I did end up letting myself sleep in today. I didn't actually get up until around 11:15 or so. This resulted in me rushing to get ready and pay my bills so I could get them out in today's mail. I had to go to the bank anyway to deposit a check, so I stopped at the mailbox on my way out. I also called back the guy from the tutoring company, but apparently he wasn't working today, so I left a message for him. Stupid phone tag!
When I got back, I didn't really do much for the rest of the day. I cleaned the bathroom this afternoon, but that's about it. When Marcus got home, we had an argument about our upcoming trip to Florida. We figured things out before he left for his RPG, but it left me kind of grumpy, and we didn't get to eat dinner together. I ate about an hour after he left (I had eaten a late lunch because of how late I slept, so I wasn't hungry earlier).
I was watching Jeopardy when my phone rang. It was Laura! I hadn't talked to her in a while, so it was a really nice surprise, and we talked for about half an hour just catching up. She actually told me she reads my blog, so I figured I'd give her a shout-out (hi, Laura!).
By the time we got off the phone, the Braves game was starting. I was conflicted, because I also really felt like watching our wedding video again, so I ended up putting that on in the bedroom and going back and forth between the two tvs. It's never fun to watch your team lose a game they looked like they were going to win, and that's all I really have to say about tonight's game.
Marcus came home from his RPG earlier than usual (around 11:30), which is kind of nice. And now I need to go shower and go to bed...we have a busy day tomorrow!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Steps in the right direction
I feel like my life finally took a couple of steps in some right directions today. This is exciting!
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
An Interesting Day
As predicted, today turned out to be a very interesting day. The morning was pretty slow, I didn't really do much until around 11:30. Then I ate an early lunch before heading out to Duluth (about a 45 minute drive) to take the "teacher's test" SAT. When I got there, they first had me fill out an application, which took a while since I had to look up people's addresses and phone numbers. Finally, I finished, and they led me back into the testing area. It was a row of little cubicles against a wall. They gave me a calculator (non-graphing), pencils, an eraser, and scrap paper. They didn't make me leave any of my stuff outside, so I had my phone, my purse, and even my notebook that I had brought where I had written directions of how to get there. Also in the notebook happened to be my study notes from when I took the GRE, and there were several points during the test when I could easily have cheated and looked up certain formulas in my notebook - but I didn't. Anyway, the test was REALLY easy. I don't remember the SAT being that easy, and I didn't find it super hard in high school. There was only ONE question on which I completely guessed, and only about 4-5 others where I wasn't completely sure of my answer. So yeah, I'm pretty sure I aced it, but we'll see. They said they'd get back to me within the next week or so.
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Oh, hello fall!
All I have to say about the weather the past two days is that I wish it wasn't raining so that I could spend the day outside and enjoy the nice, cool weather! It was in the 60s most of the day today - PERFECTION <3
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
So out of it
So I'm trying to get back into the daily grind, including writing in here every night. It's hard! I literally JUST remembered to write in here tonight.
I slept in a little bit today, but got up around 10 after Marcus got a phone call that woke me up. We ended up going to lunch with Pearl and Joey, then went grocery shopping. It was a rainy, dreary day (although I did enjoy the MUCH cooler weather!), so we were kind of out of it all day. I did go to the gym tonight (but Marcus didn't come with me), and felt a little better after that. I ate dinner and we watched the beginning of the Braves game before the season finale of Secret Life came on at 8. It was a GREAT episode, definitely the best one this season. I have a love/hate relationship with season finales. I love that they are usually amazing episodes that finally tie up all the loose ends of the story. I hate that they mean I have to wait for MONTHS to see the next episode! :-P
Anyway, after Secret Life ended up, Marcus had left to pick David up from the airport, so I watched the end of the Braves game by myself. Then I just hung out until he got home. I showered and got ready for bed, and now here I am writing this. I'm hoping that I will be able to get back into my regular routine starting tomorrow! The only things I have on the docket for tomorrow are to review some basic math stuff for the SAT teacher's test I'm taking on Wednesday (pre-requisite for a potential tutoring job), and Marcus and I are meeting with a good friend of his aunt's, who is a realtor, to start house hunting in earnest. So hopefully I'll have something interesting to report tomorrow night!
