My Final Memphis Post

First of all, I started off my morning feeling very grateful and very foolish. I woke up to this:

It's been burning since about 10:00 AM Saturday morning. Well friends. It's now 11:41 Sunday evening. Grateful I didn't burn the house down. Foolish for not recognizing the strong cinnamon bun smell in the house wondering where it's coming from. Whoops!

I'm starting to say goodbye to Memphis. Goodbye to friends. Church. School. Kids. Second year of marriage. House. So much.

This is how my house looks right now. In a bit of disarray.

Here's the kitchen:
Pretty lonely. I took my chairs to Goodwill yesterday. I hope someone bought them and loves them as much as I do.

Living room:
Other side of the living room:
Pretty impersonal and boring, donchathink?

Bedroom:
Messy and frustrating. I haven't made my bed in about a month. Not a fan of this haphazard lifestyle.

Guest room:
Office:
Goodwill is picking up that futon on Wednesday. Jamie's sad about letting that go.

This one is sad about leaving too:
In fact, I'm getting a little teary-eyed for the first time. I haven't been sad at all since I found out we were moving. I love this house. I've loved living here. We've met some incredible friends. I love our church and church family. I love the families I met at my school. I love BBQ :) I'm going to miss it here.

While I've been here, I've watched a lot of this...on the floor:
Yes, that's Glee Season 2. A few episodes are still on Hulu before the Season 3 premier next week, so that's been my entertainment for the past two ish weeks.

The past couple weeks, I've gotten to see some really sweet people to say some final "goodbyes" or what I like to say, "see you laters".

I've seen my sweet friend Whitney more in the past few weeks than I have all summer. And I've loved every minute of it! In fact I spent the evening with her tonight and it was wonderful to get to talk to her and engage in genuine and honest conversation. Love that.

On Wednesday, Holly and I went on a nice long walk and later that evening, Jenny and I went to dinner. Love you both. So glad we've had the chance to hang out this summer and get to know each other a little better before I go.

Last night, I had dinner with Erika, the mom of one of my sweet students from my old school. I met them at their house, said hi to her sweet girls and then we dined at Jim's Place. I've gotten lots of comments wondering why and how I'm so close to the parents of my kids from school. I'm so grateful I formed those relationships before I quit my job because I am so appreciative of the friendships I have formed with these mamas. You all have been such a blessing in my life and I am so thankful for each of you! Thank you, Erika, for such a lovely dinner.

This afternoon. I went on a date. I haven't seen Jamie in almost two weeks and I haven't been on a date in even longer. So I needed my fix. Jamie rarely reads my blog, so he'll probably miss this. I went on a date with this really cute red head. He's a little younger than I am, but really sweet. He ordered chocolate milk and a brownie from Starbucks. Just look at him. What a cutie, huh?:

His name is Camdyn and he is was a fabulous date :)

He's a little bit short for me, but it'll do:
Okay okay, so it wasn't a real date :) I met sweet Camdyn and his mama at Starbucks this afternoon and it was so great to see their faces. Camdyn's mom has been such a solid friend to me since I met her and I just love her and Camdyn so very dearly. I'm going to miss your sweet faces so much when we leave. Thank you for being so good to me.

Unfortunately, our date was cut short because of a tornado coming towards Memphis. I busted my tail home to get to this little lady. But she wasn't scared of the storms at all. In fact, she was quite the faithful watchdog:
Thanks for sticking your hiney in my face, toosie roll:
"What, ma? It's just a yittle storm."
She acts all brave but I know this is how she really feels:
Actually, that's her "I miss Jamie" face. I do too, Lulu. I do too.

Whelp. I'm signing off. For the last time in Memphis. I'm going to go take my last bubble bath and sleep one last sleep in this house. It's been real.

See y'all in Lafayette. Love you.