Leaving.....

I wasn't really sure when it was actually going to hit me that I was leaving Willard. I've known since mid March that I wasn't coming back due to the department "downsizing".....and there were thoughts of me moving to KC before that even. But, even then I don't think it actually sunk in that I was going to be leaving my very first class room....my first "big kid job!"

This morning during my planning period I started (finally) boxing up all MY stuff. It was much harder than I thought. My desk is now all cleared out and my closet is almost empty. The last thing to go will be my decorative stuff...my round colorful paper lanterns that I LOVE.....I just cant bear to see the room all plane yet.

But right now 2 boxes are filled....sitting in the back of my class room. I got pretty emotional when I closed up that second box and set it next to the other. This is much harder than I thought it was going to be!

Because I am SO excited to move up to KC and start a new life and be with an amazing man, I thought leaving Willard would be just something that happened in the process. But, its more than that...

Today was a sad day for me.....

Only 4 and 1/2 days of school left......

Then my first job is over.....

New Dishes

In an earlier post I mentioned how it is official that I'm moving to KC and will be living with my wonderful boyfriend. Well, over the past few weeks there has had to be a lot of planning for the move. I have been overwhelmed at times, but it has to be done. The move IS happening and it is happening SOON!


We have to get my stuff up to his place. So, Memorial Day Weekend we plan on moving all my stuff to his house. His brother is driving his SUV and Chris will drive a truck he is borrowing for the weekend. Lots of stuff to put in those 2 vehicles in a short amount of time!


We have to see what stuff of his he needs to get ride of to make room for my stuff. The big things would be his bedroom furniture....he is moving all that out to make room for my new bed room furniture (that he helped pick out...so he doesn't mind). Also, the living room has an Entertainment Unit that wont fit my TV. So, he has to move that out and make room for my (bigger) TV. Again, I bet he isn't to sad about that. And that means the TV originally in the living room will now go in the bedroom. Major upgrade on the bedroom TV I'd say!


We also have been discussing what we both don't really have that we might need. A few of those things are Kitchen items. We are hoping to eat at home a little more and have people over so we kinda need to give the Kitchen some attention. One thing Chris mentioned was maybe needing more dishes. Well, last night I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and saw these!!!








I LOVE the ones with the red berries....and really like the other ones too, but I think the pop of red makes the berry ones my favorite. But, you guessed it....Chris doesn't like them. : ( He doesn't hate them, though! So maybe Ill be able to work him down into saying "OK" to the dishes. We will see. I guess this is just one glimpse of what it will be like to live with a significant other!

What my boyfriend will do!!!

As most of you know...Chris will do just about anything to make me happy. He is really a "Knight in Shining Armor" for me. It blows me away sometimes when he does crazy things just to make me happy or help me in some way.

The most resent being.....

My dryer went out a few weeks ago. He has a dryer down in his basement that he doesn't use (don't ask my way he has it...I just knew he did) but wasn't sure how he could get it down here. Well, then Tabi (my cousin that goes to school down here at MSU) tells me she has a dryer that she could bring over when she moved out her stuff during Finals Week. We thought we were covered and Chris wouldn't have to worry about bringing his dryer down here.

Well.....

Then Thursday night Tabi all of a sudden tells me her room mates want her to keep the dryer in the apartment over the summer while she is gone and so she wouldn't be bringing it over to my place.

What was I going to do now?!?!?!?!

I was on the phone with Chris when I got the text...and I was really upset. I hadn't done laundry (except the laundry my mom did for me...Thanks Mom!) for weeks. I had a huge pile of dirty cloths that I had been waiting to do because I thought I would have a dryer by the weekend. And now I wouldn't. And now I potentially was going to have to BUY a dryer....which I was hoping to not have to do.

Well, I guess while we were on the phone Chris was busy planning a way to "come to my rescue" in the dryer crisis! Later that night he sent me a picture.





Seriously! The things he will do to make me happy and help me out! I love him more than anything!!!

He got in late Friday night, so we put in the dryer Saturday morning. It works great and I was able to do 2 loads of laundry this weekend. He is the best boyfriend in the WORLD. I am going to keep him for a WHILE!!!

Thanks honey!!!

The next step

My wonderful boyfriend and I have been dating now for 1 year, 4 months, and 10 days! (I don't really keep track of that....but for this post, I counted it up!) And we have decided to take the next step.

Sooooo

I am officially moving to KC sometime this summer! We have been doing this long distance thing for a while now and we just think its time to be in the same city and see if this is the "Real Thing." This actually isn't a decision that we just made....its something we have been talking about some this winter guard season...then around mid March we decided that was what we would do. Make the move!

It is exciting and scary at the same time. I love him more than anything so being able to be with him more makes me VERY happy. I have people up in KC that I LOVE hanging out with. There are lots of opportunities for me up there. But.....I don't have a job yet. Like a REAL job. So, that is scary.

Ill keep looking and hopefully something opens up for me that is the right fit. Wish me luck! This is kinda a big deal......