As I predicted, I have not blogged for a while. I have considered writing a new entry multiple times, but I have often been too overwhelmed with all of the changes in my life to sit and write them down. So this one will be a doozie, but bear with me.
PART ONE... WE'RE MARRIED!
On July 11, I married my best friend.
I love him so so much. Marriage is such a strange and beautiful thing--having one person who fulfills all of my needs for love and companionship is the closest thing to perfection on Earth. I loved Rob before we were married, but now, I feel like I understand Song of Solomon a little bit more ;-).
The wedding was so perfect. I was surrounded by my best friends and my amazing family, who couldn't have been more awesome and helpful. I know I could not have gotten through the week before the wedding without them.
My bridesmaids were TOTALLY AWESOME and we had the best time getting ready and giggling a lot.
I also have to mention my ushers/bodyguards Mark and Aaron, who I do not get to see enough! These boys are the light of my life and I want to shrink them and keep them in my pocket. Unfortunately, science has not made this possible.
This cute little thing, however, just about fits in your pocket.
The wedding day was just about perfect. Some issues with the photographer have since plagued us, but as you can see, the pictures that we DO have turned out rather well! Here's another one of the cutie:
And these silly boys were there too...
My amazing brother was our minister and we were both so happy to have him be such an important part of our day. He made our ceremony so very special and we love him so much!
And now I have a big new family!!
We honeymooned in San Antonio, where we
Once we returned from the honeymoon, unpacked our gifts and organized our bitchin' new apartment, we hit the job hunt hard. Rob waited tables all summer at Joe's Crap Shack (oops...Freudian slip?) and we both applied for HUNDREDS of jobs in schools. Out of all of our applications, we had two interviews each all summer. TWO! So very sad. Fortunately, Rob's second interview for an instructional aide job in Leander ISD was successful and now he loves his job! I had two aide job interviews with no success and started applying for sundry entry-level positions with benefits.
One Friday, frustrated with my lack of prospects, I went to Lakeline Mall and dropped off applications at a few stores. I got a call from Express the following Monday and had a job working in the back there within a few days. It's minimum wage, but they give me a lot of hours at least.
Okay, here's where God came in.
Around the same time that I got the job at Express, I had an interview for a teller position at Bank of America. The interview did not result in a job (because I really could care less about "the banking experience") but the recruiter liked me. She had a friend who is a teacher in Pflugerville ISD and gave me her contact info. The recruiter's teacher friend told me about the AVID program that PISD (yes, the best acronym ever) has in all of their schools, and told me that they hire tutors. She forwarded my resume to the coordinator, who called me in for an interview and gave me the job! So because of one silly group interview at B of A, I have a second job that I love!
So Tuesdays and Thursdays I work at Pflugerville Middle School with awesome students and an awesome teacher, and I unpack boxes at Express the rest of the week. It's not what I thought I would be doing at this point in my life, but I am trusting God and moving forward with whatever He gives me.
The fact is I have so many sweet things to focus on in my life. I do get sad occasionally, but then I look at this guy and things seem to instantly improve.
He is my best friend. And I love him.
"i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you"
-ee cummings
PART ONE... WE'RE MARRIED!
On July 11, I married my best friend.
I love him so so much. Marriage is such a strange and beautiful thing--having one person who fulfills all of my needs for love and companionship is the closest thing to perfection on Earth. I loved Rob before we were married, but now, I feel like I understand Song of Solomon a little bit more ;-).
The wedding was so perfect. I was surrounded by my best friends and my amazing family, who couldn't have been more awesome and helpful. I know I could not have gotten through the week before the wedding without them.
My bridesmaids were TOTALLY AWESOME and we had the best time getting ready and giggling a lot.
I also have to mention my ushers/bodyguards Mark and Aaron, who I do not get to see enough! These boys are the light of my life and I want to shrink them and keep them in my pocket. Unfortunately, science has not made this possible.
This cute little thing, however, just about fits in your pocket.
The wedding day was just about perfect. Some issues with the photographer have since plagued us, but as you can see, the pictures that we DO have turned out rather well! Here's another one of the cutie:
And these silly boys were there too...
My amazing brother was our minister and we were both so happy to have him be such an important part of our day. He made our ceremony so very special and we love him so much!
And now I have a big new family!!
We honeymooned in San Antonio, where we
- stayed in an awesome hotel.
- saw three cool movies
- spent all day at Schlitterbahn (without getting sunburnt)
- got bored at Fiesta Texas
- ate way too much delicious Mexican food and celebrated being finally together in Texas. (by the way, 2/3 of those restaurant web sites feature Tejano music... I'm just saying).
- other things happened too, but they are none of your business!
Once we returned from the honeymoon, unpacked our gifts and organized our bitchin' new apartment, we hit the job hunt hard. Rob waited tables all summer at Joe's Crap Shack (oops...Freudian slip?) and we both applied for HUNDREDS of jobs in schools. Out of all of our applications, we had two interviews each all summer. TWO! So very sad. Fortunately, Rob's second interview for an instructional aide job in Leander ISD was successful and now he loves his job! I had two aide job interviews with no success and started applying for sundry entry-level positions with benefits.
One Friday, frustrated with my lack of prospects, I went to Lakeline Mall and dropped off applications at a few stores. I got a call from Express the following Monday and had a job working in the back there within a few days. It's minimum wage, but they give me a lot of hours at least.
Okay, here's where God came in.
Around the same time that I got the job at Express, I had an interview for a teller position at Bank of America. The interview did not result in a job (because I really could care less about "the banking experience") but the recruiter liked me. She had a friend who is a teacher in Pflugerville ISD and gave me her contact info. The recruiter's teacher friend told me about the AVID program that PISD (yes, the best acronym ever) has in all of their schools, and told me that they hire tutors. She forwarded my resume to the coordinator, who called me in for an interview and gave me the job! So because of one silly group interview at B of A, I have a second job that I love!
So Tuesdays and Thursdays I work at Pflugerville Middle School with awesome students and an awesome teacher, and I unpack boxes at Express the rest of the week. It's not what I thought I would be doing at this point in my life, but I am trusting God and moving forward with whatever He gives me.
The fact is I have so many sweet things to focus on in my life. I do get sad occasionally, but then I look at this guy and things seem to instantly improve.
He is my best friend. And I love him.
"i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you"
-ee cummings
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