This was taken Sunday October 7 at my 30th Birthday party. I have lost 28 lbs and proud to say I am a size 10 down from a 16 so I am so very proud to post this picture on the web =)
Anyways Thursday the 11th is my true b-day but Sunday was the day they planned my party which was a blast. It was a duel birthday for Caleb and I, he turned 4 years old on the 4th. His Star Birthday. Lots of people and lots of fun! Caleb had a Star cake for his Star birthday. (For those that don't celebrate star birthdays, it is a birthday where you turn the same age as the day you were born on. He was 4 on the 4th) It is a big deal with our families..it will only happen once in a lifetime. We took turns with the cakes and presents so it was very successful party.
My husband arranged for Caleb to stay the weekend with my mother and treated me a wonderful relaxing weekend. We went to a dinner Friday night and then in the morning, he surprised me with a hot tub soak followed by an hour massage. After that he took me shopping and out to lunch (
Panera Bread, best darn deli ever). He then checked us into a hotel room for the evening and it had a hot tub in the middle of the room. He took out to a very fancy expensive dinner. Ouch! What a wonderful weekend! Turning 30 rocks! He bought a 19" LCD flat screen
monitor for my computer.
On Thursday (Oct 11) Caleb and Ray are taking me to out for a family day.
YAY! Friday night my girlfriends are throwing me a girls night party.....so excited...but wait there is more. Another friend is taking me to Seattle on Saturday to spend the day shopping and her hubby got a hotel room for us that night. Sunday morning, room service breakfast, oh yeah, did I say turning 30 ROCKS!
OK OK.. I know you all are wondering what happened, why did I fall off the face of the planet for the last 2 1/2 months. Well, Ray and I had some marriage difficulties. Things are better and we are in marriage
counseling, helping big time with our communication. Life was grim for a while for me and I was pretty much in a drugged out state for most of August (
xanax does that to you). We are on the right path now and I feel stronger as a couple as we explore the difficulties in our relationships. We are communicating better and being very honest with our feelings so I am hopeful and in a better place right now. Thank you to all of you for your support and encouragement. I did read every one
for the comments and got strength from it. ((HUGS)) to you all!
So in the midst of a relationship crisis, Ray was transferred 60 miles from our home. Well, that meant a move. I had 3 weeks to find housing, pack our things and oh yeah, remain sane. HA!
The move also meant I had to withdraw from my PTA program. I am very sad about that but the commute for either us
would have been horrible and the tolls on the new bridge would have killed us. So I am taking online classes at the same college. I only have 3 classes to take for my AA, all available online. End of Winter quarter I will graduate. I am going to enroll at University of Washington (
UW) to complete my BA. After that apply for the masters program for
Physical Therapy at University of Puget Sound (UPS). I will make 3x the money than as an assistant. I could even have my own clinic, etc. etc. So I am trying to go with the flow.
Ray was transferred because they are priming him for a big promotion. I think it means another move in a year or so. Yuck! We have already moved 3x in the last 4 years. The company does pay for it all and even give Ray a relocation bonus for moving..that bonus bought a 42' plasma flat screen wall mounted TV and a
Wii. I love the
Wii...maybe that has something to do with the weight loss..anyways that is another story. In this new place Ray is excelling beyond their expectations so things are looking good for a big time raise. They are sending him to Florida on the 16
th for a few days of training.
The best part of the move and online classes is no more daycare. I get to be with Caleb all the time again. He will not start
kindergarten until fall '09 so this gives me time to be with him. I am looking at preschools and co-ops right for him. He does need some interaction with other little kids.
Well I have written a book and didn't even say one word about crochet. Well, mainly because there has not been any at all since August. We will see if I can even get my hook out before the end of the year. Things are crazy here still!
I will leave with this photo of Caleb on his new go-cart bike. His auntie who is deployed to Iraq had this sent to our house for Caleb's birthday present. Even in Iraq, she is an
amazing aunt.
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