SPC: With Someone (take 3)

Ever wonder what you look like through the eyes of someone you love?
Maybe just a little creepy.

What color is your neck?

What color is your neck?
Question of the day.

My John Deere hat.
Tractor to the side of me.
Crab pots behind me.
On the way to crabbing in the creek here on property.



Todd drives us around in the new golf cart... taking us to the water's edge... Mollie runs along side to get her exercise for the day. She loves this running almost as much as the swimming when we get there.

Bait. It should be chicken necks or bull lips, but we had to settle for gizzards and hearts.

And finally... our first catch of the day.


Its definately becoming fall down here... Fill-your-belly-full-of-crabs-fall.

TILT

Okay, so this Thursday may not be things that I love but they are the little things that are keeping me going:

1. Top of my list is that today is the first day this school year that I would call a "good" day. No yelling, no loss of control, no desire to have an adult temper tantrum... Twice, I looked around and every child in my class was on task and I could take a breath of my own. Sign. There may still be a light at the end of this dark, dark tunnel.

2. New-teacher training seminar tonight that may have been a bit lame, but it was also reaffirming. We are all in this together... we are all in the same boat... we all feel like we may just go under.

3. Todd comes home tomorrow night after three days away driving around in NY and VT, moving furniture. I am already looking forward to watching Project Runway together (I saved it for him) and the cuddles.

4. Soft rain on my face, the sound of rain on my windows, falling asleep to the sound of rain overhead.

5. Dinner with a new friend that I met down here who is also a teacher (Kindergarten), also from NY, and also very nice.

6. Mollie sleeping on my side of the bed while papa is away.

7. Hearing Willy (my almost 3 nephew) sing a song that I taught him over the phone "I watched the gum roll dow-ow-ow-own"... just too cute. Made me cry.

8. Making others cry. Todd and I sent off a package to the expectant parents (his brother, Brad and Sister in law, Tracy) and expectant big brother, Aiden. We filled it with a quilt, tie dyes, and a card... which made Tracy cry, so she wrapped it back up for Brad to open, who also cried, who called Todd who then cried... and Todd told me, so then we both cried. I love my in-laws and nephews and neices and these new babies to be. I love being a auntie.

SPC: With Someone (take 2)

Out on the creek for a drive... with my husband and one of my very best friend's Kevin.

My Essay for Kevin, written on an eighth grade level:
Kevin is that friend who will always make the time to travel to come visit.
He is the first friend to find his way to our new home on the Eastern Shore.
He is the man who came all the way to Scotland to visit when I studied abroad, that's how much he's the friend who will visit.
Maybe I'm just a good excuse to travel, but I prefer to think its just because he cares... or at least its that he also cares. :-)

Kevin earns an A+ in my friend book because I know how hard it can be to get away and visit... and it can get lonely in a new place.
Thanks, Kevin. I love you.

Good, clean fun

So last night, after a nice dinner out (thanks, Kevin!) we came home to play here. First, of course, we had to stop at Wal-Mart to get the game Phase 10. This 5 dollar card game provided lots of entertainent and laughs. I can't wait to make some friends that I can play it with here. :-)
So while we were at Wal-Mart in the toy section we took some funny photos of Kevin (hopefully I can post those when Kevin sends them to me) and then found Legos. I have been wanting some for my class, so I decided to buy them and the we proceded to play with them at home. Good, clean, grown-up fun. There's no better friend than one who can play legos with you. :-)
Favorite two quotes from Kevin this week-end were: First, in reference to the Legos, "Emily, we can pretend that you are sick at your house and I will come get you in the ambulance" and also "You guys are lucky to live in Maryland. You have the best state flag."
Thanks for visiting, Kevin.

p.s. Nina, wish you were here! Miss you!

kevin?!? are you drunk???

smiles. smiles. smiles.

what fun to play captain of the ship and eat and drink and play and laugh and smile, smile, smile.

i love this friend of mine and having him visit and play and stay for the week-end. laughing, laughing, laughing.


a glorious day on the water after a fun night eating mexican and touring the property here. we watched junebug, a beautiful independent film, and relaxed here... niceness just being together.

Afternoon delight

Last week's fun, but its a litle delayed. I am so tired after work that it is hard to do much except eat and sleep... and by sleep I mean an 8 o'clock bedtime. Its been an overwhelming experience so far, and I am just trying to be patient with the kids and myself... 3 weeks... its only been 3 weeks... and it takes time...

Anyhoo... last week's fun was bright and happy and I have been slow getting the fun in the mail... but if you are under the age of five, you should start watching your mailbox. :-)


and now I am eagerly awaiting Kevin's arrival... week-end news to report soon.
peace out.

SPC: With Someone

The love of my life

A sun-filled and love-filled moment with my most treasured companion, my husband. What an amazing and loving creature. Tolerant. industrious. patient. supportive. smart. funny. impeccable taste in women... make that, woman...

Week-end wonderfulness

It has been a wonderfully relaxing week-end and I am having a hard time giving it up as I get ready for back to school this week... Todd and I got plently of play and napping in over the last couple of days.

Friday was spent winding down while the weather outside was crazy rain and wind and fury. We hunkered down for a night in and just relaxed.

Saturday we began our tie dye process... soaking and tying up the shirts. Then in the evening we went to a contra dance. It was actually a pretty nice crowd of people, though we tend to be the youngest in the room. We had good fun and good laughs (mostly at ourselves) and a lot of good exercise.

Sunday we finished up the dying (pictures soon) and went shoe shopping at the outlet mall. We found some cute shoes, with even cuter prices, so I was happy.

Home today, rearranging furniture and playing the settling in game. Lesson plans. Lunch. Cleaning... and making sure the computer hooked back up nicely after all the rearraging of our desk and wires.

Now, its off to dine and chill, take some more benadryl, and hope for a good week ahead!

Conquerring my fears

I am conquerring a lot of things lately.

I have conquerred my fear of first grade children... well, I am working on it. This week was better than last and Monday and Tuesday were actually enjoyable. Today, I thought I might have a heart attack or scream, but I have a three day week-end to freshen up. :-)

I conquerred a running routine... or I'm trying... I have conquerred a solid two mile jog from my house that I love... nice and flat.

I have conquerred my fear of the dark... well, I am working on this one, too. I am running now at 5:30-ish, which means, running in the dark. I do okay, unless of course I feel something wet and slimy hit my ankle... then, well, you can imagine the scene of me squealing like a little girl and running like an ostrich on crack.

I conquerred sleeping through the night without benedryl. This was okay until last night when I was haunted my jarring nightmares. The week-end should help this, too.




Life is getting better.