Happy 90th Birthday Mamo!!

Today is Jason's Great-Grandmother's 90th Birthday!! So Happy Birthday Mamo! We wished we could have been at the big party yesterday, but know we were there in our thoughts!! 90 years old...something very proud and honored you should be! And oh the things you have seen, done and been through and have many stories and memories to tell!
We wish you a Happy Day today!!

And more problems...

I spoke with J Friday evening and he is doing great and he says the days are going bye a bit faster now that he has his routine down. He sounded a bit congested but he was not sure what it was. And then I got an e-mail from him this morning and he said he believes he has gotten the crud from his roommate. He is achy, sore throat, congested and all the flu like symptoms. So he said his roommate has had it for at least a week and some other girl in their workcenter had strep. I told him to go get his throat swabbed...so we will see if he actually will. Don't really blame him if he opts to just medicate himself because most likely the doctor will just give him the standard Air Force TicTacs...Motrin. Anytime you go in sick that is all they ever have given either of us as well as the rest of the Air Force...Motrin. But please pray that he does feel better and that it will continue to circulate around their workcenter. No fun to feel sick in 90+ degree weather!!

And the weekly problems continue to rear their heads here on the homefront. I just have to laugh because everytime J is gone, something happens literally every weekend (weather it be house stuff or car stuff or whatever!) So this weeks Saga at the Wells house is a leaky roof. We have had a ton of rain this past week and in one our bedrooms a stain (that I reported back in February!) has grown a bit and was a bit cold and wet. So I called for the 3rd time on Friday to report it....so we shall see what happens. It has not caved in yet, but the property manager seems to think it is the air conditioner pan overflowing. So I have done all I can do and now just laughing at the devil telling him "He ain't gonna get to me!"

I pray you all had a wonderful weekend and fall is coming your way...it has been very pleasant after all the rain we had!!

Just a little laugh...

I thought I would share my experience with you all from yesterday to give you a little laugh...it was not funny at the time but too funny now! (or maybe it was a had to be there moment?)
I did my clinicals with home health yesterday and today. The nurse I worked with drove around everywhere...thank goodness because we were mostly in the GHETTO all morning. She has several gun shot wound patients she cares for. And she was saying how most of her patients thinks it is normal to shoot people or hear gunshots. CRAZINESS I tell ya! So I am like great, nice rotation the school put me on. Her clients tell her she is safe because she is white and they all would think she is the PoPo riding around downtown! Too Funny! She does mostly wound cares....and all of them were from bed sores. Nastiness! I was in a rush and forgot to eat breakfast and I did fine all morning until the last house. Let me keep it short and say that they call this house the "Roach Motel!" The nurse literally told me to make sure I keep my feet moving at all times to make sure no roaches try to crawl on me! Anyhoo, I was really nervous for this house because you know I don't like the bugs. So we go in and the client is another gun shot wound victim and he has some bed sores on his heel and 2 Big'uns right above his butt crack (how do you like my anatomy terminology?!!) He is paraplegic which caused these sores to come up because he often lays in the same position for a long time. Anyhooo...we go in and the house smells a bit and I am standing recording all the nurse finds with the first sore. She redresses it and such and then she begins on the top 2. And I feel the blood just rush out of my head and I thought I was going to pass out or puke! I am not sure what got me to feeling that way. My head was going crazy thinking should I just squat down, run outside or heaven forbid sit on their furniture. I wanted to sit down but was scared that roaches would run out...but I ended up sitting in a chair but stayed on the edge of it just in case any roaches wanted to run out. I sat with my head propped in one hand and I was acting like I was rummaging through his chart in that they would not see I was sick. So the nurse finished up the dressings on the last 2 and then we left. I had to apologize for sitting down, and said I was not sure if it was because I did not eat breakfast or the smell of the house or the wounds or the sight of the wounds or maybe a combo of it all??? But needless to say I was embarrassed.
Today was much better. I only got to go to one house, which was full of cigarette smoke...lovely, right?! But this guy was in his 40's and was a quadriplegic. And she had to do more dressing changes and a catheter change. Funny ol guy though!!
But home health care was a wonderful experience...I would definitely have to think a little extra if I want to go into that field of nursing??
Well, hopefully you got a good laugh out of roach/sickness story.

J is doing great and working hard. His 3rd roommate finally left last week, but now he is hoping his roommate will stay quiet while he sleeps during the day. Hopefully they will get those little kinks worked out. Also, one guy he worked with in Germany saw him at the chow hall over the weekend. And then another good friend of his was to be passing through this week headed back home...so I hope they were able to catch up with each other. He is getting married in October in which J was going to go to his wedding before this trip was popped up on him. So I am glad his is getting to see some old friends, even if it over a meal at the chow hall. I know it helps boost the ol morale. It is so funny of how small the Air Force really is because no matter where he or we go we always see people that we met at other bases or places that he has been!

Until next time....

Fall is here???

