I think I am really getting good at teaching full time and being mom and wife. I am making Alina's lunch in the morning, which for some reason has always been really hard for me to do. And I'm even peeling and cutting up apples for her! I'm impressed with myself, anyway. It's still hard to keep Troy's work jeans clean, but, oh well.
I got new tires today! That's great because they were REALLY worn out. Dangerously worn out. Should have been replaced in the spring worn out. But times are hard. Today I feel good about getting behind the wheel to drive to work.
And the ladies that I teach with are really awesome. We meet to make and prepare lesson plans every week and I always feel prepared to teach, because we have great stuff ready for the kids. It's a very supportive mix of people to work with, which makes a world of difference in any job. My job is interesting because 1st graders are fabulous. They are funny, energetic, smart little people that always amaze me.
So things are good, basically.
There have been a couple deaths, and some illness in my extended family. A complicated part of life that no one enjoys. It does bring family together. And I have witnessed some amazing family relationships in watching my cousins this month. I am impressed with the people I am related to. Big family, strong values, an uncle and aunt who raised a family the right way.
On a happy note, Troy and I are planning a jeep trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas this weekend. Arkansas is one of my favorite places to visit in the whole world. And the friendliest people in the whole world seem to live in Arkansas (that includes many of my relatives). The weather is beautiful right now, and I am beginning to see some trees even turning a little. So I'm excited.
Troy's mom mentioned the other day that her pear trees were ready for picking and that some people like to make pear honey, and I got typically infatuated with the idea of making something I had never heard of before. So I asked Troy to bring home some of his mom's pears for me while he was out there on Sunday. He brought me a gigantic box of pears home. So I am currently collecting pear recipes.
Alina got to go to the Labor Day weekend rodeo in Uniontown and ride a horse with her cousin Haley, so she fancies herself a cowgirl now. Troy and Helen made a corral in Helen's pasture for Helen's pony, and Alina has been riding her regularly now. She's getting pretty good at it.
Kalyn has been driving around a lot, as per her requirements for receiving her restricted license next summer. I let her drive to Joplin last weekend, when we shopped with a couple of her friends for dresses for the homecoming dance. She even drove through a fast food drive-thru, which was hard for me when I was learning to drive. Of course cars were much bigger back then.
We did find a dress, and I hope to have pictures to post this weekend. The dance is tomorrow night.
My 42nd birthday was this month. Mom made an apple cake for me and also bought a cake she felt the kids would be more likely to eat and brought them over for dinner one night. Troy fried fish for me, my favorite. And sent some flowers to school for me, because he is really sweet. I am feeling kind of old. These hiking and biking excursions we do are a bigger deal to me now because they are more difficult. Not only was I really sore from our hiking trip in Elk City earlier this month, but my toenails were bruised! And for some reason I had a bad case of poison ivy on my legs and feet, which hasn't happened to me in about 35 years. Not sure how, but I'm pretty sure that's related to me getting old. And I got reading glasses this month. Yep, I'm on the downhill side for sure.
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