How Busy Life Can Be

The first part of the week was a breeze. Monday and Tuesday I began to work on waking up early, but that was proving more difficult to do when the internet was down and I had nothing to do at 6am in the morning. I also took advantage of my last day of no work by cooking a turkey! It turned out amazing! Here's the turkey.

Wednesday I went into work for my afternoon shift since that was all they wanted me to come in for and got to do a bunch of paper work. With that I found I have a uniform to follow and was on a 2 week trial run. I also had a bunch of guidelines and rules to read through and with that felt somewhat overwhelmed. That feeling of second guessing my capabilities were creeping into my head. But they were kicked out pretty quick. By the end of the first day I was getting good feed back from the teachers I worked with saying a was quick to get involved.

Thursday did the same afternoon shift again. I was put into a different classroom and again received good feed back from the teachers I worked with. Of course I was eating it up, but then there's the part of me who says, "Meri, don't let it go to your head. You're not officially hired yet."

Friday I went in a bit earlier than I had for a 6 hour shift. Whoo that was a long day. I had kids to run after and deal with their sass. I also got to stack a bunch of food into the storage closet. And cleaning up at the end of the day is a slight work out too. But one thing that I get to look forward to now at the end of the day is picking Steven up from the Link Station. Saves him about 30 minutes of travel time.

Then Saturday comes! Oh man was that a busy and fun day! Steven and I met up with a high school friend and went to the Point Defiance Zoo. I hadn't been to the zoo in quite some time and it made for a fun date with Steven. Plus it was a really nice day!!!

Us being cute <3

Steven took my picture, then I took his. Thank you photoshop :)

These fish were really cool. They burrow in the sand. They would pop in and out of their hole and spit out sand or shells.

The Sea Lions were so cute and active. It was so touch getting a decent picture of them with my phone.

After looking at most of the animals, Steven and I had to zip off to the cannery to help with dry packing. My parents asked us if we'd help in return for some food storage. We said sure and good thing too since they ended up leaving to go see my sister, Holly, and bro-in-law, Jess, to bless their little baby. It was nice seeing members from my old stake there. It definitely made the dry packing lots of fun working with friends. Thankfully it was a quick session. About an hour long.

Then right after that it was off to my mother's clinic to finish the mural. Steven worked on laundry which for once was finished before me. But 8 o' clock I finished cleaning up everything and took pictures real quick to show off here (the finished Mural). Then after such a long day, Steven and I treated ourselves to the Mizuki Buffet. Oh man! It was amazing. Delicious sushi (though Steven said it was okay) and a nice variety of other tasty entrees and desserts.

Bed was well welcomed as well as this Fast Sunday. Tired bodies and full bellies :)

Wishing you all a great week :)