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It's something like the last supper but not as important. I mean you don't need to break bread in remembrance, although that's precisely what we did this morning for brunch.

Next weekend we will be traveling home to haul about half of our material possessions to my parents and the next weekend is moving weekend!!! Therefore this was our last weekend hoo-ra in the Burg.

Unfortunately, it didn't dawn on us Friday night that it would be our last weekend so we stayed home and did this:





Saturday morning we made our usual family trip to the Farmer's Market. And Ike made it a memorable one by shitting everywhere and after Drew cleaned him up with leaves, he could not select any fruits or veggies because his hands were "contaminated." It's probably best we're moving, we couldn't show our faces at that particular farmer's market ever again after yesterday.

We should have known by him making this face for our picture that it would be a memorable trip.

After we recovered from our shame we went for a hike to the Cascades.



Last night we stayed in and ordered our favorite pizza and watched the Hokies.

This morning we had brunch at our very favorite place. And it did not disappoint.



The rest of my day will consist of packing and attempting to get some work done but it's been a perfect farewell weekend. I love you, Blacksburg.

P.S. These farewell posts will likely go on for 2 more weeks.

This town has been soo good to us. Drew has been here 6 and 1/2 years and I have been here 2 and 1/2. It will be so hard to leave, even just to go an hour away.




Blacksburg is where:

We adopted our puppy.
We made dear friends.
We discovered we like sushi.
We grew in our faith beyond belief and discovered our callings.
We survived a derecho.
We grew our first garden.
We became environmentalists.


There is so much that we will miss about this beautiful college town that is so filled with life. We've said all along we want to leave Blacksburg while we are still in a love affair with it, that way we always have the option of coming back.






The New River Valley has given us so much pride in our Appalachian heritage and the beauty that can be had when progress and heritage come together.

We can only hope that the winds blow us back here one day, it would be an honor to call this place home again.

Past

Well first of all, we've been skunked again. Our poor Ikey still reeks from a skunking incident that happened a week ago tomorrow. It happened the morning of my meeting with my site supervisor at my blocking placement, I repeatedly apologized for the odor.

And worse than that I unknowingly gave my students suckers that both smelled and tasted like skunk on Friday. They had been innocently sitting on my kitchen counter the morning of the incident. However, when they asked me why they tasted/smelled like skunk I told them that the Dollar Tree must not keep their candy very fresh. Yes, I feel guilty. But it was much easier to lie to them knowing I'll never see them again. Friday was my last day in my high school placement.

Present

 I miss those kiddos. I had some sweet kids. I had some kids who were going through tougher situations than any 15 year old should ever have to go through and they made my days brighter. I think of them often and I hope they find their way. They are all so full of strength.

It's too early to tell how I feel about my middle school placement, suffice it to say it will be different. But I'm not yet sure if it's a good or a bad different.

Future

In more life-changing type news: Drew accepted a new position at a company in Salem, VA. We are so excited for him to begin this new job and for this to hopefully be the first step towards us moving where we feel pulled: Roanoke.

I've requested to do my student teaching in Roanoke in the spring and if we can lease our house we could be moving as soon as December. It's been a bit of a whirlwind but it has been an awesome ride. We are so grateful for God's timing and are praying that we can immerse ourselves into the community He has for us.

Also, we are signed up to run the Color Me Rad 5K this weekend with Drew's parents and sister. I'm excited for them to come visit but in the interest of full disclosure, we have done no little training. It should be interesting (read: embarrassing).


I hope that fall wherever you are is as beautiful as it is here in the Appalachian mountains.

Our lives are pretty busy. Hence, the rare blog updates. I'm still adjusting to the all day every day, switching between teacher and student, and creating lesson plans which currently take me about 7 hours each to create. But I'm sleeping a lot on weekends and powering through. I love my job so much so far. I can't wait until I'm paid to do it rather than having to pay to do it.


Lately, we're very into fantasy football. Drew and I both suck but it's a great way to spend our Sundays, piled up on the couch calculating points and cheering for our guys. Here are our standings so far today....Don't let my dad's 4.00 fool you, he's just waiting for Peyton to play here in a few.





Also, at the request of my blogger friend Erika I downloaded the app Fooducate. I hadn't had much time to fool with it until this morning and then Drew and I got carried away. It grades your food by scanning the barcode. We were pretty surprised by some of the things we thought would be pretty healthy...like our bread that were not. It's free and pretty handy.


Yesterday marked the beginning of hunting season so that will be taking up Drew's Saturday mornings. And I'm preparing to switch from my placement in a high school to a local middle school. I'm excited but I know I will miss my high school kids, they have made my experience such an enjoyable one.

So in short, I sleep a lot, we watch football, Drew hunts, and we scan barcodes. You've not been missing much.

Okay, here's a few more of the exciting things you've missed:

So on the reg' we've been frequenting the Blacksburg farmer's market. It's such a great little family outing and it always boosts Ike's self esteem because people are so curious about him. "What kind is he?" "You should enter him in a contest!" "His fur is so unique." I'm not gonna lie, it gets old but after being home by himself most of the week, we figure he deserves a little pick me up so we indulge him.


Of course, everything is local which I love! That's Blacksburg's mantra after all: "Buy local. Eat local. Be local."


That's my handsome bearded man up there, pickin' apples. Our usual haul includes: bread, apples, and veggies. We have our favorite little stands but we're looking into eventually getting some meat from some of the local farms. We shall see.


I only wish I had nothing to do on Wednesdays so that I could get fresh supplies twice a week.