I slept in a little bit today, but got up around 10 after Marcus got a phone call that woke me up. We ended up going to lunch with Pearl and Joey, then went grocery shopping. It was a rainy, dreary day (although I did enjoy the MUCH cooler weather!), so we were kind of out of it all day. I did go to the gym tonight (but Marcus didn't come with me), and felt a little better after that. I ate dinner and we watched the beginning of the Braves game before the season finale of Secret Life came on at 8. It was a GREAT episode, definitely the best one this season. I have a love/hate relationship with season finales. I love that they are usually amazing episodes that finally tie up all the loose ends of the story. I hate that they mean I have to wait for MONTHS to see the next episode! :-P
Anyway, after Secret Life ended up, Marcus had left to pick David up from the airport, so I watched the end of the Braves game by myself. Then I just hung out until he got home. I showered and got ready for bed, and now here I am writing this. I'm hoping that I will be able to get back into my regular routine starting tomorrow! The only things I have on the docket for tomorrow are to review some basic math stuff for the SAT teacher's test I'm taking on Wednesday (pre-requisite for a potential tutoring job), and Marcus and I are meeting with a good friend of his aunt's, who is a realtor, to start house hunting in earnest. So hopefully I'll have something interesting to report tomorrow night!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Chattanooga Choo Choo!
Marcus and I had an amazing weekend getaway in Chattanooga!
On Friday, we slept in a little bit and left around 11 to drive up to Chattanooga. We first made pit stops at the bank and gas station, and then another one to drop off the final DVD of Julia's montage with the DJ. Then we were FINALLY on our way!
We arrived in Chattanooga around 1:30 pm and drove straight to Ruby Falls. Ruby Falls is one of the attractions at Lookout Mountain, and it is a massive underground cave inside the mountain that contains an amazing underground waterfall! Before we went on the tour, though, we got some lunch at the little cafe there - we each got a sandwich, and Marcus got some fudge! Then we set off on the tour. Our tour guide's name was Martin, and he was HILARIOUS! You take an elevator down into the cave, and then walk through it in a single file line to get to the waterfall. The cave is amazing, it has all kinds of cool formations in the rock, and they've given names to ones that resemble things (some examples are: Dragon's Foot, Steak and Potatoes, and Leaning Tower). It's about 2/5 of a mile from the elevator to the waterfall, so about 4/5 of a mile round trip. It's always around 60 degrees in the cave, which was a VERY nice break from the upper 90s weather outside! We could have stayed down there all day! The waterfall itself was breathtaking. We took lots of pictures in the cave, and one video of the waterfall.
When we were finished with the tour, we went up to the observation tower for a few minutes to look out at the Tennessee River and Chattanooga. Then we browsed the gift shop for a bit, and eventually decided we were ready to head out. By this time it was about 4 pm, so we headed over to our hotel to check in.
We stayed at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel, which was AWESOME! They have actual old train cars that have been converted into hotel rooms. Unfortunately, we didn't stay in a train car room, we just had a regular room. But we did get to walk around and see all the train stuff! They also feature "Dinner in the Diner", a dining car where they serve a fancy dinner. We didn't actually do that either, but we took pictures of the car ;-)
Anyway, we settled into our room and relaxed for a little bit, then headed over to get dinner at the hotel's casual restaurant. Afterwards, we went to the on-site Model Train Museum, because we had free tickets included with our hotel package. I wasn't expecting much, but it was actually REALLY cool! The model train system they had set up was enormous - it filled an entire large room! It covered the history of the railroads that had gone through Chattanooga, and they had all kinds of clever little setups with the tiny model people and vehicles (not just trains). We spent about 45 minutes in the museum, then headed down to browse in some of the gift shops at the hotel. I bought a little magnet for Shosh (she collects magnets, so it made me think of her, lol). By this time, we were exhausted, so we headed back to our room and went to bed early - we were in bed before 10 pm!
