Visitors and Other Happenings

My friend Amanda came down from Ann Arbor to visit today and to work on a Storybook as a gift for her brother and future sister-in-law's wedding shower. It was very nice seeing her; I have been going a little stir crazy being stuck at home every day. I think this is the longest I've gone without working since I was 15 years old. I hate being unemployed. The busier I am, the more productive I am. Soo...I am currently being incredibly unproductive. However, I am grateful that my husband has a job; the university he works at is making cuts right now, so if he makes it through August we should be good! Anyways, the point of this was to say how much fun I had working on the Storybook with Amanda. She is coming again on Monday and we will hopefully finish it up.

A friend of my husband's is moving in with us for the next 4 months. Previously, he commuted an hour each way for his classes at the University. Since this is the last semester for his engineering program, he will have a lot of big projects to work and wanted to live closer so he could spend more time at school working on them. Since it's hard to find an apartment for 4 months, we agreed to rent out our spare bedroom to him. This turned out quite well, since we made this agreement before we realized I wouldn't have a teaching job, so this helps us financially until I am able to get subbing. It also forced us to clean our spare bedroom (which has become a junk room for anything we didn't know what to do with), so if we ever decide to have children, it will be all ready! I have a feeling our house will end up being the "boy's club", as I'm sure Troy will enjoy having a buddy to hang out with at almost any hour, lol. I anticipate many board games in the coming months :)

My friend Monique is coming to visit next week as well! I am so excited to see her! She is one of my friends that I met my first semester of college, so I've known her for 9 years now. She is seriously a world traveler; I am so jealous of her sometimes! She is currently on break from a 2-year teaching assignment in Saudi Arabia. She spent the last couple of months traveling all over Europe. She always brings Troy back some liquor that can only be purchased abroad, so I know he's excited for her to come visit as well :)