CPR!!!

Yessssss! I'm CPR/First Aid certified once again! I can now save your life, your child's, and your little infant's! Oooo Oooooooooo!!

This was the most fun certification I've ever had. It was from 10-1:15ish. Bam. Done. Badabing-Badaboom. To me, the teacher/trainer looked and acted like "Ross" from the tv show, Friends. All the single girls were flirting/giggling all the time. He was also a firefighter and not only that, but he was single (according to the lack of ringage on his finger), so, they were in heaven. When he said that he would leave his number to let us know when the certification cards were ready, my boss was all, "Oh, I don't think you should actually give it to them, they'll actually call you." Okay, lets back up. There was a CPR certification thing going on today for work and parents of children who attend there. And, I needed to get re-certified and some of my fellow co-workers did too. I couldn't help but laugh histerically inside, shake my head back and forth, and have a smirk on my fiace all at the same time whenever they would start "hehehehe!" when he would say something that had a double meaning or whenever he would demonstrate on them (or vice versa). Holy Manoly. Goofy girls. The funny thing was that he was the only guy with all of us girls. He was a good sport though, and just laughed with everyone. My oh my.. It was fun. It definitely made the time go by faster! lol

Job!!!

I found a job! Wohoo! I'm working at the Children's Creative Learning Center here in Monterey. This is a center open to children: 6 weeks-5 years of age. It focuses on guided learning (aka Constructivism), which I LOVE. Before I accepted this job offer, I was offered a job at a preschool here where I would be teaching little 4-5 year olds and it would have been full time...but the catch was, the pay was less because that preschool was not funded. And also, after praying about where I should be, I was told several times that the CCLC (Children's Creative Learning Center) is the right place for me to be. 

So, for the first few weeks (at least) I will be with 2-3 year olds having a grand ol' time. I am considered a substitute teacher right now, until I get promoted to become a "head teacher". Yet, I will be working 30+ hours a week, which I find great for a substitute teacher...especially for the teaching field in this recession! I can't wait to start (4/14). It will be fun. And, I think the co-workers are already fabulous. 

I am excited to contribute making money for our little family! I think that with me working alongside kevin, figuratively speaking, will speed up the process of saving money for a house! It is expensive here, but with the market being low right now, we'll be able to find something when the time comes. We were living in a 2bd/2bth house in Chico last fall..but, as of now, this little 1bd/1bath apartment is working out just fine. I never thought we would be able to downsize again after that 1 car garage studio in Roseville (maybe 350sq. ft!)... but here we are! Living with nothing but the essentials! It's actually quite nice, cutting through all that crap, hehe! We've gotten rid of a lot of our things, even though there is still a lot of our things up in Kevin's parent's attic. It's amazing how much you accumulate after being married for about 3 years...but we say no more junk! And with that motto... we are able to go out and have fun and spend some play money :)

(This was at CA Adventures Feb 2010)

GO money!!

It is so awesome being grown ups.  Kevin has a real job and is making lots of money (compared to before when we both were not working and finishing school).  I am going to have a job very soon with preschool-aged children.  I might apply for subbing at elementary schools, but we'll see.  Anyway, we love having money!  It is such a huge change compared to not having money.  We've been able to buy nicer clothes, instead of buying random clothing off of the clearance racks, which tended to never match the wardrobe at home!  Go Banana Republic!!  And, Men's Wearhouse!!