Monday, February 24, 2014

The Good and The Bad

The good or the bad first? I'm going to go with the bad, just to get it out of the way. Jake left today (Monday) which was a day earlier than scheduled. Bummer. I survived the last time he was gone so I know I can do it. And thanks to the good later on in this post, I will be a very busy girl. Since this was the last weekend Jake was in town, you would think we would spend it doing fun things together. Not exactly. Even though we had a fun evening of fiestaing (I made my famous enchiladas) and playing games with friends, Jake had the work the rest of the weekend. Double bummer.

On Saturday night we had a date night. We haven't had a nice date in awhile, so we went to a semi-fancy restaurant right on the water called the Sea Garden. The restaurant was beautiful and it had such a fun atmosphere. We got there just in time for a beautiful sunset. We got a grilled chicken salad, the best cheese fondue of all time, and delicious California rolls. Other than it being a bit cold sitting outside, it was a fun evening.









On Sunday I was able to have lunch with a friend at a cute cafe before she left for the States(yep, jealous). It was a beautiful day and we were able to sit outside with a beautiful view of the bay while eating super yummy food! I had a bowl of cheese-topped chicken curry. It was different than regular curry and it was pretty darn good!


After lunch, we sat outside on my deck talking. It was a bit cold, still boot weather, but warm enough to sit outside with a blanket. It was fun to be outside and to catch up! I can't wait to use our backyard all of the time this summer!


Jake was able to make it home in time for a beach walk and grilling out.  We sure are going to miss our Sunday night beach walks together. 


Sick of beach pictures yet??

And now for the good. On Friday and on twitter I had been hinting about some exciting things going on. I needed some time to process, but now I am ready to share the exciting thing going on in my real life. If you thought I was going to announce a pregnancy, you were way off, sorry. Last week I was offered a full time subbing job at the school on base here. As of March 10th, I will have my very own 3rd grade classroom. I am so excited to finally have my own class! It will have it's challenges, especially coming in in the middle of the year, but I know that I will learn so much and it will be a great experience. It is the next step in my journey of teaching. I am going to be super busy, lesson planning, arranging my classroom, etc., but I really can't wait! 


The exciting things in my blogging life will hopefully be shared towards the end of the week! So stay tuned!



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15 comments:

  1. How exciting for you, congratulations! I love the lipstick your wearing, beautiful color!

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  2. Congrats on your teaching job!! All your pictures are gorgeous, I will never tire of beach pictures! Post away!!!!

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  3. I'm so sorry you guys have to be apart, ill be thinking of you! Congrats on the job...how exciting!!

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  4. Congrats on the new job! It will definitely be great to have something to keep you busy and to focus on!

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  5. Congrats on the job! Sounds like it came at the perfect time, so you can have something to keep you busy and hopefully the time flies!

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  6. Congratulations on your new job! and your pictures are gorgeous!
    xo

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  7. that is so very exciting!!!!! congrats!!!

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  8. Congrats on your new job!! I hope the time goes quickly while your hubby is gone and he's home before you know, enjoying Sunday night walks on the beach together. :)

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  9. Congrats on the job! That is wonderful! x

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  10. OMG! Those pictures! So pretty! I would love to be at a beach instead of this snow covered world I'm currently in. HAHA! And congrats on the teaching job! How exciting! I co-hosted the linkup this week - thanks for linking up!

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  11. Congratulations on the job! So exciting!

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  12. That sushi looks amazing. My mouth is watering. Congrats on the job :)
    Claire xx | somewhere... beyond the sea

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  13. Congrats and good luck with those 3rd graders!

    Stephanie
    http://www.vainandsimple.com/

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  14. So exciting on the subbing job!! Congrats! We have quite a few friends in Japan and I see the pictures all the time.. Jealous!! glad yall enjoyed your date!

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