Time for my second post, took me long enough! Lots has happened since my last post. Let me start off with our current house hunting status.
In the beginning of April, right after I was offered the job at Northland Learning Center (NLC), we put an offer in on a little yellow house on 4 acres. It didn't go through... We continued hunting. About a week and a half ago we toured a 1950's 2 story right in Virginia. It is located in a nice neighborhood (only half a mile from NLC!), it is a one owner home that has been very well maintained, and has cute built ins! We put in an offer, they counter offered, we counter offered, they counter offered, we counter offered, and they accepted! So if everything goes smoothly (we are having it inspected on Tuesday) we should be closing on our house the last week in June! We are very excited to be (hopefully) having a space to call our own in the near future.
With the house being so close to NLC I am considering buying a bike! It would be a very short ride to work, and good exercise! As the school year is wrapping up at NLC I am really looking forward to starting in the fall. I am currently working in my future classroom as a paraprofessional. I have been getting to know the students that will be on my caseload in the fall. Being in my future classroom is beneficial for both the students and myself. It will make the transition much easier on all of us! I can't wait to get to know my students on an even deeper level when I am officially their case manager! There has been a slight big change in my title for this up coming school year. As student numbers dropped, and teachers resigned, the programs for students have changed. Originally I was going to be the transition teacher, working with students 18-21 years old. Now I am going to be the 7th through 12th grade DCD (Developmental Cognitive Disabilities) teacher AND the transition teacher. My student caseload is not going to be outrageously huge, but I will be running two programs instead of one. I am excited for the challenge, but scared that-as a first year teacher-I will not be able to do it! Prayers for this upcoming school year would be much appreciated!
Joe is currently finishing up his second rotation in his new position as a shift utility worker. He has a very unique schedule, but seems to be enjoying it. He works 4 days 7am-7pm, then has 4 days off, returns to work 4 nights 7pm-7am, and then has four more days off. He says he really likes the whole four day off thing. I think I would too! However, I don't think I would be successful in the position he holds at Mesabi nugget, I am much too clumsy. Joe is learning how to operate many different types of heavy machinery. I think he even gets to drive one of those gigantor haul dump trucks (the kind where the tires are twice as tall as a person)! I can't even imagine driving something that large, I have issues parking our Sierra in the lines!
Joe is working the last day of his four day stretch today (on a rainy Sunday, gross! Poor guy!) I am so thankful that today is the last day, because tomorrow we will be celebrating our 1st anniversary! I can't believe it has been a year already, but at the same time, it seems like it has been much longer than that. There have been so many changes, twists, turns, and surprises in our first year of marriage I can't believe it! Let me share a few of my favorite pictures from our special day (photo credit goes to Brent Schoepf!)
I am so happy I said yes to him when he asked me to marry him the October before last. While there are things I would change about the way we did our wedding, I would NOT change who I married! Many people told us that our first year of marriage would be the hardest...I thought it was pretty great! If it can still get better than this, then keep it coming! I am so blessed to have a great marriage to my awesome husband, but even more blessed an even better friendship!
