Tentative Plans

Okay, so I have my plane tickets for my Texas trip...the first couple of days and the last couple of days are set, but the ones in the middle are up in the air.

Leave NYC on Thursday, June 30 at 6 am
Thursday, Friday and Saturday ---Holly's wedding weekend

Sunday, July 3- arrive in Austin

from July 3 to July 14 day---whatever!! (Also cleaning the Leander house, meeting with realtor, surveyor, etc.)

July 14 10:40 pm--Michael arrives in Austin

July 15-July 16--Michael is inspected/grilled/interrogated by friends and family

July 17 1:30-- Michael and I take off to head back to NYC

Wedding Blitz

This was my last weekend at home for a while, so I spent it running around like crazy getting ready to leave.

Friday, Michael's personal training class graduated, so I helped out a bit with the programs and cleaning up after the celebration. I also got to spend a lot of time with Celine, Michael's daughter, which was really fun.

After the ceremony, which ended at close to 10, we had intended to take the little girl to see a movie, but unfortunately, after arriving at the theatre, there wasn't another show until after midnight.

We decided, instead, to take her out for a quick bite before going home. However, her falling asleep in my lap was the closest thing to "alone" Michael and I had been all day, so we let her sleep and got another cup of coffee.

Saturday I ran errands...I picked up wedding cards for the girls in Texas, got some serious help for looking decent in my bridesmaids dress (I got a corset that is technically one waist size too small-ha!), then dropped the dress off to be hemmed, had dinner at a place I'd not been to before, then started my to-do list for Sunday.

Sunday I actually slept alot. Being so busy has made me really tired, and being out in the NY heat has zapped my energy. I did manage to really start cleaning the apartment, since I'd like for everything to look good when I get home (and a friend will be coming in to visit with The Girls, so I don't want to seem the total slob). I finished the kitchen and did 2 loads of laundry.

Today is the last full day of school at the junior high. I have no kids, since all my 8th graders are gone, so I actually have the next 7 hours or so to organize myself and start getting ready for Texas.

Tomorrow, after the half day, I'm going to try to get some stuff finished before heading out to Queens College (I still have my night class through Wednesday). Then, Wednesday I'm going with Michael for a quick doctor's appointment, then going home to pack, going to my last class for the summer, then going to The Water's Edge (at least that's the tentative destination) for dinner for our last night out together for a couple of weeks.

Almost done

Wow, the last few weeks have been full of things to do!

I started a mini-mester class early on in June, which means that the entire class is finished and done with in a total of about 3 and a half weeks. Unfortuately, in order to finish that fast, I have to commute 4 nights a week and do a semester's worth of reading and 5 small papers and a larger paper as a final, also all in 3 and a half weeks!

Memorial Day weekend was wonderful. All of us (me, Michael, and mom and dad's sides of the family) had dinner in Rhinebeck, and a barbeque at Grandma and Aunt Susan's. Michael and I found a wonderful place to stay, and through a luck-of-the-draw situation, we got a fabulous suite at nearly half the listed price. We spent the evening in the parlor having a drink and looking at the wedding albums from receptions that had been staged there. It's not certain, but we're thinking maybe next July we'll be having our own there...

Thursday the 9th was a holiday here (Brooklyn/Queens annviversary day), and Michael helped me take Lena to the vet (she was sneezing and her eye got watery) and then, after medicating the cat, bought and installed air conditioning into the apartment, saw Star Wars, (which was much better than I had anticipated), had dinner at a nice cafe, then went home.

Last week I chaperoned the 8th grade prom, which was actually really fun. All of the kids looked fantastic and, thankfully, there were no problems with behavior or anything like that.

Then, on Friday, Michael and I chaperoned the Senior Trip to Hershey Park in PA. (There were other teachers there, of course, we just got to be on the same bus for the nearly 6 hour round trip.)

On Saturday, we had planned to spend the rest of the weeknd hanging out in Boston, but after our 11 o'clock arrival home the night before, we decided to spend the day exploring Manhattan instead. We went shopping at the Levi's store, prayed at 5th Ave Presbyterian, looked at the Gap, walked through Chinatown, had dinner at Wo Hop 17, then cheesecake in Little Italy, complete with a new Lamborghini parked on the street next to us (wish I'd had my camera!) and finally, a nightcap at a cute little bar on the edge of the Village.

Overall, things have been hectic....I haven't falled off the face of the earth or anything!