Monday, February 23, 2009

Wormy's Wedding

My dear friend Lindsay Layton was married on February 20th. She had a big dinner at Tuscany for her reception and it was so fun to spend time with all of our friends. Conner has decided he is starting to like social events which makes the experience that much better. Once again, I know I am so blessed. I am so lucky to have had friends with good standards. They have made my life so easy to stay on the right path.

Intensive Care

We found out today that Suzie is going to be okay. It was a close one and she will be in intensive care for some time but we are so happy to know that we will have her back in our arms soon. We continue to count our blessings and know how blessed I truly am to have remained safe.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Poor Suzie

Thursday night, I was traveling to Westminster from Primary Children's and I was in an accident. I had worked four days in a row and I was exhausted. My brain was fried so I turned the radio off and tried and clear my brain. I took a slight detour from my usual route in hopes that I might get to Conner's game a little sooner. As I approached the intersection of 2100 East and 1300 South, I noticed a car crusing up the road toward me. My light was green and I thought, "He's going pretty fast with a red light approaching." It wasn't until I entered the intersection, that I knew he wasn't going to stop. I tried to gun it so that he wouldn't completely T-bone me. Instead, he hit the back passenger side spinning me 360 degrees into oncoming traffic. Luckily for me, no one was on the road at the time. He came running over to make sure I was all right and was apologizing profusely. After quickly checking all my body systems, I knew I was okay and I said a quick prayer thanking Heavenly Father that I hadn't been seriously hurt. A man from the gas station on the corner ran over and made sure everyone was okay and said that the police were on their way. I walked around to the other side of my car and examined the damage. It was bad. I started crying...for my car. I called my mom to tell her what happened. I don't know what it is about talking to my mom at times like these, but I broke into hysterics. She was extremely worried of course until I reassured her that I was fine, I was just so sad for my car. Conner's brother, Chase, drove up from the game to help out. My car was out of commission and I was definitely going to need a ride. The police came and sorted out the details. Turns out the lost soul that caused the accident had 3 DUI's, a revoked license, and had just crashed his roommate's car...who conveniently doesn't have car insurance. Chase was so nice to stay with me and provide some moral support as well as insurance expertise. Long story short, my car was towed to the collision center and his car was impounded; I have a small bruise on my side but otherwise have a clean bill of health. We are still waiting on Suzie's diagnosis but it's not looking good. I love that car. We are praying for her. But more importantly, thanking Heavenly Father that I am in one piece. I could have been seriously injured and I only ended up with a little bruise and a slightly sore neck. (Conner thinks I'm overreacting anyway) I am now driving a Kia Rio from Hertz which Conner thinks is ridiculous but it gets me where I need to be. If it turns out that we do have to buy a new car, maybe we'll look into a Kia! Conner won his game by the way.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm sitting here at work...its 5:34 am and I have been sucking boogers out of my poor little patients for the past 11 hours. Some might let that get them down, but I just checked my e-mail and Conner had sent me an E-card that made my day! Cupid the love doctor sang me a song and told me that he was here to cure my love sickness. It was hilarious. All the girls at work loved it. Beneath the video of a black cupid flying around wearing sunglasses and singing "Doctor of Love" was a wonderful love note from my cute husband. Since he is playing basketball in Montana and I'm working night shifts all weekend, we won't get to spend Valentine's together. I guess the love doctor will have to suffice until Conner gets home! Even better, when I got home, these beautiful flowers were waiting for me. They're incredible! Conner, I love you and your thoughtfulness. Thanks for making this Valentine's day as special as possible.

Friday, February 13, 2009

My Little Twitcher


Conner has the ability to fall asleep anywhere, anytime. And it takes him about 0.6 seconds to do so. Sometimes when we're sitting on the couch, having a lovely conversation, I'll feel a little twitch coming from his direction. I glance over and see a leg twitch, then a shoulder twitch, then an arm twitch and so forth. By the time the twitching starts, he is long gone! Sometimes its kind of cute to watch...but the other night, it got ugly! We had just settled down for a long winter's nap when before I even had even closed my eyes, Conner was asleep. He was sleeping quietly as a little church mouse-twitchless. I was amazed. I closed my eyes and as soon as the sugar plums began dancing, I was whopped upside the head-blindsided by own husband. A ferocious twitch had caused his arm to flail in my direction and hit me right in the ear. I let out a great moan; Conner awoke and gave his most sincere half-asleep apologies. I held my ear in my hand, making sure nothing was misplaced, broken, or bleeding and Conner was snoring before he noticed the tears falling down my cheeks. Its a dangerous life...living with a twitcher!