I am a serious blogger....can't you tell?

So after a few long months, all I have to say is WOW! This has been a wonderful, frustrating, eye opening, scary, financially strapped summer.

I moved up to the woods where I don't have cell phone reception, which can be both a blessing and a curse. It is amazing to have the peace and quiet but then when you need to use the phone, you can't. Or when you tell people over and over I don't get cell phone reception where I live, and they still get upset that you don't answer your phone. Hmmmm....

Moving has also made me understand myself better as well as my future husband. We are learning how to better communicate as well as work our schedules together. We are finally starting to get better about talking about our finances together. This is always challenging. Finances can be the cause of a lot of problems so I think it is best to be open about it. So we are definitely working on it.

Now after finally getting used to the summer, having a sugar daddy and looking for jobs, I am back to subbing again. It is bittersweet really. I am thankful that I have the work, but I would really love a full time job. The thought of having my own classroom makes me so excited, but this may not be my year. There is still hope.....

Well I will try to be better about this blog thing. I like having an outlet...

At last...

So here I am writing yet again. After substituting for 2.5 weeks in a high school history class. It was quite an interesting experience, although I have to say that it did get a little repetitive after a bit of time. But there is always that saying, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I had a job until the end of the school year, which is more than a lot of people, and I was requested for it.

But now after working almost every day since January, I have not school anymore. What's a girl to do? I have decided that I would like to start a masters program, but I decided a little to late, and I missed the application deadlines. But I have been contacting the programs to see if I can take one or two classes before enrolling. That would be perfect and would help me to reach my goal, which is to have my masters before I am 30.

So since being out of school I have been able to relax a bit and work on things that needed to get done, like Tristin and my wedding website: http://www.evanandtristin.weddingwindow.com/
I have also been doing a lot more cooking lately as well as trying a gluten free diet. I have realized that gluten an I don't agree to much, but so many yummy things have gluten....like apple pie!!!! But I have found it like a fun challenge.
Food and I have this relationship....I like it and it likes me. It is quite revolutionary really. So I am trying to come up with some new recipes and put them up here.

Well I think this is a pretty impressive entry for myself. I am trying here, one small step at a time.

The worst blogger ever....

So I know, I know. Blogging isn't my thing. But let me try to get better at this. I need to just make time and now I have download an app for my phone, so now I can try and do it without always having to be on my computer.
In other news....I am engaged! Well not like two days ago, more like two months ago. That is how good I am at blogging. We have the date: December 20. We have the place: Casa Feliz, in Winter Park, FL. We have the caterer and the music. Now we just need to work towards the flowers and dresses along with everything else.

Of death and dying...

Death, even when expected, is never easy.

Ode to the best pizza ever...CHEESEBOARD!!!!

I don't know about you, but there are days that I just think to myself, "Oh, how I would love a piece of pizza." But the thing is, is that when I crave pizza I don't crave just any pizza, I crave the best pizza, Cheeseboard (http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/Pizza%20Collective/z.htm). Unfortunately, it is not that close to my house, so I have to eat some pizza from Trader Joe's. But this never truly takes away my craving for Cheeseboard.
Once you have had this you will understand. It is an addiction. It is a craving. it is a delight. It has this following of "Cheeseboard-ites" or people who will go out of their way and just come there by themselves, and you can tell, because they are often there with this look of extreme hunger.
To make a long story short, if you ever have the privilege to be in Berkeley, Cheeseboard should be on your list of places to stop.

Ah, what tired can feel like.

Over Christmas I was able to see my friends. Good friends are excellent to have. Those friends that make two years apart only seem like minutes. Although we had been apart for 2 years, it felt like no time at all had passed. We caught up, laughed and again laughed so hard we cried. It was an amazing vacation.

Now I have been home for a while and have been working. After a week and a half of subbing I truly feel like I am back in the saddle. There is nothing like throwing yourself right back into things. Hopefully substituting will be enough to keep me afloat, but I guess I will find out as time goes on.
I had a wonderful birthday weekend with Tristin. We went out to eat and then went salsa dancing. It was such a great weekend, the hardest part is when it ends! But, that is how it goes.

Life Continues

It is a little surreal being back in California after such a wonderful vacation at home with my family. It is nice to be able to forget about things, even if it is just for a little bit, and relax.
But after all the relaxing, you have to come back to life. Sometimes it can feel almost like a giant belly flop back into it. Although I was able to not quite belly flop back into life, I still have the same problems that worry most people: money, work, and the future. These things have been weighing on my mind quite a lot lately.
Like where do I want to work? With what age? Will I get hired with all the job freezes that have been going on? Will I have enough money to pay rent? Where will I be in the next year? Will I still be in Northern California?
These questions have been weighing on my mind with quite a few other pivotal ones. But do we wait for them to be answered? Do we be proactive? Is there such a thing as being to proactive?

Let's Start the New Year Right

There is something about the beginning of the year. Even if you have been really good health and fitness wise, you still feel like you can be better the next year. Although I am not a huge fan of New Year's resolutions, there is something to be said about being able to start off off with a clean slate and fresh start.
This past year I did not set up any resolutions to follow, but I managed to finish an intense teaching credential program in a year.
But now that I have crossed that hurdle what is next? What non-resolutions will I give myself?

I will join a gym. I will become super fit so that everything fits me better. I will eat out less, and save money more. I will try to keep up with this blog. I will be able to run a mile non-stop. I will get a teaching job. I will be the best me I can be. I will practice Spanish more. I will go to Boston. I will read more. I will take dance classes. I will go camping and hiking. I will go to Yosemite.

Well although they are not resolutions, I think I have created quite the to-do list for myself. There is something about to do lists that are awesome. I don't know if it that I can cross things off as they get done, or that I can see where I am heading. But either way I love to-do lists!

Not everyone has to start the year like this, but however you start it, I hope that everyone has a wonderful one with family, friends, and loved ones.