Skip to main content

Hi? Anyone there?! :)

Image
By
Okay. Sorry about the THREE MONTH hiatus from blogging. Don't know what came over me. I really don't know.

This post is soooo hard. Like I've been away so long, and there's waaaay too much to catch up on, so where do I begin? Well, enough rambling.

We had our first "real" (a.k.a. "airplane") vacation in six years. And we made the most of it:

  • visited Carlito's relatives in Houston, TX (sorry, Samantha, Abilene was too far)
  • drove to New Orleans (O my gosh, I LOVED it!!)
  • flew to New York City (love to visit, but could ncver live there)
  • took the train to Washington, D.C. to visit my brother and sister-in-law and my ADORABLE two-year-old niece!!
  • day tripped it to Philadelphia, PA
  • flew home

... all in 12 days! Whew! No wonder I needed a week of naps when we got back--I'm with you on naps, Teena! We had a total blast. I'm still scrapping DAY ONE, though. Hmmm. Maybe I'll be done by next summer :)

... and I'm currently in the process of getting all the paperwork together that I will need to sub again. God has been WAY too easy on me. There are mountains of paperwork (because I let my credential lapse ... by three weeks ... I know--what a dork), but God has made the rough path smooth, and everything is going better than it should be right now. If all continues like this, I should be submitting the application packs by the middle to the end of next month, and should have turned in the necessary paperwork to renew my credential by the end of October, which will open the door for any teaching opportunities that come up (but I don't want to teach until Carlos starts middle school. Ashley will have graduated from high school back then, and Carlos will be much more independent (read: won't want to hang out with me!)).

Truly, I cannot handle the load of full-time teaching and be a good mom as well. Not with Carlos as young as he is. And being the primary chauffeur for Ashley and all her activities.

So, that's all I can manage for today.

Comments

DonnaG said…
Yippppeeee do dah you are back. Whooo hoooo par-tay time.
September 19, 2008 at 11:48 PM
tjep said…
Hey Carm,

I simply love road trips! Driving in the car to whatever destination is one of my favorite things to do! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
September 20, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Missing You

By
We've been having internet problems since last Friday evening. It goes on and off sporadically. Someone should be coming today to fix it (and of course it's working perfectly right now, lol!). I don't usually blog in the middle of the day (too much house stuff to do) , but I gotta grab the internet while I can. I'm desperate! It has actually startled me to realize how connected I am to all of you--even you, Ronalyn, and I have never met you. I have so missed reading blogs, commenting on them, and posting. I have really felt disconnected to you all (yeah, I'm a "recovered hick" but I can't erase that expression from my vocabulary--however, I don't say, "y'all." I do draw the line there. Sorry if I'm offending anyone--as in my sister and brother-in-law, but I don't consider you guys hicks.) . So I hope the person who comes to repair the internet issue can perform a miracle so I don't have to miss you anymore :)
4 comments
Read more

A Rare Moment Captured on Film

By
No, it's not a rare moment that my kids brush their teeth (well, it would be if left up to them!). I walked into the bathroom tonight to see both my kids in the bathroom brushing their teeth ... and this is the rare moment--they actually got along! I had to run and get my camera to document this rare moment of parental bliss. And now I'm sharing it with you. Now isn't your day more complete?!
3 comments
Read more

Time Will Tell

By
It's always so "wow" to me when I'm going about my business as usual, and "out of the blue" God answers a prayer. I think He's answering my prayer. Time will tell. I've been praying for quite a while about what to do about employment. I want to find a job that I can do only during the day when the kids are at school--I still need to be available to take them to school and pick them up because sometimes my husband needs to go to work early. I have thought about various jobs (subbing, tutoring, doing something with technology 'cause I'm good with computers, finding a business I could do at home that doesn't require much training, etc.) , but child care is usually an issue and for the life of me I can't figure out what I could do from home. I'm soooo not business-oriented. It is so important to me to be there for my kids on a regular basis. I enjoy taking them to school. I enjoy being the one who gets to pick them up from school (exc...
3 comments
Read more