Domestic Goodness

I’m going to have a wonderful, unemployed week of scrapbooking come this Sunday. Since Mario left with Chris around 4 this afternoon to fish and ride the ATVs, I spent the day reading (Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel is proving to be quite a good read! Just got two more chapters to go!), cleaning up a little, made dinner, washed dishes, and went to Mary’s to spend some time with little Matthew, Mary, Yazmin and my boys. When I came back over here, I checked my e-mail and found a most lovely coupon from Walgreens, where I could get 5 5×7 prints for free! So I went ahead and did it and it came out to a whopping $0.27–no shipping cost since I’ll pick them up at the store. I’m planning to frame and hang those chosen pictures, and since I hadn’t gotten my 20 free prints yet, I uploaded 36, got the 20 free and the rest came out to $3.08–beautiful! I can finally use up at least half of those scrapbooking supplies in my plastic drawer.

I can hardly contain myself *squeal*. I’m a dork like that .

Last night was the first night in about 3 days that I had to cook. Having Mario home this week has been such a relief and just…wonderful. He cooked burgers outside on Tuesday night, bar-be-cued Wednesday night, and made hot dogs for us Thursday afternoon. I love having him around to hug and cuddle when I please–it’s nice not having to wait till 9p.m., or whenever he gets home from work, to hold him. I love that we can watch movies and take junk to storage (still getting ready for remodeling) when we feel like it. He goes back to work tomorrow, and in a way I feel sad, as if my vacation’s over, too.

In a way, my vacation kind of is over. Gotta get on the ball. I have an appointment with the Career Services Department at school to revise my resume and check what jobs they can hook me up with, if any. I’m hoping I can get something good .

I finally spoke to Jessica M. yesterday. We had a long talk–catching up on just about everything since our last conversation, which was right after I had Jaylen and she found out she was pregnant with her second little girl. That’s what I love about Jessica–we lose touch sometimes but when we get back in touch it’s like there wasn’t a break in our friendship at all. It’s hard to come by friends like that. I hope we can get together soon and have some coffees or something.

Part of the conversation Jessica and I had was about jobs. She’s making an amazing amount of money where she’s working and I kind of want to go there too, but they want you to be available all the time and I just can’t. I’ve got Eenan, who needs to be ready for and taken to school by 7:40a.m. If I were to apply and they were to give me their latest shift, I’d be getting out of work at 1a.m., getting home about 1:45a.m. and sleeping for about 4 hours if I’m lucky. I just can’t function on such little sleep. But we’ll see. If I become desperate enough I may just go there. The bad thing is, John wanted a job there, too!

We went to Jorge and Maggie’s last night and talked about jobs and politics. When I sit down and really think about it, it hits me that we’re actually adults and have the responsibilities of adults. When the hell did that happen?? And there’s no slowing down either. By the time we know it, we’re going to have a freaking mortgage! If all goes well, of course.

It’s almost 12 midnight. I really want to finish up that book before I fall asleep, so I can start on my new one (Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman). I love that the library’s down the street :).

Yeah. I’m enjoying this free time. For now.

on Wednesday, May 10th, Erin said:

*Shrieks* Ohmigod, let’s scrapbook together! 🙂 Isn’t it so much fun to be able to organize your memories in a cute, brightly colored manner? You’ve inspired me!

I cannot thank you enough for your last comment. It’s so hard to leave school and all the people you’ve grown with and become close to. I read your blog about your last day and it made me misty-eyed. I completely understand how you feel–it’s so rare you meet special people you want to know for the rest of your life. They sound like amazing girls and I know you all will keep in touch 🙂 Have fun with your free time, hon! You definitely deserve it and best of luck on the job search! 😀 xox!

on Sunday, May 7th, Ro said:

Hi there! 🙂

You know I have SO MUCH scrapbooking supplies in my house its not even funny. I could probably sell them back to the stores. I swore like three years ago I would start and still havent. :'(

on Saturday, May 6th, Johanna Rios said:

Wow, I forgot to comment on the Laura Esquivel book! It is an awesome and culturally relevant read, which is something that I am an advocate for! I didn’t get a chance for my students to read any part of this book and its a bit risque, but it would be a great read for them!

on Saturday, May 6th, Johanna Rios said:

I am so glad that you finally have some free time-must be nice! I wish that I could make a scrapbook for Frederick, but I will probably make a huge mess with all the supplies that I would like to use.

About the job-search process: you will find something good! No doubt about it! It does get frustrating at some point and panic may set it, but you’ll be fine. Anything convinient for you and your family will be fine, and I am sure pay will be well.

Well, I hope that you enjoy your time off and your new book. Take care!