first day of school

(I never thought we'd see this day...)

This picture was taken almost one year ago. We went to the new school site (an old K-Mart) to check it out. I don't even think we had any preliminary drawings, a construction crew lined up or anything - it was just that the lease was FINALLY signed - after about 6 months of waiting around for the landlord to get it done. (And that was 6 months after we'd moved here.)

George was so excited, he brought his drill and starting pulling down fluorescent light trays and I took pictures of the space.

You can see there wasn't even a real wall there between us and the Dollar Store. It was awesome. George would take the boys there to drive their RC cars around.


Construction didn't start until another 6 months went by. Money, drawings, re-drawings, budgets....

AND NOW:

first day of school for the Future Professionals -

everyday is a party. welcome!!

the SPOKANE TEAM!


and on my way out the door, off to pick up the kids, they were putting this up:

I can't even describe how proud of George I am.
He came back from a training a year and a half ago, and told me about a lady he'd met who had been waiting for her school to open for 2 years. I pitied her.
I heard people say that we'd shed blood, sweat and tears over this school. I laughed.

It has been such a long journey. An interesting detour to our lives. And I am so grateful for my dedicated, amazingly positive, enthusiastic, sometimes unrealistically and annoyingly optimistic, brilliant, sexy wonderful husband. I love you George. You always knew today would come. I just followed along.

(thanks to K&H for having a cousinpalooza last night so we could stay up til 1:00 stocking the TAKE HOME shelves and so I could go take photos this morning. And thanks to T for helping us with chairs and hairspray last night too.)