Personal Update

Well I know that I'm excited for this new year, especially because it means I made it through half of the school year and I'm finally on the down hill slide. I made a countdown calendar and there are 84 more SCHOOL days! 84 seems like a pretty big number but if I can make it to spring break there will only be 46 days left. I'm learning how to deal with/handle the kids at school and I can honestly say that I don't "hate" going to work every day. I'm even having some pretty good days. But I still don't see myself teaching there next year.

By now I'm guessing most of you know that Brian and I have been trying to increase the size of our family. Not with any more pets, but with the human variety! We've actually been trying for over a year and a half and we've been unsuccessful. So I finally made an appointment with a specialist last Thursday. She thought I had endometriosis and she wanted to do a laparoscopic surgery to confirm. So the following day (yep the very next day) I went in to have the procedure. It's nice seeing a civilian doctor, I didn't have to wait a month to try to make an appointment. The doctor could not see any signs of endometriosis or any other condition that may be causing us issues. At first I was a little disappointed because I really wanted answers, but it is Good News that I don't have endometriosis!!!

That's the update on my end. Brian is still doing very well. It's actually his birthday today!! Yay!! He's actually out in this freezing weather doing a 9 mile ruck march. He's training to do the Bataan Death March in New Mexico. Crazy guy!! For those of you who do not know what this is, it's a full marathon (26.2 miles) but you are wearing your army uniform including the boots and a 35 pound ruck sack. Did I mention it's in the sands and hills of New Mexico? Like I said, he's crazy!!!

Brian is also making quite the impression on everyone around him. He has actually been offered a company command position for the hospital. He hasn't decided if he's going to accept the offer. Right now he's leaning towards not going for it because he wants to put in for the opening with the 10th Special Forces Group in Fort Carson, CO. That is his ultimate dream job! I'll keep you posted as we find out more!