baby {deer} update

So remember this little guy?  He made another appearance today, at the back of our apartment instead. I think he's learned a few things since our first encounter... And his (now)faithful momma is watching very nearby.

isn't that cute!?

In other deer news, the other day I went back behind our apartment to get a branch to make a fall decoration deal for our apartment. I bent over to look through some branches that broke off a tree and looked up to the face of a deer! It was a little scary! I could have reached out and touched it!

kidneys

Around the 18th of August, I got done with work and my cell phone instantly started ringing. I looked at it and it was Josh. Here's how our conversation went...

Me: "Hello!"
Josh: "I'm really sick...... I can't make it home...... I don't even think I can make it to my parents."
Me: "What? What kind of sick are you?"
Josh: "I can't talk, I'm throwing up."
Me: "Call me back when you can!"
dial tone.

Obviously, I panicked. Who wouldn't? My husband was in pain and I couldn't do a thing! It was terrible! I drove home and then I got a call from Josh's Mom. She said she found him on the floor of the bathroom at their house, he was in a lot of pain,  and she was taking him to the Emergency Room. So, I packed a bag and headed up to the Heber Hospital. Apparently, Josh went to Park City to get some things from Home Depot then felt really bad so he left, went to the 7 Eleven and spent a lot of quality time getting to know the toilet in the bathroom there.. if you know what I mean. I got to the hospital and he was laying in a room hooked up to some pain meds.  The instant he saw me he said, "You're so pretty." haha He said variations of that about 7 or 8 times... haha it was cute. After a CT scan, we found out he had 2 kidney stones, one in each kidney, one big and one small.  The big one was 6.5mm and was too large to pass on its own so the Doctor there called a surgeon and we were scheduled to meet with him the next day.  After giving Josh some antibiotics through an IV, we left the hospital about 11:30pm and went back to his parent's house and spent the night. I had to call into work and take the morning off so I could take Josh to the hospital the next day to meet with the surgeon. He looked at everything, talked with Josh and they scheduled surgery for the next day.

On the way to surgery

He had laser lithotripsy the next evening and everything went well. I have to admit, I was a little scared for him and I probably worried a little bit too much about how he was doing every second during surgery. After what felt like FOREVER I heard coughing down the hall and I knew it was him and he was done with surgery. Is that weird that I know what his cough sounds like? haha I guess the nurse tried to give him a drink of cranberry juice afterwards and he choked real bad. He laid around and rested for a few days and then was back to normal. I'm so glad he's back to normal and I bet he is too! Cross your fingers he doesn't get anymore kidney stones!

lately...

I quit my job at Myler Disability a few weeks ago in time for school to start. It was a little bitter sweet leaving. I have quite a few friends there, I enjoyed helping people, leading a team, and I do miss getting my paycheck every 2 weeks. But it is nice to just be in school again and not have to be at work 40 hours a week anymore. Here was my "sweet" setup at work. (I took a picture as I left so just imagine the wall behind my computer filled with pics of my family and friends...) 

school really started Aug 29, but I think the sign is hilarious!

Just a few of the fun books I'm looking forward to reading this semester...

Josh and I are back in school for another year and its going pretty well. I like my schedule and my classes are pretty interesting so far.  Bryce and I have a class together three times a week so its fun seeing him a lot.  Unfortunately, all my teachers got together and scheduled all their tests this semester on the same 3 days every month- starting Friday and going through Monday.  Guess once a month I'll have one weekend devoted to tests and stress! Josh has class just 2 days a week, but those days are jam packed with classes. He starts in the morning and  doesn't get done until 8pm on Tues. and 4pm on Thurs. He also is still working Mon, Wed, Fri, and some Saturdays as well. 

I nearly chopped off the bottom part of my toe this weekend. Literally, that cut was suuuper deep! Word of advice: Never drill into metal while wearing flip flops as it could lead to the metal flying out of control,  lots of pain, and lots of blood. LOTS of blood. it was scary. Luckily Josh was there to clean up all the blood on the sidewalk and my flip flop then help me to the bathroom to clean up my toe and survey the damage. Unluckily he had to pour alcohol on it and I screamed(and cried). At least he let me squeeze the life out of his arm while he did it. :) I also had to wear gauze around it for 2 days because it was bleeding so badly and my primary kids got a kick out of it when they saw it yesterday. 

So that's us lately. We're loving teaching primary especially since our class size doubled when a new family moved in, we're enjoying school, and loving life!