November 3rd, 2017

This morning was so hectic guys, you would not believe. One of the newest downfalls of this move has been my brand new memory foam mattress- I’ve been using the same old fashioned one since high school and only just upgraded- it’s huge, lovely, and entirely too comfortable for its own good. This morning I slept through not one, not two, but five separate alarms. I wasn’t even up late, I was out by 9pm! Then, work calls, and says I don’t have to come in until 10:30 because three of the babies won’t be coming in today. So I go about my morning leisurely for the next ten minutes or so- take the dogs out, put my lunch together, etc. Then work calls again. Coteacher is sick and they need me to come in asap. So I end up at work half an hour before I was originally scheduled to, unshowered and wearing my sister’s shirt because I haven’t found my laundry yet. Just- I like working for a private school, I really do, but is it too much to ask for some stability? My schedule changes every week, and that’s fine, but it can’t be changing three times in the same day, minutes before I walk out the door!

I wish I was getting out of here early today like yesterday, but with baby H here, I won’t be leaving until 6pm, at least. I just want to go home and be at home. This weekend is going to be so nice. Like, we have a lot to do (laundry, RENT on Sunday, general weekendry stuff), but it’s all stuff that has to be done anyways, and isn’t as much if a hassle as it used to be. It’s nice. Plus, we’re going window shopping at the stores by us, which I’m really looking forward to. I have kind of an unhealthy addiction to knick knacks, which will only grow now that I actually have room for them, lol!

My aunt sent her yearly Christmas list demands this morning, and I was ahead of the curve because mine was already drafted!

• Essential oils
• Quilts
• Gray stuff
• Electric toothbrush
• New purse
• Anything from Lush
• Bath and Body Works Stress Relief line
• Socks
• Throw pillows
• Board games
• Chap stick
• Violin
• Candles
• Those Mexican lollipops that are shaped like mangoes and covered in chili powder
• New laptop

It took me months to come up with this. Making Christmas lists is hard for me, I don’t know why. I just don’t feel comfortable asking for things? It’s stupid, but every year I get hounded for only having a few things on my list, so this year I made it as long as I could without asking for stupid stuff. I think I did okay, tbh.

And who wouldn’t want these games?? They’re beautiful!

November 2nd, 2017- Evening

Two posts in one day, how ambitious of me! But my day went so nicely, I wanted to share. It’s not often I get a relaxing afternoon off from work, let me tell you. I either get off so late that my entire day is gone and I have nothing to do but watch half an episode of Bob’s Burgers and pass out, or I’m still getting off that late, but I also had to wake up insanely early, so I got no morning time in, either (which will be my day tomorrow- 8:30am to 6:00pm). But today I went in at 8am, was off the clock and on the bus back home by 12:30, and in the door by 3:00pm! It was sooo nice, I wish I could afford that work schedule, lol! It gave me time to do more post moving fun- unpacking, cleaning, unpacking AND cleaning- and get an early start on dinner, since I had the time, and I had a new recipe I wanted to try for creamed corn (will post tomorrow morning- was not impressed tbh). 

I cannot tell you how hard it is to cook dinner for a family of three in a tiny kitchen with one working burner and exactly zero working ovens. Tonight I cooked dinner on a fully functional stove, and even heated up an apple cobbler in the oven which also works!! Imagine that! Granted, we were eating off of Christmas dinnerware because we haven’t gotten anything else, and we drank Fresca right out of the bottle because our three glasses are in the dishwasher right now, but progress. 

I think moving at this time of year is multiplying my excitement for the holidays. I’m so thrilled to just sit and think about all the dumb stuff I get to worry about in the coming weeks because we own our home and it’s the holidays. Like, I want to be able to complain to another teacher at work about all the cooking I have to do to satiate my visiting relatives, or how I just can’t find that one blown fuse in my christmas lights, or grumble about not having any privacy because the house is so full. That sounds like a wonderful set of complaints to have, coming off of too many Christmases spent feeling left out, inadequate, and guilty. 

November 2nd, 2017

Today I woke up at 5 am, and actually got up and was productive, instead of trying to sleep through my alarms, work, and life in general! I let the dogs out (they’ve been transitioning very well, only a few accidents during the day, and hardly any through the night!) and started a load in the dishwasher. I was at the bus stop before the sun even came up, it was strange, but also nice. I’ve got Christmas music going like always, since it’s only 53 short days away!

Our new neighborhood is so beautiful, I can’t wait to see what it looks like with all the lights and decorations up. I found our christmas bins last night (while searching desperately for a pair of pants- I was unsuccessful) and all I want to do is pull them out and go crazy. But we don’t even have our walls or floors done yet, so wait I must. We haven’t put up a tree in about four years though, so I’m more then willing to wait a little bit longer. I’m also really excited for my sister this year. Our Christmases have never really been focussed on our house, wherever we lived. We go to our grandma in law’s for Christmas eve, and our aunt’s for Christmas morning, but even other christmas stuff- baking cookies, making ornaments, etc.- have never happened at our place. This year I’m hoping to steal one of those activities, lol! 

The only downside to this move has been the commute to work. It is going to take me two hours to get home by bus, and it’s the same on the way there. I lose four hours of my day just trying to get to and from work. So ive been looking at jobs around our new house, but nothing, so far. I’ve pretty much decided that, job or not, I’m quitting after the holidays. I just can’t keep this up, and I’m not getting nearly enough hours to make the hassle worth it! So hey, if you know any childcare centers looking for an experienced infant teacher in East Tucson, hook a girl up, lol!