Things are starting to slow down for us for the summer. I'm writing this in a somber mood because our host daughter left on Tuesday. It hit me all at once. We drove her to Williston and waited around the airport with her. It didn't seem real to me until she went around the corner to board. I kept telling myself, "don't cry… don't cry…" and I didn't. Until she got on the plane. It was like someone turned a switch and the water works started happening. It was awful. I mean I knew it was coming and I knew it was apart of the deal. They come and live with you for 9 months and then they go home. I knew that going in, so what did I expect, right? She became such a part of our family so quickly that everything was so natural. It felt like she had always been apart of our family. We gave her big hugs and said our goodbyes. After she left we had coffee and went shopping with a friend. That helped. Then once we got home it hit us again. Picture this. a young couple, in their late 20's had an amazing exchange student living with them for nine months and now she's gone. Now they are empty nesters and life is "back to normal". Well, the new normal was having her there… and now she's gone. I don't like this. I don't like this at all. Sigh!!!!
It will get better, but I still feel like crying when ever I think about her. Now we will just have to go to Portugal to see her. Here is the last photo we took as a host family. Gosh I miss her already… could you tell?
Now I am focusing on finishing up a project from my former job. I was hoping to get that done on my computer today, but I ran into an adobe problem. I update adobe and the program for the project still said that it was out of date. So, I'll have to go to a different computer and finish it. Oh well. One more hoop to jump through, right?
I have an interview for my possible job this fall and a hair cut after that. I need a drastic change to switch things up a bit. All a part of the transition process.
We will be moving to a new place on July 16th and I can't wait! It will be in beautiful Fort Peck by the lake! Life is good!
I started my summer job last week and I love it! We also have to down size quite a bit, which will be good. It's just stuff and if I haven't used it in a year I'm not going to miss it. My hubby goes to a training for his new job and I will have the house to myself… Maybe not so much a good thing, but we will both be busy.
That is all for now. Change is it what it is. No matter good or bad, it's not always easy.
I hope all of my teacher friends are enjoying their summer. Take it easy, folks!
~Jenna
