Life is good today!

I've experienced a lot of awesome things/changes in the past couple weeks.

1.  My House
Omg.  We moved in over memorial day weekend.  I.  Love.  This.  House.  By far the best purchase I have ever made. EVAR!!!!  There was a time there that I was worried we were going to lose it.  We made all our moving plans, and gave our notice on our rental and were scheduled to move out, and then this thing happened that was maybe going to screw all that up.  And as close as 5 days before the move, we were uncertain about having a place to move into.  And then everything worked out.  It was always fine.  I just worry way too much!
On our move in day, Superman and I happened to have tickets to the Zac Brown Band concert (his belated birthday present).  So we spent all day moving WAY TOO MUCH STUFF (time to purge!), and then dragged ourselves to the concert.  Totally worth it.  Zac Brown blessed our new home with his positive life messages.  And we ran into a friend, someone I'm convinced is my guardian angel.  (She was absolutely essential to my 2015 recovery.)  Took that as another blessing on our new home.

And I keep finding awesome surprises in our house.  There were the big perks we knew about before we signed.  And then little perks: like the glow in the dark stickers on our bedroom ceiling (not tacky ones), ones that look like we are sleeping under the stars; the heater in the master bathroom; the mudroom for the dogs; the awesome kitchen cabinets; the dimmer lights on most of the lighting.  The little things are important to me.  Its clear that we bought this house from good people.  Karma is real.

2.  My Job
I gave my notice at Northwest Middle School and I'm leaving teaching, perhaps for just a little bit, or maybe forever.  Not sure yet.  I have transferred, effective in August, to the Piano Accompanist position at F.L. Schlagle High School for the vocal music department (and 1 or 2 other schools, yet to be determined).  Its an hourly position.  Almost full time.  Full time benefits.  Sometimes irregular hours, depending on if its concert season or not.  I am thrilled to be using my music degree, and continue doing classroomy things but without all the responsibility.  I might absolutely love it and do it for awhile!  With my new free time and less responsibility, I am pursuing re-opening my private lessons studio, maybe doing dog-walking/in home pet-sitting (phone interview next week), and I'm researching freelance writing opportunities (not that I'm qualified to do that, but I'm reading up on it...!)  I went through quite a bit of turmoil making this decision, but after all was said and done, I have an intense feeling of RELIEF, and I know this is the right thing for me.

3.  Two more days of school left.
It has been bittersweet.  The staff and students of Northwest literally contributed to saving my life in 2015.  There are people and things that I will miss so much.  There are other people and things that I will not, hence the above relief.
I had my concert scheduled for last week and we ended up canceling due to the severe weather that evening.  It was a metaphor of my time there.  All prepared and organized and then forces beyond my control prevented the desired outcome.

So, I'm feeling incredibly lucky for all these changes as I sit on my amazing deck typing this post.  Life is good today!