Well it seems fall is here or maybe it is for these past few days and the weekend? The weather has been very pleasant....in the mid-upper 70's and little breeze. I hope it stays this way, but we shall see!
Today at school we had a hot dog cookout and the weather was perfect for us all to hang out. Tomorrow I am participating in a Heartwalk that my hospital I work for and go to school at is sponsoring. So I am excited to get to hang out with some of my friends from work for most of the morning tomorrow! And the rest of the weekend is packed with a whole lotta studying!
I will post some pictures later on this weekend of the events from last weekend as well as this weekend...our website is having a few difficulties at the moment!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy 1st Birthday Kara Faith!!

We just wanted to wish our niece,Kara, a Happy 1st Birthday! We hope you have a fun day and a wonderful time at your party this weekend!
Love
Uncle J and Auntie Michelle

Volunteering

Here is me in "action" this morning! LOL!! I will put the rest of the pics on our website later on tonight. I volunteered this morning at the hospital in which I go to school at for their Men's Health Screening day! And it was so much fun and everyone was so nice. And best of all it was all free for the cleints coming in. Each client received free goodies (t-shirts, cups, pens, etc.) and we as students/volunteers received a bit too. I knew they had screenings around most towns, but did not realize that they went to such extent. I always thought it was more of an informational type deal - you leave with a handful of papers telling you what your normal levels and such should be. But this event has all kinds of information as well as actual tests and screening for the men. So I just encourage you all to keep an eye out in the newspapers or an ear out for radio announcements for screenings such as these to take advantage of. They are free and what could it hurt for you to get an extra screening.

Onto the mouse situation...I think it may be gone. After getting back this morning I spent the rest of the morning and into the afternoon cutting grass, cleaning the cars and just picking up around the outside. So as I gently got the lawnmower, vacuum and power washer out, I did not see the mouse scurrying around anywhere. So hopefully he snuck out the other day!

I talked to our friends, Mike and Jamilia and Caden (we were in Germany with them) today, and they will be stateside in 2 weeks. YEAH!! I am so excited although we will not be able to see them for a while, but to know they are back and we will hopefully get to see them soon after I graduate. They will be in San Antonio next. So they are excited to get back to the states and indulge in all the fattening foods and a 24 hour Walmart!! So safe travels to you 3 and may this transition be a smooth one for you guys!

I have not been able to talk to J everyday via phone but we get to e-mail everyday. He is doing good, but very busy at work. He is just waiting for the 3rd guy in his room to leave (he was on the rotation before him) so that he and his roommate can make their room "more homely" for the next few months and he will not have to walk around quietly while he is sleeping. Unfortunately, he can not talk about his days too much with me being it is all confidential, so it is hard to give you a long update on him other than he is doing good! So please keep praying for him!

So I thought....

So I thought I was a strong woman until tonight, I was proven wrong. I must say it seems when J is gone everything likes to go wrong and it has already proven so and he has not even been gone a week. I must put God and myself on a pedestal for a second and say with the Lord's help we get through the storms that come my way when J is gone....such as car troubles (in which J's supervisor just left from here helping us out) and hot water heaters gone wrong - which I know is just the beginning. But tonight I believe I was defeated by a mouse...yes a mouse. I will take car troubles, problems with the house and on and on before I have to deal with a pesky mouse. We spotted him in our garage tonight while Winkler was tinkering on the car. So I just pray he escaped before I closed the garage door or I never see him again. I truly will be dreaming or as I like to say having nightmares about this pesky thing for days now....about like the "ferrets" in Germany (that one is for you J!) But hopefully tomorrow the mouse will run out while they are putting in the hot water heater.

Anyhoooo....

J is doing good and working like crazy. I have not been able to talk with him on the phone too much since he got there due to them being really busy at work, but thank goodness for e-mails. So hopefully the time will fly by for him seeing how they are a bit busy and he gets settled into his routine.

Just wanted to send out a prayer request as well. My mom's boss, Cleve Edmunds passed away yesterday. He has been in the hospital for a few weeks in ICU and they have been running test to see what was wrong and was finally diagnosed last week with cystic fibrosis. Please keep Ms. Max and the rest of the family and BBQ family in your prayers this week.

I hope you all have had a wonderful start of the week.
I will keep you posted on the Mouse

Made it Safely

J left in the wee hours of Thursday morning and made it to his destination about 24 hours or so later....so only about 120 more days to go and 19 more weekends! I sure hope it flies by! He is doing well thus far despite being tired (he has only gotten about 3 hours of sleep in the past 2 days!) He is 7 hours ahead of me or 8 ahead of the Texas fam. I spoke with him last night and he said he checked the weather before calling and it was 93 with a real feel of 102 (mind you - at 3am!) CRAZINESS! And he said the humidity is just crazy...I personally did not think humidity could get much worst than here or GA's humidity - but he said it is way worst. UGH!
All is well here on the homefront with ol Hanna touching ground. The town starting "shutting down" around 1:00 yesterday afternoon, although my job of course still wanted to see patients, so I was at work until 7pm. Up until I went to bed last night, we had only got about 20 minutes worth of rain and a tiny bit of wind. And to be honest I am not sure if it stormed bad through the night...I was still trying to catch up on my sleep from this busy week, so I slept hard and woke up to the yard full of leaves and the sun popping out.
If anyone wants J's contact information just let me know and I will e-mail it to you.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Sorry the pic is off centered - it was about 4am when I took it before we left Thursday for the airport!