I live for the weekends

I know I haven't written in almost a month. I tend to ramble and I want to keep it short. In my attempts to "keep it short" I have just been avoiding writing. My boss always gets onto me for being long winded. He wants the point. I like to tell backstory first. To me, its important to know everything thats going on before you can make a good decision, or before you pass judgement on a situation. Maybe thats just me. I also tend to tell too much by giving backstory, and thats come back to bite me a time or two. So, in my attempt to keep it short, here goes...

Not much has happened in the last month. Really, nothing, nada, zilch. Jon and I don't do too much. Its not that we don't want to. We really want to go camping and hiking and travel all over the place. The hindrance is money. Combined, we make enough to be comfortable. Whats keeping us from doing everything we want to, is the darn basement. We are just trying hard to save money so we can pay cash for the basement and not go into debt for it. It just seems like it is taking forever to even get to the point where we will be ready to start.

The last weekend of September we are going to Gatlinburg with his parents and brother and his wife. It should be interesting. I love his family, but I have never spent more than a couple hours with any of them. I am sure we will have a great time and the vacation is very much needed. I can't wait to go to the Apple Barn, and visit the old towns and antique stores. I'm really looking forward to shopping at the outlet mall in Pigeon Forge! I'm also looking forward to the mountains and the hot tub at our cabin. Maybe the leaves will be changing by then. Here's hoping!

On that note, I just want to throw out there the well known fact that I HATE MY JOB!! The place I work is ok and the people I work with are great, wonderfull really. The money is good, but I just don't like my career. I can't wait until I don't have to work anymore. Unfortunately that involved having kids. Not that having kids would be unfortunate, but once we have kids, that is what I will spend my time doing, raising them to be respectable human beings. I guess what I really want is to be a house wife and have time to do what I want, not what I'm told. Blah. I wish we could just win the lottery, then I wouldn't have to work anymore. I love Jon so much. He knows just how much I detest my job. He told me last night that he wishes that I didn't have to work. Not because he wants a clean house and dinner on the table every night (which I promised would happen if he let me quit working), but because he knows that would make me happier than just about anything. We both know that while its just the two of us, it is smart for me to work. We are gradually trying to "live" off just his paycheck and save all of mine. I think that will get us used to living off one income when the time comes that we have to do that. Oh, I can't wait for that day.

I think what I really need is a career change. I have been thinking about the things that I would like to do instead of engineering. The only thing that really comes to mind it teaching. I know teaching isn't a walk in the park. I can be just as difficult and discouraging as anything else. When I think back on some of the teachers I had in middle school and high school that really made a difference in my life, I find myself thinking that I want to be that teacher to someone. I have a fear of speaking in front of people, can't always get the right words out to explain something effectively, but if its something I'm passionate about, or even remotely enjoy, I think I would have a much easier time doing it. On a more selfish note, I would have most holidays and summers off with our kids, and that is very important to me as well. I don't want our kids to be "lock and key" kids, or get into mischief when they are under grandma's watch during the summers.

I know I will go to West Ga Univ. to get my degree. I'm thinking I would teach science. I always enjoyed that more in school. Not chemistry so much, but Earth Science. That is a new curriculum in Ga so I know schools would be hiring for that. Then I could get involved in sports, like maybe be an assitant coach for the swim team, or cross-country team, or tennis team. Now, to find the necessary funds to pay for going back to school. I take checks, cash, money orders, if anyone wants to help :-)