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LetsHikeToday
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Talk to me Tuesday!
Hi everyone! School is starting back up in VA but I'm here, sitting on my couch in PA. I'm having mixed feelings. What are you all up to today? Headed back to work?
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Re: Talk to me Tuesday!
Any plans for your day Hike? Sending good thoughts to you, I'm sure its hard not being in a classroom with your kids today.
[QUOTE]I'm coming back Thursday or Friday. I'm excited but sad to leave mom and dad. Jesus,<strong> I'm moving to freaking Jacksonville</strong>. Why am I so emotional, like it's a world away?? Kara- what's the job for? My fingers are crossed for you, my friend. Amh-<strong> how is everything with the bells pasly going? I've been thinking about you.
</strong>Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]
It's actually I think pretty much completely healed thank goodness! I think in my smile you can just kind of tell only when I smile really big, but it's gotten so so so much better! Thanks for asking, it means a lot!
Are you moving to Jacksonville FL or NC? I'm hoping FL <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /> And if so there are some newer schools in my neighborhood that I think are hiring, or should be, if you want me to I can try to search it out or I can PM you the school names/location.
[QUOTE]Florida.<strong> So that means 1. Shopping date and lunch when I move?</strong>?? 2. I'd love for you to PM me some school names, even private ones. Whenever you get a chance would be awesome. :-)
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]
Yes definitely! and you've got a PM :)
I had a productive weekend of BM dress shopping, but my MOH’s boyfriend made it slightly awkward because of his inability to change his plans so my MOH could participate in the trying on dresses. I was a little more than annoyed at him, but I can’t let it interfere with my MOH and my relationship. So even though my other BM and I found dresses that we like, I still feel like I need to involve her, so I’m making a special appointment just her and me.
I bet all the crazies are lurking, scared of us.
It's hard, but its important to remember you can always call and visit whenever you want. Have you looked into Skype? I don't have it yet, but I have heard its wonderful and a life saver.
Hike, sending happy vibes your way. Transitions aren't easy, but try to look at it as an adventure. I always find moving to be a bit emotional, so I always try to remind myself that it's because I have such an amazing family who supports me and loves me no matter how far away we may be that enables me to be the strong, capable, independent person I am. It's a safety net to know there are always people there that care about you that much. And I'm sure that when you're ready to start working again, the right job will be there for you. You seem like an incredibly capable and dedicated teacher, any school and classroom would be lucky to have you.
Sammy, I'm really glad you're back! Hope the drive is smooth and easy! Road trips can either be a big pain in the neck or a lot of fun, and a lot of it depends on the company. Is your FIL cool?
Also, the posts are not in order of most recent for me either. It's annoying. I thought it was my iPad last night, but apparently it's TK being wonky.
In other news, I'm absolutely addicted to the kimchi we made over the holidays. I brought a can to work with me. It's amazzzzzing! Super spicy, so I end up drinking gallons of water. The one thing we didn't realize is that when it ferments, it creates a lot of bubbles, so when we opened the mason jars we put it in, it bubbled over. Not a big deal, but worth noting if any of you want to make it! For anyone curious, the recipe is here - it's really easy! RECIPE
[QUOTE]Amh- thanks for the PM. <strong>We will actually be in kings bay</strong> but I just say Jacksonville. I'm not really worried about how far of a drive I have. I was 30 miles from my school in VA and with the terrible DC traffic it took me an hour and a half to get there. Ugh! Thanks for being sweet everyone. I know I'll be fine. I guess it's just weird that I've always been driving distance from my family and now I won't be. I have great parents though. I know they will give me some miles to fly up. :-)
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Oh okay gotcha!! I'll keep my ears out for you. :) It's pretty much Jacksonville LOL. I know there are a ton of people who live in Kings Bay that work in the northern Jacksonville area.
Hike- I am sorry. I hate moving and I will be doing that when H gets home.
I am in a blah, crabby and over all just horrible mood. I woke up this morning and everything just started to go all wonky. I stumped my toe on the end of the bed, dropped my brush in the toliet (thankfully nothing was in there), tripped over one of the dogs toys and found out that I left my coat at my mom's house. SCORE!!! So this Tuesday is more like a Monday and I just want to be at home in bed with the covers over my head.
[QUOTE]HIke, I feel ya... We don't move for another year, but I'm already a little emotional over it.. Nothing drastic. I just realized that this was the longest I've ever stayed in one place (a whole four years! woot!) and it's sad to leave such a great place that's filled with sooo much to do (and so many job opportunities). 2012 is going to be a crazy, change-filled year. Sammy- That's awesome that you can move home over deployment. I wish I could do that, but I don't want to deal with moving all of our crap into storage for a while. I'm dreading this up-and-coming deployment because I have to start finding a renter for when we move (we move RIGHT when he gets back from deployment :/ rought timing). Amanda- linky to the dress you are liking thus far? :] Amh I'm glad you're doing so much better. I have had my face go numb before but it only lasted a couple days and certainly was not as serious as what you are going through. You don't seem to let it bring you down, which is awesome. I'm ignorant to it all so pardon me if this is a dumb question, but once<strong> it's all completely back to normal are you in the clear? Or do you run the risk of this happening off and on for the rest of your life?
