So close... yet..

I'm beginning to sound like a broken record and by no means does it put a smile on my face. No sooner had I informed my family and finalized preparations AGAIN for my surgery did I get the dreaded call. It was at the end of a long hard day at the ER and often I'm in areas where I don't get reception. I was walking to my car around 1900 ( 7 pm for you civilians ) when all the sudden I got notification of a voicemail. Honestly my stomach dropped into my toes... my presurgery was the next day and somehow I just knew that it was that call. All it said was to call... nothing more and that the office would be closing at 1700 and opening at 0730 the next day. Nice.

So I call the next morning... after having no sleep mind you even with sleep meds. And it's my worst fear. Some Doc whom I've never met has decided that need ANOTHER opinion, but it was not certain as to when that would happen. Instead of wallowing (that comes later) I throwing on a uniform and run down to the hospital determined to yell. I made a pit stop with my doc and change plans and go to the ER to talk to our OIC ( Officer in Charge; head Doc) and also our department director who was there as well to explain the wall I was hitting. I refused to be on meds the rest of my but yet it felt like the Army knew of only one way to treat; symptomatically. Basically I needed an advocate with power. So he took my info and sent me home and said it would be handled that day. No more that a few hours later did I get a call informing me of an appointment at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio with Neurosurgery there.

It just sucks it had to go to those lengths. On the day I was told my surgery was canceled I was told I could write an appeal letter to the disapproving authority but I knew it would get denied. This person has know idea about my quality of life, about my daily headaches, the severe limit in activities or the strain on my family. If anyone should decide it should be left to my physician. But that takes logic and well lets face it... Army. All but our OIC. I am very thankful for that man. He helped me so that Steve can go with me to my Appointment too. Especially since I have to drive. Yikes! Doc wants to give me something to help my neck muscles relax in the car and driving would be a bad idea.

Well I'm done rambling. Just thought I'd give a quick update!

More cute stuff!

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Thought this was cute. I made sure to put Oreo next to Steve.. many of you are familiar with his and my shall I say... disagreements? So on this side of the world I got promoted and my surgery finally got rescheduled. Steve's orders are on hold for my 8-10 weeks of recovery so that he can take care of me. Bout time is all I can say and I am ready to get this over and done with. I just hate that it came so close to Ivy's birthday. It kills me when I can't go home for that but I'm be on con leave for 30 days or more so I will try to fly home for Halloween or just a visit if my Dr. lets me. Well it's this old lady's bed time! Smooches!

The cutest thing ever!

So Steve and I were bored and searching around the internet and came across the cutest thing!!We originally were looking for just the song after having watched Step-Brothers (still my most highly recommended favorite!). We found the Sarah Brightman version which is beautiful but this one is completely adorable.

Keeping Busy!

So update on life... looks like Steve and I have to wait 3 more months before we get to go to AZ. There is some logistical-type stuff that Steve needs before we get there and it can take up to 3 months to get it done. I was going to wait to change my name officially to Clark (my new last name) till we got to AZ so as to not confuse our PCS paperwork but looks like I will go ahead and take care of it now. So it'll be Mrs. Clark soon.
Well work is keeping me busy. I am learning more everyday and doing a lot of cool stuff. This picture is a wound that I was taking care of for a lady. She wanted me to take a picture and send it to her because her husband was overseas... It started as a pretty gnarly wound but it's on the mend.
So other than that nothing much has been going on. I just work, eat and sleep! I feel old.. haha. Catch ya later!

Me is now a.... We!

It's happened! Yes you guessed it. Steve and I tied the knot! I know.. finally.. It was very special. We had to push up the date as many of you know due to Steve's PCS (permanent change of station) orders. We had the ceremony performed by a local minister. A lot of our friends wanted to attend but Steve and I both agreed that we wanted it to be just us. It was a special moment we that we wanted to share between just the two of us. We'll have our bigger wedding/celebration once we get to Arizona and get settled. Thank you Jennie and John and the rest of the family for the gift card! We're thinking (or at least I am) MICROWAVE!!!!

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Well Who woulda guessed it?


YOUR BOY SIDE

[x] you love hoodies
[x] you love jeans
[x] dogs are better then cats
[X] its hilarious when people get hurt
[X] you've played with/against boys on a team
[ ] shopping is torture
[X] sad movies suck
[ ] you own an XBOX
[X] you own a Wii
[X] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[] at some point in life you wanted to be a firefighter
[X] You own/owned a DS, PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers early morning cartoons
[X] you watch sports on tv
[x] you go to your dad for advice
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[] you used to collect football collector cards
[x] you love baggy sweatpants
[] its kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors
[X] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[X] sports are fun
[x] you talk with food in your mouth
[X] you sleep at night with your socks
[x] you have fished at least once

TOTAL= 18/25

UR GIRL SIDE

[X]you love to shop
[] you wear eyeliner sometimes
[X] you wear the color pink
[X] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[] you hate wearing the color black
[X] you like going to the mall
[X] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures
[X] you like wearing jewelry
[ ]you cried watching The Notebook
[] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe
[X] shopping is one of your favorite hobbies
[] you don't like the movie Star Wars
[X] you are/were in gymnastics
[X] it takes you around Half an hour to shower
[X] you smile a lot more than you should
[X] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[X] you care about what you look like
[] you like wearing dresses
[X] you like wearing body spray
[] you like high heel shoes
[x]you used to play with dolls as a kid
[] you like putting makeup on others
[] you like being the star of almost everything
[] you love shoe shopping
[] pink is one of your favorite colors
TOTAL= 14/27

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Oh Dear...

So as some of you may or may not know.. Today was the day Steve and I had set to get Married. Well... As many of you know one must get a license before getting married. That wasn't the easiest of tasks this week... between work and all my medical we couldn't get down during their business hours. Poor Steve doesn't even have a shirt! I had the dress and all... So we are waiting to hear what dates he is given at his briefing and we'll make a decision then. Sorry all!

There's something Wrong With Us

And now for another installment in the things you may not know... I couldn't think of anything better coming up on what was supposed to be my original ETS (day I was getting out) date than quoting Stripes, one of my favs. If you haven't seen it... You must. Another recommendation. Bill Murray at his best I think. Laughs all around.




"We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years!"

A quote from a most awesome movie that I had to post... If you don't know what this is from then I am sad for ya! Kidding it's from Stripes; totally recommend it.

Some Camping Shots

So Karen posted some shots of camping so I thought I'd finally get around to posting some of mine. So off I go!

Ivy posing with one of the millions of flowers she had to find.

Ivy and Lexie being silly

Bridget, Lexie, Jennie and Mom



John and Ryan... John.. need I say more?



Jennie and Bridget with their impromptu birthday surprise.


Silly little Riley-Bug



Karen just smiling away.



Me, Karen and Mom getting chilly

Could it be... Mrs. Me?

So I never thought it would be this fast. Now those close to me know all about Steve getting moved to AZ. Well sooner than we ever thought... he got his orders. His report date is 10 August. Which means if we want to go together we get to push up the wedding like super super super early... We've picked a date of July 10th! Yay!! It's so fast but we are so happy. We are still having a wedding celebration in AZ for the family out there! We will still do the silly lovey-dovey pictures out there and try and get a few here (you know me with a camera). Smooches all!!