laws tomorrow. All of our stuff is going to stay there till we have a place to live in Indiana. Because I have been doing all the packing bit by bit and taking it to the in-laws bit by bit means we won't have to rent a U-haul and have a big moving day. Marks brother has a trailer we will use to transport the rest of the furniture. So it should all work out pretty well.
On Saturday Mark's sister is getting Blue Jays tickets for the whole fam as a nice little outing for us all before I leave. Should be very fun. The Blue Jays are doing really well this year, so it has been exciting watching them this season, and will be great to get to a game.
The only other news that I have is that I have been using the livestrong website again. Been trying to keep track of what I am eating, and not go over my calorie limit. Has been good so far this week. I also like that I can type in one of my recipes and it will calculate the nutritional info for it. So I am hoping that this is the start of the weight loss. So I figure between that and running I should be okay. It should be easier for me to run once I am back in Indiana because it is always so much warmer there than it is here. This 10 mile race Sarah is making me do in August will be great to get me into shape. Will be useful for the 2 weddings that I am in this year.
All for now I guess.
On Saturday Mark's sister is getting Blue Jays tickets for the whole fam as a nice little outing for us all before I leave. Should be very fun. The Blue Jays are doing really well this year, so it has been exciting watching them this season, and will be great to get to a game.
The only other news that I have is that I have been using the livestrong website again. Been trying to keep track of what I am eating, and not go over my calorie limit. Has been good so far this week. I also like that I can type in one of my recipes and it will calculate the nutritional info for it. So I am hoping that this is the start of the weight loss. So I figure between that and running I should be okay. It should be easier for me to run once I am back in Indiana because it is always so much warmer there than it is here. This 10 mile race Sarah is making me do in August will be great to get me into shape. Will be useful for the 2 weddings that I am in this year.
All for now I guess.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
2 weeks notice
I am officially giving Canada my two weeks notice. WOOHOO! May 4th we close on the condo, and May 5th my dad is coming to get me and take me home. Will suck being away from Mark for awhile...but we will deal with it because it will be better in the long run.
My dad picking me up had to take a little planning. Sarah has to go to Valpo that weekend for a wedding shower. Jeremy can't go with her because he's got to work on the weekends. Sarah didn't want to take Tommy on a 4 hour car trip by herself. Plus mom and dad wouldn't even be home then cuz they were coming to get me.
So I got the plans all worked out for the fam. On Friday May 4th, the parentals drive up to Detroit and spend the night at Sarah and Jer's. Saturday the 5th, Sarah gets up and goes to Valpo. Jeremy works. Mom watches Tommy boy, and Dad comes up to get me. On Saturday evening we are reunited at Sarah and Jer's. I am SO glad it works out this way so I get to see my little Tommy boy before heading back to Indiana! Haven't seen the little man since January!!!
I'm sure you guys don't really need to know the logistics of how I am getting back home, but we set the plan in stone today and so I am just excited about it!
It is just funny that when I was in college I couldn't wait to get out of Valpo and live on my own. I was so excited to move to LA. Valpo was so boring. After I met Mark I knew that when all was said and done I only wanted to live in Valpo. I love that when you go for a run in Valpo you smile, nod and say hello to the people you pass, and they say hello to you too. I love our old fashion downtown, with the ancient buildings, and cute little shops. I love going for walks in the park with my mom then stopping at Pat's Parlour for some ice cream (one of the only times I see my mother eat ice cream, and each time she gets butter pecan without fail). I love speeding on the back roads. I hate that everything in Valpo closes at 9pm, but I love that too because I know that it means when my kids are teenagers there isn't a lot of trouble they can get into in Valpo because everything is closed.
I am just so looking forward to being back. I will be able to shop at Target again now! I will have a cell phone again! I get to play with Caroline and Colin on a regular basis. I get to hang out with my cousins again. I get to be around my crazy stupid cat again. I get to go to the popcorn festival this year!! I get to do a lot of things that I have been desperately missing that past two years. I am just very excited now. The countdown begins.
My dad picking me up had to take a little planning. Sarah has to go to Valpo that weekend for a wedding shower. Jeremy can't go with her because he's got to work on the weekends. Sarah didn't want to take Tommy on a 4 hour car trip by herself. Plus mom and dad wouldn't even be home then cuz they were coming to get me.