Saturday, we got up around 9, ate breakfast at the hotel (we also had free breakfast both days included in our package), and then headed over to the aquarium. They had a free electric shuttle bus running through downtown, with one endpoint being our hotel, and the other being right near the aquarium (perfect!). So we took the shuttle over, then headed into the aquarium. At some point on Friday, Marcus had discovered that his friend Mike and his wife Heather were also going to be in Chattanooga this weekend, and we had decided to meet up with them on Saturday. So we called them, and they were already at the aquarium, about halfway through the River portion (the Tennessee Aquarium is divided into two sections, housed in separate buildings - the River section and the Ocean section). So we headed into the River building first, and kind of sped through the first half of it until we finally caught up with them! We took our time going through the rest of the River building and all of the Ocean building together. Being the aquarium snob that I am (having grown up going to the Baltimore Aquarium), I have to say I was pretty impressed. It was definitely much bigger and better than the Atlanta Aquarium!
At 1 pm, we headed over to the IMAX theater, where we watched a movie about rescued baby elephants and orangutans, narrated by Morgan Freeman. It was a pretty cool movie, and the baby animals were SO CUTE! Afterwards, we decided to walk over to where Mike and Heather were staying, which was a little bed and breakfast in the art district. We went to lunch with them at an Italian restaurant right next door called Tony's Pasta and Trattoria, which was pretty good. Then we went back to their B&B and sat around talking and playing games for a couple of hours. Around 5:30, Marcus and I headed back to catch the shuttle back to our hotel, where we showered, changed, and got ready to go to dinner.
We caught the shuttle back downtown and went to a really nice seafood restaurant called Bluewater Grill. It's apparently owned by the same company as Gordon Biersch, and it was a similar level of restaurant. Our waiter was awesome and helped us narrow down the MANY menu options we were interested in! We both ended up getting tuna dishes, and they were both delicious! After dinner, it was finally cooling off to the point where it was at least comfortable to be outside, so we decided to walk across the pedestrian bridge to the other side of the river, where we went to a local ice cream place called Clumpy's (bad name, GREAT place!). It was similar to Jake's, for you Atlanta people, basically, they make their own ice cream in house, and they have lots of flavors that they change up every day. Marcus got cherry almond chunk, and I got chocolate chocolate chip raspberry. We didn't taste each other's, but we both thought our flavors were delicious!
Then we walked back across the bridge and caught the shuttle back to our hotel. We went to bed on the early side again, this time around 11.
This morning, we slept in a little bit and got up around 9:30. We packed our stuff up and loaded up the car, then went to breakfast and checked out. The drive back to Atlanta only took about 2 hours, which was nice. We didn't really do much the rest of the day. We watched the Braves game, and went to Target to pick up a few things, but we're both kind of tired and out of it. I'm really glad we still have tomorrow to sleep in and go grocery shopping and do our typical weekend things! Much less stressful than coming back from vacation on Sunday evening and having to do everything that night!
I really enjoyed Chattanooga, and would definitely go back! It's a great place for a weekend getaway, it has all the amenities (restaurants, museums, etc.) of a city without feeling city-like, and there's a lot of stuff we didn't get to do that I'd love to go back and try. It was definitely a great investment, and I'm really glad we did it!
On Friday, we slept in a little bit and left around 11 to drive up to Chattanooga. We first made pit stops at the bank and gas station, and then another one to drop off the final DVD of Julia's montage with the DJ. Then we were FINALLY on our way!
We arrived in Chattanooga around 1:30 pm and drove straight to Ruby Falls. Ruby Falls is one of the attractions at Lookout Mountain, and it is a massive underground cave inside the mountain that contains an amazing underground waterfall! Before we went on the tour, though, we got some lunch at the little cafe there - we each got a sandwich, and Marcus got some fudge! Then we set off on the tour. Our tour guide's name was Martin, and he was HILARIOUS! You take an elevator down into the cave, and then walk through it in a single file line to get to the waterfall. The cave is amazing, it has all kinds of cool formations in the rock, and they've given names to ones that resemble things (some examples are: Dragon's Foot, Steak and Potatoes, and Leaning Tower). It's about 2/5 of a mile from the elevator to the waterfall, so about 4/5 of a mile round trip. It's always around 60 degrees in the cave, which was a VERY nice break from the upper 90s weather outside! We could have stayed down there all day! The waterfall itself was breathtaking. We took lots of pictures in the cave, and one video of the waterfall.
