Unpacking has been keeping us quite busy…but I at least wanted to post these photos of the adorable (and delicious) housewarming gift sent by Debbie, Jodi, and Allison (aka Urban Tapestry):
YUM! Tasty, tasty chocolate covered strawberries. Thanks again, guys! 🙂
Yes, life is still pretty busy. The apartment is empty and clean, and now we try to settle in to the new place!
I have uploaded photos for your viewing pleasure, though. (no titles or descriptions yet, sorry!) Click here!
I had off Friday AND Monday, but I think I would be more rested if I had been at work! Here’s how my weekend went:
Friday
Planned to go to yoga Friday morning. Did not go. Tried to go get a mani/pedi and discovered that the salon I usually go to has closed. (there was a “for rent” sign in the window and everything…) Ran some errands. Sat at the chiropractor’s office for WAY too long. Shopped for some things we needed for the new place. Went to follow-up contact appointment and bought two boxes of contacts. Waited for Rand to get home. Left for St. Marys.
Trip to St. Marys was incredibly annoying…traffic on 219 into Springville backed up.
Arrived in St. Marys just in time for 7 pm showing of The Music Man at the high school, where my cousin Scott had the lead. He was fantastic (as was the rest of the production). Stayed up too late chatting and snacking with family.
Saturday
Woke up. Helped mom make blueberry muffins. Got dressed and ready for second bridal shower (more details on this to come). Had a lovely time at bridal shower, and got lots of excellent goodies. Visited grandparents. Got ready to drive back to Buffalo. Stopped at Blasedell Pizza in Springville on the way back.
Watched some TV (The Cable Guy, which I had never seen, had shown on cable) and moved some more stuff from the apartment.
Sunday
Slept in. Visited with my brother and SIL, who were on their way to Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake to celebrate their anniversary. They got to see the new place, and we went out for lunch at Anderson’s.
Lots more moving/unpacking, interspersed with bits of TV and a dinner break.
Monday
Slept in again. Went to Wegmans to pick up some cleaning supplies. Forgot oven cleaner, which was the main reason why I went. Went back to Wegmans. Headed over to apartment to finish packing/begin cleaning.
Toyed with the idea of paying someone to clean. Decided to suck it up and clean ourselves.
Emptied and cleaned most of the apartment (still left: kitchen floor, living room). Took lunch and dinner breaks. Rand watched 300 (I watched on and off, while hunting around the house looking for things I am missing…), and we headed back over to the apartment to go through the storage area in the basement. Moved or threw away most of that stuff.
Bed.
We should easily finish cleaning and moving today. There’s not much left to do. But man, do I wish I had another day or two to unwind!
Whew. I should get back to work. Look for some photos and a wedding blog update soon! (46 days until the wedding–ACK!)
I am at work and just barely hanging on. Thank goodness I only have three classes today (all of the seventh graders are going on a field trip), and one of them is working in the computer lab.
My legs are achy from going up and down the stairs moving stuff, and we are FAR from being done. All the big stuff will be moved by the time I leave work today, but we still have to move much of the kitchen stuff, ALL the contents of the closets, and a bunch of stuff out of storage. (Other than clothes we plan to wear in the next week or so, none of this has to be done immediately…)
And then there’s the cleaning. I’m kind of dreading the oven.
Blah. 😉
Here’s a quick recap:
Friday, I had a half-day at school. Rand left work early, and we dealt with some business (like applying for our marriage license, changing our address w/the bank, etc.), had lunch at the Pancake House, and then we took several carloads of stuff to our new place.
We ate leftover pizza for dinner, then collapsed in a heap and watched Dan in Real Life. It was a cute movie. Rand and I both thought there was a teeny bit too much Michael in Steve Carrell’s performance, and wished some areas of the script had been more fleshed out.
Saturday was an early day. Rand had to attend graduation, and I got up and started running around like crazy. I needed to go to Wegman’s, let the painters in to the new place, take care of a bunch of other little tasks, and get ready for our shower.
