That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles

Well, the school year's winding down, and with each passing day, instead of getting more and more excited, I seem to be getting more and more discouraged.

I've sent out about fifteen applications and not a single nibble yet.

No calls. 

No interviews.

Just emails saying we don't want you.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to see my friends posting on facebook about their jobs they've gotten for teaching next year...the same jobs I've applied for.

It's disheartening.

I tell myself I haven't heard anything because God's got something else out there for me. 

That the positions I've applied for aren't meant for me.

But, I'm getting tired and discouraged.

And so much of our future depends on me getting a teaching job this fall.

We need this to get a house.

To start our family.

To get a puppy.

So for now I guess I'll just keep chuggin' 'em out.

On a much different note, Thomas is gone.

*le sigh*

Thomas left Sunday morning for a week long roadtrip out to BYU-Idaho.

He's going with some buddies of his, and they're going to visit a bunch of peeps out there. 

He'll be back next Sunday evening.

I'm feeling blue.

It's gonna be a long week.

It's times like this where I could really use a dog.

A cuddle-buddy replacement.

I'm used to going to bed without him, but man, it's only been one morning and waking up without him in the bed is a million times worse than going to be by myself. 

*le sigh*

It's gonna be a long week...

But! We had a big date day Saturday before he left.

It was a lot of fun.

We made a huge breakfast together (stuffed french toast with strawberry cream cheese and strawberries...an amazing recipe from my pinterest collection).

Then we went to the humane society in Coon Rapids to play with the puppies.

I was totally against it at first.

I did not want to go and not be able to take one home. 

And to have to see them all stuck in the cages breaks my heart.

But in the end, it was a lot of fun.

And yes, I fell in love with a couple that I wanted to take home with me. 

There was Nana, my favorite. 

I adored her to pieces and definitely spent the most time with her. 

She was this adorable, sweet lab mix. 

White with a pink nose.

And eyes that made me want to cry!

She'd just lay there staring at me while I'd pet her, and if I started to move away, she grab my hand with her paw.

Gah! Heartbreaking.

I wanted her.

And there was Luck.

This fun spunky husky puppy with one blue and one brown eye. 

He was adorable. And fun.

After the humane society, we went to the Mall of America and did a scavenger hunt, which was a hoot! But got cut short.
Thomas got frustrated and quit...haha.

We couldn't take pictures in most of the stores,

people wouldn't take fun pictures with us (or for us half the time),

and it was really frustrating, so we gave up.

But not before we got some good pics!

Check 'em out:

A dance with a mariachi man.

A giant Hello Kitty

An oxymoron
(Gangsta Love)

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A pregnancy picture without stuffing something
in your shirt.

A crazy outfit.