Josh after Wisdom Teeth Surgery

Phyllis and I took Josh to have all four of his wisdom teeth removed today. One was a partial bony removal and the other three were complete bony removals, meaning three were very impacted and one was slightly impacted. I tried to video him in the post op room but I got reprimanded by the assistant so I had to stop. This is the funniest video we got of him so far. He's finally asleep and in less pain for now since the pain medicine seems to have finally kicked in.

He looks pretty pathetic but has been a trooper so far. Phyllis has been in charge of doing the dirty work. I can't stand to look at blood so she's changed out all of the gauze. He has tea bags hanging out of his mouth now... a pretty humorous sight!

Enjoy the video!

And the Fun Just Doesn't End!

We thought we were home free last night when we finally saw the plow truck pull up but he got stuck soon after he started trying to clear the parking lot where our cars were and once he was unstuck, he stopped. We think he's simply a resident here and was helping out of the kindness of his heart so for that we thank him! When we woke this morning, our lot still hadn't been cleared and there was no way either of our cars were going anywhere unless we dug our way out.

So, Josh and I bundled up and headed outside to begin this daunting task. We don't have a shovel by the way so we cleared all the snow with a dustpan and a cleaning bucket and I kicked a lot of snow with my shoes today!

We began on his car first because we didn't have much snow to move out of the way before he was home free and he needed to go to work worse than I. I don't have to be at work until 3:15 and that's only so the mother can go to the gym. Luckily her school was closed again today so hopefully I'll only be over there for a couple of hours this afternoon.

I couldn't stand the cold so I came inside shortly before we were done with clearing Josh's car. I watched him drive it out of the cleared spot and move it on the other side where they have actually plowed. We are beginning to think the plow people that are contracted here quit on our apartment complex b/c there hasn't been a single plow truck in sight today!

After I warmed up, I put on some more layers and went back out to help Josh with my car. This was a little harder of a task. My car had 2 feet of snow stacked in front of it so we kicked, dug and pushed the snow away. Luckily, a resident with a plow on the front of his truck saw us struggling and he offered to help push some of the snow away. He didn't get it all and it still took a long time but he helped tremendously. When we finally got my car out of the spot, we realized that the plow truck had deposited snow right in the middle of the drive so now we had to clear that as well. Whew! What a day! Finally my car is moved to a safe spot and I'll hopefully be able to make it to work safely. Josh and I drove on the main road earlier this morning just to see how it was and it still has snow on it and no salt has been laid down so I'm going to give myself plenty of time and pray that I don't have a heart attack on the way there and back. I'll be glad when this winter is over and done with!

Blizzard 2011

So when I moved to Chicago, I was told that there are never "snow days" b/c they are so prepared for the snow but usually there aren't BLIZZARDS here! So, it snowed like crazy last night and we ended up getting 20.2 inches of snow. Josh and I both had the day off but we wouldn't have been able to drive anywhere even if we had to!
The plow came by earlier this evening to try to clear the snow around our cars but he got stuck and once he got unstuck, he gave up and basically, our cars are still stuck. We both have to work tomorrow (me at 3:15 and Josh at 1:00)so we're hoping they come along in the morning to clear us both out.

Enjoy the video and pics! It has been an adventure for sure!

On the Hunt...

I know I haven't posted in quite some time. I guess I'm really not all that good at blogging when life gets in the way. All my time is devoted to working full-time (about 9 1/2 hours a day and sometimes more)and trying to build my embroidery business.

I am on the hunt now for a teaching job in the Charleston area. Josh and I have discussed me moving back to Charleston this summer when our lease is up if I can find a job so that I can begin to get my new classroom set up and prepare for the next school year. If this happens, he will stay up here until the beginning oof October and then move home for good. PERMANENTLY! We may move to another house in the future but we are not planning on moving to another state ever again. We've both seen enough snow and we don't care if we never see snow again!

I have completed my online application, am waiting on two references and have already contacted the district I worked for previously (Dorchester Districrt Two in Summerville)about interviewing for next year. Since, I've been gone from their district for more than two years, I have to reapply and get clearance before I can begin contacting principals. I am also going to begin to contact Charleston County principals soon. You don't have to have clearance with them anymore. Please pray that the right job will come along and that I'll be happy wherever I end up. I really don't want to go back to teaching and this has been hard for me to accept but we just can't afford for me not to work. There's not much else you can do with a Masters in Early Childhood Education.

We were lucky enough to get to travel to KY for Christmas and had a great time visiting with Josh's family. A week later, most of my family came up for a weekend visit to see Wicked over New Year's. Now, we are expecting more guests and I can't wait. It is so exciting to have friends/family come when you live so far away. Faidra (Josh's sister) and Callie (our niece) will come up to visit over her spring break. This happens to be my spring break as well so I'll hopefully be able to do some exploring and sight seeing with them. In addition, my friend from college (Julie) and her husband (Michael) are coming up over Easter weekend. We have tickets to see a Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field and they will get to do some exploring on their own when Josh and I work. The faster they get here, the faster the snow leaves us. It won't be soon enough. It feels like -7 outside right now. I'm not planning on attempting to see what that feels like today. I'm just fine snuggled up in our warm apartment!

It's Snowing, It's Pouring... Everyone is FREEZING!

We officially had our first snow storm of the season. They are calling for 5 inches and there's a lot of snow on the ground already and it's only 7:00 a.m. Josh and I are planning to go look for the perfect Christmas tree in the snow on Sunday! I can honestly say I've never had the opportunity to do that before. It's usually not snowing 5 inches in SC when it's time to get our Christmas tree.

I will be driving for the first time in the snow with Josh. I have to babysit and he's volunteered to take me and pick me up so I think I'm going to drive one of those times so I can get the feel of it. We found out yesterday that I need new tires and a new battery on my car in order to survive the winter up here. So, I'm going to drive my car only when it's absolutely necessary until we get that taken care of next week. Enjoy your warm weather where ever you may be... We're FREEZING up here and may need to just start skiing to get around!