ukuleles and vacation plans

This week has been busy, busy so I've not been able to update.  We got back to Ohio from our weekend in Virginia on Monday night and then I worked at Gap pretty much everyday this week except for today.  Scott and I did manage to plant all the flowers I bought on Thursday evening.  We put our bare hands right down into the soil and filled all our pots with flowers.  It was a lot of fun, and our balcony is nearly complete! 


It's old news (but great news!!) that Scott will be teaching an introductory Theology course at his school, but I just recently found out that I will be teaching ENG 101 at my school in the fall! I am super excited and can't wait to get started.  I will be teaching MWF at 9:45!


In other news, in addition to my guitar lessons, I will also be teaching ukulele lessons beginning this week.  You heard it right, ukulele lessons! I don't know a whole lot about the tiny Hawaiian instrument, but a few minutes sitting down last night with a chord book had me well-acquainted and ready to give my first lesson.  

A fellow teacher at the music shop where I work approached me about giving the lessons to her daughter.  I told her straight-out that I didn't know a whole lot about it, and that I'd only played around with one when working on a Shakespearean play in college (not considering the time I was a "ukelele girl" in the Spring Variety Show in primary school).  Knowing that it wouldn't be too hard transitioning from guitar to ukulele, I agreed to take on the new task and new student.  I've already looked up several songs and I'm pretty excited about learning another instrument. 


Okay, so a guilty pleasure that I must admit to is that when I was in high school I loved all of Nicholas Sparks's books.  I loved their hopelessly romantic characters and corny lines. Although this pleasure no longer exists for me, I still hold a special place in my heart for, "The Notebook."  I guess I find myself relating to the forbidden love that ends happily despite the obstacles and mistakes Allie and Noah must go through and learn from.  Needless to say, I am ecstatic that Scott and I will be staying in a Bed & Breakfast that looks a lot like the house Noah builds for Allie in the movie made a few years ago with Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.  

It got up to 87 degrees today so I am definitely ready for some lazy vacation days in South Carolina!