August was a busy month for me. At the beginning of the month I had to deal with side-effects of my D&C. I won't go into the gory details, but let's just say it was very unpleasant. Once it all cleared up though, things physically became easier to tolerate.
Jason and I headed to Illinois on August 12th for our friends' Tauna and Erik's wedding. It was a blast and I'll be posting pictures soon on facebook. Then we ventured our way to Minnesota and stayed with my family for a few days. Jason left for Montana on the 16th and I stayed until the following Sunday. While I was in MN I spent a lot of time in my old seminary stomping grounds, which was fun. :) I attended one of my best friend's baby shower hosted by another one of my best friends. It was a good time. It was hard to be there, mostly because anyone who knew Jason and I lost our baby didn't quite know how to talk to me or what to say in front of me. Here's an idea; how about just talk about whatever and let me feel like just another guest. But really, overall it was a nice afternoon. :) I'll be posting pictures of the baby shower soon on facebook too.
When I got back home from MN, it submitted my application to be a substitute teacher at the Fairfield Public Schools and then got finger printed so they could make sure I am not a criminal. I haven't gotten any calls yet, but it is only the second week of school so I am not worried. If it gets to be a month and I haven't heard anything, then I'll start to panic.
In the meantime, as many of you know, I am selling Mary Kay products. Most of my business I do with my online website, because it is more convenient for myself and those who want to order. The customer can go online 24/7 and order whatever they want, whenever they want and don't have to wait for me to get it to them or come to their house. I am getting the word out around my small town that I sell Mary Kay and am available to throw parties and do one on one consultations. Apparently I am late to the party though because many women who I have talked to about Mary Kay already have someone else they buy from in town already. So for now, I will have to find ways to advertise online and around town some more without coming off as completely obnoxious. Since Mary Kay at the moment is my only income contribution to our household, I really need and want to succeed with it. So we'll see how it goes.
So overall life in August has had it's ups and downs. September is shaping up to be much the same so far. And September is our Anniversary month. Our anniversary was on Sunday and we had a fantastic day together. We travelled down to Helena for the day after Jason led two church services and we had a quick lunch. I'll be posting a few pictures on facebook of what we saw there. We mostly walked around the old downtown area and then had a wonderful dinner at a place called The Silver Star. Just a note: if/when you go there, don't get the Pacific Stuffed Cod. It's not very good. But the appetizer of crab and artichoke dip and the soup and dessert where freaking fantastic!
So my goal for September, barring any crazy crap happening is to continue working on building my Mary Kay online and in-person business. I also want to get the senior high youth group going with the joint church youth group. I'm thinking game night at our house where we can all get to know each other and plan out events that they want to do, service projects to do in the area, and talk about the National Youth gathering next July. I am going to continue to look for employment opportunities and take all substitution offers when available. Student loan payments are creepy closer and there's no more time to mess around.
