Thursday, February 27, 2014

Under the weather

Last night my throat started getting scratchy and I’ve felt generally blah today.  I had to do make up tests again today, but it was much better than last week.  We got started at a decent time and all were finished before 1:00.  I took some advil earlier in the day and it probably helped.  I could feel it wearing off by dinner time.  I met Matt at Taco Cabana for dinner.  I was hungry, but I could feel my throat getting sore.  I stayed for one miserable Scrabble game at club.  It was one of the worst games I’ve ever played.  I could not catch a break on drawing tiles.  I didn’t even break 250 points which is lousy. 

Matt and I are heading to Dallas for a weekend trip tomorrow evening.  He has family that is coming down to visit and we will get to meet up with them.  He’s going fishing with his cousins on Saturday morning and I’ll be shopping with my cousin Amanda. 

I took more advil tonight and it may be working – it’s kind of hard to tell. I’ll me going to bed shortly.  I’m trying to stay awake so that I can take my laundry out of the dryer before it all wrinkles.  I might not make it.  There’s only 5 minutes of Big Bang Theory left and the advil pm is starting to make me feel sleepy. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

I love testing (not)

It could have been worse, I didn’t have to test an entire class – I was the relief person so I just babysat for 15 minutes at a time.  Tomorrow I will have the joy of doing retakes (note the sarcasm).  These tests aren’t even real tests – they’re just practice tests.  It seems like overkill to test students over and over.  So this week is totally pointless for me.  I won’t be getting anything done in my library. 

I went to the store after work and got groceries and decided to make my famous cashew chicken tonight.  It was delicious as always.  I started making a list of wedding guests.  I need to get a LOT of addresses, but thankfully most of my friends are on Facebook and I can just ask them.  If you’re one of my regular blog readers and want an invitation, email me your mailing address to jifnerwedding @ gmail dot com.  I’ll leave this email information up for a week or two, but then I’ll delete so I don’t get junk mail from spammers. 

Matt is watching the Spurs and I think I’m going to head to bed.  I might start the next book on my Kindle.  I should since it’s pretty long, but I’m not sure if I’m focused enough to read tonight.  Maybe I’ll just play a pointless word game instead. 

Monday, February 17, 2014

Wedding Prep

Matt and I made a quick trip back to Canyon this weekend so that we could meet with Father Phan and do some wedding planning.  The meeting went fine and we are on track for the wedding on July 12.  We have some paperwork to do and get sent back in, but other than that, we don’t have to return until the rehearsal the night before.  We were able to have lunch with my friend Pam who is my maid of honor.  We also met my brother and his wife for dinner.  This morning, we picked up a dozen donuts from Donut Stop.  We stopped for lunch at what I thought was a Taco Villa in Lubbock, but it was kind of different.  It wasn’t quite what I expected.  Food was decent, but I probably should have gotten food at the one in Canyon.  Unfortunately it was too early when we were leaving.  Andrew – if you do get to come to the wedding, I’m taking you to Donut Stop and Taco Villa so you can finally experience it for yourself! 

I was able to finish a book while on the trip.  I read I am Malala about the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban.  It was an interesting read.  Some of it was kind of hard to follow because it goes into a lot of historical background and such, but it was still eye opening.  Now I’m reading a YA novel.  I have one more book cued in my library to read after that.  The thing about borrowing books from the library is that I’m forced to read more often. 

Matt is out playing Scrabble this evening.  I’m watching ice skating on the Olympics and waiting for my laundry to get done.  Tomorrow and Wednesday will not be fun at work as we are doing test simulations.  That means wasted days for me and all the other teachers.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Another Valentine’s Day Down

I just spent time re-reading my past blog entries on or around Valentine’s day for the past nine years.  It seems that for several years when I had no Valentine, I was mostly spending the time heading to and from San Antonio for Josh’s all-state band concerts.  Perhaps that was a sign of things to come – that I was meant to be in San Antonio.  The only negative years was when I was in my “iffy” relationships with Marty and Michael.  The past three years have been pretty awesome with Matt.  Matt told me he loved me for the first time three years ago.  Last year was hit and miss mostly, but we ended up having drinks at The Menger Bar with Josh and my friend Kirsten who were here for TMEA.  This year he sent me flowers, which came yesterday.  I actually got a double order for some reason, so instead of a dozen roses, I got two dozen.  Matt grilled some juicy steaks on the grill and we had corn on the cob, baked potatoes, and salad for dinner.  Now we’re trying to find something to watch on tv since men’s ice skating is kind of boring. 

Matt has to work tomorrow, but he’s getting off at 3:00 and then we are driving back to Canyon so we can meet with Father Phan this weekend and go over wedding planning.  It will be a quick trip as we’ll be coming back on Monday.  I’m looking forward to seeing my friend Pam and my brother.  Oh, let’s not forget Taco Villa and Donut stop. 

Another Valentine’s Day Down

I just spent time re-reading my past blog entries on or around Valentine’s day for the past nine years.  It seems that for several years when I had no Valentine, I was mostly spending the time heading to and from San Antonio for Josh’s all-state band concerts.  Perhaps that was a sign of things to come – that I was meant to be in San Antonio.  The only negative years was when I was in my “iffy” relationships with Marty and Michael.  The past three years have been pretty awesome with Matt.  Matt told me he loved me for the first time three years ago.  Last year was hit and miss mostly, but we ended up having drinks at The Menger Bar with Josh and my friend Kirsten who were here for TMEA.  This year he sent me flowers, which came yesterday.  I actually got a double order for some reason, so instead of a dozen roses, I got two dozen.  Matt grilled some juicy steaks on the grill and we had corn on the cob, baked potatoes, and salad for dinner.  Now we’re trying to find something to watch on tv since men’s ice skating is kind of boring. 

Matt has to work tomorrow, but he’s getting off at 3:00 and then we are driving back to Canyon so we can meet with Father Phan this weekend and go over wedding planning.  It will be a quick trip as we’ll be coming back on Monday.  I’m looking forward to seeing my friend Pam and my brother.  Oh, let’s not forget Taco Villa and Donut stop. 

Saturday, February 08, 2014

Solitary Saturday

Matt is off at work this morning and I’m sitting in my pajamas on the couch.  I’m watching the DVR’d American Idol episode that I missed on Thursday.  Angie has been going in and out and tracking in muddy paw prints.  I did catch Mollie and Angie kind of playing together this morning.  I think Mollie is warming up to the new dog, but still gets irritated by her. 

Not sure what my plans are for the day.  I have some reading to do.  I have four library books downloaded on my Kindle and I need to get busy reading before they expire.  I need to do some house cleaning as well.

Last night Matt and I had dinner with my ex-husband.  He is going to do the photography at the wedding.  Surprisingly (and ironically), he has a wedding photography business that has been doing well.  He was willing to travel to Canyon for the wedding (since his grandkids are in Amarillo) and he gave me a really good price.  Some people might think it would be awkward, but since we’ve stayed friends, it’s no big deal. 

Next weekend we head back to Canyon to meet with the priest.  I hope the weather warms up by then.  Canyon has been down right frigid.  I’ve been complaining about the 37 degrees here, but Canyon has been in the single digits with snow.  Today we’re supposed to get back in the 60’s and in the 70’s tomorrow.  It will dip back in the 40’s early next week and then warm up again.  I’m ready for winter to be over.  I’ve gotten spoiled by mild winter weather in south Texas.