ER by Day, Dinner by Night

So yesterday was quite the day.  On Tuesday Chris went golfing, and his right leg got hurt.  He was making a bunker shot and slightly rolled his ankle, which resulted in a massive amount of subcutaenous tissue being pushed out of his leg at one of his pin sights.  When he woke up yesterday morning, we took one look at it and knew it wasn't "normal".  We header to the emergency room to get it checked out.  Once there, the ER docs called our Ortho Team to come take a look at it.  After several hours of waiting, and having the Ortho Team come and go, they cut off the excess tissue and cauterized the site with silver nitrate. It took a very long time, but at least that creepy looking stuff is gone.  I just had to take a picture of it before they cut it off.  It's kind of blurry but all the red stuff was the tissue that got cut off.

We didn't let the long day in ER ruin our eveing plans though!  We had plan to go to dinner with our friends The Andersons at Texas de Brazil.  So after going back for a little rest we got dressed and headed out to dinner with them.  Great food, great company, all in all a great night.  And I even got a picture of Chris and I, since I seem to be horrible about doing that lately! I was very happy to have an excuse to wear a dress :)

Courtside

This past Saturday, we got tickets to go to the Spurs vs. Bobcats game.  Our tickets were courtside, row 1 center court!  $1100 tickets, and we got two for free!  It was pretty awesome sitting up there, I was actually into the game and felt like I was a part of the action.  When you can feel the stomp on the ground as they run passed you, and get a breeze from it, you know you are right there! It is crazy watching them sit there and warm up before th game, close enough to make eye contact and to talk to them if you wanted to.

Only once it looked like the ball might fly over and hit me, and you could see us up on the TV several times throughout the game.  Overall, we had a great time!

♥ The test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind. ♥

Yuck..Yuck..YUCK!!!

So it's official, cock roaches are my kryptonite.  I fear them very much and have no problem with admitting that.  Now that it is getting hot here again they seem to have no problem showing their creepy little faces.  Last week one morning I woke up to go to the bathroom first thing in the morning.  I didn't have my contacts in or my glasses on yet, so I wwas as blind as a bat.  As I am sitting there on the toilet I see a black thing move on the ground.  I can't really see much but I know it has to be a roach.  So I run to put my glasses on and come back. And sure enough I am right so I grab a shoe and smoosh it.  As much as I have become accustomed to killing them, I can not bring myself to pick them up and dispose of them.  So I left it there and told Chris he needed to get rid of it when he woke up.  That same morning, when Chris left for PT, I once again was going to the bathroom.  I looked up in horror to see a very large cock roach roaming around a shelf in the shower! To actually see one climb that high up in my room sent me over the edge! It was so disgusting I took a picture of it.

YUCK! I know.  So I grabbed my bottle of hair spray and a very large shoe and tried to gather some courage. I sprayed it to try and get it to move so I could hit it. When that didn't work I used the shoe and knocked pretty much everything off the shelves and then began spraying and wacking it as it ran around the shower frantically, all while I was screaming at the top of my lungs!  I am quite surprised no one came knocking on my door to see what was wrong! So now I was left with a large smooshed bug in ym shower, and I for one was not going to move it!  So it stayed there until Chris got back.

Then three nights ago Chris went to the bathroom and saw one even bigger then that. He wa sin his wheel chair and was wacking it with the toilet plunger as it ran. Sooooo glad he got that oen and not me.  Then
two nights ago as he was telling me about this story I look down to see yet another one standing on the floor.  I killed it and gathered all the trash and had Chris take it outside with me.  That night I tossed and turned dreaming of roaches crawling on me! I officially have PTSD from them and  can not wait to get out of this place!

♥ Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. ♥

Sea World

So this past weekend we got free tickets to Sea World.  I have never been in my life, so I of course was thrilled! We saw the Azul Show (has birds, the beluga whale, dolphins, and acrobats), the Shamu Show, and a Sea Lion and Walrus show.  I loved them all, and we plan to go back again on a day a little less busy so we can do more and see more!

Here are some of my highlights of the day:
1. I saw a whale in person for the first time in my life. They are huge! And amazing!
2. Seeing an orca whale spin on its back like it's break dancing is great!

3. I saw a walrus doing sit-ups! Great work-out motivation ;)
4. I saw a turtle bravely sitting on an alligator's head!
5. We discovered a shark with a terrible over bite. LoL, totally the redneck shark of the tank.
6. At the dolphin tank a dolphin was within inches of my finger.  He was teasing me, so next time I am going with fish so I can actually touch them!
7. There was a very cool ;looking fish with like geometric lines all over it, and he sure did like examining us through the glass too!