When we were finished with the tour, we went up to the observation tower for a few minutes to look out at the Tennessee River and Chattanooga. Then we browsed the gift shop for a bit, and eventually decided we were ready to head out. By this time it was about 4 pm, so we headed over to our hotel to check in.
We stayed at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel, which was AWESOME! They have actual old train cars that have been converted into hotel rooms. Unfortunately, we didn't stay in a train car room, we just had a regular room. But we did get to walk around and see all the train stuff! They also feature "Dinner in the Diner", a dining car where they serve a fancy dinner. We didn't actually do that either, but we took pictures of the car ;-)
Anyway, we settled into our room and relaxed for a little bit, then headed over to get dinner at the hotel's casual restaurant. Afterwards, we went to the on-site Model Train Museum, because we had free tickets included with our hotel package. I wasn't expecting much, but it was actually REALLY cool! The model train system they had set up was enormous - it filled an entire large room! It covered the history of the railroads that had gone through Chattanooga, and they had all kinds of clever little setups with the tiny model people and vehicles (not just trains). We spent about 45 minutes in the museum, then headed down to browse in some of the gift shops at the hotel. I bought a little magnet for Shosh (she collects magnets, so it made me think of her, lol). By this time, we were exhausted, so we headed back to our room and went to bed early - we were in bed before 10 pm!
Saturday, we got up around 9, ate breakfast at the hotel (we also had free breakfast both days included in our package), and then headed over to the aquarium. They had a free electric shuttle bus running through downtown, with one endpoint being our hotel, and the other being right near the aquarium (perfect!). So we took the shuttle over, then headed into the aquarium. At some point on Friday, Marcus had discovered that his friend Mike and his wife Heather were also going to be in Chattanooga this weekend, and we had decided to meet up with them on Saturday. So we called them, and they were already at the aquarium, about halfway through the River portion (the Tennessee Aquarium is divided into two sections, housed in separate buildings - the River section and the Ocean section). So we headed into the River building first, and kind of sped through the first half of it until we finally caught up with them! We took our time going through the rest of the River building and all of the Ocean building together. Being the aquarium snob that I am (having grown up going to the Baltimore Aquarium), I have to say I was pretty impressed. It was definitely much bigger and better than the Atlanta Aquarium!
At 1 pm, we headed over to the IMAX theater, where we watched a movie about rescued baby elephants and orangutans, narrated by Morgan Freeman. It was a pretty cool movie, and the baby animals were SO CUTE! Afterwards, we decided to walk over to where Mike and Heather were staying, which was a little bed and breakfast in the art district. We went to lunch with them at an Italian restaurant right next door called Tony's Pasta and Trattoria, which was pretty good. Then we went back to their B&B and sat around talking and playing games for a couple of hours. Around 5:30, Marcus and I headed back to catch the shuttle back to our hotel, where we showered, changed, and got ready to go to dinner.
We caught the shuttle back downtown and went to a really nice seafood restaurant called Bluewater Grill. It's apparently owned by the same company as Gordon Biersch, and it was a similar level of restaurant. Our waiter was awesome and helped us narrow down the MANY menu options we were interested in! We both ended up getting tuna dishes, and they were both delicious! After dinner, it was finally cooling off to the point where it was at least comfortable to be outside, so we decided to walk across the pedestrian bridge to the other side of the river, where we went to a local ice cream place called Clumpy's (bad name, GREAT place!). It was similar to Jake's, for you Atlanta people, basically, they make their own ice cream in house, and they have lots of flavors that they change up every day. Marcus got cherry almond chunk, and I got chocolate chocolate chip raspberry. We didn't taste each other's, but we both thought our flavors were delicious!
Then we walked back across the bridge and caught the shuttle back to our hotel. We went to bed on the early side again, this time around 11.