Rand’s parents and my parents hadn’t met until Saturday, so we had them both come in a little bit early and met up at Starbucks for drinks and conversation. Everything went swimmingly.
Also, the shower itself was lovely. I will post an update over at the wedding blog soon.
After the shower, we brought our parents both over to see the new place. My mom and dad helped us pick up my $30 desk and bring it over (I forgot to take a photo. Will do that later), and we grabbed dinner at the Brew Pub before they headed home.
Sunday, we ran around doing some shopping…Target and groceries. The cold and rain made me *very* cranky. Then laundry and a bit of cleaning up/packing.
And that is all…
How’s your Monday going? I’m kind of wishing mine was over!
As you know, I’ve been pretty preoccupied this week with grading and getting ready for my shower today and moving and…well, you know.
My dad’s birthday was on Thursday.
I didn’t forget that it was my dad’s birthday entirely…I thought about it earlier in the week, when I called my mom to ask what I should get him. And I thought about having something to give him when I see him today.
But what I did forget to do was call my dad on his birthday. :-/
Sorry, dad. Happy belated birthday, eh?
We are closing on the town house today! Well, technically, Rand is closing on the town house today. 😉
We’ll pick up the keys tomorrow and begin the process of moving in. Movers are coming to move our furniture and boxes and boxes of books next week.
This is so exciting!!!
I have two more trips to make out to the college to give back portfolios and turn in my grades. One class is completely done. The other class is almost done. I will most certainly be finished with my grades by this evening. Whew!
Today, I had to enter interim grades for the middle school students. It wasn’t difficult, but it’s always a challenge learning new programs. Thankfully, there’s always someone around I can ask for help!
I’ve seen several English jobs posted for next year, and I’ve been applying for them…keep your fingers crossed for me! There’s actually a job at the school where I’m working now, but I’m not certified. (It’s a 6th grade position, and I do not have the grade 5-6 extension. If only I had known how frequently that would come up…)
Okay, I should get back to work…happy hump day!
Yes, it’s a day late, but I just read this lovely post from Michelle Sagara West, and I needed to share it.
We saw Rand’s mom yesterday…I sent my mom flowers and talked to her on the phone. I’m going to be seeing my parents this weekend, and Rand and I will be traveling to St. Marys next weekend.
Life continues to be crazy. It’ll get less crazy soon. I think. 😉
I finally got around to uploading the photos that were on my camera. I have no idea why it took me so long.
This is from (I think) when Rand and I went out to Korea House with John. We were amused by the chopsticks that were labeled “CHOP STICK,” just in case there was any question as to what they were. 😉
And here’s a close-up.
This is from the Fibs/Ookla/other guests show at Nietzche’s a couple of weeks ago. Carl Thiel, who used to be one of the Fibs but really only does guest appearances with them now, did a short solo set.
Rand and Adam performing. (I couldn’t really see Wolfram from where I was sitting. Sorry, Wolfram!)
One of the professors at D’Youville brought his two little girls, who are big Ookla fans. Aren’t they the cutest?
I also uploaded a couple of photos of my wedding invitations preparing to be mailed. You have to be logged in to flickr (and marked one of my friends) to see them. More on this over at the wedding blog.
Today and tomorrow are my last college classes for the semester. I still need to grade a bunch of stuff and meet with students briefly next week to give them back their work and discuss their final grades with them. Then I turn in the grades, and I’m done!
I just found out that I will not be teaching a summer session this year. I was only available for one class–an evening class during the first session–and they weren’t able to give me that class. I couldn’t take any day classes, obviously, because of my current long-term job, and I couldn’t do session II because of the wedding/honeymoon.
Time-wise, I’m fine with that. Financially, though…this is going to make things tricky for me for July and August. I’m pretty sure that the part time work I’ve been doing for the past two summers is not available this year, but I’m going to check to make sure.
So if anyone knows of anything, please give me a holler. I don’t think I can bear to do the temp agency thing again.
Other than that, I’m consumed with moving tasks and wedding tasks. Soon, I will be able to breathe again…