♥ Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. ♥

Coins

Last week we had a few visitors down at BAMC.  On Tuesday we saw 1SG Davis and his family.  They came down for a day or two and saw us and the Ochoas.  Then on Thursday SGT Major Kinloch came and had lunch with us and others from the unit who are also down here.  It is always good when people like this come and visit.  It makes me feel good knowing they still think of us and are concerned with how we are doing.  I really do like our SGT Major.  He is a good guy.  And the fact that he made a point of asking my imput as a spouse and what thing could be improved for the family of soldiers in regards to deployment and if your soldier is wounded, was great.  So many times we (the spouses/families) and our opionons are put to the way side and rarely do I feel as though how I think or feel is really considered.  So I have a lot of respect for him for actual listening to what I had to say.  And hearing his appreciation of the wives here, and the thanks he gave us for what we do meant the world.  Even if you know you are appreciated, it means a million times more to hear it. 

Then at the end of the meeting he coinded all of us.  This is my second time being coined (both times by a SGT Major) so that is pretty cool.  And I really like our brigade's coin!  Then SGT Major had me coin the 4ID NCOIC (Non-Commisioned Officer In Charge) which was awesome since he is always giving me a hard time.  So I can always hold it over his head that I coined him :)

These are the two coin's I have gotten:

♥ Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. ♥

2011 World Championships for Indoor Rowing

This weekend my husband went to Boston to compete in the indoor rowing championships.  He won his division in the adaptive category.  Here is a link to see how well he did!

http://utilities.concept2.com/replays/crashb2011/BHeat18 This shows the race over time lapse, from start to finish.  He started strong and stayed strong. Good job!

And even though I didn't get to go, they broadcasted it online live. So I got to see him do his race.  I was sitting alone in my room clapping and cheering as I heard them announce Chris Champion in first place :)

♥ I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. ♥

Girl Time

This weekend one of my good friends Megan came to visit me.  I was so so excited!  Timing was perfect since Chris was going to Boston for a rowing competition, now I didn't have to spend the whole weekend alone!  She got here Friday morning.  After hanging out and getting ready for the day, we headed out to get some lunch.  We decided on The Macaroni Grill.  We both ordered the Grilled Chicken Panini sanwhich with a ceasar salad.  It was very good and well priced.  After lunch we drove out to the Outlet Malls at San Marcos (which was about 15miles from the restaurant).  When we got to the outlets and walked into the first store Megan realized she no longer had her debit card.  She used it at lunch, and we drove straight here.  We dumped out her purse, searched every crevice of the car, all her pockets.  Nowhere to be found.  So the only thing we could imagine happened was it got left in the bill fold at the restaurant or perhaps we left it on the counter in the bathroom there.  We check the restaurant and it is nowhere to be found.  We both conclude someone had to have taken it because thats the only place it could have been.  Any who, we went and cancelled her card right away then she transfered money to my account to be withdrawn.  Mystery but problem solved.  After the outlets we went to North Star Mall and looked around there for a bit too.  By 6pm we were both exhausted.  I had ;little sleep the night before, and nor did she.  So we went back to the room to lay down and kind of recharge our batteries.  After a few hours we decided to head out for some dinner.  We tried a place called "Urban Mexican".  Yeah.....not our fave.  It was spendy ( $13 quesadillas), and not the best food I have ever had.  So put that on the lesson's learned list.

Saturday, after we got up ate breakfast and got ready, we headed over to The Quarry Market.  This is an outdoor shopping area. Went to a store or two and looked around, then got our Starbucks fix for the day.  We wanted to do something different so we headed downtown for the remainder of the day.  We went to Ripley's Believe or Not, which was pretty cool and interesting.  It was great because neither of us had ever been before.  And it was even better because our military discount saved us a lot!  We paid $5 each instead of $20!  We spent some time walking around The Riverwalk, then we got dinner at a Mexican Restaurant.  This time, the food and prices were much much better!  I ordered a Sangria Margarita and Megan ordered a Coors.  She got IDed, and I didn't! I decided I don't look old she just looks young ;)

Following dinner we headed over to a place called "Howl at the Moon".  We love the name of the place and they are supposed to have dueling pianos there so we thought it would be a cool place to visit.  However, when we saw a line and people paying to get in, we opted to go to the cozy little martini bar next door.  Very happy with this choice.  It was a nice mellow place perfect for us to chat. 

She had to leave early this morning.  I am so glad she came, we had a great time! And as always we laughed at anything and everything :)


I was mocking the TX glam...big hair & bright blush.

 ♥ Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. ♥