Recent Happenings...

Hi friends! Happy Monday. I took the day off today, so I'm just soaking up a morning at home, drinking coffee, and watching the Today show. Such a nice treat ;) Also, we're counting the days until we head home for Thanksgiving... one week and one day! Can't wait. In other news, here's a peek at what we've been up to lately...
-It snowed! We had a *dusting* of snow last week. I always love snow, so I kind of enjoyed seeing it... It did seem so strange to see snow on the fall leaves though!

-Yesterday we had an unusually stormy day {especially for late November}. It doesn't storm here much. I don't think we've ever had severe weather since moving here. And it's extremely rare to have storms once the colder seasons have arrived. But regardless we had strong storms and tornado warnings. Thankfully, the tornadoes were in the far south suburbs and surrounding cities. We did have pretty significant flooding on our street though...

-I've been pretty busy with work lately {hence the welcomed day off ;)}. I'm switching from the assistant teacher in the 3's and 4's classroom to a lead teacher in the pre-k after the Christmas break! I'm super excited but also a little overwhelmed and anxious. I've been lesson planning like crazy and staying later a good bit to get ready for my new position. {My hours will change from 9-2 to 8:30-5:30}. So that's been consuming a lot of my time lately ;)
-Z has also been busy with work. I do love when he takes a rare afternoon off for a coffee date or a trip to the gym together! We're both really looking forward to a few days off for Thanksgiving!
-I can't wait to decorate for Christmas!! We decided that we would stick with our tradition of getting a tree after Thanksgiving... mainly because I think it would die while we're gone next week! Also, it should be interesting to fit a Christmas tree in our 600 square foot apartment ;) I'll be sure to post some pictures!
-I'm trying to make a list of what we want to get everyone for Christmas... I think a little Christmas shopping is on my to-do list today!
Well that's all the updates that I have today... now I'm headed to enjoy my day off!