Well hi there! I had made this goal to update the blog once a month.... and
then I got busy. How are our lives going? BUSY! But, we continue to move
forward. Some exciting things that have happened in the last few months are
below:
I (Laura) have graduated from my undergraduate program from New Mexico State
University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. And I got accepted at the
University of New Mexico for a Masters of Arts in Secondary Education with
Licensure (i.e. becoming a high school teacher). As such, I am having a lot of
student teaching coming up! I'll be working with Thomas Freyermuth (a chemistry
teacher) at La Cueva High School here in Albuquerque. I'm a little terrified to
already be stepping into a classroom even if the first semester is mostly
observation. By springtime, I'll be teaching fairly regularly! It makes me
nervous.
Find the Laura! :D
Other than that, I found a job for the summer here in Albuquerque working
for the city at one of the public pools. No, I'm not a lifeguard. I run on batteries
with my pump, and batteries tend to be anti-waterproof. However, I am enjoying
cashiering and teaching lessons to young kids about the ages of my nieces (6
months to 3 years) with their parents. They are the cutest things ever. They
are always super terrified of the water the first day, but after that, once
they get warmed up and start to blow bubble and float in circles and sing
songs, they are such a joy to teach. I sometimes get little presents from them
like artwork!
Tom also graduated!
Spencer and I have not been doing much for the wedding as we are pretty much
done with the wedding planning. All we have left for the most part is wedding
doing! We sent out our save the dates in March as a postcard (which I rather
liked). Unfortunately, I hear some of the pictures got messed up by the mailing
system.... but such is life. I guess people will just have to wait for better
pictures by coming to the wedding! We also got ourselves a DJ that plays some
live guitar as well as DJ's some music in the ordinary way. I am STOKED to get
on that dance floor in 6 months! Everyone who comes to my wedding had best be
ready to dance! :) The only other things we need to do is pick some music,
figure out the order of our reception/ring ceremony events, talk to a friend
about making our wedding cakes, alter my dress/add some gosh darned sleeves,
and mail out invites when the time is closer! All in all, it keeps coming
together wonderfully.
AND! The most exciting thing that has happened lately is that Spencer and I
have found a house! We bought a house in Albuquerque that Spencer will move
into in August, and I in December. It is still a big purchase that I think is
frightening. But, Spencer and I have plans to be in the 505 for the next decade
or so and that was the way the chips fell.
Our new house (via the google maps view)!
I think that's everything! Spencer continues to work hard in paramedic
school (due to end in about a month) and still makes time for family. He is
doing his last bit of the program, the internship. So, he's out working in the
far reaches of the area in fire stations (which he loves). I am really excited
for him to be finished so that he can get to having a more regular schedule and
sleep enough (hopefully)! I love him very much and we both send love to you all
and wish you the best!