Alright Companero here it is,

My life consists of 8 year olds.  I am a third grade teacher and I love it.  Never thought I would say those words.  I teach in white suburbia for the first time since I graduated college, and let me tell you it makes teaching a lot easier and more fun where you’re kids aren’t crack babies, abused daily, emotionally/behaviorally disabled, or Kuwaiti!  Needless to say my kids now seem like angels compared with my past years of teaching.

We bought a new house and I love it.  I am SLOWLY but surely moving in and decorating.  I am just so happy to have a home with a front door into my living room, instead of a front door to your stairs as in an apartment.

Lastly, I will comment on my last post.  God is good…so good.  I didn’t even remember posting that and when I re-read it I was shocked.  I have since then; found a church home, joined a small group, and really tried to study and bring God more into my daily life.  It has been an exciting and scary journey but I am so thankful for everything that God is doing in my life.  Now don’t get it twisted, it is a slow process for me and the old Heidi is very much still alive and kickin, but I am trying to let God refine her a little bit.  Well I am going to stop for now, as my husband is IMing me from Korea.  Let me leave you with this quote from a first grader.

Me: How old are you Gavin?

Gavin: Ummmm, seven or eight. (thinking pause)  Wellll, I know I’m definitely not 5 anymore.

Me: Huh?

Gavin: Well I’m 6,7,or8 (pause)  I’ll know for sure by Monday!!!!

I went to church today.  I didn’t really listen to the message but I know God brought me there in His house to think about He and I.  We haven’t talked much lately but I have my car radio on a Christian station everyday.   I have been thinking lately about how I want to live my life and how I want others to view my life.  I’m still in quiet thought and I have made no decisions but I know that some things have to change.

In lighter news, we are leaving on Thursday to go to my cousins wedding in Rhode Island.  I am so excited!!!  My mom’s side of the family is so much fun and we all get along.  I bought a new plum colored dress today and it’s pretty cute.

I have also decided that I no longer enjoy being a waitress.  I will be teaching third grade starting the end of August and hopefully I won’t have anymore summers that involve waitressing.

People keep telling me every month that they think I’m pregnant and then every month I get my “friend.”  I am merely ready for a puppy not a baby…and my husband is no where near ready for a baby….as he readily told me on Friday.  I am rambling so check back later today!!

There are some people in this world who survive by taking advantage of others…..this is so infuriating to me!!  Then there are some people who have a very soft spot for them and let these parasites suck them dry.  I am not the person with the soft spot…ahhhhmmm…I’m just sayin.

Anyway, as I move more into adulthood I am yearning for a place to call home.  I have learned to hate renting and not having a forever home.  There are people everywhere when you live in an apartment complex and there are weird smells that permeate the hallways because everyone is cooking something TOTALLY different for dinner.  But the number one reason I need my own home is so I can have a dog!!  I don’t seem to be getting pregnant anytime soon and I NEED something to take care of.  Not to mention that I love dogs and have wanted one since I was 10 years old, whereas, my mother responds to this desire by getting a dog after I leave for college….whore!!

I am working at a restaurant this summer in Lake Forest, for those of you that don’t know where Lake Forest is, it’s the 4th richest city in the United States.  That about sums up Lake Forest in a nutshell.  So anyway, I have met some very interesting characters while working and I love.  Some make me smile, some make me curse, but they all give me money cause they have so much they don’t know what to do.  I guess that’s all for now.

I am really horrible at blogging but we’ll see what happens.  We just got back from one of Jon’s basketball games and I have to work all week so I am tired.  We are barbecuing for dinner and I can’t wait  I’ll writ again when I have more to say…

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