I'm Back!!!

Okay, I took a month... or two... and some change of a break from blogging. It wasn't that I was cheating on blogging. Or no, actually that is what it was.

If you want to know the truth, what mostly got in my way was Emily (if you remember as far back as this blog, then you remember she was going through a divorce and moving) living just steps from me. We decided right off to just eat every week-night dinner together to save money and for the company. And that's what we've been doing, and it's been great! She should be a chef, seriously! She is great at cooking! Anyone that can get me to like chicken is high on my book! We've enjoyed many a meal, television shows, conversations and maybe a few drinks along the way! :)

We have a system that works for us, she cooks dinner, I sometimes help (she rarely lets me) and I clean. It works great for us!

But along the way it ate up (not to be literal) my time for blogging. I also haven't had much to blog about. But there's been a few things to write about since I last blogged, here's what's been going on:

• I went to Dallas for Cooper Charles' Sip and See. Cooper is Casey Charles' baby, she is a sorority sister and former roommate from college. Really the trip could be summed up by Chelsea's blog on it which could be found here.


• I went to Houston to visit family and to go to Caraline Frost's First Birthday. Caraline is my good friend Jill's (sorority sister and roommate from college) daughter. I had a great time. We went St. Arnold's Brewery. I found out another good friend from college, Erin Nowak, is pregnant! I am so excited!!!


• Found out another friend is pregnant, Chelsea Salomone (see blog above). I am so excited for her too! Two great friends, and two great mom's-to-be!!!


• I turned down the offer to attend the University of Illinois. It was a sad moment for me. I had hoped, dreamed and prayed for so long that I would get accepted. But the financial crisis hit teachers and I saw so many great people around me lose jobs, I just couldn't justify going. I HONESTLY had my mind made up and I was going, but I just was so unsettled about it and after asking several peoples advice, I heard nothing but don't go from the people that mattered the most. Including my Academic Advisor at IU, which was where I really put the breaks on the whole move. I have more sensible back-up plans, given the economic times, I will just have to wait to see what fits me best.


• The test results for TAKS came back, I am not sure I ever mentioned it (and I am too lazy to look it up now), but I helped tutor during school hours a lot of struggling students for this test. And most of the students I worked with for a longer period passed! Some of these kiddos didn't pass a single other test or would have been on my "not going to pass list," had I had to make one, but they still pulled it out in the end! A few didn't pass that I thought should have, and that was a bit hard to process. But overall, they did great and overall our school's 8th grade TAKS scores went up 3% (which doesn't, by any means, all have to do with me). But this is great for my school!!!


• The school year ended. Thank goodness! This has not been my best group (not my worst either). And my homeroom didn't win field day this year. :(


• The rest of the time was spent doing very uneventful things. Hence, why I haven't blogged!

And there you have it. I will be back with more...