Tuesday, April 30, 2013

My Last Day

Today is a bittersweet day for me.  I'm currently working my last day at Children's.  I LOVE my job, but am very excited to be able to stay home with babygirl for the next *few years*.  I'm not sure if I will decide to get a job or not, definitely the right one would have to present itself before it would be worth it to me to go back to work. It's been a wonderful 2 years here and I've learned so much.  I am sad that I won't be able to utilize all the things I have learned, but maybe in their own way they will come in handy.  Maybe now I don't need to freak out *so much* if my baby catches something that I've seen before and know the course of. I will miss the structure of having a job where I had to be somewhere at a specific time, but on the other hand am so excited I can get dressed at 10am or 5pm if I want to.  I probably won't do that because I will be super unproductive if I don't start early in the morning, but it is nice to have the option.  I will miss my co-workers...each and everyone of them are wonderful people who really go out of their way to help one another. Well onto my last day of rounds - census is mediocore so I will definitely get in some good hours on my last day :) 

Heard this on the radio yesterday and am IN LOVE with it!  So motivational -

Sara Bareilles - Brave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTr_CRw3GY

I hope it inspires you today. 

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Weekend Run Down!

Whew!  What a weekend!!  It's still Sunday, so it's technically not over, though I did have to work today.  I'm not complaining though because I was only there until about 3pm so I still have all afternoon/evening. 

We've had a wonderful weekend.  We started out on Friday by packing (like crazy) all of our stuff....okay, so that part of the day wasn't so fun, but anyway...we ended the evening on a River Boat Cruise down the Mississippi for an end of the year party put on by the U of M. We had a great time, although I think the music was a tad too loud.  I like to hear myself talk :)  They served hors'devours that were delicious too.  I just love social events with our friends!

Saturday we moved all of our stuff.  I was a little nervous because I was thinking it was going to take ALL day and that were weren't quite prepared (which we weren't) but overall it went fantastic.  The hubby's brother is a professional mover so he knew exactly what/where/why/when/how to get it all done.  He was the brains of the operation and had a lot of the muscle - we were super grateful he was there to do it! The whole process took about 3 hours.  Then we went out to the 5-8 Club for the famous Juicy Lucy's.  Delicious!  We came back home and sent out guests/helpers/free labor on their way and took a family nap.  Then, we went on a walk, ate some ice cream and watched some Downton Abbey...LOVE! 

Today, like I previously said, I worked but am hoping we will get to go on another walk this evening and I have a coffee date scheduled with a friend.  My mom is also coming down to watch babygirl for us while I work tomorrow and Tuesday.  This week will fly by - at least I kind of hope anyway because I don't have a real bed to sleep in. 

I saw this the other day on Pinterest and just love it....

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed is maybe not the appropriate post for this - or maybe it is.  We have so much stuff going on in our lives right now, it's crazy!  I really want to sit down and write a beautiful, long, inspired post, but I pretty much just don't have time. I want to write about more places I want to travel - basically planning family vacas on here because when I was previously planning our trips on here (or more dream trips) I really felt like I was learning and becoming more inspired to work towards my goals.  I want to write about my new house and all the remodeling I want to do...yea, new house...did I mention that?!?!  We are moving to WI in June so the hubby can start residency and we bought a house! We are super busy with packing and trying to figure out what should be packed right now and what can wait.  I want to write about the books I've read.  I want to write more about Little Miss G, she's getting so big and learning so much!  It's so fun - we took her to the zoo the other day for the first time.  She didn't pay much attention to the animals, but loved the flowers she got to touch and loved looking at the water in the sea lion and polar bear tanks. I also have crafts to start and people to write - and well, maybe that's it.  probably not. It feels a bit better to write it all out though - all the things I want to do....I also found this (which I kind of feel like I do - Nothing - but now that will change):

Instead of doing nothing because i'm overwhelmed TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING EVEN Small BECAUSE IT WILL BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO MY GOAL

A few positive notes:

1)  The sun is shining today!  Seriously, it's a huge improvement.  We've had snow storms every two/three days for WEEKS!

2) A great friend of ours welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world yesterday. We couldn't be happier for them!  Can't wait to see him in May! 

3) I have been playing catch up on a few of my friend's blogs and realized another great friend is over halfway done with her pregnancy - can't wait for them to welcome their little one into the world!  

4) My Mom and Dad are visiting this weekend, I love seeing them!

5) I'm drinking my fav. Caribou drink right now - yum!