So I got the plans all worked out for the fam. On Friday May 4th, the parentals drive up to Detroit and spend the night at Sarah and Jer's. Saturday the 5th, Sarah gets up and goes to Valpo. Jeremy works. Mom watches Tommy boy, and Dad comes up to get me. On Saturday evening we are reunited at Sarah and Jer's. I am SO glad it works out this way so I get to see my little Tommy boy before heading back to Indiana! Haven't seen the little man since January!!!
I'm sure you guys don't really need to know the logistics of how I am getting back home, but we set the plan in stone today and so I am just excited about it!
It is just funny that when I was in college I couldn't wait to get out of Valpo and live on my own. I was so excited to move to LA. Valpo was so boring. After I met Mark I knew that when all was said and done I only wanted to live in Valpo. I love that when you go for a run in Valpo you smile, nod and say hello to the people you pass, and they say hello to you too. I love our old fashion downtown, with the ancient buildings, and cute little shops. I love going for walks in the park with my mom then stopping at Pat's Parlour for some ice cream (one of the only times I see my mother eat ice cream, and each time she gets butter pecan without fail). I love speeding on the back roads. I hate that everything in Valpo closes at 9pm, but I love that too because I know that it means when my kids are teenagers there isn't a lot of trouble they can get into in Valpo because everything is closed.
I am just so looking forward to being back. I will be able to shop at Target again now! I will have a cell phone again! I get to play with Caroline and Colin on a regular basis. I get to hang out with my cousins again. I get to be around my crazy stupid cat again. I get to go to the popcorn festival this year!! I get to do a lot of things that I have been desperately missing that past two years. I am just very excited now. The countdown begins.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Terminated
As of 11 am this morning my Canadian paperwork has been terminated. We were supposed to have our interview today for my becoming Canadian. As we have sold our condo and have half of it packed up, we figured we would skip the interview, and skip paying the Canadian government another 500 dollars. The request for the interview we received said that if we did not go to the interview our paperwork would be terminated. So I am officially not Canadian! WooHoo! We don't know what the repercussions of skipping the interview are going to be. Will I be deported? Don't know, but it seems unlikely. And who cares if I am cuz I am moving home anyway!
So anyway. I am not terrible sleeper. Occasionally I will have the random night when it takes me like 2 hours to fall asleep, so those are usually few and far between. Last night was a pretty brutal night of sleep, or should I say lack of sleep. All thanks to Mr. Snorey McSnorestoloud laying next to me. Am I the only one that has a husband who snores horribly?? (BTW Mark would be mortified to know that I am telling all my friends that he snores, so maybe don't bring it up when you see him next). Like seriously he is horrible! He sleeps on his back, he snores. He sleeps on his sides, he snores! Does not snore when he sleeps on his stomach but he rarely sleeps on his stomach. Now usually he isn't too horrible with the snoring. I can usually sleep through it often with the help of ear plugs. Unfortunately last night around 3am or so I woke up to his snoring. His snoring was so loud that it woke me up, AND I had my little ear plugs in!
I tried pulling on the blankets to get him to move (my usual method of interrupting his snoring), didn't work. I tried moving around a lot in an attempt to shake the bed and make him move so he'd stop snoring. But nothing was working, deep sleeper that he is he was out. So after awhile of this I finally got fed up and went and slept on the couch.
So irritated. Then he wakes up this morning without a clue and asks why I slept on the couch. Uhh Hello buddy YOU'RE the reason I slept on the couch!
Now most people (like my sister Sarah) would probably lay next to their snoring husband for about 5 minutes before giving them a swift kick to make them stop. I don't know why, but I just think this is a mean thing to do. Usually pulling the blankets off him works, so I try to avoid kicking him and being a jerk. He can't help that he snores, he can't control it. And after we got married the first time I complained about him snoring he didn't believe that he actually snored. Anyway...am I the only one with this problem.
I guess maybe I'm not as good of a sleeper as I originally thought I was. Usually on a night like last night I would pop a couple Tylenol pm and be out cold through all the snoring...but alas we were out of that miracle drug, and I was forced to suffer. So the end.