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From what I was told, I'm pretty much in the clear, though I am more likely to develop it again. If that makes sense. The crazy thing (at least to me) is that pretty much anyone can develop it, your more likely to when you are sick though. I could get it again or I might not ever get it again. But there isn't any real knowing with it. It just kind of happens.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Talk to me Tuesday! : From what I was told, I'm pretty much in the clear, though I am more likely to develop it again. If that makes sense. The crazy thing (at least to me) is that pretty much anyone can develop it, your more likely to when you are sick though. I could get it again or I might not ever get it again. But there isn't any real knowing with it. It just kind of happens.
Posted by amh04[/QUOTE]
<div> blah, that's tough, but I'm glad you're in the clear at least for now. Feeling like you just got done being numbed up at the dentist.. all day.. every day... would not be pleasant :/ </div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Talk to me Tuesday! : From what I was told, I'm pretty much in the clear, though I am more likely to develop it again. If that makes sense. The crazy thing (at least to me) is that pretty much anyone can develop it, your more likely to when you are sick though. I could get it again or I might not ever get it again. But there isn't any real knowing with it. It just kind of happens.
Posted by amh04[/QUOTE]
My friend who got it in college, never got it again. I know everyone is different but just wanted to tell you that. :-)
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Talk to me Tuesday! : blah, that's tough, but I'm glad you're in the clear at least for now. Feeling like you just got done being numbed up at the dentist.. all day.. every day... would not be pleasant :/
Posted by firsttimersluck[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Definitely not. I think stress had a good amount to do with it, you know when you stress your self out you get sick and then this happens. The only thing you can kind of do at that point is be like, really?! lol. I think the toughest part was having to adjust how to eat for a little bit. Like, only half of my mouth opened properly. I couldn't imagine how hard it was for FI not to laugh at me while eating dinner. All I can say now, is that I'm grateful it didn't last longer.
BTW. How are you?! I feel like you've been gone for a while.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Talk to me Tuesday! : My friend who got it in college, never got it again. I know everyone is different but just wanted to tell you that. :-)
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]
:) Good News! I'm just going to try and not stress so much and take care of myself better when I do get sick. I'm so glad she didn't get it again, it makes me feel much better! I'm still terrified I am going to wake up on the wedding day and have it. bluck. horrible thought.
I'm well. Starting up classes today.. *le sigh* it's after 7am and pitch black out.. I want to curl back up in bed!! :P
[QUOTE]Yeah... I have been lurking, but haven't been much of a poster lately. I'm well. Starting up classes today.. *le sigh* it's after 7am and pitch black out.. I want to curl back up in bed!! :P The Navy decided to un-screw H so we now have our chances back of going where we want next year *yay* haha I bet.. He didn't even laugh once?!!? That's impressive! He probably felt too badly for you to find it humorous... He will probably tease you when it's all done and in the past though... ;) jk, good man. :)
Posted by firsttimersluck[/QUOTE]
Glad you're doing well and yay for them un-screwing your H. Thats great news!
He made a couple Family Guy references and a few House one's but for the most part was pretty sweet about the whole thing. The Family Guy episode where Peter gets a stroke from eating too many burgers and the whole House thing was during the ER visit - he told me well, house always gives you steriods and antibotics and if that doesn't cure it, well its lupus then. LOL! I'm sure he felt pretty badly when I almost cried because I couldn't drink the milkshake he brought home for me one day. He was pretty gosh darn awesome about the whole thing.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Talk to me Tuesday! : Glad you're doing well and yay for them un-screwing your H. Thats great news! He made a couple Family Guy references and a few House one's but for the most part was pretty sweet about the whole thing. The Family Guy episode where Peter gets a stroke from eating too many burgers and the whole House thing was during the ER visit - he told me well, house always gives you steriods and antibotics and if that doesn't cure it, well its lupus then. LOL! I'm sure he felt pretty badly when I almost cried because I couldn't drink the milkshake he brought home for me one day. He was pretty gosh darn awesome about the whole thing.
Posted by amh04[/QUOTE]
<div>Hey everybody!</div><div>
</div><div>amh- I love that I can now accurately picture your FI saying these things. I totally can see the burger one in my head and it's cracking me up. </div><div>
</div><div>Hikey- I'll be in JAX too after we get married! we really do need to all work out a big southern style GTG!!! I can't imagine a 1hr 30 min commute to work bc of traffic- I'm hoping I don't have to!</div><div>
</div><div>ftl- glad you've been lurking. I had been wondering where you'd been myself! What classes do you have? I'm also glad that the navy unscrewed your H! yay!</div><div>
</div><div>I am back at work today too. This weekend/yesterday/today have been productive. I scheduled my first fitting (next Sunday!), emailed the woman about a tasting for cakes, emailed our premarital counselor about scheduling the rest of our sessions; have looked into a few places for our party at lake Tahoe; I also set up to go with my BM's on the 14th of this month for them to try their dresses, so I need to call DB this week about making sure they have the size/style/color for them to try... FI and I planned out basically our whole wedding ceremony this weekend with the exception of the wording of one part and a few transitions. I know our pastor would have done a lot of this, but I think it's more special to us if we pick it all out- including our vows, which we changed to not be quite the normal traditional but more applicable to us. I'm pretty excited that we did it! </div><div>
</div><div>Today I need to email our caterer and set up a time to talk to her some more. Other than that, the biggest decision we need to make soon is about our HM!</div><div>
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