Back at Work

I hate going back to work after vacation.

It's only Tuesday and it has already been a very frustrating week. I will spare you all the boring details. To make a long story short, our practice implemented a new process for doing labs and it has been a nightmare. My head is ready to explode.

We found out the sex of Karen's baby today, but since she has not posted it yet, I won't tell you. Ha!! All I will say is that I was right, as always. I have a sixth sense about that. I always have. I am very rarely wrong.

Caleb and I had a fantastic vacation. We went to Sea World and Aquatica, which is the coolest water park I have ever visited. I love water slides. They have one where the slide takes you through the dolphin tank. It slows you down so you can see the dolphins swimming around you. Very cool. The weather was perfect. We went to the Jacksonville Zoo with Mom, Dad, and Caleb's dad, his half-sister, and two step-siblings. It was nice. Everyone got along and nobody got hurt.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week! Love y'all!!

Y'all Will Never Guess What Happened...

Ok, so I wasn't going to blog while I am on vacation, but my first day was so bizaare that I just had to tell you about it.

Caleb and I arrived at the Nashville airport at 6:30am for our 8am flight to Jacksonville (personal note to Karen: when I typed flight, I accidentally typed fright. I thought of you.). Calebs half-sister, Emma, and step-sibs Jordan and David were on the same flight. Caleb's and Emma's dad is training in Jax for a new job, so they came to visit for spring break, too. We board the plane. As we take off, the cabin fills with a terrible burning smell. No smoke, just the burning smell. We, the passengers, started to look around at each other, puzzled by the odor. I then turned to the lady across the aisle and said, "do you smell that?" She said that she did. About two minutes later the captain says, "Attention passengers, this is the captain. I'm sure you have noticed the burning smell in the cabin. We aren't sure what that is, so we are going back to Nashville to investigate." Great. David starts to freak out, so I tried to calm him down. Now, I have already prayed a fiery hedge of protection around the plane, so I'm not really worried, in fact I kinda hoped that's what the smell was (ha!), but the human in me is wondering if maybe it's my time. We land safely. The captain says that the ground crew is telling him that our plane had a "bird strike" yesterday and that the burning smell is probably leftover bird carcass in the engine and the safety crew is going to check it out. We sit and wait for about 10 minutes and the captain tells us we have to deplane so they can back the plane out of the gate and rev the engines to see if they removed all of the remaining bird parts. Goody. So we get out and wait at the gait for about 30 minutes. During this time, I am entertained by Emma, who is eating hash browns dipped in cinnamon bun icing singing "Baby Got Back." She's five! Hilarious!! We get back on the plane and take off sans burning smell and safely made it to Jacksonville. Thank you, Lord.

I will now commence with the restful portion of my trip.

Love y'all!!

Vacation

I am leaving on Sunday to go to Florida. Yay! I do have a lot to do before I leave. I need to pack, buy some sunscreen and razor blades, you know, that last minute stuff. Caleb has baseball practice tonite and tomorrow evening, then we will go to Isabella's birthday party, then home to sleep a little before we go to the airport. I can't wait! I really need a week off.

I will post pics when I get back! See you later!

Please...

...If you are going to your doctor's office for a physical, TAKE A BATH!!

I'm sure some of you are thinking, "Amanda, doesn't that go without saying?" No, it doesn't. Some people (privacy laws prohibit me from mentioning you by name) think it is perfectly acceptable to roll in here all stanky. Maybe they are unaware of their own stank. I don't know. What I do know is that it is no fun to clean up after it or to have to hook your stanky self up to an EKG machine. Seriously. Bathe.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my sister, Karen. She is 29 years old today.

Love you, sis!!

Are You Happy Now?

My sister told me to post because I have not done so in a while. I didn't realize it had been so long. Not much is new with me. I started Lupron injections to treat endometriosis. I read some nasty horror stories about it online so I was nervous. I prayed about it because I didn't want the horrific side effects. Three weeks in I have only had a couple of hot flashes, so praise the Lord!

Caleb has his first baseball practice of the season on Saturday. I am taking him tonight to buy new cleats. He has outgrown the ones he has now. He wore them for three seasons so I think I got my money's worth. I saw some on sale at Dick's and I have a $10 gift card there so I should be able to get a good pair at a good price.

I was super glad to have the beautiful snow over the weekend. I love it when the weatherman says we won't get much and then I wake up to a lovely blanket of snow. We built a snowman. It was fun.

This one is short and sweet. Happy, Karen?