I know the blog has been abandoned lately. Since getting better I have been online much less. So what has happened to the Card's in the past 6 weeks or so.....
Well first the most amazing neurologist figured out why I was getting so sick and luckily for me it was an easy fix. So Yay, Im walking, talking, eating, and back to my full strength. In hind sight it was actually a good experience because it helped to put things in perspective and made me appreciate my body alittle more. It also gave us a chance to see Aaron rise to the occasion of being a caregiver, and he passed with flying colors. So now Im just trying to be mindful of what I eat, and exercising with my good friend vicky who keeps me motivated. We have been yoyo dieting for months now, but are trying to be more diligent now that Aaron's doctor has told him to lose a significant amount of weight. I have a feeling we will be on this roller-coaster for the duration of our mortal life. We both love "yummy food". Just this morning I found the wrappers to 8 full size Hershey bars in aaron's car. I had bought them on Tuesday for our camping trip and each bar would have made 3-4 smores. Well as soon as we canceled our camping trip on Tue afternoon aaron snuck the candy out with him to work. 2 days latter, no more candy bars and Im left to be sad wishing I had thought to eat them first ;)
The garden was a success this year. We did lose the weed battle for the most part, but we got enough food stored for the winter to make it worth growing the garden. And the rabbit got some treats to.
The bees, well there is a sad story. We are currently in mourning. We had 8 hives a few weeks ago and were hoping to collect another 100lbs of honey. Well because of the late golden rod bloom and the weird weather the bees were unable to give us anymore honey. They have enough honey in the hives to sustain them through the winter. In addition to the lack of honey, we lost 4 hives due to flooding in the hives. We are still investigating to see how this has happened, seems to be an equipment flaw. To say the least Aaron has been going through the stages of grieving. First he was angry, decided he hated the bees and didn't care about them anymore. Second came self-loathing when he declared himself the worst beekeeper to ever be born. Now we are just sad at the loss of our cherished bees and hope to soon start thinking about next years beekeeping season.
Construction is going slow but is good. We just need to put in the closet door in the living room, the trim on 2 windows and around the doors and floor, and put in the extension jam thing for the front door. Then we can hopefully move onto the kitchen and downstairs bathroom. All our work was almost for nothing when I came close to burning the house down earlier this week. Our kitchen has a very old electric stove in it, one of the first electric stoves created. Well it malfunctioned and made for a scary smoke mess, but all in all there doesn't seem to be any lasting damage except for a dangerous stove. We hope to finish up the house and maybe sell it and get an apartment closer to aaron's work so that we can simplify our lives alittle but who knows.
Hurricane!
Well we hear there was a hurricane, and a number of friends and family were without power for many days. We see hurricane flooding and damage all around, but our little town seems to have been spared 100%. We waiting at home all day for the storm to come (Aaron wanted to go stand outside in it for some crazy reason), but it never came. We watched the radar and our town stayed in a pocket the entire storm. Light wind, mild rain, nothing worth mentioning really. So we count our blessings and pray for all of those who were effected.
Aaron had some big thing at work, "The rack and stack", which apparently is some evaluation process that rates you against your peers. He did really well, which is both a blessing and a curse. He did to well to stay in his current job on 2nd shift which we really like. So he had a meeting with HR and it looks like in 6 months he will start this job rotation program in which he will change jobs every few months to learn the entire place in preparation for being moved to upper management. So why aren't we thrilled. Well first it is 1st shift, which isn't our favorite, second its less money now (more latter). On 2nd shift we have alot of time together, time to work on the house, go to the gym, do bee stuff etc. On 1st shift he works longer hours, for less pay, with more stress, and we see each other less and less gets done at home/bees etc. But we have a job, and this is a good opportunity for aaron to advance so here we go. We're very grateful to have work, and advancement opportunities.
I have enrolled in an EMT course that will start in 2 weeks and go into December. I think this will be fun for me and its helpful that it is only 2 nights a week and some Saturdays. You only have to be 16 to take the class, so Im hoping this will be a breeze considering I've had a 100+ credits of biomedical course work already. I also hope this is fast paced enough for me, I think it will be. I get board easily. So I know I said no more school ever, but it looks like 1 more class (and maybe another class in a year or so).
So that is what we've been up to, or at least what I can remember.
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