Happy Birthday -sign language style :)

just a little message for Morgan, and just a little bit of what I've been learning in my class. I only have 2 more weeks of class left. I feel like I've only just started really learning things. I'm not sure when or if they will offer a second class. I'm seriously considering sign choir...I think that might be more fun :)

Snowed In...

One of the things that I hated most about working at the hospital is that it never closes. So, if the weather is horrid, you still had to be there because people never stop being sick. It's a noble thing to do, but I love that difference in my new job. On Monday it started snowing, then sleeting, then freezing rain. By the time Tuesday morning rolled around we had about 4 inches of ICE to deal with. I had found out Monday night that the clinic was going to be closed, so I was thankful for that. Outside our house looked to be a mess. Ice was everywhere. Andy of course had to be at work in the afternoon, but it took a while to figure out how to get one of our two cars out of the mess...after lots of shoveling, pushing, pulling, and maneuvering we were successful. Finally, Andy drove backwards all the way down our road until he made it to one of the main roads. I waved good-bye from several feet away. Then, I started trying to shovel some more where the car was, but then branches started falling from trees. I was close to one of the trees that started breaking, and I thought it was a good idea to just go inside. Since walking was so difficult, I got to the end of our driveway, sat down and then slid down to the house. Since the entire ground was ice it was pretty easy, and probably safer. We've had several large limbs fall off trees near our house. The ice is just very thick on them. We are very thankful that although the power lines are also heavy with ice, they haven't fallen and we still have power. We'll have a lot to clean up with things finally warm up...whenever that will be. They are talking about more snow again this weekend. It's been kind of nice to have a couple of days off and not have to worry about getting out on the dangerous roads.

Just a few highlights

1. I still like my job. It's weird, it seems that the weeks go by faster. It's kind of sad, because I only see Andy 30 minutes/day, if that. This week has been less due to his responsibilities with the news.

2. Gwyn came down last Thursday to go to the WinterJam concert. I was a little sad that MercyMe wasn't there, but I really enjoyed Steven Curtis Chapman. It was awesome that I won a couple of tickets and that the weather wasn't as bad as they originally predicted. It was nice to see Gwyn, but I think we both decided that the music was just a little loud...

3. On Friday I was able to experience for the first time since high school a Snow Day! They closed the clinic due to weather, and the best part is that it was a paid day off. I'm sure that doesn't happen often, but it was kind of nice that it did.

4. Since I had Friday off, I tried to think of something special I could make for Andy to celebrate Groundhog Day. He loves the holiday. We woke up early to watch the live action, and the I surprised him with a celebratory cake :)

6.Karen Miller (a member/friend at church) had surgery and I was supposed to cook for her family tonight. They begged me not to cook anything, but instead to come over and talk to Karen because she was bored... So, I did. I was lots of fun, and they played one of my newfound favorite games "Apples to Apples".

So, we're keeping busy. I'm also taking a sign language class on Mondays. I think that it's going well. I'm hoping for a fun and restful weekend. We have plans for Saturday night and of course church on Sunday.