This morning, we slept in a little bit and got up around 9:30. We packed our stuff up and loaded up the car, then went to breakfast and checked out. The drive back to Atlanta only took about 2 hours, which was nice. We didn't really do much the rest of the day. We watched the Braves game, and went to Target to pick up a few things, but we're both kind of tired and out of it. I'm really glad we still have tomorrow to sleep in and go grocery shopping and do our typical weekend things! Much less stressful than coming back from vacation on Sunday evening and having to do everything that night!
I really enjoyed Chattanooga, and would definitely go back! It's a great place for a weekend getaway, it has all the amenities (restaurants, museums, etc.) of a city without feeling city-like, and there's a lot of stuff we didn't get to do that I'd love to go back and try. It was definitely a great investment, and I'm really glad we did it!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
TGI Thursday!
Today was another crazy day. I headed over to Joel and Shosh's at 9:45 this morning to babysit. My plan was to go straight from their house to Nora's to drop off the DVD of Julia's montage afterwards. While I was babysitting, I got 3 calls from Nora, 2 from her husband, and 1 from the DJ for the Bat Mitzvah about coordinating dropping off the DVD. Apparently none of them talk to each other, it's ridiculous! So what the DJ and I ended up deciding (and I later conveyed to Nora and her husband via email when I got home) is that I will drop the DVD off at his office on our way up to Chattanooga tomorrow, since it's basically on the way. I also now have to call Nora AND her husband to let them know when I've dropped it off successfully :-P
So anyway, babysitting was fine, Eli was adorable as usual, and Talia slept for most of the time I was there. Shosh had put her down before I got there (around 9:15), and she didn't wake up until around 12:30! Then she was up for a few hours, but went to sleep again around 3:20 or so, just a few minutes before Joel got home. All I have to report from today (and actually yesterday too, but I forgot to mention it in my post last night) is that it absolutely melts my heart when Eli calls me "Auntie Tara"! Yesterday when I was leaving, he was going down for a nap, and he said "night night Auntie Tara" <3 Today he kept wanting me to "help" him with his toy (which he's perfectly capable of using by himself, lol), and he kept saying, "help, Auntie Tara!", and it was SO. FREAKING. CUTE.
I was all stressed out when I got home, mostly because of trying to juggle Nora, Spencer (her husband), AND the DJ, AND still had to pack and plan for our trip. When Marcus got home, we debated for a while before deciding to forego the gym tonight in favor of devoting our evening to planning our trip. I printed out a whole bunch of stuff, from directions to coupons to my voucher for the hotel. We also looked at restaurants online and decided which ones we want to go to.
Since I'm not bringing my computer with me, I won't be able to update every night while I'm gone. We're coming back Sunday afternoon(-ish), so I promise to write about our trip either Sunday night or Monday! I'm so excited, I can't wait to get away for a couple of days! I need a break.
So anyway, babysitting was fine, Eli was adorable as usual, and Talia slept for most of the time I was there. Shosh had put her down before I got there (around 9:15), and she didn't wake up until around 12:30! Then she was up for a few hours, but went to sleep again around 3:20 or so, just a few minutes before Joel got home. All I have to report from today (and actually yesterday too, but I forgot to mention it in my post last night) is that it absolutely melts my heart when Eli calls me "Auntie Tara"! Yesterday when I was leaving, he was going down for a nap, and he said "night night Auntie Tara" <3 Today he kept wanting me to "help" him with his toy (which he's perfectly capable of using by himself, lol), and he kept saying, "help, Auntie Tara!", and it was SO. FREAKING. CUTE.
I was all stressed out when I got home, mostly because of trying to juggle Nora, Spencer (her husband), AND the DJ, AND still had to pack and plan for our trip. When Marcus got home, we debated for a while before deciding to forego the gym tonight in favor of devoting our evening to planning our trip. I printed out a whole bunch of stuff, from directions to coupons to my voucher for the hotel. We also looked at restaurants online and decided which ones we want to go to.
Since I'm not bringing my computer with me, I won't be able to update every night while I'm gone. We're coming back Sunday afternoon(-ish), so I promise to write about our trip either Sunday night or Monday! I'm so excited, I can't wait to get away for a couple of days! I need a break.
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