First it was tissue flowers...and now...
Torturous...
Three things have been torturing me today...
1. The hearing loss and ringing in my ears left behind by the cold...it's maddening. The nurse practitioner said if it doesn't resolve in a few weeks I'll get referred to an ENT. Try a few days...or a few hours please.
2. This week's episode of Parenthood. Tonight our hearts did not feel as if almost six years have passed since what we endured as we braced ourselves to watch the show we love have a storyline about a failed adoption.
3. Not getting to share anything for the shower this weekend...
Here's a tiny corner of just one project. There are about a dozen more that I'm dying to share...
So handy...
Working as a graduate assistant last semester meant spending a fair amount of time staring at a computer screen. Piles of papers are quickly becoming a thing of the past as they are replaced by piles of electronic submissions. As I met in the office of one of the professors I was working with I happened to comment on his double computer screens. Once he pointed out how handy they were for grading I decided they would be a good investment in my sanity as I went back and forth to endless student papers.
Of course once they were here I decided that, as absolutely wonderful as two screens were, two big black monitor stands were not. This particular size monitor did not come designed to mount on the wall so Sean and I had to get creative...
It took a few attempts, but Sean was able to finally get them on the wall. They are the slightest bit uneven, but after a comical level of complications their new home fits them as well as it ever could...and I got a couple new little shelves out of it too.
So thankful for Sean's handiness...and super duper thankful for having a double workspace. Hope there's many, many years of grading ahead on these...
Coming up fast...
Thank you so much for the get well wishes. I ended up really needing them. Friday brought a 103+ fever and a trip to urgent care, but after a couple days of rest I'm on the mend and ready to tackle all the fun coming up.
I put this together way back in November for the shower I'm hosting this upcoming weekend. These colors have been a little tricky out in the real world, but so much fun to bring together in numerous ways. I cannot wait to share all the details next week.
I also start student teaching at a community college next week so I need to gather some ideas for assignments to add to the syllabus. Those are due this Thursday at a semester finalization meeting I'm having with the professor I'll be working with.
The end of this week will also bring about a million pages of statistics homework to start grading. Okay, maybe not a million. However twenty page assignments times sixty students equals a heck of a lot.
It's a bit overwhelming to be tackling all of this at the same time, but I am just so excited. I will creating assignments for real students. I get to continue a job I have loved. And in the meantime I absolutely have to craft up a bunch of cute details. It may be busy, but I am living the dream.
Trying everything...
I have managed to find a horrifyingly relentless cough this week. Today I called my mom looking for solutions beyond the medication I've tried. Now I can add a hot toddy, candied ginger, some fisherman cough drop things and loquat syrup to the list of what I've tried...most of which was disgusting. Despite my gagging and overly dramatic faces, my cough has significantly decreased...thanks mom.
Love them...
Sean left notes around the house and sent texts throughout the day with reasons he loves me. Mac made me a card covered in hearts with the sweetest sentiment inside. So wrapping up these gifts was the least I could do for them...
I mustache you...
Mac is still loving all things mustache-d so his favorite stamp inspired Valentine's for his classmates this year.
A mustache, heart nose and googly eyes went on top of a coin envelope that we tucked the all too necessary chocolate into...
We used my new favorite stamp to put together the sentiment.
And I tried not to be too sentimental when I realized this is the last batch of classroom Valentine's we'll ever need to make together...I'll just have to start passing them out myself next year.
Little love mantle...
This year's Valentine decorations ended up being a case of too many ideas and not quite enough time. However the ombre love canvas is front and center on the mantle for tomorrow...along with last year's handcut hearts and some old spools unevenly wrapped with fabric.
Please don't look at it for more than a second or two so you don't notice how unevenly the letters are arranged...I try to think of it as homemade charm.
