Love Is For Losers!

I'm really not a bitter person. Valentine's Day can be fun for many people. In fact, it's my friend Melanie's husband's birthday I think. But a few years ago, someone in the office I was working in came across a shirt in the mall that summed up my Valentinical feelings for that day. It still makes me laugh when I see this picture. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Clockwise from top: Jami, Garrick, Me, Zeak.

It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye...

I found out this weekend that one of my friends traded in for a new automobile. What kind of auto you ask? I'm still not sure. My friend won't tell me. At first my friend informed me that the new car was an Audi A6. I totally bought that, until last night when I received a text message that said it may or may not be an Audi. I think my friend finds it humorous to dangle everyone on a limb and play with their sanity. To me, it's not that funny. I just want to know what kind of new car my friend now has. I would like to celebrate with my friend over this new addition to my friend's possessions. But I guess I'm now in this for the long haul, at least until I stalk my friend and find out for sure what car was purchased. From clues my friend has sent me, I think I'm leaning toward a BMW. That was my first guess.

Missing: Music Teacher Job

Today, I received an e-mail from Tami, one of the teachers I interned with last year. She wanted me to apply for a position at her school. With the growth the district has had over the last few years, they are now at the point of hiring a new ELEMENTARY MUSIC TEACHER! I really don't want to get my hopes up only to have them crushed in a few weeks. I have already gone through that whole business last August. So, I'm asking that you all pray very hard for me that God will guide me into where I need to be and that all the doors will open easily for me. I don't think I can handle another debacle like last year.

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I'm in Love!

And her name is Audrie. I called Jamie around 7:30 PM tonight to see if they were still awake, and luckily, they were. Even Audrie was awake. Apparently she hasn't realized yet that nighttime is for sleeping and daytime is for waking, but she's only one full day old. Give her time. So after about an hour and a half of some serious baby holding, I finally passed her off to Granny Donna (Jamie's mom) and went home. I think I'm still exhausted!

If you would like to check out more of the baby world, you can check out Rachel's blog. She's also given everyone access to some amazing pictures from Audrie's birth that Kim took. Kim is probably the best photographer I've ever seen! I love Kim. Check out Audrie's first picture with her Aunt Gloria taken by the fabulous Kim! Did I tell you how great Kim is?

From Kim Lowery Photography

Thundercats Go!

Friday night, I went to see Juno with Rachel and Jamie and Jim and Emily. When the main character, Juno, goes into labor, she yells to her dad "Thundercats Go!" Well, we all found that absolutely hilarous, and so we joked that when Rachel went into labor, Jamie should text/call us with only the words "Thundercats Go!" Well, this morning, at 5:34 AM, my phone rang, and when I answered, Jamie said two words to me: "Thundercats Go!"

Rachel started her contractions around 3:00 AM and finally headed to the hospital at 7:00 AM. I arrived with Jamie's mother around 8:30 AM. From there on, Rachel moved through labor like a trooper. She suffered through contractions until about 10:30 AM, had the epidural, began pushing at 12:25 PM and had Audrie at 12:44 PM. Mom and baby are doing fine, and Dad is ecstatic! Happy Birthday Audrie!

Audrie Diana Cornett

February 5, 2008

12:44 PM

7 lbs. 13 oz.

19 inches

BIG NEWS!

No, I don't have a teaching job... Yet. But I am now an officially licensed educator in the state of Arkansas. I received my license in the mail Friday. It was seriously such a good feeling to see that I have officially completed all the requirements, and now there should be no excuse not to hire me.

In other news: if you are in one of the highlighted states, make sure you go vote tomorrow. Or caucus, or whatever your state does. It may just be a primary, and there may be millions of other people voting. And what if everyone said that one vote doesn't matter, and no one voted because everyone thought everyone else was going to vote? What would that mean? How would we be able to look each other in the eye and know that somehow, Mickey Mouse was voted in as our next president? Not sure where to vote? Check out your your Secretary of State's website, or Arkansans can just click here.