And I can't wait until I can actually take the summers off. (I'm hoping that will be possible either next summer or the year after...once I finish my degree and actually make a teacher's salary.)
Tomorrow afternoon I go in for orientation at Target. Part of me is dreading the idea of working there because it's 3rd shift and it puts a cramp on my summer a bit. But the other part of me is just happy to have the extra income AND the discount too!
There are a few really cool things that have kind of fallen into place lately. Just little things, but the little things seem to make a big difference after having stress for so long. It's as if the tide is finally turning and even the little things are working out.
1. A guy came to the house out of the blue last week and asked if we wanted to sell our minivan. (This is the van that died a couple of months ago and was sitting here until we figured out how to get rid of it.) So he started it up, said the engine needs replaced and offered us some money for it....SOLD! Now he just needs to come and get it out of our yard so I can mow in that spot! hehe
2. We are now the proud owners of a riding lawn mower! The neighbor lady across the street had it sitting by the road with a "For Sale" sign on it. It sure beats waiting to mow our lawn until our next door neighbor was home to let us borrow his, or using the push mower on the 1.5 acre lot we're on! As it is, it takes almost 2 hours to mow the lawn on the riding mower. (I got out there and mowed the lawn yesterday and worked on my tan a bit!)
3. The previously mentioned piano...that's going to be awesome! We're going to be getting that later this month and I'll start giving some piano lessons to some friends' kids. I can't wait to get that in and started on teaching Elisabeth to play too.
4. Busch Gardens passes...we've re-purchased passes to BG Tampa, Adventure Island (water park) and SeaWorld. We've decided to upgrade to platinum passes so that in July when we are on a minivacation, we can get in free to BG Williamsburg. We headed to BG on Saturday evening and spent about 3 hours there. Elisabeth rode the Gwazi (a huge wooden roller coaster) and the Python (twice), along with the Cheetah Chase. Her favorite thing there was the Carousel though. LOL Sheikra was closed when we got there, so we'll ride it later. I think we may head over there tomorrow evening. When we were leaving, we said that this was the one thing we were missing from making the move back to the Tampa area complete...and now it feels like we're "home"! (Corny, I know!)
Today is "clean the house" day. Things have been so crazy lately that it's been a little bit neglected. It will be "Bright and Shiny" by day's end. (I hope!)
