Day 1

Today was my first day being a normal working girl. I went to work at 9 and got off just after 5. It was amazing!!! I started tutoring an 8th grader. Matt and I tutor a brother and sister so now we get to go together. It was my first day doing that as well. It's kind of weird though. I feel like I'm back in school mode. I have to get up early, and then I'm gone all day and I come home around 7p.m.

Kim and Adam were sweethearts and fed us DINNER! It was so good. I was starving.. I didn't get lunch.. and I'm pretty sure my stomach growled louder than a bear while I was tutoring. (Talk about a distraction.) We played with Parkey for a bit and then we came home. Matt started homework and I started LAUNDRY.

Oh we're just living the life!

Labor Day Weekend

We had an eventful Labor Day Weekend. Friday night I had to work, so Matt came with me and we did our Sports Show and then I was done. We were only there a couple of hours, so no big deal. Then, my sister and her family came to spend the night that night. We sat up talking with them until about 1:30 a.m. That was fun.

Saturday we ate breakfast and went to play putt-putt at the mall. It was pretty exciting. Matt and I played two games and then took the best score for each hole. He ended up beating me by three strokes. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. After that, we went to eat as a family with my grandparents at Cheddars. Then, it was off to Houston for the Miss Texas USA pageant. (I know I don't strike you as a pageant type of girl.) My BFF from work was competing in it, so I took Saturday off of work so Matt and I could go. She did an excellent job!!!



(My hair wasn't looking so good by 11:00 p.m. after all the other stuff I did that day, plus it got sprinkled on.) After her pageant, we stayed the night at a friends house in Houston. There I stayed up talking with her until 3:00 a.m. WOOF! I know. Matt and I got up around 9:30 a.m. and found a church that started at 10:30 a.m. We didn't stay for all of church so we could make it home. His family had lunch at his grandmother's house so we met them there. Then, I had to leave and go to work. (Story of my life).

Monday, I worked on my puzzle from my birthday and Matt did homework. We ate Subway- Eat Fresh, for lunch and then I went to work. Kim and Adam apparently needed to go shopping at the mall, so Matt went with them and for my dinner break we went to eat at Pizza Hut. They went home and I went back to work.

One good thing about this long weekend is that was my last weekend to work weekends!! I'm now working the week night shift. I don't know which is better sometimes, but we'll see.

Birthday Party

August 28, my cousin Holly and her friend Justin gave me a birthday party with the help of my mom and Kim telling them what I liked. It was lots of fun. We watched the Cat in the Hat, while they finished decorating and making dinner.

Justin picked out my Party Hat.

Then we stuffed our faces with chili dogs, chicken, delicious fruit, vegetables and bread. Then it was outside for the AMAZING PINATA!!!

I got to be the lucky one to go first!

Then it was Matt's turn to take a "whack" at it.

And I watched him with my Sash on.

But, Justin did an EXCELLENT job of moving the pinata up and down.

...Until it was Adam's turn.

After he was finished, Mr. Pinata was no more. All that was left was his insides.

But, Parker didn't want the candy... he wanted something else instead.

And that was the end of my Birthday Sash.

Then it was time for cake and ice cream, but after all the food we already had, there wasn't much room left for the cake. My work enjoyed most of it.

And all that was left was the PRESENTS FOR ME!!!! They took me a while to open... Holly used a really big box...

for three tiny things in comparison... but it was worth struggle cause I loved them!!!

My uncle and aunt also gave me my own little tool box.. didn't get a picture of it out of the bag though.

I had a GREAT BIRTHDAY WEEK!! Thank you!!!