Turned 35 and all I got was stinkin' muddy!

September...93 degrees.....Started my day coughing up my second lung I believe. I decided, after 4 days of being sick, to head to the Minute Clinic at CVS. Turns out, it was just a sinus infection. Got some amoxil, cough pearls, and a lidocaine rinse for my throat. I also picked up some Riccola (can you hear the song in your head?).

Headed back to the house after stopping by the storage building to empty the tailgate stuff outta my car. Came home and Wesley had put away most of the laundry and had the house looking good.

At 1:30, after remember to shove some food down, we had to pick up Dr. Smithor (my boss) and head to Sandy Run for the USMC MUD RUN!!! Karen and Kevin, and my cousin Kim were meeting us there. We met up with Katie and Michael, who were so gracious to help babysit!!! Not to mention, they already did the Mud Run thing at 6:30 that morning!!! That's why I love them! Kevin, bless his heart, only did this b/c I asked him to. Well, that's why any of my team did it, I guess.

We kept hearing from people that traffic was a nightmare. People were taking two hours to get to the mud run and were starting way after their start times. THAT STINKS!! Dr. Smith had her cousin coming in from Asheville, my cousin from Charleston, not to mention Wesley had a birthday dinner planned for me. So, we get there, and have to WALK 3 miles to the thing b/c traffic was so bad. Then were expected to run this 5 mile course, with obstacles!! Well, when all was said and done... I'm glad we did it. We finished the course and only skipped one obstacle and that was only b/c there were too many people and we'd have been there too long.

I don't know if I'll do it again, but I had a blast doing it this time!!

Hoooah!!!

Goodbye my friend.

Bailey, July 9, 1998 entered my life when when I needed him the most. I was in a horrible relationship that could have ended badly.

I got Bailey, This crazy cute black Lab puppy that almost got me kicked out of a rental house, a duplex but got me out of a traffic ticket. This sweet boy loved me no matter what! He LOVED being rubbed behind his ears, his belly, heck, he even liked when I gave him pedicures!!!

Bailey got FAT! Then skinny, then pretty chunky again. He loved swimming!!! The only bad thing was, you couldn't let him off his leash cause he'd run wild and about get hit!

He knew when I was sad; He'd lay his little head on my lap and just lay there until I was ok. He watched after Madison when we brought her home. He'd let her lay over him , cause she was giving him attention.

As much as I couldn't stand when he'd constantly bark when we got home, until we let him out of the pen; I know I'll cry the first few times I don't hear him when I pull up to the house. I will miss how he would bound of the stairs and knock me down to get into the house!!!

Oh Bailey, How I miss you already. Saying goodbye to you tonight was surreal. You were a great friend who love us unconditionally. We will miss you and love you forever!!

Headaches again...

Call it anxiety, stress, caffeine, or lack there of. I don't get it!!!!!!!! I'm done with headaches. I got yelled at at work today, because of something out of my control. ............

Speaking of control, I need to put God back in the driver's seat. How easy it is to forget that. Here we are trying to have another child, oops, there I said it!!! lol!!! but yes, we are... I keep taking home tests, but you know, it will happen when and IF God wants to bless us with another child.

Back to headaches. I don't get it. It's happening way to often. I really can't function when I get home. I don't even feel like running anymore!!!! Which doesn't pose very well, when I have the Mud Run in 10 days!!!!!

Just random thoughts.....

Well, it's 3:15 in the morning and once again, I can't sleep. I have a very busy day ahead of me too. Work finds me in the Clemson Road office (a 30 minute drive) in the morning and then downtown in the afternoon. At least I'm not seeing patients this afternoon. Hopefully I can bust it and get out of there early. I'm sure I've had overtime this week.

So, last weekend....... Wesley, Madison and I drive up to hang out with wonderful friends, Katie and Michael. We are headed up to Albermarle, NC for a fun-filled weekend, with Jeep and Rhino in tow. We are just about to the lake house and we get stopped by NCHP, and we're not speeding. We get stopped b/c we don't have a Truck Tag!!!! Long story short, after an hour wait, and $580 bucks later, we are headed to the lake house. Of course, I'm in a bad mood and Wesley can't believe this stinkin' ticket. None the less, we eat some lunch and head out on the lake. Oh, did I mention how awesome this lake house is!!!!!! Madison tries her first run at tubing!!!! She did fantastic!! Such a brave girl. I did some wakeboarding, or wake crashing! Then a little skiing. Katie kicked butt on the skis and Wesley showed off on the wakeboard.

We had a great dinner!!!!! Aside from great friends (and a new one, Michael's brother) the six of us ate for $10!!!! I love couponing!! Next day, we have a wonderful breakfast, about $10 there too! Then we head out to Uwharrie to show Katie and Michael a good time rock crawling. The girls pile in the Jeep and the boys in the Rhino. I'm driving the Jeep, start up a trail and an incline.... I stall out, get a little nervous, get it together (or so I thought) and all of a sudden, we start rolling backwards and gaining speed. I turn the wheel and slam into the embankment. Bam! We roll over. Katie's seatbelt pops out and I see her crashing to the floor, errr, roof. Oh, did I mention that my 3-year-old is in the back!!!!!! So, stunned, hanging upside down, I hear Wesley helping Katie, and Madison says "look at all the rocks" or something to that nature. Come to find out, she was still upside down!!! I scream, she screams. The entire time I'm upside down, I just knew I was bleeding from somewhere. Wesley gets me out, stands me up, I fall. Just a bit wobbly. With the exception of a pretty good goose egg on Katie's melon and a couple of bruises and headaches, we are all fine! God is so good!!!! So, we get the Jeep flipped back over, poor in some engine oil (cause we lost some) and jump back in the vehicles. Katie and I in the Rhino, Katie is driving!!! and the boys and Madison in the Jeep. We had an amazing rest of our day!!!! Can you believe it? We really did have a great time! I'll just add, no more Jeep and wheelin' for Madison!