Year 2, Week 2 - A week of firsts

Jonathan planted some sunflowers that Mom gave him and we love having them all around - they are just so cheery!

What a fun week last week was! I worked my first shift as a pharmacist, we hosted our first little party and we got our first car put in our name so we can finally drive it. It was fun, it was crazy and we are glad to be moving on!

Monday was the day I found out I was licensed. I was working 9-10 in Copley when I found out, then I got to check scripts and be a pharmacist for the end of the evening. It was a great, soft start. Jonathan worked Monday, then he went to game night at the Haas farm for dinner and games. He tried to go get the title transferred, but didn't realize he needed to go to the court house, so he had to try again on Tuesday, the day I was supposed to be off. As luck would have it, a pharmacist called off on Tuesday, so I worked in Lisbon from 3:30-10. (Luck was also with Jonathan as the courthouse closed at 4 instead of the assumed 5, so another day was needed to figure out car stuff). It was my first shift as the only pharmacist and it was another slow start - they opened on the 15th, so there isn't a ton to do yet. Before I left I made everything for Black Bean Lime Burrito Bowls so that we would actually have food to eat for dinner. We love these for multiple reasons - they are delicious, they are Mexican and they travel really well, so it's really easy for me to take them with me to work. 

The only problem with picking up the shift on Tuesday was Jonathan leaving Wednesday morning for Celina. It's always hard when he leaves because time apart is never fun since we enjoy each other (surprise), but it is especially hard when I was working the days before and we didn't get to spend much time together. I ended up working all day in Lisbon on Wednesday while he was gone. He spent the night at Graham's and I spent the night at my parents' since I'm still too much of a baby to stay home alone.

Staying at Mom and Dad's turned out to be an all day Thursday affair too. I meant to go home after breakfast, clean the house, make a nice supper, do a bunch of stuff...but I didn't. Instead, I hung out with Mom and Shem. Mom and I went on a 4 mile walk, we sat on the porch and talked and it was way better than cleaning the house. Nights that Jonathan comes back from Celina rarely end up the way we plan them to, so I ended up eating dinner at the Haas farm while he drove back. I also got a lot of cleaning done once I got home, so I ended up getting more done than I expected. When he got home we caught up over some banana ice cream (our summer favorite snack) and relaxed for the evening.

Happy little sunflower!

I was off on Friday as well, so once Jonathan was done with work we took a final trip to Carrollton for the car. It all worked out perfectly, we transferred the title, got the car registered and did some grocery shopping while we were out. On the way back we picked up Dad's chain saw so Jonathan could cut up some wood in our back yard. When we got home, we had pork chops and potatoes on the grill, Jonathan did some organizing in the car, I read a little bit then we sat down and watched a show before bed.

Flowers from Aunt Bev and Uncle Ron

Flowers from Mom

Flowers from Mom

Jonathan getting the fire going

Saturday I worked 9-2 in New Philly while Jonathan mowed the lawn and cut up the wood in the back yard. We invited my mom's family over for dinner, so he got everything ready for a fire and made sure the place looked nice since they either hadn't seen it at all or hadn't seen it since moving day. When I got home, we got the food ready and set everything up for the evening. Prepared the table, got our chairs out, finished fruit pizza, arranged all the utensils (called Mom to bring some), and made sure everything we needed was ready to go. Everyone got here around 5:30, Aunt Bev and Uncle Ron, Grandma and Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Shem and the Lumley family came. We had hot dogs and sloppy joes, baked beans, chicken dip, jello, deviled eggs, fruit pizza, chocolate lava cake, ice cream and I can't even remember what else - but it was all delicious. There is never a lack of food at our family parties, I can tell you that much. It was such a good time just relaxing out back in the shade, talking and enjoying each other's company. As you can see from the photos above...our house now has all kinds of beautiful flowers around! Not pictured - beautiful cards designed by Grandma and Troy. Once everyone headed home we cleaned up and went to bed so I would be ready for work the next morning.

Sunflower just opening!

Sunday I was in Wadsworth 9-6. It was a bit rough, so I was glad to get home a little after 7. Jonathan put lasagna rollups in the oven so that they would be ready when I got home. Dinner was delicious and we ate it as we watched the movie "Gifted". I got it for Christmas, but hadn't opened it yet. It is a fantastic movie and I highly recommend it for anyone to watch. 

This up coming week has a lot of work in store for us! Jonathan is making a trip out to work, I am working a lot toward the end of the week and we are meeting up with the Landis family for dinner one evening, so we will be glad to have some evenings together to re-coup this upcoming weekend. 

This week we are eating flash roasted chicken with potatoes and broccoli, beef bourguignon (you can just pronounce it however you want, that's what I do), stuffed shells and pulled pork. We plan to eat well and have lots of leftovers - I have the utmost confidence in our ability to achieve this!

Have a great week this week! Love you all!

- Alli and Jonathan