Summertime...

Hi there! Summer doesn't officially begin for another few days, but my summer started last Friday. I happy to have a few months off. Wasn't too sure about being able to sleep in, but my body has quickly adjusted. I guess it knew that the 6am wakeup call would not be in existence for a few months. YAY!

This summer will be one of changes. Moving is the main change. The though of moving to a new city was in my mind and in the works for awhile, but given the obvious situation with school districts on hiring freezes, I finally decided to be practical and stay in Lake Wales. I wasn't the only one involved in this process. It's still kind of a new thing to involve others in major decisions like moving. Oh, for those who are wondering, we did not break up, we are still a couple and we are doing well. So anyway, I am moving to another place of residence at the end of July. It's going to be a good move. I saw my new home last week and am very happy. I'm excited. 7 more weeks!!! Well actually, shorter than that...because I don't have to rush on this move. I'm going to move a little bit at a time. But, the crazy thing is that once I start moving I'm gonna want to hurry up. Yea, we shall see about that. I haven't moved in 3 years and I've accumulated a few extra things. Okay, a lot of extra things so the first things on the moving agenda will be to get rid of stuff. I am so ready for that. I've been wanting to get rid of stuff for awhile now. Now I have a good excuse. My new house only has 1 bedroom, but it's still very spacious. I have too much stuff for this place, I have too much stuff anyway, regardless of space or not so...........let the cleaning and purging begin!

Until next time...

Baseball Game

"Southpaw" Tigers mascot and myself

I had the opportunity this past weekend to attend a Lakeland Flying Tigers baseball game. My wonderful friends Ann and Gary Gramlich had an extra ticket to game and invited me. I was excited. I'm spontaneous, but this was an all time new. They invited me 30 minutes before the game started so I jumped in the car and headed to Lakeland. Fortunately it doesn't take very long to get to the stadium. They played the Tampa Yankees and beat them. Yay! There were games in between innings, inflatable mascots dancing around, fabulous weather and fireworks afterwards. It was a great evening that was a lot of fun. Definitely would like to go back real soon. I will take Jeff next time.

Until next time...

Updates...

It's been awhile since I last posted so here are some updates. School is going well. It has been a struggle but I am glad to be back in the classroom. The struggle has been me adjusting back into teaching on a full time basis, dealing with teenagers on a daily basis and trying to keep a balance of ALL the tasks a teacher must accomplish on a daily basis. I must admit I forgot a lot of things, but fortunately it has all come back to me. I still have my good days and bad days, but the bad days are small in numbers. Yay! The school year is come to a close soon. I'm excited. It's been a good year, a learning year, an improving year full of highs and lows...mostly highs though. Life is good for me. It has become a balancing act though.

Major decisions on my part in my future. One of those highs was meeting Jeff. I thank God Jeff came into my life. Jeff and I are growing closer as a couple and the relationship is growing stronger. I'm praying to God often for the direction he will take me. He loves me and I love him. To quote a song..."The future looks bright." I've experienced so many good things the past few months. Doing the little things with Jeff are wonderful. Big things are wonderful as well. I'm looking forward to having a lot more fun and the future with Jeff. 4 months and still going strong.

Until next time...

A Relationship has started...

Wow! I'm in a relationship with a guy....It's about time! Yes, I am excited, happy and scared all at the same time. I am ready for this to go further. I am ready to have fun. I am ready to get married, well, not now, but in the next 2 years. I am ready for love. I've felt it already...YAY! We click, we have a lot in common and I am having fun. It's crazy how things happen. So who knows...I might be moving sooner than I thought, who knows. I don't know, but I'm sure excited and look forward to seeing how things go. eHarmony....I am now a believer. I didn't used to be. We met on eHarmony and it seems promising. Not rushing into anything, but hey, I'm not getting any younger. But I do want to take it slow, think about stuff, enjoy everything, including him (hehe) and yes finally get this part of my life started! Wahoo!