A Week In Review

It was a crazy, busy week and before this new week officially starts it's time to recap it! 

Sunday - We went to a cake tasting/pricing appointment. It was not what I expected and the price left us with sticker shock. Who knew cake was almost as expensive as my dress?! We're still keeping our options open with cake for our wedding. 

This was my lunch! My favorite was the chocolate with choc filling and pumpkin with cream cheese filling.

Monday - My first day of work! It was filled with lots of questions and playing on the computer finding ideas for things to do in our classroom with my co-lead. We found out how many students we have too! It was also the day my mom had her first post op follow up appointment. Her drains came out and the surgeon said the lymph nodes they took looked good. :) Monday night Tim and I celebrated by going to a restaurant called Benvenuto's Italian Grill. We have a gift certificate for a free dessert and also free beverages from the Bridal show we attended in May. We tried one of the pizzas, the Bianca, and it was delicious. Our dessert, a triple chocolate cake was so much better than any cake I tried on Sunday.

 

My 23oz free New Glarus Spotted Cow :) 

 

Tuesday -  Second day of work was starting to drag. I remembered the way to get to the staff lounge and get soda, which was really bad of me! After work, my co-lead and I went to a teacher store called The Learning Shop. We found a couple things for the classroom and brought them back before our staff meeting. Super long day to put in 9.5 hours at work including staff meeting.

Wednesday - By today I was really getting into a mood. I felt like I was getting paid to sit on my butt in the office. We couldn't even get into our classroom to even organize the supply closet until Thursday when the summer camp kiddos went on their field trip. We had so many questions still that weren't going to be answered until Friday meeting with the Early Childhood teacher working with us or Professional Development at the end of the month. Plus, our boss was at another branch so we couldn't ask her. If I thought Tuesday was long, today was much longer!

Thursday - Our boss was out sick. We were able to get through the cabinets and organize, which only ate up 2 1/2 hours of the day. The supply closet looks much better and we were able to see what we have and what we don't have. I cannot wait to finally be able to work in my classroom! Only 8 more days...  Tim and I took a long walk (about 2 miles) in town and on the bike path. It was a nice evening to walk with the cooler temperatures.

Friday - It's finally the last day of the work week! Our boss was back. We almost didn't think she was coming, but she was just running late. We had a working lunch at the local coffee shop. I have lived in town for months and it was my first time. I felt much better about the year after meeting with the Early Childhood teacher, but concerned that we had so many special education kiddos in both AM and PM sections. We'll see how that turns out the first few weeks of school. I took off work early since my co-lead was leaving for a wedding to pack and load up to head home. 

Saturday - My friend's bridal shower was in the afternoon. I was so used to getting up early I couldn't sleep in so I stopped at my bestie's house to see baby Riley and catch up with her, as well as convinced her to go the shower! I ended up getting to feed her for the first time and spend some quality time with her. 

Miss Riley was napping when I got there. She is just so adorable!

Our second picture together :)

I just loved her pants. I'm a big fan of polka dots, but the cupcake on her bottom was the cutest thing ever!

After getting a chance to spend a few hours with my two favorites I got to play chauffeur for my mom. She hasn't been allowed to drive yet and she usually goes shopping and grocery shopping in Dubuque. I volunteered to take her because if Dad did, she wouldn't get to shop! It was nice to spend some time together since I won't see her tomorrow for her birthday. I found a couple books for school and got a pair of running shorts to help motivate me to get active.