TGIF

Hmm..
Well.. yesterday was mine and Derek's 4 year anniversary! So I now have 364 days to plan our wedding! :) It was really nice though.. we both took the day off and slept in. We gave Josie a bath, ate at Benihana's and checked on our house. It looks so good. We have landscaping now and they planted us a little tree. So cute!

Besides that, the only other big thing that has happened is that I got my grade for my 3rd test. I failed :( But only by 5 points.. so, once I get back from Italy I'll just have to study my ass off again and hope that I'll have better luck. I have 2 weeks until I take the 4th section. I'm a little worried because I know I will not be as focused as I was on the last three with everything that is going on this next month. But we'll see.. I'll just have to keep praying and hoping for the best!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Ciao!

SUCCESS!!!

I passed!!! I passed!!!
I checked my grade a little over 15 min ago and there it was! I actually did better on this one than the first one! I am so relieved because this was the one section that I absolutely did NOT want to retake. Words cannot express how excited I am and I know it sounds corny but I am so proud of myself. I've sacrificed a lot during these last few months and it is such a joy to see that it is paying off. And I know that Derek and my family and friends have had to put up with a lot from me lol.

I'm still waiting on the grade for the 3rd section. So hopefully I passed that one too and I'll only have the last one in July!

Tila Tuesday

Yea its the finale tonight.. if you get bored enough its on mtv at 10. I'm such a tv junkie anymore!

We had a VERY busy weekend. Friday, we went to the butterfly exhibit, went to Urban Outfitters in Clifton and then to the Music Hall for the opera. It was an experience. Derek hated it. I felt really bad for him, because I could tell he was so miserable. I enjoyed the music and the singing but the story was kinda dull. Which is funny because thats the whole reason I wanted to go..

Anyways, Saturday my parents went to the Busch race down at the speedway so we went to my grandparents to pick up Morgan and Trey around 3. Trey had never seen our house so we did a drive by. They have the whole outside pretty much done now. We still need our driveway, the deck and grass/landscaping but that's pretty much it. They have the drywall done and our ceramic tile was in. Its finally coming together. And very nicely I might add. Then we went back to my parents house, ordered some Larosas and watched "Untraceable". It was decent. Around 7 we left to go to the store and then went down to Wilder to see "The Incredible Hulk". It was better than I expected.. Edward Norton is so freakin hot! lol.

Sunday was Father's Day of course so we went to my grandparents to see my dad and grandpa and then we stopped by his parents house for a couple of hours and had some chocolate and champagne. Yum! I think me and Charlie are becoming a lot closer which is enjoyable. She got the new high heeled Crocs.. I want a pair so bad! But I'm going to wait til next paycheck because I have to pay my trainer and I'm getting my hair done this week.

I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY GRADE!!!! I am getting so upset. I emailed the State Board again and they insist that this is normal, when all of my colleagues got their scores weeks ago! They said I should have it by June 30. We'll see.

Oh how I hate Mondays..

A pic of the house as of Saturday!

Its the worst day of the week. No matter how much sleep I get on Sunday night, I am always so tired and lazy come Monday morning. Anyways.. it seems like Mondays is blog day so I guess that's one good thing.

Let's see.. what has happened in the past week? well, still no grade. Big shocker there. My training went a lot better this past week. My right hamstring hurts like a bitch, but that's about it. Friday, I don't think we did anything, because I can't remember doing anything haha. Oh yea, we went to Steve & Barry's to get my dad's birthday present. Exciting stuff lol.

Saturday, Charlie (the future mother-in-law) picked me up and we had an appointment with the florist to discuss flowers and costs. Well, we ended up picking almost all of the flowers! The lady that does the pricing wasn't there so we'll have to see what kind of damage we made haha. After that, we decided to go see Sex and the City at the Levee. AWKWARD! Only because of the gazillion sex scenes in that movie. She seemed cool about it but I squirmed in my seat like a little kid every time there was a slight shot of a boob hahaha. Then we met up with the boys at Dewey's in Crestview Hills and Derek took me back to the apt. We drove by the house on the way out to my dad's birthday party. They have all the brick on and almost all of the siding done. It was so exciting to see it! The drywall looks done on the inside too. Derek stole a small piece of brick for a souvenir ;) I'm dealing with all of the fun financing crap right now.. those of you who have bought a house know what I'm talking about haha.

We finally get to Willie's around 7:15. My dad had no idea we were coming or anyone else. He looked so happy and he got so drunk lol. My grandpa came too so it was really nice to spend time with my family with no drama for once. Bobby and his new girlfriend met us up there after awhile. She was really nice.. so much better than his old girlfriend!! Then we decided to keep drinking so we ran into Kroger to get more beer and he called Brandon who met us back at the apt for some drunken Scene It. Somehow I still managed to beat Brandon haha. Shortly after 2 we decided to finally call it a night.

Yesterday was our lazy day. I just did laundry and we ordered LaRosa's for dinner. Neither of us felt like cooking. It was really nice.

Well, I should get back to work so I'll try blogging before Monday. Til then.. Ciao!

Its Monday..

I start my next (and hopefully last!) section of the Becker courses tonight. My partner Vikki will be there for this section.. should be sufficiently awkward. I still do not have my grade for FIN. I beginning to wonder if they lost it. My friend Jessica who is sitting for Ohio sat for this section a couple of days after me and received her score over a week ago. Either they lost it or KY is slow as fuck. Sorry for the cussing, but I'm getting really frustrated about it.

Our weekend was pretty good. Friday, we went over to Jessica and Danny's and I held Ady for a good hour and a half lol. She gets cuter every time I see her! Jess gave us some pics of her too.. adorable!

Saturday, I had Amanda F's bachelorette party. I had a lot more fun than I had anticipated. I was kinda nervous since I hadn't hung out with most of these girls since high school and well, it was kinda awkward at first but I think as everyone consumed more alcohol, the night got better and better haha. It was really nice to hang out with them.. I can't believe our 5 year reunion is only a few months away! Well, I drank a ton! It usually only takes me maybe 3 or 4 beers to be completely drunk.. well, I lost count at 12 haha. Needless to say, I passed out on Amanda's couch and didn't drive home to my comfy bed til 6:30 the next morning. It was nice to sleep in though and Derek was making fun the rest of the day for it. Apparently I was moaning a lot in my sleep.

Anyways, Sunday we met his parents for an early dinner at Abuelo's. It was very yummy! (However, my stomach didn't agree so much later that night!) and we went to Walmart and bought 2 new TV's. They were having a huge sale so we got a 32" and 42" Vizio plasmas. Upon realizing that the 42" was not going to fit in LOLA the Corolla, we had to call my dad to get the truck.

Finally, we drove to Independence to check on our house. We walked around inside and it looks like they are almost done with the drywall. They had a bunch of scaffolding outside so I can only hope they are getting ready to do the bricking and siding..

Well, that's all I got for now. Hopefully there will be another post in the next few days with either really good news (that I passed!) or really bad..

Until then.. Ciao!