As some of you know, I arrived back in the good ol' US of A a week ago last Thursday. Originally I was only planning on coming in for 2 weeks for Easter & then head back to Germany until the end of June. Well, due to some circumstances in Germany, I have returned to the US for good. Well, kinda. I'll go back for 3 weeks with mom June 27, visiting Munich & then heading to the south of France to watch part of the Tour de France & sight see, then we'll meet up with dad & Brian (Transy friend) in London in order to drive to Wales for graduation. But I'm home.
In the week that I have been home, I have secured a full-time job at Owensboro Catholic High as the computer lab supervisor & techie teacher. Essentially I oversee the computer labs & help teachers with computer related problems. When I cannot fix them, then I send a techie to help. If they can't, then I talk to the higher ups. I'm also a new employee of Books-A-Million which could become detrimental to my bank account. They are waiting for my background check to come through & then I'll be working part-time there. I'm also at Bath & Body Works as a rehire thanks to my wonderful manager Tana. I'm hoping to only work floor sets for them as they do not have many hours to give because corporate had to cut due to the economy.
I've planned a weekend trip to AL & the beach the weekend after Easter. I'm flying from Nashville to Birminghamm where I will meet up wtih Brian (same TU friend) & we're driving down to the beach for the weekend. The whole point of the trip is so that we can plan what we want to do the week we are in the UK. I just said I had to do it at a beach with a margarita in one hand, a book in the other, & me laying out on the beach. Let's just say Brian is very accomodating. :-D
Cynda & I are hoping to head to Keeneland for opening day April 4. Will be dependent on the weather as we don't like cold & rainy. I'm also moving in with Cynda now that I have a full-time job. I'm doing this to help her out on rent & so she can go to London/Paris with the school trip in October.
I do planning on showing some this year. I'll be showing Ferregammo until he sells, which hopefully will be soon! We have been looking at other horses, but haven't found anything I've fallen in love with just yet.
The first weekend I was home, Cynda & I drove to Louisville (in the snow) to have a girls' weekend. We met up with Kasey Bohannon & Katie McBride Friday night & then headed over to Jason Kurtz's place since we were already over in the area. The girls got to meet Jason & Hershey ("my" puppy though he's not really a puppy anymore!). Cynda & I hit the mall on Saturday in the ice & snow. Let's just say it is SO nice to have the mall pretty much to yourself when the weather is bad! We visited Ernesto's Mexican restaurant for dinner, which was next to the hotel. We enjoyed a pitcher of margaritas, then went back to the hotel to eat cookie dough & watch the Keira Knightly version of "Pride & Prejudice." Let's just say that was a great night because we could oogle over Mr. Darcy, even though he wasn't played by Colin Firth. On Sunday, I got to see "The Pillar of the Community" (aka Les Kurtz), Diane, Kim, & Jason. We met up with Jason & his family for breakfast at a new restaurant off of Lyndon. Don't remember what it was called, but it was yummy! Les couldn't stay out for long as he is recuperating from knee replacement surgery & he was stubbornly not taking his medication that day. But it was wonderful to see all of them. Cynda & I drove back to Owensboro, where we met up with TJ, Nicole, Alexandra (Nicole's 2-year-old daughter), Nate, Sarah, & Stephen. The guys decided I should watch them base jump though we were flooded out due to the quite high river levels & Owensboro apparently does not have any tall buildings to jump. Dad met all of us at Olive Garden for dinner, where Cynda, her boyfriend John, & her dad met up with us. We were quite a party of 11 at OG.
Other than that things have been pretty tame. I'm trying to go through my clothes to figure out what I can/do wear & get rid of what I don't. I didn't realize how many clothes I have! I also have 2 boxes of books that I ordered from B&N that I must put somewhere. Let's just say I need a house dedicated as my library (I am currently taking donations for that as well by the way.).
So that is the excitement in my life. It is actually Saturday night as I write this & I'm getting ready to head out with Cynda & some friends to celebrate St Patrick's Day a little early, though I doubt I'll be drinking any green beer tonight.
Not sure when I will post next as this is supposed to be about my adventures in Europe & I am no longer living there. Maybe I'll post randomly to let you know how the jobs are going. And I might post some pics after the July trip. But right now I'll let this blog to rest until I see fit to resurrect it.
Hope you all have enjoyed reading the adventures. I'm sure there are more to come ... just on the US side of the pond.
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