Another Week in Review.

I feel a little geriatric and can't remember what photos I emailed for this post. I do remember that I have one with me and my cape that will be a part of my Halloween costume.(Thanks Morgan!) I also remember a few pics of my walk from Friday. Thursday I cleaned with my new steam mop. It is my new favorite cleaning appliance. I also had my car tuned up. Thrilling stuff to do on fall break, no? Friday I slept in and went to Park City and bought some clothes. It was a fun trip with a friend followed by food from In-And-Out. Saturday was fabulous because I slept until 11. I then went shopping again and then ate Panda Express(I had been craving it for a while!) and watched a movie with the other fam!

Sorry I have been a slacker of a blogger. Maybe this week will be better. Maybe not.

The other pics are of the kiddos at The Bills tonight being silly and the balloons are how we decorated for a co-workers birthday. I liked that sign because I sometimes feel like we still live in the ice ages because it is still an insult to throw "like a girl" and some people still think it is funny to tell sexist jokes like: "what do you say to a woman with two black eyes? Nothing she has already been told twice!" I don't find it funny at all. The world sucks sometimes in its viewpoints. I'm just saying!

Week in Review.

I started a new grateful list on my whiteboard in my kitchen. It was fun to read through last year's list. It was interesting that one of the first things was that I was thankful for good doctors. This year I am glad again for that. Thanks goodness that there are people who want to cut people open and harvest organs. Eww...but thanks!

The sunsets have been amazing this week. I love going to work and seeing awesome sites like the one seen here! I love the storminess of Fall!

I have been enjoying my job. The kids really are good this year. I am so lucky to teach them. Again, I feel like I am teaching so much more than just Health and Physical Ed. I am also teaching them how to live better and more importantly how to treat each other better! Girls' PE is a challenge but very fun. They were very entertaining while playing dodgeball this past Friday. Pure Animals!

We had out first awards assembly of the year. It is hard to think we are getting pretty close to the end is the first term and Fall Break. A few teachers got pie in the face at the assembly. I am glad I was not one of them!

I haven't been losing weight the past few weeks, I feel I do have a good excuse with the whole recovering from surgery stuff, and I am looking good, if I do say so myself!

Yesterday, I walked in a Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Salt Lake with a few friends. It was nice to get out and be moving even if it was chilly!

Last night, I went and hung with the Bills. We ate pizza and launched rockets. It was a blast. I sure do love Morgan's wee ones. I also enjoyed carpooling with Erin and Isaac. We always have good conversation and laughs!

It's hard to think the weekend is almost over, but it is nice to go to work tomorrow knowing that I will have Thursday and Friday free! Yipee.

Hope the fall is treating you all well so far. Cheers!

The Weekend.

Me out walking. My arm post IVs. Oliver after dinner tonight.

It has really been a great weekend. I haven't been in much pain and I have been surrounded by cool people. The weather has been nice for walking(which I do a lot of to avoid the blood clots.). And I ate burgers and fries and did not have any sort of crazy symptoms thanks to being gallbladderless. Interesting huh? I guess one that is working at 9% really doesn't do much and my body has already adjusted! Go body go!

General Conference for my church was awesome. I love to hear the leaders of my church tell of what is right and wrong in our world. For some it seems harsh, for me it just makes sense.

Friday, I watched a movie with a friend. It has been so nice to have great friends who have taken care of me. Morgan deserves the dedication award for putting up with me before and after surgery and getting my prescriptions in. The ladies from work deserve a big above and beyond award for making a rotation list of people to be with after surgery on Wednesday. IT was good that I was not alone and nauseous. Kerri gets the thanks for sleeping on a crappy futon award. IT is a great award...it probably has something to do with being able to sleep in for like five days in a row. Just have lounged the weekend away. Went out to eat last night with the Bills girls while the guys went to Priesthood meeting. It was fun. Shule came to visit today and brought evil cinnamon rolls. Now it is time to sleep and get up to work tomorrow. Thrilling.

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers this week. Keep them going for a quick recovery!

Cheers.

Goodbye Pepe.

Ignore the third pic if you don't like gory inerds. It is a pic of the diseased gallbladder. The other pics are of me pre-surgery and out for a walk today.

Hi all. It is day two post surgery and I am feeling much better. Not completely 100% yet, but I am getting there. The operation seemed to go well and it is funny how my body reacted to it. I have this cute little bubble in my belly above my belly button. I guess in order to take that dang gallbladder out they had to pump me full of gas in order to have the room to use the scopes. It has seemed to go down in swelling the more I get out and walk. I have also been weighing myself often and I was up about 15 lbs at one point. It has slowly gone down. Crazy how much fluid can weigh as well!

I am glad I got that thing out of me. Looks like it was caked with black disease. Funny how I thought I was crazy all these years while in pain. I think this all started when I was in college. Glad I pushed the subject with my doctor or this may have never been taken care of!

I am recovering well and it is almost time for the pain meds again. I get a little loopy on those but it is better than being in pain! Maybe it is good I blogged prior to being hopped up on them again! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate them. Sorry if you were grossed out by the pic. I think it demonstrates why that sucker had to come out!

Life.

This week flew by. Crazy. Life is just plugging along. Not too much in news besides the whole getting the gallbladder out on Wednesday. Other than that not much new.

I did spend time up in Sandy with the other family this weekend. I overate and felt not so good on Saturday morning. I guess that is what you get for eating the large fry. I had to get them in before the surgery though.

Morgan helped me make an awesome cape. It is secretive but it is full of superpower! I may just wear one everyday! Thanks Morgan....you rock!

We did a lot of running around the valley on Saturday after I got a run in. The pic with the mountains during the day is from the run. It was fun to hang with both Sarah and Morgan and the kiddos and the Derek.

Today we had a picnic in the mountains. It was gorgeous. I sure do love living here. It is a nice place. I also love living around those cute boys. I am so lucky to be an aunt to wee ones even though my biological siblings didn't have wee ones. I am a lucky adopted girl! I have two great families. They all make me happy.

The pic of the deer is from work. We basically have a zoo classroom around the place!

I hope this next week is full of surprises for us all. And good ones at that!