Monday, August 22, 2011

Gearing up for fall!

It has been almost a month since I blogged. I am ready for fall. For cooler weather, at least cooler than it has been all summer long. Just a slight chill to the air would be quite nice.

I'm two weeks into being back at work. One week of meetings, one week and one day of kids so far. It's going well. My stamina is back to normal and just "normal start up of school tired". I am thankful to have the recovery pretty much completely behind me. Wednesday will be 13 weeks! I am taking a half day from work tomorrow to go for a check-up. Haven't been back since 6 weeks ago when the mouth splint was removed, so I am eager to see what the surgeon thinks of everything. I got through this summer with the help of my family and many friends. I definitely couldn't have gotten through the summer without this friend... she kept me from getting bored and texted me every day. We went to movies, celebrated dietary restrictions lifting every few weeks with going to eat somewhere, she was just THERE. I am so thankful for her!


Zeke has been scared of storms (and fireworks) since I can remember, since he was a baby puppy. He just trembles and pants, and it's just pitiful. I had heard of a thundershirt before, but at the urging of someone who has used one with her dogs before, I bit the bullet and went to get one. Zeke has worn it the past two nights when we have had thunder/rain and it has worked great! He has trembled a little, and was definitely concerned, but did not pant and wasn't shaking uncontrollably. So far, it is a definite success, and therefore worth every penny!

I am ready for some football. My dad has retired this year, so it is weird with him not coaching, but I still plan to go to the home games at least. I know my mom's parents will be going. Stephen is still videoing and my dad plans to go to most of the games. I can't imagine not going, it's just been a part of my life...all of my life! And I love football, so I am definitely ready to see a game in a couple of weeks.

It's hard to believe September is almost here. I am really looking forward to the final two weekends of September, so the month will either crawl or fly, probably the latter. On one weekend I am going with some friends to see Wicked in Atlanta. We'll go down on Saturday, eat dinner, go to the show, then spend the night. We'll come home sometime on Sunday. The next weekend goes into October, but on that last Friday in September, I will be going to up Cullowhee with my best girls from WCU. We met 10 years ago this month, and we've rented a cabin (a nice one with a hot tub, etc...not a rustic one like 5 years ago) to get together and celebrate 10 years. I can't wait for either of these weekends. Both are going to be a blast!


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