Fun Date, Flowers and Further Job Searching

Penny has been doing marvelously in community college.  So far she's working ahead and getting A's in all her classes.  She's also learned about how to take the bus by herself to and from school.  So, I had confidence that she would be fine if we let her go off to school by herself while Jay and I went on a morning date!  Never could have dreamed of this possibility just a few years ago.  Now, how is a morning date possible?  Well two or three weekdays every week I'm not working at the front desk.  My dear hubby is also unemployed.  But, we had received a postcard in the mail, since Jay turned 50 and his mom signed him up for an AARP membership.  The postcard was inviting us to a free entry to the Denver Botanic Gardens, thanks to our membership.  The funny thing was that we were both feeling "old" when we went.  Jay has a tennis elbow injury bothering him and my ankle was killing me.  So, we "hobbled" over to the botanic gardens and had a great time.  Unfortunately, I never got a photo of the two of us together.  But, I have some great shots of my dear hubby...

and a few of me...

 along with millions of beautiful flowers.  I'll try not to bore you with too many photos.  But, it'll be hard to choose.  So, here are a few of my outdoor favorites from mostly the English and American gardens...

Next we went to the Japanese gardens...

 

Finally, we went to the indoor gardens, where it felt tropical and we got to see the kinds of flowers that would be growing in Thailand.... 

 

 After our nice, free outing to the Botanic Gardens we stopped at Burger King to get some whoppers.  And then we went home so Jay could get ready for his afternoon interview.  He said that he came away feeling like he had hit a home run with how well the interview went.  The lady who interviewed him had said he should hear back by the middle of next week.  However, soon after coming home the company's HR rep called and said that the manager who interviewed him called her and said that she felt like Jay might be not quite the right fit for her branch, because he would be almost too good and she'd be afraid of losing him too soon, as he is so fit to move up in the company.  So, she said, instead he should interview for something in their headquarters.  So, it's sounding like early next week another interview will be arranged.  So, he's feeling quite optimistic as we enter this weekend.  Thanks for all of your prayers!  We'll keep you posted!