Sinusitis

This is not me, but this has been my life for the last five days. I don't know where this all came from, but it is AWFUL. Ian has been on and off sick for awhile with some throat issues but nothing as intense as this. All I can think of is that it is all of the germs that I encounter daily with my first grade class. Just last tuesday alone I got sneezed on by my students in my face, foot and arm. I'm guessing all of their germs teamed up and got the best of me. I missed my student teaching on thursday to stay home and be in bed all day and on Friday I had had enough and decided to go to the doctor. I have a bad sinus infection and fluid in my ears. Just my luck. I had to call into work and stayed home taking my medication. On Saturday, I pathetically called my mother over to come and help fix me. Even though I am married, having a parent take care of you always seems to help. She brought me food and drink and went and got me even MORE medication. I started feeling a little better and thought it would be a grand idea to finally get out of the house and go to the UT game, but I regret that now because I think I may have extended my sickness. It is Monday, and I have been sick since last wednesday. My antibiotic makes me EXTREMELY sick to my stomach. I never know if it worth taking medicine that just seems to make you sicker. Im hoping things will get better quick. It is SO nice having a dog now because she has been by my side the whole time. Its nice to have a cuddle buddy when Ian is at work. I refuse to let this sinusitis get the best of me. I'm counting down the days until I am healthy again!

Reminiscing

Just thinking of the fall coming up makes me so excited. Ian and I met (again) the last week of September of 2006 and had our first date on October 3rd at my sisters birthday party. We went rollerskating, and I was terrified because I didnt know how to skate, and I thought Ian would think I was the dumbest girl ever. All of my sisters friends were there, and I didnt really know anyone, and barely knew Ian. Ian was having stomach issues back then, and was completely sick the first 2 hours we were there. When he started feeling better, we hit the roller rink. I was AWFUL and probably moved about an inch every minute. Ian was so understanding and patient with me, I loved it. I was so nervous the whole date because Ian was the boy I had a crush on from Taylor ward FOREVER, and here I was rollerskating with him years later. When we left the rink, he took me home. 

We talked outside, and Ian did the most outrageous thing ever! He jumped on his old corolla and started acting like a dinosaur (its actually quite impressive and totally hilarious!). I laughed almost to tears as he was jumping on and off his car and making T-rex noises. I thought this was both funny and complet

ely terrifying at the same time. We did the typical first date weird hug and he left. From then on, Ian and I were pretty much inseparable. We talked constantly on the phone or over IM and we saw each other EVERYDAY! It wasnt long before I knew that he was the one for me. 

I am so excited about the fall starting and doing all the things we love to do together like decorating our home for the Halloween, having Thanksgiving, and enjoying our Christmas together! 

Two years have flown by SO quick and I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband!!

ROXY

So, if people dont know yet, me and Ian added a new member to out family. We got a new dog! She is a vizsla boxer mix and is about 48 pounds. It took FOREVER to finally get her. We had been searching for a dog for awhile, but didnt find anything that we really just fell for. We decided to check out craigslist to see if there was anybody giving up a dog. We were on the fence about what kind of dog we wanted, all we knew was that it needed to be child friendly. We narrowed our search down to labs, boxers or vizslas. When we searched for a vizsla on craigslist, we found her! Her owner just got a promotion at work and was giving her up because she was going to need to travel for weeks at a time. At first I wasn't sold quite yet, I REALLY wanted a puppy, but after reading all about her I just fell in love. We contacted the lady about her and she told us we would need to interview with her. We interviewed and found out that she had interviewed 7 people before us and told them all no, but that she really liked us. Next on the list was a home visit to check out our house. We were a little surprised that this stranger wanted to come check out our home but decided to let her come. The day she was supposed to come, she called to tell us she is bringing a friend who helps foster dogs  with her to check us out. They came over and Roma (the dogs old name) came straight toward me and Ian and was licking us like crazy! We fell in love with her right then. They stayed for an hour and she told us it would be a couple of days before she told us if we could have her. Three days later we got an email saying she thought we were right for her dog, it had been a 2 week process thus far. She then informed us that we would have to wait another week before she would let us have her, and then proceeded to call and interview me AGAIN! As if that wasnt pushing the limit already, we were informed that she wanted us to sign an adoption CONTRACT. We received the copy and decided there was no way we were going to sign because the contract said she would be able to call to check up on her and that we had to keep an updated address and phone number with her, and if we didnt, she could come and confiscate our dog! So I emailed her back and told her we would not agree to those aspects of the contract. We were very scared that she was going to tell us that if we didnt sign, we wouldnt get the dog. She emailed us back and was willing to amend the contract to our needs. We were finally going to get her!! I swear after this whole ordeal, it probably would have been easier to adopt a child, but it was well worth it! Ian went and picked her up this past Friday and she layed across the console with her head on his lap the whole way home. I came home from work and we decided to take her on a long walk to get her used to our neighborhood. That night was the LONGEST night ever! She wasnt quite used to our home yet so we she up almost all night whining and smelling our house out, we got about 3 hours of sleep. Saturday was ALOT better and she was snuggling with us and playing with us all day long. Now she sleeps right in the middle of me and Ian at night and takes up half of our king sized bed! Last night we decided to take her on another walk. WHAT A DISASTER! For people who dont know, vizslas are hunting dogs, and our neighborhood has about a billion annoying little rabbits. Half way through our walk a rabbit darted across the road, Roxy took off and nearly ripped my hand off, it took everything inside of me to hold on to her while she was barking and going out of control, Ian and I had to sit her down and grab her to try and calm her down. She calmed down just a bit, and me and Ian decided we should probably just turn around and go home. Roxy was still pretty wound up and was still in hunting mode. Ian took over on holding her and not even a minute later, Roxy spotted another rabbit in the yard. Once again she was freaking out and me and Ian could not calm her down. Im sure the neighbors thought we were hurting her because she was yelping like crazy and jumping everywhere. This bunny decided to stay in the yard and stare at Roxy. I wanted to go and KICK IT! Me and Ian took off running with Roxy just trying to get her home, and praying there were no more bunnies in site. We finally got her home and she was still pretty shooken up by the whole ordeal, and so were we. She wasnt too happy with us because we wouldnt let her get the rabbits but after some bribing with some biscuits she was fine again. We hope that that never happens again!  We LOVE having her as part of our family because she is SO sweet and such a great companion when Ian is at work. We look forward to everyone meeting her! 

A little late....but YAY FOR IAN!

Ian did very well in summer school this yr! It was his first semester in summer school and he took a full load, and was working 4o hrs a week and helping us move into a house! I was very proud of him, he did even better than he thought he would! To celebrate, I made strawberry cupcakes for him and we went out to dinner. CONGRATS IAN!