Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This Thanksgiving was quite a bit different than most years. Rather than going to Brownsville, we stayed home to be safe. Cases of Covid passed 200k this week and I think it's going to get a lot worse in the next few weeks. We had a nice dinner at the house which came out amazing. Yesterday Toni went to take her real estate license test. There are 2 portions to it. She passed one and missed the 2nd by only 2 points. She's scheduled a retake for this week and will get that knocked out. Today we spent some time putting up a tree upstairs in the theater room which really makes the room feel festive and cozy. In other news, Toni colored Caitlin's hair for her. She did what's called an "ombre". Her hair has some lighter sections but she told me that she wants to go full blonde in those sections. I think she looks very pretty. :)

This week is going to be extremely busy. Toni has a Doctor appointment tomorrow and I have a follow up for my kidney stone on Thursday. This year has been very strange but I can't believe sometimes how fast it's gone. 

What A Week..

 

This week was a weird one... Sunday night started out good. We went to take our shooting test for our concealed handgun license. I shot a perfect score of 250. Toni shot a 242. I was really proud of her especially considering that it was only her second time shooting! During the week I wasn't feeling too good. My back was hurting and and on Tuesday night it really started hurting for a couple hours but then cleared up. I had called an online doctor and they decided that I had pulled a muscle and gave me a prescription for some pain killers. The next day I had no pain and then on Wednesday night I passed a kidney stone.. I was able to retrieve it and on Friday I went to the Doctor. They are sending the stone to the lab to analyze it to see what it's made of. Once they know that, I'll have a better idea of what food I can't eat. In the meantime, I'm drinking as much water as I can. 

This weekend Emma and I decided to sit down and cleanup an old computer I had picked up at a yard sale. It was nice spending time together cleaning it up. As you can see, the computer came out really nice. Since we have no way to test it, I'll probably list it on eBay but it was cool to spend time with her. We also started decorating the house and it's looking really nice. I love decorating for Christmas. It always makes everything seem so much happier. Other than that, Toni is taking her last class before next weekend when she'll be taking her Real Estate exam. I think she's going to do really well. 

Next week is Thanksgiving which doesn't seem possible. Unfortunately with the pandemic, we'll be staying home. We need to go get some stuff to make Thanksgiving dinner. We'll probably have some Zoom calls with family which will be nice. I hope everyone is staying safe and has a great Thanksgiving!

Midland Vacation

This week Toni and the girls went to Midland so Toni could help out with another apartment complex. They were able to stay in one of the townhomes and do their schooling remotely which was nice. They weren't around other people so they we safe from Covid which was definitely a good thing. They had a nice mini-vacation. I stayed home with Elsa and was on call this week. Thankfully there wasn't a lot of issues with on call until this weekend. Elsa did fine and has made Caitlin's room her room to sleep in. Every morning when my alarm would go off, she would come running into my room but never stayed in my room any of the nights. It's good to have the girls back from their vacation as the house was too quiet without them. 

This weekend on call has been annoying and I'll be glad when the next person takes over tomorrow. Today we might put up the Christmas tree and will be going this evening to take the shooting part of our Concealed Handgun License test. After this, it'll all be done and we'll just have to wait 6-8 weeks to get our licenses. Not sure how often I'll actually carry a weapon but it'll be nice to have the license. In other news, covid is officially out of control. We've hit over 160k cases and the number just keeps climbing. While there is a promising vaccine on the horizon, that won't be available to the general public until probably April. So until January, the current plan of just ignoring the virus and acting like it's not real will continue. I hope everyone is staying safe.

20 Years!!

Tuesday night marked a special day for me and Toni. It marked 20 years since we met! Looking back, it's crazy to think how much time has gone by! I'm so glad that things happened how they did 20 years ago and am so happy with the life we've built. I wouldn't change anything about the last 20 years and I hope the next 20 and beyond are just as good. 

This week was insanely busy. Toni had quite a few problems at work and ended up working late several nights. Toni and the girls are going to be going to Midland this week while I stay home and am on call for work. They're going to be staying in one of the townhomes at the apartment complex and the girls will be doing their school in the business office where Toni will be working. They won't really be around anyone so they'll be safe from covid. I think it'll be a nice getaway for them. As for covid, the country has now passed 100,000 cases for 4 days this week. Needless to say, it's pretty much out of control and even the scientists are saying that we could see 250k cases a day over the winter. Hopefully now that the election is over, the country will actually come up with a plan to deal with this. Biden has already started putting together a task force which should be good. Hopefully after he takes over in January the country will actually have a plan moving forward rather than denying both the situation and the science. The election took a few days to complete and I'm glad it's finally over. 

Yesterday Toni also dropped Max off with one of co-workers and if things work out, we'll probably let her keep him. It's been years of trying to work with him but he's still peeing in the house nearly every time we let him roam around in the kitchen which meant that we had to keep in in a kennel. Every time we would put him back in his kennel, he'd growl and snarl at us which was getting old. He also barked and whined all of the time which was getting really old with us being home all the time. The girls will still see him from time to time but for now, he's going to stay with Toni's co-worker. Elsa seems a little confused about why she doesn't have to stay in the kitchen anymore and seems to enjoy walking around the house. Last night she even slept in Caitlin's room. It was nice not to be woken up at 6:00 to a barking dog this morning.

This week should be busy. I'll be on call and Toni and the girls will be in Midland for 3 days. Toni has also scheduled her real estate test for 11/28 which is exciting. Next Sunday Toni and I are going to the shooting range to take the shooting portion of our concealed carry handgun licenses. We've done everything else for the license so once we finish this, we just need to submit the documents to the state and wait to get our licenses. This is something we've been talking about doing for at least 3 years and I'm glad we're finally going to be done. I hope everyone has a great week and stays safe. 

Happy Birthday Toni! 49!!

 

This week we celebrated a major milestone for Toni. We celebrated her 49th birthday! We stayed home but we got her a necklace that the girls picked out for her and a Scentsy warmer. I also had my friend's wife make Toni a cake which came out awesome! We also had a dinner delivered for Toni which she also enjoyed. On Wednesday we got our new fireplace component shelf delivered which looks nice in the theater room. On Thursday Toni had an appointment and went and voted. Other than that we just stayed home. 

Yesterday was Halloween but we didn't do anything for it. Most of the street was pitch black and not a lot of people seemed to be giving out candy. With the coronavirus continuing to get worse, I think a lot of people are opting to stay safe. Cases have hit nearly 100k and there's no end in sight. Hopefully that will change with the election next week. I don't think things could get much worse at this point. I'm going to keep things short this week but I hope everyone is staying safe.