The Busy Life

Okay okay, I know I've been on an extended blog absence, but with good reason, right? Having two jobs and going to school full-time is killer. And I mean killer. Between my schedule and Michael's schedule, we didn't really get to see each other much. And if we did see each other, most of it was spent doing homework side by side on the couch. I know, so romantic, right? ;)

However, now that school is over at Burton, I only have one job and full-time school. I was so unprepared for how hard it would hit me when the last day came. This whole time I kept telling Michael it would be so much easier once my elementary job was done, I would have so much more time on my hands. So with this I-want-it-to-be-over-with mentality, I never even stopped to realize how much I was going to miss it until the last day when I had to constantly keep myself from becoming a basket-case. I miss my kids.

For next year, I won't be returning to Burton Elementary School as an aide for the First Grade. The School District cut the funding so that position is no longer available. I was offered two different job positions at Burton, but I turned them both down. Long story short, I knew the school didn't want to let me go, but I felt like I wasn't the most qualified for either of these jobs, and I didn't want to cheat the students.

We went to the Tautphaus Zoo in Idaho Falls. I can't post pictures of the students, but here's some animals:

 Flamingo

 My favorite :)

Beautiful!

Unfortunately, my camera died so I didn't get a lot of pictures. Oh well :)

Out of all my goodbye  presents, this was my favorite:

 

 Inside it's filled with Rolos. Isn't it stinkin cute? The student saw it on pinterest and had his mom help him ;)

And I was waiting until after school was over to dye my hair because I didn't want to change right at the end. So now, after 3 years, my hair is back to it's natural color!

In other news, we are moving! Let me just repeat that for emphasis:
WE ARE MOVING!!!!!!! :D
We found this awesome place on the same street as Broulims. More to come in my next post :)