Sassy Song Sunday: Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield

On Sunday nights, as I make the 2.5 hour drive home from visiting New Guy I find myself doing A LOT of station scanning as I listen to the radio, as there are never any good songs on late at night. The problem in doing this is that I usually only hear parts of songs I like. Tonight’s sassy song, Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield, relates to my life in no way other than the fact that I only heard the tail end of it as I drove home and I wanted to hear it in it’s entirety. 80’s music rules!

Nothing New to Say

I haven’t written about the divorce because, sadly, there is nothing new to say. We are both still living in the house, which will be the case until it sells or the school year ends and I move (which still paying my half of the mortgage on a house that I no longer live in). He and his attorney refuse to finalize the divorce until the house sells. We have our pretrial conference (required by Iowa law) at the end of May and then the trial at the end of June; however, if the house hasn’t sold by then these dates will likely be pushed back. Please pray that the house sells soon!

Sassy Song Sunday: Falling For You by Colbie Caillat

Today’s song is Falling For You by Colbie Caillat. This song is one of my favorites; in fact, it plays every time New Guy calls me! :o)

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Just a quick post to let you know all is well. It’s a super busy week for me at work – field trip, open house night, and a birthday celebration I am in charge of brining all the treats for!

No news on the house – a few walk throughs, but no offers as of yet… please keep praying that it sells before June.

Kindergarten Here I Come!

I found out this afternoon that I will be teaching kindergarten next year. I taught kindergarten my very first year of teaching (seven years ago) and loved it. But, I have to say it is A LOT of work and I’ve really been enjoying first grade (and second grade before that). Needless to say, I am a little nervous... good thing I have all summer to prepare!

Witty Words Wednesday #12

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Sell This House!

Now that I am officially moving forward with my new life (yay!!!) and know that I will be relocating at the end of the school year because I got the new job, my focus is now on selling the house. It’s been on the market for a month now and several people have gone through it, but we haven’t gotten any offers. I realize a month isn’t that long in the grand scheme of things, but when you consider that our house before this one sold in seven days, a month seems like an eternity! It’s a great house… three bedrooms, two baths, custom-built theater room, corner lot, brick patio with gas fire pit, professionally landscaped. I know it’s the perfect house for someone; we just need the right buyers to come our way. Please, please pray that they will find their way here to their new home soon!

Here are some pictures of the outside (pardon the brown... still waiting for the spring bloom to begin!)

The Wait is Over

It’s safe to say that I was a nervous wreck for the first several days of this week, waiting to hear from the school district that I was hoping to get a job at. Although I had tried hard to put it in God’s hands and trust that if I was supposed to get the job I would, I was really feeling the pressure of the fact that my whole life seemed to be hinging on this one decision. Well, I got a call on Tuesday evening and the wait was finally over… I GOT THE JOB!!!

I am beyond thrilled and feel so very blessed! The funny thing is, I do have some sadness too. I adore my school – I love teaching first grade and the staff that I work with is phenomenal. A year ago you could not have paid me enough to teach anywhere else and had you asked me then I would have told you that I had every intention of working there for the rest of my teaching career. However, I do not think I could have stayed here with all the memories of the past year. I feel strongly that I need to close this chapter of my life, so to speak, and start over fresh and that is exactly what I am going to do.