Fun New Stuff

Since the Transue family is embarking on lots of new changes in life, I thought perhaps our friends and family would enjoy hearing updates about our lives!

    As many of you know, I (SB) got accepted to graduate school at Appalachian State University for Foreign Language teaching, and my concentration is French teaching for the Community College.  I went to Boone for the Summer Graduate Institute for three weeks in July, and man was it intense (but awesome at the same time).  I was in class for seven (yes, that's right, seven) hours a day, and I even lived in a dorm!  It was like I was eighteen again (except I could legally have beer in the dorm this time).  I was really worried I wouldn't have time to do all of my studying at night, but it had never occurred to me all the free time I would have.  Not having to chase around a two year old (or for that matter, a thirty four year old) definitely freed up my time.  Not to mention I didn't have any daily household responsibilities, like doing dishes, doing laundry, packing lunches, etc.  It also made me realize how busy my poor husband must have been, doing all these things by himself and chasing around the kid, too!  I am a very, VERY lucky woman to have such a caring, supportive, and amazing partner.  Okay, no more mushy... I promise!

    Once I finished at the institute I began applying for French teaching jobs on the K - 12 level, and I got several interviews!  I got one interview at Eastern Alamance High School, one at Western Guilford High School, and one at East Chapel Hill High School.  I got a job offer from Western Guilford High School last week, to teach French part time, and I accepted!  I am super excited!  My first class each day starts at 11:58am and my last class ends at 3:50.  I will only be working at the the Inn on Saturdays and Sundays for a little while, then will probably stop working there altogether.  I am super nervous, but super duper excited at the same time.  I'm sure I will have all kinds of interesting stories to post on here from my teaching adventures. 

   The other big news chez les Transues is that Thomas put in his 30 day notice at the Brewery on July 31st.  His last day working will be Friday, August 31st.  The Carolina Brewery has a tradition of pieing (in the face/head area) employees on their last day of work - generally speaking one pie for every year of employment.  For example I had been working there for five years when I left, so I got five pies.  Thomas has been working at the brewery for nine years.  You do the math.  Don't worry, I will post pictures and video of said pieing.  He is super excited to have a bit of time off.  He is going to take the month of September off to recharge his batteries and just relax (or try to) for a bit, then hopefully start working again sometime in October!

   Little Liam is growing and changing and learning new things all the time.  He will be three September 21st, and I just cannot believe how fast the time has gone.  His fabulous teacher at daycare, Deborah Gilgor, told us a few weeks ago, that Liam has grown eight inches since he started going to school there last August!  How crazy is that?  He talks all the time (mostly when you don't want him to), walks, runs, jumps, whines, and cops attitudes.  He is a bonafide little person and it's so cool and so scary at the same time!  He also does and says things that are hilarious.  A few days ago, he put a ball up his left shorts leg, and another ball up his right shorts leg, and says to me "Look at my big balls, Mommy!".  It was hilarious, however inappropriate it may have been...

  These are just a few updates chez les Transues... I hope to update it weekly, but depending on how crazy life is, that may or may not happen.  But you can be sure of one thing, the longer without an update, the funnier the next post will be!  As soon as I get an adapter for the memory stick for our camera, I'll upload some photos too!