Mother's Day- Bittersweet.
I have not been fond of this day for the past few years. I hate waking up on this day and having to go around like nothing is wrong. It really sucked having to read all of the facebook posts this morning but what helped the most was people who mentioned people who cannot have kids.
sad Jennifer and Aaron are not in this picture but they will be soon enough
This week Kelly's Korner is doing favorite vacation spots. Last September we went to Destin, FL and it was wonderful!!! It was one of the most relaxing vacations I have ever gone on.
These are some beach houses on the beach that we went to every day.
The Beach
At the pier
The pool at the house that we rented for the week.
We wend to the Cardinal's game on Tuesday. OMG!!!! bad idea!!! We got caught in a terrible storm and after a 2+ hour rain delay the game was canceled.
On Wednesday we finished MAP testing at school. It is nice to have it over with. I bought my students pizza to celebrate the end of testing. They seemed to enjoy it. Since the game got rained out Tuesday night it was rescheduled for Wednesday at 1:15 pm. We that was nice since Mitch and I were both at work during that time. My principal let my TA and I leave school a couple of hours early and go to the game. How awesome!!! I was so shocked she let us go but apparently the kids were good while we were gone.
Thursday I had to get my car inspected and then guess what!!! I went to the Cardinal's game with my mom. It was fun and they won so that was nice. I went back to my parents house for the evening and we ordered pizza.
Friday, no Cardinals game!! Well there was one but we did not go. My mom and I met at the movie theater to see Hop and it was sold out. Since she had just gotten my sisters car inspected we went and got our plates renewed and then headed to my godmothers house and took her shopping and then we went to a fish fry. When we got back to my parents house it started to storm. There were warnings everywhere. We had hail and pretty serious rain and wind. There were several tornadoes and it has been on the nationwide news. Lambert Airport was hit really bad. Many windows were blown out and planes even got moved around. A van ended up on the roof of a building.
Saturday we meet my husbands family at IHOP to celebreate Easter. It was nice to get together with everyone and see the kids. We also did some grocery shopping and we went to OAces for dinner. I prepared my treats for Easter Sunday. I made peanut butter toffee, buffalo chicken dip, and deviled eggs.
Since this weekend is almost over I figured I should go ahead and put up the post I started for last weekend. See below. Hopefully I will add pictures later. Sitting here the night before Easter I think of the way it would be if we had children. I would be getting them ready for bed and then getting their Easter surprises ready. I would also be setting out their church outfits. Its hard thinking about those things. Instead I just finished cleaning the carpets. I did get to make baskets for my niece, nephews, and cousin so that helped with the celebrating part.
Friday night some people from work got together and went to a place called the Royale Dump. It is a dinner theater. It was fun. I have never been to something quite like this.
Saturday I went to a Founder's Day celebration for Sigma Sigma Sigma with my Alumnae Group. It is an interesting group of women. Some are young and some are older but it is a neat feeling that we are all bonded by being part of something.
On my way home I went to Trader Joes. This is a new favorite store of mine. I feel like I am eating healthy when I buy snacks and such from there.
Saturday night Mitch and I went to the movies. We have not been in quite a while so it was nice. We saw Soul Surfer.
Sunday I drove down to Cape Girardeau to my college to go to the sorority Founder's Day celebration for the chapter that I am an advisor for.
I came home, cooked dinner, and went for a walk. Now I am relaxing watching TV. After a busy weekend I am excited to get this week started. I only have 3 days of work and then I am off for 5 WHOLE DAYS!!!!
Normally I watch Off the Map on Wednesdays but it is not on tonight so I find myself a little off my routine of sitting on the couch. Last week I posted some pictures from the Cardinal's game. Here are a few more from the game on April 5th.
Other than going to Cardinal's games it has been pretty uneventful around here. We worked in the yard this weekend. Mitch planted several vegetables and we put mulch in the front flower beds and around the trees. It makes it look a little more finished.
We are in the middle of our state testing so things at school are pretty crazy right now. Everybody is on edge hoping that the students do well. I am not too worried but I hope the kids do well. We also have a ton of IEPs going on right now so that makes it extra busy.
As far as TTCing, not much is going on there. I take the Prometrium to start my cycle and have bloodwork that always says that I don't ovulate. We are not really adding any other medications right now. Things are just so busy we don't have much time to think about kids. That is probably for the best. It will happen right??
Well red was the color of the day on Sunday and today!! We got to go to the Cardinal's game. So far they have won two games this season and we have been at both of them.
Here are some pictures from Sunday's game against the Padres
I am tired so I am going to bed. Will do a post on today's game later.
