Red Light Stop....1....2....3
I feel like I've been running as fast as I can, down hill, non-stop for the past year. Then, it's as if someone yelled "Stop!" and I had to come to a complete standstill. Sure, I'm fully stopped, but every molecule in my body feels as if it's gone running on ahead without me.
Still, it feels sooooooo nice to finally be done.
Over the past few months, I finished planning a wedding, helped shop for a house, finished TAing (and grading million papers - some that were actually worth the paper they had been written on), hunted for a new job in a new city (D.C.!) finished my master, got married to the best man ever (in previously mentioned wedding ceremony that I'd planned), spent 10 amazing days island hopping in Greece, moved into my new house in a new city (that was found during previously mentioned house shopping) and accepted a job offer at an inner-city high school in D.C. (and had the privilege of turning down 4 other job offers - a masters from Columbia's Teachers College rocks!)
All of this activity being packed into such a short amount of time means I'm now left with nothing to do (which, simultaneously feels heavenly, but also makes me feel a bit guilty - as if there is something that I should be doing).
Alright, it's not true that I have nothing to do. There are thank you cards to write, boxes to unpack, rooms to organize, a new city to explore and a new husband to lavish with love and affection. Compared to a month ago though, I've got nothing to do. :)
The wedding turned out amazing. Beautiful and simple, just the way we wanted it. My brother's rotation happened when they said it would, so he was home from Iraq and able to be my Best Man (I had my brothers on my side and Michael had his sisters on his side, so he got the MOH). It was so wonderful to share my wedding with the people I love the most in the whole world.
Also, I highly recommend cutting back on the spend for the wedding itself so that you can increase the budget on the honeymoon! 10 days in the Greek isles was absolutely amazing.
To paraphrase a (cheesy but accurate) saying - June was definitely the first month of the rest of my life!
I'm looking forward to enjoying the slowdown over the summer and to spend time exploring DC with Michael, planning lesson plans, and getting our house just the way we want it.
Still, it feels sooooooo nice to finally be done.
Over the past few months, I finished planning a wedding, helped shop for a house, finished TAing (and grading million papers - some that were actually worth the paper they had been written on), hunted for a new job in a new city (D.C.!) finished my master, got married to the best man ever (in previously mentioned wedding ceremony that I'd planned), spent 10 amazing days island hopping in Greece, moved into my new house in a new city (that was found during previously mentioned house shopping) and accepted a job offer at an inner-city high school in D.C. (and had the privilege of turning down 4 other job offers - a masters from Columbia's Teachers College rocks!)
All of this activity being packed into such a short amount of time means I'm now left with nothing to do (which, simultaneously feels heavenly, but also makes me feel a bit guilty - as if there is something that I should be doing).
Alright, it's not true that I have nothing to do. There are thank you cards to write, boxes to unpack, rooms to organize, a new city to explore and a new husband to lavish with love and affection. Compared to a month ago though, I've got nothing to do. :)
The wedding turned out amazing. Beautiful and simple, just the way we wanted it. My brother's rotation happened when they said it would, so he was home from Iraq and able to be my Best Man (I had my brothers on my side and Michael had his sisters on his side, so he got the MOH). It was so wonderful to share my wedding with the people I love the most in the whole world.
Also, I highly recommend cutting back on the spend for the wedding itself so that you can increase the budget on the honeymoon! 10 days in the Greek isles was absolutely amazing.
To paraphrase a (cheesy but accurate) saying - June was definitely the first month of the rest of my life!
I'm looking forward to enjoying the slowdown over the summer and to spend time exploring DC with Michael, planning lesson plans, and getting our house just the way we want it.