Busy Bee's

February has been such a busy month. I know it even looks like I managed to post twice in one day, the truth is that I wrote that post last week and finally finished it today. Haha. So let's break down February thus far.

 The first weekend of the month was Grants pharmacy school formal. It was fun but every year I have the exact same thoughts: these people are going to be doctors?! I mean that lightheartedly, I really do. Everyone needs to have fun but this is a set of people that sure know how to do it.

So, right after my birthday is Grant's on the 9th. I know, I know... It's a bit weird being the older woman by 4 whole days. I was so excited after googling ideas for cakes and what our cake baker was able to come up with. The lady that made Grant's birthday cake is the same that is going to make our wedding cake. We wanted to try out potential wedding cake flavors and man oh man, it was yummy. I can't give everything away. After all you've seen several things but I can't tell you the cake flavor! Haha.

After the cake and other things we went out for the evening which was fun. We were excited because we were supposed to see one of our favorite bands play but it something happened that they couldn't make it. The band that replaced them was pretty terrible but the 2 for 1 drinks helped to make up for it. We ended up having a decent enough time that the night ended up in Grant putting Buddha in Cory's fish tank.

He was quite proud of this accomplishment. Buddha has quite a story of his own. I am happy to report that he will be living with Cory after Grant and I get married.

Earlier in the day we met up with Grant's grandfather, "pappy". Pappy is such a sweet man. He heard that I was looking for a Hoosier Cabinet and low and behold he is completely refinishing one for me as a birthday present. I am SO stinking excited. Here's a picture of the base.

It's being stripped of the old paint then it will be repainted it's original colors. White on the outside and a green color on the inside. I am all over vintage so I am SUPER excited. I love how this one has the two center drawers. I haven't seen one quite like it. I wish I had a picture of the top cabinet, it is lovely with glass doors. Every kitchen we have had has seriously lacked cabinet space so I am looking forward to extra storage space. I am thinking of keeping all of my baking stuff in the bottom. I haven't quite figured out how to best use the tops. My mother-in-law to be uses hers for spices and cookbooks. I suppose we shall see once it is finished and in place. I cannot believe how lucky I am to have found not only such a great husband to be but great in laws as well.

Last but not least- Valentines day:
I made my kiddo's these Pinterest inspired treats.

You know 5th graders... A good majority of them loved them and a few could care less.

Today I only worked a half day. It turns out that I have strep. My students love to share all of the wrong things. Haha.

Birthday Fun

So here I am... 10 days into being 25. A whole quarter of a century old. ~9,128 days I've been "living this life" as a co-teachers 7 year old daughter would put it. It's funny how in days it just doesn't seem so long. I must admit it's all a bit scary.

There's this fleeting feeling that I'm supposed to feel like an adult and do all of these things. I cant figure out what "things" that I feel like I'm not doing. Most of them I am doing. I have my "career", I'm getting married, we're looking for an apartment... now I just need to collect the $200 after we pass GO on the game board. That's how it works right?

Anywho, let's get back on track here. My students made my birthday very exciting. I have bible study with one of my students moms so he knew it was my birthday and brought me a balloon! So darn sweet, right?! Well that balloon was the trigger for the rest of the festivities that ensued. I received several renditions of the happy birthday song, hugs, a shout out from my students on the school wide morning announcements, and some of the best and most meaningful birthday cards ever.

After school I went over to Harrisonburg to go to Blue Ridge Hearing to talk about hearing aids. I know, I know, so exciting on a birthday. I got molded for my nano and everything only to find out that my insurance won't cover anything and my parents only covers $600.00. I was banking on paying $600.00 not the 1,900.00 that I need to come up with to cover the difference. If I wasn't paying for wedding things as well this wouldn't be such a big deal but at this moment it is. I'm pretty bummed but oh well, what are you going to do. Here's a picture of all of the fun the ear mold was. It pretty much felt like they pumped mashed potatoes in my ear. So strange.

For those of you that come here for the tympanoplasty information, since that seems to have the most hits, here's another update for you. Do not let this discourage you! I just have not had a chance to blog about this recently because quite frankly, I am not sure how to process it. My tympanoplasty surgery was a complete success. I no longer have a gaping hole where an eardrum should be and my hearing did improve some afterward. Here is where my problem lies. My hearing did not improve, or steadily improve as much as we thought it might. From that point my doctor wanted to determine what was causing a decrease in hearing. We agreed that it might be fluid as my ear often felt full so I tried nasal sprays and allergy pills out the wazoo to try to get my Eustachian tube to open but no such luck. Our next thing to try was a CAT scan. That my dears revealed it all. Turns out I have dehiscence of the semi circular canal. My friends, that in itself deserves its own blog post explanation.

Mom and dad took me to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I absolutely LOVE their loaded sweet potatoes and any cut of steak they serve. To end my day I celebrated by giving myself my first ever lice treatment. Yet another teacher perk! Never found a one but I could only be paranoid about it for so long so I just gave in and it was well worth the 20 dollars for the peace of mind.

Let me leave you with a lighthearted perfect example of how Grant and I must really be becoming real adults:

Yup, we have conversations about vegetables people... conversations. about. vegetables.

Insert quarter life crisis here