Friday, February 13, 2009

Crazy February Update

Since returning from Christmas break, life at our house has been a little different. Think single mother:) Ok not really because I still have my wonderful husband but let's count the # of things he is doing...School full time (21 credits), Part-time work (15 hour a week), Construction Competition in Hawaii (about 15 hrs a week or more), Sunday School Presidency for the Stake (Sundays and then some) and just joined a band...hmmmmm that leaves just about no extra time for that poor guy. The good news is, the competition in Hawaii is at the end of this month. These boys are in it to win it, so it is very worth the amount of time they put into it to do their best. So fingers crossed that they win! Today Ryan drove all the way to Reno all by himself, 7 hours all alone bless his heart. There's a competiton there that he's not officially part of but is still nice to be at because there's a million companies there and the more exposure you can get in this economy, the better. Even though jobs are hard to come by right now, I have always been peacefully assured that we will be just fine. I know Ryan will get a job, he has earned that and it's nice to know it's a priority to him to take care of business. He's so great. And he's staying with my wonderful friend Court which really makes me wish I was there, so thanks guys for taking care of him. So, as for Ollie and I? We are in La Canada! We flew into Oakland to hang out with my sister Leah and Steve and their new baby Carson, then today we road tripped it to the parents house. It is so rainy, everything is gorgeous and green. Quite the difference from Utah in Feb:) So for the next few weeks we'll be here soaking in all the family and friends we can and giving Ryan his much needed space to take care of all the things he has on his plate. We sure miss him. He's been talking to Ollie on the phone and it's so funny cause Ols listens so carefully and every once and a while says, "si". In other news, I completely threw my back out doing who knows what. It's always a general progression till I basically can't move and I have to crawl to wherever I'm going. I mean, I'm 26, in pretty good shape, and this really should not happen to me so often. This has happened many times, but this time was worse than ever. I went to a chiropractor at Leah's and he felt my back and was like oh yeah, there is something definetely wrong here, you'll need an MRI to really see what needs to be done. Awesome. Over 3 days it's gradually gotten better and today I can walk upright and the pain is bearable. So if you're a person who has really bad back pain, I feel you and sympathize, it's so painful. I actually screamed out loud the other night in bed trying to roll over. I just need to get to the bottom of it because I've had bad back pain since high school so something is not right. I'm so glad it's feeling better and I know my sweet husband is praying me into health. So I figured, if I'm a temporary single mom this month, might as well be somewhere warmer, near lots of family to love, and wait out the rest of the month to welcome our hubby and daddy back from Hawaii. Can't wait.

3 comments:

The McLane Blog Page: said...

Oh my goodness! I am sooo sorry about your back! I have HORRIBLE back problems and so I know your pain (literally)! I AM SOOO SORRY!!!

PS- We head out to California on the 18th and are there until March 2nd :) so we need to hang out sometime:)

HAVE FUN!!! Good luck to Ryan too!

Darcey said...

aw, that stinks! i'm sorry about your back pain :-(

but you're right, once March rolls around and your life calms down, it'll get easier (hopefull!).

have fun in Cali!

The Cooks said...

Becks,
I don't know if you remember me ever talking about all the problems andrea (my sis) has with her back. I should give you her email she knows all about that stuff. She has been to every specialist from Idaho, to Arizona, Cali and all over!