I'm back

I'm sorry that I left you, my devote followers, for such a long period of time without posting. Okay seriously though life has been hectic and crazy. I cannot believe that it has been since 8/30/09 since my last post. I don't know if I can even remember all the things that have happened since. Don't get me wrong it is not like my life is jam packed with fun and adventure, more like drudgery and exhaustion. I spend the day staring at my computer at work and it seems the last thing I want to do when I get home is stair at my computer some more (even though mine is much nicer). I’m also why too tired to be creative and entertaining. The worst part is during my lunch I would love to get on and post, but no. The school and their supper filter have decided that blogs are an unsafe place to go. So now, unlike last year, I cannot access my blog from work. How sucky is that? I discovered this injustice was going to show my coworker some pictures of Lillee that I have on my blog. Also, why do I an adult (legally speaking) have the same filter restrictions as the high school students? Oh wait I know why, because of the sick0 adults who work in education who have abused the situation. That is why the rest of us (goody two shoes) get punished.

So for those of you asking yourself; what has changed? How come you’re posting today (on a week day none the less)? Well that is an easy question, I’m home sick. The stress at work and home and the pure exhaustion have left my body susceptible to illness. So my crappy allergies (I’m allergic to the desert and sometimes students i.e. work) were not enough to punish me they had to go and cause a sinus infection with a post nasal drip! Ever had a sinus infection? It hurts like…you fill in the blank. Yesterday I felt like the front of my head and my face were in a vise. It was like someone was torturing me. Just when I would start to sort of get used to the pressure, the vise would tighten, causing more pressure. Not only was there a vise on my head someone was also pouring acid down my throat! On top of all of this I also have a cut on my tongue. I have no clue how I got this cut. I only wish to never have this happen again. I never realized just how precious my tongue was before this happened. I use it to talk and eat! Two of my favorite things; my favorite things are not supposed to cause me pain. So here I sit in bed blogging to you. I was not going to return to work until the vise was removed from my head. I’m not a happy person when I’m sick and nobody wants to talk to an unhappy counselor.

I guess I’ll catch you up on the last three weeks now that I am done whining telling you about being sick and why I’ve been a slacker unable to blog. Nothing too exciting ever happens during the week. Neal and I are too busy working to do much of note. I try to run all my errands during the week, but like I said nothing note worthy. The last three weekends have been fun.
Last Saturday (9/19), Neal & I drove out to Cal-Nev-Ari where my parents are staying to go riding (ATV’s). We had a good time. Even though it was about 100 degrees it was okay because you have the hot wind to cool you off. We also had dinner with them. Waiting for dinner to cook would have been a great time to visit except that Bill their neighbor in the RV Park decided to come over and visit. I thought this was very rude of him. Clearly they already had company! This really upset me especially since the job my dad has been working on should be finishing this week and my parents will be returning to their home in Yuma, AZ. Cal-Nev-Ari is 1-1 ½ hours away; Yuma is about 4-5 hours. It really sucks that they will be so far away again. And Bill had to ruin my last chance to visit with my parents for quite some time. What a butthead! The whole time I just kept thinking, go away Bill!

Saturday (9/12) I got free tickets to the UNLV football game. We also got free food at the tailgate party. Neal & I are not huge football people. I do however, enjoy live games. It was a late game; it didn’t start until 8pm. Half time was about 10. It was shortly after half time we decided to leave. We were both tired and decided since we weren’t really UNLV supporters and we didn’t pay anything for the tickets it was okay to leave. As we were still walking out of the stadium the cannon went off, meaning UNLV scored. We missed the first touchdown by this much… Oh well, I will live. Sorry about the quality of the pictures. I forgot my camera so these were taken with my phone. Not the best quality, but you get the picture (pun intended).


Labor Day weekend was tons of fun! We left Friday night after work to drive up to Fillmore, UT. We meet my parents and my sister & her family there. We camped at the KOA in Fillmore. Since camping I have decided that I don’t like tents. If only I could win the lottery that I don’t play, then I could get myself a trailer. Ah, what pleasant dreams. Back to reality, I need to get used to the tent. The tent and I need to become best buddies. I would like tents better if the walls were straight and my hair didn’t become all static-y walking around the bed.

For those of you who have driven past Fillmore I’m sure you’re asking yourself “Why would anyone camp in Fillmore?” The answer is simple: Hundreds of miles of ATV trails! My parents have had their ATV’s for about 6 or 7 years. My sister family got ATV’s this spring. So it was planned for my sister and parents to meet in Fillmore to ride together. I kinda invited Neal & myself along. I figured we could take turns as we have always done. But a better idea came up while we were there: “Let’s rent ATV’s.” Well the price, $80 a day, was really good in comparison of other places that rent by the hour. However, two bikes for two days was bit too pricey. So we rented one bike for two days. I rode the first day. Neal stayed behind and watched the dogs. Really he fell asleep; we did not sleep well in the tent with the rain and then the wind. The second day, Neal rode the quad and I rode behind my sister on her bike. We rode about 50 miles each day. The scenery was breath taking! However, my body is not used to that much riding or trail abuse. I was very tired after my three day weekend and in no way wanted to return to work on Tuesday.

Anyway enjoy the pictures. Also after our camping trip I have decided to buy a bark collar for KC. He barked at everything; people walking by, people riding their quads by, people driving by in their cars, children playing in the distance. I think you get the point. First KC barks then JJ and Lillee. So if I can keep KC from barking, hopefully the other two won’t start. We are lucky no one in the park attempted to keep them from barking, if you know what I mean.


PS sorry it is just one picture. I spent all this time in photoshop creating a collage type thing so that there were not a million pictures, but it wont upload (grrr)

I just added all the Labor day pics on my facebook. So if we are friends you can check out all the beauty and fun.