Lately...

Well to start, two weeks ago I had 2 more interviews at elementary schools, on the 12th and 16th. The first didn't go so well, but the second one did -however, nothing (at least so far) has come from it. So, on the job front note, still waiting and hoping for more calls. As it's pretty much almost August... I'm starting to get more and more nervous about not being hired yet. I'm still trying to remember to trust that the Lord will provide something, just this waiting and not knowing isn't very easy or comfortable to do. Any continuous prayers for a teaching opportunity are still very welcomed!

-Cooking Experiment: Success or Failure-
On a different note, the past month I've kinda taken off cooking our dinners -not intentionally... with the Ohio trip and stuff randomly coming up, it just sort of happened. So the past week I've made a mental note to make an effort to buy groceries and cook for us again. So far we've enjoyed a couple new meals this week as I felt in the mood to experiment some. I made a cream of chicken dish that was fairly good, and then chicken with egg fried rice which was definitely a cooking experiment success! I was excited to find something new that was easy and quick but still enjoyable. I also recently made no bake cookies that my dad said he used to make as a kid and hadn't had in 35 years. They weren't bad, just not what I was expecting. I may make them again, but definitely not often... maybe as a gift for my dad (here's hoping he wasn't lying that he liked them!).

Last Thursday Cody and I had a fun date day at Fiesta Texas (thanks to Sue and Steve for the tickets... and sorry again we weren't able to use them with yall earlier this year). Fortunately it wasn't super crowded and we got to ride everything we wanted by the time we were ready to leave. The first ride we did was the (fairly) new Goliath roller coaster. I don't know if it's because it's been three years since I've ridden a roller coaster, or because I'm constantly becoming more weak and wimp-like, or because it was just an intense ride... but nonetheless, half the ride my eyes were squished shut and the other half I was screaming -after having decided I was too adult to scream on rides any more. We got off and I nearly fell over trying to walk. A ride has never made me so dizzy and light-headed before. Maybe I don't handle roller coasters as well as I used to! Anyways. Aside from the Rattler (which I already knew I hated since it's a wooden ride -and only rode so Cody wouldn't ride alone), the other roller coasters were much less intense. We very much enjoyed the day out together doing something different.

Today was the first day of Cody's AP conference. That's what he'll be doing all this week, getting the necessary hours and training to teach his Pre-AP courses for this coming school year. At least from this first day he's said it's been some good, useful, and interesting stuff they've talked about. I'm sure by day four he'll be ready to be done. As for me, being home alone today forced me to face the mess we've been accumulating. Two loads of laundry and some dishes later I decided to leave the rest to split up between tomorrow and Wednesday. –Sadly I am NOT a naturally domestic wife in the sense of keeping our apartment clean and tidy! It’s something I’m working on. Thursday is the last day of Cody's conference, and is the day I'm leaving with my parents and brothers for South Padre to enjoy a nice beach trip. The plan as of now is for Cody to drive up Thursday evening after he gets out for his last day... we'll see if he's up to it, otherwise he'll join us on Friday.

Goodness... there was more to write about than I thought. The last thing for now is that as of today I started "working out." I say "working out" because with my asthma, after 3 minutes of anything I can’t breathe... therefore running and most things are not an option for me; I just do things to tone up and such. Usually my motivation to work out lasts for about 1-2 weeks tops and then I quite for 3-4 months before trying again for another measly week. So, I'm hoping that sharing this in our blog will help motivate me to keep it up. I'm doing workouts from a Kickboxing exercise video... I did two 10 minute videos today, and the soreness is starting to kick in! Hopefully though I'll keep it up. I'll share whether it does continue or whether it turns out to have been a one day fluke. We'll see!