So anyway. I am not terrible sleeper. Occasionally I will have the random night when it takes me like 2 hours to fall asleep, so those are usually few and far between. Last night was a pretty brutal night of sleep, or should I say lack of sleep. All thanks to Mr. Snorey McSnorestoloud laying next to me. Am I the only one that has a husband who snores horribly?? (BTW Mark would be mortified to know that I am telling all my friends that he snores, so maybe don't bring it up when you see him next). Like seriously he is horrible! He sleeps on his back, he snores. He sleeps on his sides, he snores! Does not snore when he sleeps on his stomach but he rarely sleeps on his stomach. Now usually he isn't too horrible with the snoring. I can usually sleep through it often with the help of ear plugs. Unfortunately last night around 3am or so I woke up to his snoring. His snoring was so loud that it woke me up, AND I had my little ear plugs in!
I tried pulling on the blankets to get him to move (my usual method of interrupting his snoring), didn't work. I tried moving around a lot in an attempt to shake the bed and make him move so he'd stop snoring. But nothing was working, deep sleeper that he is he was out. So after awhile of this I finally got fed up and went and slept on the couch.
So irritated. Then he wakes up this morning without a clue and asks why I slept on the couch. Uhh Hello buddy YOU'RE the reason I slept on the couch!
Now most people (like my sister Sarah) would probably lay next to their snoring husband for about 5 minutes before giving them a swift kick to make them stop. I don't know why, but I just think this is a mean thing to do. Usually pulling the blankets off him works, so I try to avoid kicking him and being a jerk. He can't help that he snores, he can't control it. And after we got married the first time I complained about him snoring he didn't believe that he actually snored. Anyway...am I the only one with this problem.
I guess maybe I'm not as good of a sleeper as I originally thought I was. Usually on a night like last night I would pop a couple Tylenol pm and be out cold through all the snoring...but alas we were out of that miracle drug, and I was forced to suffer. So the end.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
SOLD
I knew our condo was gonna sell fast. I was thinking it would sell in a week. I didn't entirely expect it to sell within 24 hours of being on the market. But it did and I COULDNT BE MORE EXCITED!!!
Not to mention that we sold it at a good profit which is fabulous. Soo ohh soo happy!
So the closing date is 30 days from now which puts it at the beginning of May. Don't really know what our short term plans are going to be though. As in I don't know how soon I will be moving back home. But I will definitely be home by the time we close on the condo. Sooner, if I get deported (that is a whole other story).
It is finally real now. You know? The whole we are moving to the US finally feels real. Up to this point Mark's immigration has gone through quickly, our condo has sold quickly...it seems like everything is finally falling into place, and it feels really good.
We know that the next probably 6 months are going to be crazy and Mark and I will probably be living apart for a lot of that time...but we know that in the long term it will be worth it.
Now I am just soo excited! Happy not to think about it all too much tonight, and just celebrate with my husband going out to dinner and a movie, with a little bubbly waiting for us at home. I am just soo happy and so thankful. There have been a lot of moments in the last two years where I have been so discouraged and doubted that God would make is possible for us to move back to the US...but I know this is all him putting things into place and I couldn't be more thankful than I am right now.
Not to mention that we sold it at a good profit which is fabulous. Soo ohh soo happy!
So the closing date is 30 days from now which puts it at the beginning of May. Don't really know what our short term plans are going to be though. As in I don't know how soon I will be moving back home. But I will definitely be home by the time we close on the condo. Sooner, if I get deported (that is a whole other story).
It is finally real now. You know? The whole we are moving to the US finally feels real. Up to this point Mark's immigration has gone through quickly, our condo has sold quickly...it seems like everything is finally falling into place, and it feels really good.
We know that the next probably 6 months are going to be crazy and Mark and I will probably be living apart for a lot of that time...but we know that in the long term it will be worth it.
Now I am just soo excited! Happy not to think about it all too much tonight, and just celebrate with my husband going out to dinner and a movie, with a little bubbly waiting for us at home. I am just soo happy and so thankful. There have been a lot of moments in the last two years where I have been so discouraged and doubted that God would make is possible for us to move back to the US...but I know this is all him putting things into place and I couldn't be more thankful than I am right now.
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