As of tomorrow, I will have just four and half weeks left until I move back to California. Time seems to move by very quickly some of the time and super slow the rest of the time. Sometimes I think of everything that I need to get done before I move and I wish that I had started earlier! Too late to anything about that now. I am sure that I will get everything done; I just need to get organized.
Work is going well. My class has had one set one state tests and we just have two more sets to go. We have one this week. This week is going to be very busy, but really good. This whole week is teacher appreciation week. I can't wait to see what the PTA has planned. On Monday, we are having Kneaders french toast for breakfast. I am also going to see "Iron Man 3" with Tracie and Nate on Monday. We are going to see it in 3D in the d-box seats. D-box seats are motion seats that move with the action of the movie. Tracie and I have been trying to figure out what movie to see in those seats for a while now. I am sure that it will be worth it.
On Tuesday I am having dinner with some friends. Then on Wednesday it is my brother's 21st birthday and we are going to Skype while he opens presents. Unfortunately, he won't get my gift until Friday...when I give it to him in person! A couple of my friends from church are driving to San Diego for the weekend and they said that I could catch a ride to and from Corona! We are leaving around 4 pm, after work, on Thursday. We will drive all night and I will have all day Friday and Saturday with the family. We will drive back on Sunday. I also decided to take the following Monday off work to recover from all of the driving and to do some more packing and cleaning. I just hope that I can actually find the motivation to get things done. After that it will only be three weeks until my dad shows up to pick up my stuff, and I follow a few days later.
In weight-loss news: I have pretty much been on a plateau for the last year. I got about 8 pounds below the top end of my BMI and stayed there. Since January, I have put on about ten pounds. I am really hoping that it is just due stress and that once I get some things settled I will start to lose again. I actually did manage to take off about 4 of those pounds in the last two weeks. But still, it's frustrating to put in all of that work (you know that you are staying within your calories and exercising two hours a day) and nothing is happening. Some days I just want to say "forget it" and just eat all of those foods that I don't eat anymore. But I don't, and I try again tomorrow. I need to get over weighing myself everyday. I become obsessive about it. I know that that truth is that weight fluctuates daily because of water and what you have eaten. It doesn't mean that is your actual weight. I know that I should only weigh myself once a week, at the same time. Maybe I will get there eventually.
The job search isn't going much better. Most of the jobs are in San Diego, which is to expensive. The ones in the areas that I want are still just hiring internally. Most of the districts that I emailed, and I emailed ALL OF THEM, said that they wouldn't be posting jobs until May or June. So, I still have some time. I have applied for a lot of jobs. I can tell when districts have looked at them. The ones that haven't been looked at, fine. I get it. They had a lot of applicants, or they already knew who they wanted to hire. What bothers me is the ones that do look at my stuff. I haven't had a single call. I have gone over my resume and cover letter a hundred times. I, personally, think that it look good. The only thing that I can think is that they see a Utah address and figure it would be easier to hire someone who is already in the area. My dad suggested that I just change my address, because I will be there in a few weeks anyways. So, I did that today. I hope that it makes a difference.
I think that the wedding planning is going well. They tell me how stressful it is, but mostly I hear about things after they have already made decisions. The rest of the family is doing pretty good. My mom and dad just celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary. I think that this is a major accomplishment in the world that we are living in today. Jack is also trying to learn to adjust to his new life. When we got him, he was the quietest one in the litter. He had a little sister that was so hyper she couldn't stay still. That is how Jack is now. I can only imagine what the sister is like now. Jack was pretty much potty trained and then he had a couple of accidents. My dad seems to be sure that he did it on purpose. What an evil little genius! ;)
I know that he seems to listen to my dad the most. He does whatever he wants when dad isn't in the room. When someone tries to discipline him, he gets into this defiant pose and howls at them. Watching it on Skype, it looks hilarious. But I am sure that it will be very annoying when I have to deal with it. I plan on taking him to obedience school over the summer. He is going to be my project. I think he is acting out a little because he doesn't get all of the attention that he needs or wants. Well, he is going to get so much attention from me that he will start to crave quiet time. I think that he will fit into the family in time. We have all just forgotten the hard parts about raising a dog. Kody was special. He was one of a kind; and we had him for so long that the things that we had to really work to fix were long forgotten.
So, that's it for now. I am still waiting for the day when I can post about the new job that I got that is just perfect for me. Please pray that it will happen. Otherwise I will be sleeping with craft supplies and exercise equipment for a really long time...
