Bittersweet Day

Today (well, yesterday really) was a bittersweet day. The girls moved officially moved out. On the one hand, I am SO happy for them! The new apartment complex they are living at is pretty sweet. It has an awesome pool, a mini gym open from 5:30-11 daily, a business center where you can print for free, a "dog spa" with treats for the pooches, free breakfast every Saturday morning and much much more. And, I would be lying if i said part of me wasn't glad to have the house just Tyler and I again. Especially with Zoey coming.

But, it certainly isn't the same without them. It's strange not to see two extra cars in the drive way or to see at least one of them sitting on the couch when I walk through the door. It's strange to have their bathroom empty not to mention most of their rooms.

I know they are just down the road and I have not doubt that we will be seeing lots of each other. They still have keys to our place and they know the garage code so if they want to come over of course they can at any time and know they are welcome.

This also gives Tyler and I the opportunity to (well, me I guess haha) start rearranging things in the kitchen and to bring in the things for Zoey we have. We can also bring in the extra bed and set it up to get it out of the garage. Plus it's just plain exciting to think about starting to set up Zoey's room!

I also found out today that next year I will be teaching math and science for 2nd grade. I'm excited about who I will be team teaching with. She is my age and the few interactions I've had with her (teaching different grades we haven't had much of a chance to interact yet) have shown her to be SUCH a sweet person. I am a little anxious about switching again only because I had such a rough experience with it earlier this year. However, the more I thought about it I realized it is a beautiful thing. If one of the classes ends up being a terribly tough class I will only have them for half a day verses risking having a tough class all day. Plus, in 2nd grade how tough can they really be? I mean, I've seen most of the first grade classes in the lunch room and none of them seem to be too terrible. All in all I think it is going to be a great year! The 2nd grade team is AWESOME and like I said my new partner seems like we are going to be a great fit!