The Wind in my Hair...

I have lived in my house for just shy of eight years and today something amazing happened. For the first time in those 8 years my father met me at my house "on the Harley" so we could go for a ride. I had a great time!!! Growing up Harley rides were a big part of my time with my dad. We would say to my mom we were going to go fill'er up with gas and a few hours and at least one tank full of gas later we would be home. I miss that time and was very happy to have that today.

News post

I have been working in the same company for four and a half years but only two as a Physical Therapist Assistant. Thursday was my review with the owner of the company. Just so you know I take after my father is a bad way. I make my self sick to the stomach and raise my blood pressure when I am nervous. So, I was unable to sleep Wednesday night and felt sick most of Thursday. My medications just made that so much more fun!! :)
I met at 9am for the review and sat in a newly renovated conference room with the owner of the company across from me. Deep breath and off we went. He started by asking me "How can I make sure you want to stay with this company in the future?" I relaxed after that! We continued to cover points of the year and my accomplishments for the year. Then he noted I have not taken a vacation in over a year and had only one sick day. I agreed and reminded him I will be leaving for Vegas on the 23rd. He asked details about the trip and how the fertility battle was going. (He is a very family oriented Italian man) Somewhere during our talk he stopped and said "You know what, I am going to give you some extra cash for you and your trip. You deserve a good time. You don't even have to tell your husband, have a good time." WOW!!! I could not believe it. He gave me over a thousand dollars to just have fun!!! Well, we ended the meeting with a hearty hand shake and a smile on my face. Oh, I also got a 8% raise.
So that tells you work for me is going well and then yesterday Jim came home and said he got a 75cent increase per hour for his job as a heavy equipment driver at a concrete company. Things are looking up.
I went and met up with friends and family last night to see the movie CARS. Very cute and a wonderful time.
My back is still a issue and I hope it is better for the big trip. I am at least able to move and perform my job but it gets tight from sitting and I am limited with rotation. It is not causing numbness in my left thigh now though. Slowly improving and I at least work in a field I can have co-workers help me. I know all the right things to strengthen my back again. Just takes time. It was good for so long it will be good again!

June bugs and summer time

I can't believe it is already June! I had a somewhat relaxing weekend. I was not home the past two weekends so it was nice to relax.
Two weeks ago I got a chance to drive about 3 hours to see my friends Robyn, Brian, Tyler, and Tanner. As well as Brians folks. I was there from Friday to Sunday and had a wonderful time with everyone. One of the best parts had to be... I was named Princess by Tanner as we played in a playground and were climbing through the towers. How sweet!
Last weekend I went camping. Jim's first time staying in a tent. :) We met up with many friends and went four wheeling. The weather was hot but when you are going 30-40mph it does not feel bad. I had hurt my back earlier in that week so I tried to take it easy. That was hard to do but I made it home alive and my back is only sore. Jim and I do not see eachother very much so it was nice to be that close for some time.
Work is going well. Summer is always a little slow at work but I think it is due to people try to avoid surgery and Therapy in the summer. They like to have procedures done so they can enjoy the warm weather. We will still see alot of people but I was treating 13 to 20 patients a day.
Well, summer is on it's way. The June bugs are out and the weather is looking up! Myself and three other girlies are heading to Vegas soon. We leave in just under three weeks. It should be a great time.