Newton Notes: October 2010

you were starting to worry, yes, we are still alive. Just busy. Very, very busy. Here is what's been going on in our lives in the past two months.

Joe: working crazy hours, including most weekends in September. (I'm talking 60-70 hrs. per week here.) When he hasn't been working, he has been helping coach a 5th grade football team, taking a woodworking class, supporting my team at our soccer games, cooking me dinner, and traveling to Beaver football games, both near and far.

Me: Also working crazy hours- just as much (if not more) than Joe. Apparently being a 1st year full-time teacher and 1st year head soccer coach doesn't leave a lot of free time. With the exception of a weekend filled with food-poisoning and all of the fun that brings, I literally haven't taken 1 full day off since Labor Day weekend. Mon-Fri is teaching/coaching, Saturday is grading day, and Sunday is lesson planning for the upcoming week. However, the end (of soccer season at least) is almost in sight. We finished our last league game on Thursday (we are 7-5-2) and ended up 3rd place in our league. We have a play-in game next Thursday, and if we win we are in the state tournament. It has been a blast coaching and I love my girls, but I'd be lying if I said I am not going to enjoy having more free time whenever soccer season ends. Then I can go back to working just 50 hours a week, instead of 60-70 :)

Other news:

Joe turned 27 a couple of weeks ago. I wish I had fun pics to post or a fun night to blog about, but in all honesty this was the evening I got food poisoning and it was miserable. We had a reservation for the one good restaurant in Roseburg, and then had to cancel when I starting puking 15 minutes before we should've left the house. I continued vomitting all through the night, and had to go to the hospital the next day to receive IV fluids because I was so weak and dehydrated. At least I got to make him a nice breakfast before the sickness set in (see pics below).
Apparently October is a busy month for preggos! One of my bestest friends in the whole world welcomed her first baby into the world on Oct. 7th. Brynn Lorene Richards is doing great and I can't WAIT to get up to Portland and meet her soon. Aside from Merissa, some of our friends from the Seahawks also welcomed a son recently. Congrats to both the Richards and the Carlsons :)
While I'm on the subject of babies, I should probably include that Joe and I are expecting our first baby as well :) As some of you already know, we are 16 weeks along and our little baby is due on April 14th. While it has thrown a lot of challenges our way in this already chaotic time for us, we are VERY excited. I can't say it's made teaching/coaching any easier, as I have been very tired and experienced a consistent dose of nausea so far, but it is worth it to know I have our little baby growing inside of me. Can I just be honest for a minute though? Those women who claim they just "loved" being pregnant and would do it their whole lives... what are they smoking? I am exhausted, nauseous, can't eat half of my favorite foods/beverages, and feel the most unathletic I have EVER felt in my life. (I am serious- I am pretty sure my 7 year old self would kick my ass in a race right now.) Don't get me wrong, I am more than willing to make sacrifices to know I have a happy and healthy baby. But let me just say I am glad this state of being is temporary, and I can't wait to eat sushi, drink coffee, run at a pace that isn't pathetic, and not feel sick on a daily basis come next spring/summer.

Ok. That's all I have for now. It is time to get started on my grading, so I should go. I will leave you with the few pictures I have taken this fall...