So, I wish I could say that no news must be good news. Unfortunately, all is not well in the Lindell/Loveless household. Don't panic though, Ryan and I are fine. We are experiencing some of the challenges of being homeowners and being teachers.
I will start with the challenges of being a teacher. There is a chance that Ryan's district is going to be cutting 5 elementary PE teachers to help balance the budget. Unfortunately, his district makes cuts based on seniority only and he's at the bottom of the list. Apparently his district will be voting on whether to cut days or teachers on May 2oth. Until then he is applying for jobs in a different district "just in case". Thankfully my job is safe and I get a 1.75% pay raise! Really the exclamation point isn't necessary, it's like an extra $30 a month.
Now onwards to the house challenges. With the possibility of Ryan losing his job our kitchen remodel may have to be put on hold and for those of you (Mom) who has seen our house you know what a bummer that is. A much larger and more imminent problem is the leak that Mom found when visiting this weekend. There is a mystery leak in the wall, that is dripping through the floor and down a main support beam for the house. The pipe nearest to the leak leads to heaven apparently because we certainly can't figure out why a random pipe in a wall would lead up towards the ceiling. Well ok, it could be a vent pipe and is definitely a drain pipe for something. That is all we know. Tomorrow though we have a plumber coming out (for free) to diagnose the problem and hopefully we will know more sometime between 10 and 12.
On a high note we are teaching Hank a new trick I like to call "The Monkey". Since he's to big and saggy to sit "pretty" like Brisco he has to hold on to something. Well, he decided that it would be fun to hold on to my arm like a little monkey. It is so darling and cute and makes my heart overflow.
