Upcoming Events

Matt and I met another couple in our building and we all hung out last night. It was nice getting together with friends and not having to drive to Ann Arbor to see them! We definitely need to meet more people around here. In a few weeks, I will be going to Boston for a few days to watch Steph run the Boston Marathon!! I'm so excited to go. That week happens to be spring break for all the districts I'm subbing for, so I don't have to take any work off. It's only from Easter Sunday to Tuesday, but I think it'll be a busy trip. I was hoping Matt could go, but he can't take any days off of work. Luckily I can still spend Easter with him, since I'm not leaving until the afternoon.

Tomorrow we're going to Milas' Martini Party. I think this may be one of their last get togethers since they are moving to Texas soon. How sad! And on Sunday we are going to Jenny's confirmation and to dinner with Matt's family.

I totally sound like Frank the Tank right now, but I'm hoping we can go to Home Depot sometime this weekend, but I'm not sure if we'll have time.

Weight quiz, subbing

You Should Weigh 140

If you weigh less than this, you either have a fast metabolism or are about to gain weight. If you weigh more than this, you may be losing a few pounds soon!

How Much Do You Weigh?

Hmmm, I definitely don't weigh this. It's more than 20 lbs off, stupid calculator. I'm not sure why it didn't ask me for my height or some other key questions that helps determine weight. For fun, I put in all the answers for a ton of exercising and eating right and it says that the person should way 91 pounds. Sick! Anyways, I hope I have the fast metabolism and I'm not about to gain weight!

I am now working at 3 school districts as a sub. I hated having a day off and 2 of the districts have this neat sub-finder thing where I call in and sign up for jobs so I don't necessarily get called in the morning. The third school still has the call in the morning thing, but I want to stay in their system because I student taught there and they know me best.

Applying, And Weekend Stuff

I have applied to several positions while subbing. I hope something comes through. However, not one job has been for a secondary math teacher! I'm still looking every day though.

Matt and I went to see V for Vendetta. Besides having a few minutes worth of cheesy parts, the movie was powerful and complex. The Wachowski brothers made the film (the same people who did the Matrix trilogy) so you can imagine the complexity I'm talking about. It was very political and agenda pushing, but done really well.

Right before the movie, we watched George Mason beat the number one seeded UConn. We can't believe they pulled it off. Although I'm doing horribly in the March Madness pool I entered (not one of my Final Four made it!), I'm really glad George Mason is going far. A true underdog!
Here's a funny poll done by ESPN:



Everyone wants George Mason to win except fans of LSU, UCLA, and Florida which are the only states not maroon :)

No work today

I didn't get called in to work today, grrr. Apparently the teachers at the high school are all feeling healthy today. I guess that gives me time to do errands and clean the den. We just built my desk and my papers/school supplies/applications/everything is all over the floor! I'm also going to do a ton of job searching today for a permanent job. It's nice to make money while job searching, aka substituting, but I am only "registered" with one district and so I'm not anticipating being called every day (although that was the case until today). My Michigan certificate should be coming in the mail any day and then I can apply to all the other ones around here.

Honeymoon

I finally uploaded the honeymoon pictures. If you want to see them, I will send you a link to the gallery. Here are a few:

Matt and I at Dunn's River Falls. It's their "wonder of the world." The currents are pretty strong so we had to climb up it using a human chain. It was really exhilirating!



The ocean at dusk. There was a cruise ship in the distance of our resort's dock. And the flag in the forefront with an "X" on it is the Jamaican flag.



Here we are relaxing in a hammock. We loved how relaxing and laid back everything was!



Since we've been back, Matt and I have been working a lot. I've been asked to sub every day and Matt has been working long hours because we took that week off. We have been buying furniture and we're almost done with big purchases! As soon as we build our furniture and clean up the apartment I will post pics of our apartment! So far, marriage has been wonderful

Wedding

The wedding weekend went amazing. All the hard work we put into it paid off! Tons of people told me they really enjoyed it! Since the weekend, I've been running around between my parent's house and my apt trying to move in. I think it'll be a good month before everything is in its place and our den is no longer brimmimg with storage boxes.
Matt and I finally opened all the gifts and I'm hoping to start writing thank you cards soon. Although we are leaving for Jamaica in a few days so all of the thank you cards will definitely not be done before then.
I have received several e-albums from people. It's really nice to see pictures of the wedding since I had no idea what I looked like!



I only saw a mirror for about two minutes and it was before I was fully dressed! I will send a link via e-mail when the professional pics come in. I am especially excited to see the DVD our videographer is putting together. He did a spectacular job with Mona's wedding, and I'm sure it'll be equally as good.