Let The Holidays Begin!

A Thanksgiving feast
The fam is coming over
Lots of stuff to eat!


I haven't written an actual entry in a while, so I figured that it must be time for an update.

I finished up my classes last week at the Adult Ed. I'm really happy that I took them! I'm really happy that they're over, too. I was going to sign up for a class this next term but I decided against it. I realized that I was WAY overbooking myself with stuff and I was becoming increasingly more exhausted. I was at the point where I felt like I was sleepwalking at work during the day. Life is too short to feel like every moment is just passing you by. So, I had to learn to say when enough was enough.

I started job coaching again last week. I was supposed to start the first week of November but the schedule wasn't set up in time. I decided to do 5 days a week this year. It seems like a lot, but when I factor in that I get off at 5pm compared to 5:45pm when I worked at the preschool, it isn't that bad. Most of my placements are pretty cool and the students are pretty awesome so far. I think it will probably be a good year for Workability.

Last Saturday, I invited 19 of Lance's friends to dinner at E.J. Phair to celebrate his birthday. It was nice to see everyone and we all had a really great time. I surprised Lance and invited his friend Kristine, who he hadn't seen in about 5 years. They were really close friends in junior high and high school. It was really great for them to be able to catch up. We're going to try and get out to San Francisco to see her sometime in the near future.

Monday was Lance's birthday. I took him out to Moylan's brewery for lunch. He was really surprised and had NO idea where we were going. It was great because I really wanted to find somewhere to go where he would be genuinely surprised. The food was EXCELLENT and from what Lance said, the beer was pretty good, too. He even ordered a couple of bottles to bring home. We didn't do anything else that day because he wasn't feeling well. (He still isn't feeling great, but he's doing okay).

Lance is, once again, cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house. He really enjoyed doing it last year so he wanted to do it again this year. It is SOOOO nice having a hubby that does all the cooking! =) My parents, sister and her boyfriend will come over early to play some Rock Band before dinner and pie. My mom has to work at midnight tomorrow night, so we're going to make it an early dinner.

My birthday is this Friday. I know that I'm probably being a total baby about the whole thing, but I'm really not looking forward to my birthday this year. I'm actually having major anxiety about it. For some reason, turning 30 seems really significant. I think one of the reasons why I'm having a problem with it is because I don't really have the life I thought I would have had 4 or 5 years ago (i.e. a little one). I don't want to sound ungrateful for the things I do have, though. I have a wonderful family, a loving husband, a roof over my head and food in the cabinets. I have a stable job and a reliable car. I have a couple of true friends that I can really count on. It's hard when people ask me what I want for my birthday or Christmas because the one thing that I want can't be bought in a store or wrapped in a box. I never really "want" anything...except for a family of my own. (You can ask Lance...buying for me can be one of the hardest things in the entire world!) Anyway, I know there are people who will tell me that I'm still young and they will probably think that I'm being silly, but I can't help the way I feel. I told Lance that I don't want to plan anything for my birthday and that if anyone wants to plan something for me, just tell me when and where to show up. I plan everyone else's birthdays, anniversarys, etc. I'm not going to plan my birthday this year. So, I have no idea what I'm doing or if I'm doing anything at all. I'm ready for someone to surprise me with something.

We had Ursula and the boys over for dinner last night. The boys are getting so big!!! It was so fun getting to see them and spend time with them. I really want to try and get out to see them more often, especially since they live so much closer now.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!