- We had our housewarming party in May. Sadly it rained so my plan to have people in the backyard did not happen and we had a lot of people in the house mingling. It did get warm and stuffy and I felt like I was constantly rushing everywhere but it was a good time. I was grateful my family could come and help with things. We didn't think things through with Dan's work schedule so Mom and Dad ran the grill thankfully. A lot of people were able to see the house finally so it was like 40 birds with one stone.
- I said good-bye to the apartment in Ankeny and Gavin moved into his basement bedroom on May 23rd. I had to go back on May 24th to empty the refrigerator and clean it because I didn't have a good way to transport the food to Ames on the 23rd. Thankfully since we are clean people it didn't take much to clean the apartment so I anticipate getting a lot of our deposit back so I can put that into savings.
- Gavin graduated from high school on May 29 and we had a good crowd in attendance at Hilton Coliseum. I was disappointed his picture wasn't included in a presentation at the beginning of the ceremony and now that I think about it, I've never gotten an answer as to why that happened. We have his actual party this upcoming weekend and I still need to do some purchasing and packing for the event before Gavin and I depart on Thursday night.
- Dan and I have found a decent babysitter for Jude (we hope) and she will be watching Jude on Friday since Gavin and I are out of town. Dan has to work most of the day and then take Jude to his Mom that evening. The same babysitter will be helping with Jude the weeks of June 18 and June 25 since I have some extra teaching duties for ISU in the mornings. We will have other periodic days too that we need help too so it's nice to have someone in Ames we can count on. And yes Gavin helps with Jude too but he has a life of his own and we don't want to always depend on him. Plus after June 18-19, he will be getting another job.
- We've continued to work on the house quite a bit. After officially moving out of the apartment, we added many more boxes to the furnace room in the basement so Dan and I bought more shelving units to store extra food and extra appliances that don't get used too often. I'm also re-boxing some kitchen items that Gavin may want/need some day when he has his own apartment. I still have a lot of organizing to do in that room. We spent a lot of time last Sunday organizing Gavin's bedroom as he was dragging his feet with unpacking boxes but he got it done. I also got our laundry room and cleaning supplies unpacked and organized too. Next is my office area....ugh. Dan and I need to open all the windows in the house and vacuum out the window sills still as most have a lot of dead bugs in them.
- Summer Youth Fitness started this week and it started off well. We are low on kids compared to past years but I have a great group of staff. I may have more kids join late. It's one of those jobs where I kind of run around like a crazy lady all afternoon but I enjoy it.
I'll have more to report on after this weekend when we see a bunch of family and part for Gavin's accomplishments. It's been nice to have him in Ames now. He does travel down to Ankeny a lot to see his friends though so I don't see him as much as people think.
