I love relaxing Fridays! I don't really care about the rest of the week when my Friday evening are wonderful. I got off work a little before six, picked up the dog and it was off to the dog park. Tyson LOVES the dog park. He gets to play with so many different dogs and their owners. He is such a joy when we go there. We were there for about an hour and half. That's the longest time he has ever been there without looking tired. I finally had to make an executive decision to leave since neither of us had eaten dinner. I get home and Leland was there and we were trying to figure out what to do for dinner. So we looked in the kitchen and had pineapple, mango, strawberries (gotta love when Sprouts has great sales on produce), ground turkey, cheese and corn tortillas. We decided top do tacos with fruit salsa. Can I just say pineapple, mango and strawberry fruit salsa is more than delicious? I don't know what other word I can use to describe it. While I was meticulously cutting up the fruit I told Leland I needed some noise, but not tv noise, I needed music. I told him to sing to me, but he struck that down pretty quickly. He turns on the tv and goes to the music stations on Time Warner. He asked what I wanted form the list and I told him, very excitedly, 90's! A flood of memories started to pour into my head. With every song that came on there was the occasional "I didn't know that was a 90's song. I thought it was 80's", and then the memories. Memories of stake dances, going on soccer trips, studying in my room for hours and just hanging out with friends came flooding in. We even made predictions of what songs were going to played while we cooked dinner and chilled on the couch. Boys II Men, prediction come true. We even predicted the right song, Motown Philly. We were on fire! After dinner we sat/lay on the couch playing games on our phones and talking while Tyson curled in a ball on the couch where my legs were and slept. Oh, it was the perfect ending to the not so perfect week. It was exactly what I needed. I love relaxing Friday nights!
On the flip side, only two more weeks until Leland leaves for Houston, sad face. Once he's gone, that leaves only two more months in San Antonio. It's time to start doing all the things I want to do and eat at all the restaurants I want to eat at (once I have the money). That also means there will probably be many, many nights at Orange Leaf, happy face! I'm not going to think about that at this time. I will enjoy the time I do have with the hubs while I still have it!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
30 and Houston
It's been so long since I posted last that I had to go back and see what my last post was about so I could update about everything. Since March 10 my 30th, yes 30th, birthday has come and gone. My dear sweet husband took me out to dinner and told the waiter it was my birthday when I went to the restroom. I knew I shouldn't have left the table, dang it! Like my dad, I don't care about any big to-do about my birthday. I have never had anyone sing to me at a restaurant for my birthday either. Thankfully, Pappasito's was almost empty so it wasn't that bad. I didn't hate the hubs for too long after that. He always finds a way to make it up to me =0)
Leland and I also went out to Houston to find a place to live over Spring Break. The first day was a total disaster! I had contacted an apartment locating company to help since I don't know the city. I gave her the parameters of the search and off she went. Within a day she had sent me a list of places. Unfortunately, when we went to check it all out the things that were in our price range were surrounded by bars and strip clubs, or the apartment didn't have any openings or the things we actually needed. By the end of the day we were more than concerned. I started thinking we were going to be homeless. We went back to the hotel and started a new search. Every site we looked at the same place kept popping up. So we went out there the next day before we left town and, ahhhhhhhh (in opera voice), it was the perfect place. It had an open floor plan, washer/dryer connections, and pets were allowed. my perfect place. So much storage in the kitchen and other areas. I fell in love with the place. If I am in love with it, then Leland is in like of it. Of course, my wishes win out ;) I also was able to visit MD Anderson and meet the people Leland is going to be working with. Nerds, all of them. But, what more could I expect, I married a nerd myself so no biggie. MD Anderson is so secure that you have to have an employee escort you wherever you go if you are visiting. It was pretty interesting. I couldn't even go to the restroom without an escort. I am happy to see that there are places that secure and my hubs will be in a place like that. That was a pretty successful trip.
General Conference was March 31 and April 1, but I will have to review and write more at another time since I was at work for half of it and falling asleep during the other half.
This past weekend we went back out to Houston to sign our lease. I was not happy with the apartment we got. The thing that really sold me on the apartment was the open kitchen. When I walked in to the new place, I had a closed off kitchen and the oven ti about half the size of the one I have now. I will have to buy a whole different set of cookie sheets because mine are too big. The stove is on a counter top not even close to the oven, so weird. But, there is still plenty of storage space. I am a little disappointed in the kitchen, but I can survive it for two years. The dining furniture will not fit (we planned on that already, it was just trying to get my mom to understand that we will have to get rid of it that was tricky). Since the old stuff won't fit, I can finally get the pub table I have been wanting! While we were in Houston I also went on an impromptu job interview. I had made contact with a school in the area through a former co-worker and I received an e-mail that morning from the school wanting me to do an interview when I was available. I e-mailed right back and about three hours later I was sitting in an interview. Yes, I did get a job. I don't know what I will be doing since the superintendent doesn't know what will be open, but he did say I have a job, so whew! Another worry down. Now, it's just the packing and de-cluttering process that is going to drive me (and Leland and Tyson) crazy! All will work out, I'm sure of it. Everything has worked out so far.
Leland and I also went out to Houston to find a place to live over Spring Break. The first day was a total disaster! I had contacted an apartment locating company to help since I don't know the city. I gave her the parameters of the search and off she went. Within a day she had sent me a list of places. Unfortunately, when we went to check it all out the things that were in our price range were surrounded by bars and strip clubs, or the apartment didn't have any openings or the things we actually needed. By the end of the day we were more than concerned. I started thinking we were going to be homeless. We went back to the hotel and started a new search. Every site we looked at the same place kept popping up. So we went out there the next day before we left town and, ahhhhhhhh (in opera voice), it was the perfect place. It had an open floor plan, washer/dryer connections, and pets were allowed. my perfect place. So much storage in the kitchen and other areas. I fell in love with the place. If I am in love with it, then Leland is in like of it. Of course, my wishes win out ;) I also was able to visit MD Anderson and meet the people Leland is going to be working with. Nerds, all of them. But, what more could I expect, I married a nerd myself so no biggie. MD Anderson is so secure that you have to have an employee escort you wherever you go if you are visiting. It was pretty interesting. I couldn't even go to the restroom without an escort. I am happy to see that there are places that secure and my hubs will be in a place like that. That was a pretty successful trip.
General Conference was March 31 and April 1, but I will have to review and write more at another time since I was at work for half of it and falling asleep during the other half.
This past weekend we went back out to Houston to sign our lease. I was not happy with the apartment we got. The thing that really sold me on the apartment was the open kitchen. When I walked in to the new place, I had a closed off kitchen and the oven ti about half the size of the one I have now. I will have to buy a whole different set of cookie sheets because mine are too big. The stove is on a counter top not even close to the oven, so weird. But, there is still plenty of storage space. I am a little disappointed in the kitchen, but I can survive it for two years. The dining furniture will not fit (we planned on that already, it was just trying to get my mom to understand that we will have to get rid of it that was tricky). Since the old stuff won't fit, I can finally get the pub table I have been wanting! While we were in Houston I also went on an impromptu job interview. I had made contact with a school in the area through a former co-worker and I received an e-mail that morning from the school wanting me to do an interview when I was available. I e-mailed right back and about three hours later I was sitting in an interview. Yes, I did get a job. I don't know what I will be doing since the superintendent doesn't know what will be open, but he did say I have a job, so whew! Another worry down. Now, it's just the packing and de-cluttering process that is going to drive me (and Leland and Tyson) crazy! All will work out, I'm sure of it. Everything has worked out so far.
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