Trying to stay hopeful...

Wow! It's been forever since I've blogged. In my defense I typed a whole thing up a month or two ago and went to submit it and it deleted the whole post. I didn't want to spend another 20 minutes typing everything out, so I decided I'd wait. A lot has happened since April. I have officially been RIFed from TSC and am now unemployed which is still so surreal. I'm still wanting to enjoy my summer and not do anything, but Kyle keeps reminding me that I don't get that luxury because I'm no longer an employed teacher. I guess the truth hurts. I was surprised at how well I did the last week of school. I think everyone knows I tend to be a very emotional person so I was worried how bad I would be that last week. I honestly think I had plenty of time to worry and fret over it the last two months of school that when the time came, I was just ready to be done and move on. Don't get me wrong, as soon as I walked into school that last day I was bawling, but I held strong while the kids were there. Reality really hit when I loaded up my car with the last of my things to take over to store in my parents pole barn. Thank god for them because I don't know what I would do with all my stuff. I feel bad for invading their privacy again, but very grateful that we don't have to pay for a storage unit.

I successfully completed my real estate course in April and passed the state test in May after much struggle! I waited until school got out to start looking at real estate companies. I interviewed at Keller Williams and Tucker. Both are great companies but for me it really just came down to which option was the lower risk at this point in my unemployed life. So I signed with FC Tucker about 2 weeks ago. I really liked Keller Williams and what they had to offer but it would have been a lot of out of pocket cost up front from me and I wasn't willing to take that financial risk right now. Things have gone slow so far. It's all something very new to me that I don't know a whole lot about. I'm not really sure who to talk to or who to trust, so I've been more timid than I usually am. Luckily today, two of the other realtors took me under their wing and showed me some things and answered some of my lingering questions. I've got a few leads on clients that I need to look into, but no official listings or sales yet. I think it has potential, but realize it is slow getting started and with the economy the way it is makes it even tougher! Keep me in mind though if you want to buy or sell a house!

In addition to the real estate gig I'm tutoring two girls this summer for some extra money. It's an easy hour a day of work for some decent money. I did get a phone call from my boss when I worked at Wonderful Weekdays at Cumberland. There's apparently a 1st grade position opening at Cumberland and she wanted to give me a heads up to get my resume in there. I took it over on Monday, so I'm waiting to hear something back. Hopefully I will. That would definitely relieve my mind a TON!

On June 2nd we celebrated Tucker's 2nd birthday! Well, I did-Kyle totally forgot until I gave him crap at 10 o'clock that night. Poor Tucker. The boys are doing well. They are not liking all the humidity we have been experiencing lately. Zeke especially just cannot take the heat. He is getting so big though. Kyle just weighed him yesterday and he's up to about 120 and still isn't even a year and a half old! They are both such good boys though and I don't know what we'd do without them. They have been one of my few sources of happiness over the last couple of months.

I had Jackie's bridal shower this past weekend! It went really well! I don't think I ever realized how much preparation, time and effort go into those things, but I definitely have a lot more appreciation for the people who throw them now. It was a lot of work but definitely worth it. Everything turned out great! She had a great turnout and got some great gifts. I'm so excited for her and glad that her big day is quickly approaching. She's going to be an amazing bride!

We really haven't done much that's very exciting-just trying to get things done around the house like finish landscaping, lay rock, paint the porch and shed, etc. We're trying to make it look nicer. I've been reading a lot more which always makes me happier! I'm reading all the Twilight books for a second time now. Getting ready to start Breaking Dawn tonight! I finally got Jackie hooked on them! Haha! She tried to avoid it as long as she could and I think I finally drove her nuts enough to give them a try. I'm definitely ready for the movie Eclipse to come out! Kyle does not share my enthusiasm but I expect him to be there with me on opening night. Haha! We'll see how that goes.