I SURVIVED!

School is officially out for summer! I spent today cleaning up my room and taking care of some paperwork. I also met with my principal who informed me the third grade job she thought she would be able to offer me is not available. It looks like I'll still be teaching fourth grade science, and now I'm expected to teach social studies as well. The thought of teaching fourth graders for another year is less than thrilling. I really don't feel like fourth grade is the place for me. I applied for a school transfer a while ago, but the district is at a stand still in hiring thanks to the ridiculous amount of debt it is in. I can only hope that my second year in fourth grade will be better than my first. . . .

Outside of our school lives Eric and I are planning on moving out of our apartment and into a duplex or rent house that has a yard. Lucy has become increasingly more active since her surgery and it seems unfair to keep her cooped up in an apartment. So far Eric and I haven't had much luck. Everything we find seems to be either in a bad location, over priced, run down, or yard-less. Our apartment complex is expecting us to move out on June 30th, so we're really getting down to the wire on finding a place. Now that we are done with school I'm sure we will be devoting the majority of our time trying to find our new home.

Eleven more days, and New York here we come! With school wrapping up and the house hunting we've been doing, I don't think either of us has really had the chance to get super excited about our trip. It should be fun though. Our planned destinations/events: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Yankees game, Wicked, National Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Murder at the Met(ropolitan Museum of Art), shopping, and whatever else strikes our fancy. :) The only thing I'm nervous about is figuring out the subway system, but I'm sure it can't be too hard.

So that's the update on what's going on in our lives. With summer here, hopefully I'll be able to post more often!