Alone Again

How did that last few weeks fly by SO fast?? Jon left on Thursday for SF Selection. I think he was really excited, but very nervous. He was able to go down to Fort Bragg a few days early and spend some time with his best friend from college. Tomorrow he reports and then no communication until he's finished in November. It will be a long 4 weeks, but I'm sure I'll find a way to stay busy -- I'm pretty good at that! I'm anxious to just get this whole thing over with so we can have a better idea of what our next step is.

Since he's been gone, I've watched all of the shows I've TiVoed for the last few weeks while he's been watching non-stop ESPN (Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars, etc.). Kind of cool to have control of the remote again! Still, I would much rather give up my shows to have him home with me! We truly had SUCH a great time together while he was home! I was thinking today about how lucky I feel to have married such a great guy. He is just sooo funny and cute and he's always trying to do what's right and trying to make good decisions for our family. I can't believe the little twerp I started dating in high school actually grew up to be such a good man!

Friday night I stayed home to listen to my brother's football game on the radio. I love tuning in every week. I just about do a back handspring everytime I hear his name on a tackle or a sack. They won the game in the last 16 seconds, which will advance them to playoffs in a few weeks. I SO wish I could be there to watch him play again!

Last night I went out for my friend Annie's birthday. Once again, I drove home feeling so lucky to have such wonderful friends. God has been so good to me here at our first post -- blessing me with AMAZING friends, a job at an awesome school, the opportunity to take up yoga, and lots more. I just hope I'm able to make some new friends like this wherever we go next.

Tomorrow is the first day that my student teacher will be taking over EVERYTHING at school. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself! Of course, I have several large projects planned to work on, but it is just going to be so wierd going to school everyday and not teaching! His supervisor talked to me last time about leaving the room while he teaches, so I'm going to do my best to stay away most of the day. Wish me luck! I have such a hard time "letting go" of my classroom and my 125 babies!!