I can't believe I am sitting down to update again after less than a week! Obviously, life is slowing down a little bit.
Last week, I finished up both of my sessions of swimming lessons. For a few weeks there, I was teaching swimming lessons Tuesday and Thursday nights AND Saturday mornings. I was also doing a few private lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays before coaching Monday and Wednesday nights. Now, thank goodness, I have a swimming lessons break until June! My poor chlorine-hair needs to recover! :)
Coaching is still going really well, and that will go until mid-June, then all my coachees will be in the middle of their triathlon season and off doing their own thing. They are so much fun to work with, and I'm looking forward to finishing the next month off strong!
Now that work-life is slowing down, other aspects of life will be picking up to fill in my free time. Wedding planning will be kicking in HIGH GEAR since we are making our own invitations and are still in the beginning stages. Last weekend, we checked "pre-marital counseling" off our list. We practiced conflict management, evaluated our budget and finances, and had some really productive conversations. We have already been using our conflict management strategies.
For example, "Jana, it really bothers me when you leave the milk out on the table while we are eating breakfast because I feel like it gets bad faster. Instead, will you please put the milk away as soon as you have poured it on your cereal? In return, I will try to be more helpful in the morning so you aren't in such a hurry.
I never knew it bothered him that I left the milk out for a few minutes here or there. Now I know. And I think our marriage will be stronger because you can take out the blue words and insert any other complaint, solution, compromise. :) I say that somewhat lightly, but I really do think that the day was helpful, and it was a really good bonding experience.
In addition to wedding planning and communicating in much longer, more detailed sentences, I will also be starting a new job search. My one-year temporary position at Wayzata did not turn into anything more, so I am looking for school counseling positions near Mayer. I really enjoy the middle level and I think I do pretty well with those kiddos, but I also know I would love high school with all my college transition experience. I think I could bring a lot to high school students and families. Similarly, I've had really good feedback on my swimming lessons lately. Many parents have had very high compliments about my ability to work with preschool and elementary age kids. SO, I have decided to apply for all levels. If anyone knows of any openings, please let me know. I will (of course) be doing tons of research myself, but connections definitely help.
And last but not least, it's summer sports season! Softball started last week. I have to say that although I didn't catch a single one of the 23 balls (give or take a few) hit right to me in the outfield, I did make some good bat to ball contact. Nick pitched and did really well until the ump lost his eyesight near the end of the second game. He also had some amazing hits but unfortunately the other team had better outfielders than myself and several were caught. Oh well. There's always next week. Sunday, I also ran my first 5K of the year. I was happy with my time of 34 minutes and some seconds. It was 32 degrees and VERY windy and the trail was very hilly. I'm looking forward to doing a few more this summer and improving my time.
That's all for now! Maybe I'll post some pictures next time, but my camera is still being dumb...please continue to pray for Aunt Lori as her recovery continues!
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