We finally got the internet at our apartment! I actually didn't even realize how much I missed it since Mitch and I both have it on our phones...and if we ever REALLY needed the real internet we could go to campus or his house! It is definitely nice though to be able to be on the internet on a computer at our house.
Holy smokes, a lot has been happening! Such as....
I got a job teaching 1st grade in the fall! I'll be at Burton Elementary in Rexburg and I am incredibly excited. It is such a blessing because I get to get in a year of teaching while Mitch finishes up his Bachelor's degree.
Mitch finished his internship on campus last week and started working concrete again this week! He came home on Wednesday saying it felt good to "really" work. I guess he didn't really enjoy all the sitting around he did during his internship...not that there was a lot of it...just definitely a lot more than there is with his concrete job!
I tend to have a lot of time on my hands so I've been doing a lot of little crafty projects--and totally enjoying it. I'm currently working on these....
They're for my classroom and then eventually my own kids one day! They are super easy to make and incredibly inexpensive. They each have a letter on them and you use them to make words. Perfect for teaching kids how to read and spell. Don't worry, Mitch is already getting a lot of use out of them.
Yes, Mitch picked it out. I liked it so much when we were done though I put it in a frame...and bought another puzzle. I guess there's like a bunch in this set, so who knows, maybe by the time we're eighty-eight and doing puzzles everyday we'll have finished them all. I bought another one the same day I bought the frame for this one...we got the outside border done! ...but haven't touched it since. Its just been sitting there for the last two weeks. It has a fox in it and its really cool. Mitch just gave me a spoonful of Tillamook ice cream but it was way too big for my mouth. Sheesh. Shows how helpful he is writing this blog!
Oh our plant! I have to write about the plant! On Monday this week Mitch didn't have to go to work because his internship was done, and he didn't start his next job until Wednesday, so he had a day to get ready for school and such. Well, that took him half an hour, so he basically had a day to play. I got to work at 8:00 Monday morning and found out the student I work with was sick, so I had the day off too! That afternoon we basically toured Rexburg. What is there to see you might ask...well a whole lot if you go to every major store possible. We started out at Broulim's to do some grocery shopping, but then ended up back there a little while later to trade in all our coins. We came out with a whopping $27 to spend freely at D.I. Yeah...D.I. had nothing for us. So then we went and wandered Walmart, Big 5, Ace, CAL Ranch, Porters, Valleywide, Subway, DollarTree, RadioShack, and K-mart....where our adventure ended with us buying a beatiful Dracaena that is durable and exotic. That's a plant by the way. So I kinda veered off subject, but that's basically what happened Monday. We wandered all of Rexburg just for fun, and it really was fun! We ended up spending most of our coin money on lunch and our plant--so fun! And random...but definitely fun! We weren't exactly on a quest for a plant...I just saw one at Walmart that was ugly and we both had really bad ADHD so we it took us a long time to find another one. Subway doesn't have plants, just in case you were wondering.
Gorgeous, ain't it?!
Let's see how long it lives.
Mitch started school on Tuesday! He's not excited at all...or so he says. He'd rather be doing the construction than reading about it. He only has classes Tuesday and Thursday and a couple online. That way he can still work his concrete job Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He says it keeps him sane. I say it keeps him buff.
Last week I had Spring Break! Best holidayish thing ever! I got three days off of school (Rexburg is...Rexburg...and they don't get a full week...but I'll take what I can get!) and it was amazing. We went four wheeling up at the ranch one of those days and it was fantastic. I came away with a nasty sunburn and so did Mitch. His turned into a tan in about ten minutes, while mine stayed for days and is still peeling a week and a half later. Hopefully our kids get his skin. Four wheeling was a blast! Such good weather and we went with such good people!
Well......I think that's long enough for today.
Basically the only thing you need to get from this is that we're both doing great and loving life! If we could offer you any advice it would be to marry your best friend!!!!!!!!!!!
