A Hard Day's Work

Yesterday (Saturday) Erik and I went to a local nursery and bought some shrubs and flowers to beautify the front of our house. I know we're only renting, but the outside of our duplex is possibly the ugliest one in the whole neighborhood ( I mean, hunter green trim? What were the landlords smoking?) so we decided it needed some color. Apparently in Texas almost every day starts out cloudy so you think it won't get too hot. Ha ha, the joke is on you. By 11:00 am it's scorching and the sun is shining bright. We almost roasted ourselves outside even though we had on sunscreen, and we had to take multiple breaks so we could rehydrate and cool off. I tried to find a picture of the front before we planted, but I guess those pics are on Erik's camera. We are very proud of our work and I look forward to seeing our plants grow over the weeks. Everything we planted should come back next year unless somehow we kill them.
In other news, I take my state boards on Tuesday and I can't wait to get it over with. I will post the results as soon as I get them in, which should be no later than Friday. For everyone who wants to know, I'm loving my job so far and got to be a part of my first birth last week!