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Man... I have been so exhausted this week. It is due to several factors. First off, Thursday after we got back from our trip to Utah, Joey and I went camping with my family. Ty had to stay home because of work and the fact that we had to be back early Saturday so I could write a talk for the next day. We had a blast camping, but I didn't sleep much because Joey woke up a lot due to the cold. I had forgotten how dirty camping was! We'd clean Joey's hands, then turn around and she'd already by filthy. Joey won the most injured award and I won the best fire-starter award. Joey didn't get seriously injured, but got about 5 splinters in her hand that were fairly traumatic to remove. While camping I learned how to throw a frisbee backhanded. It took about 20 minutes, but by the end, I was throwing it pretty well.

Also this week we have been worried about my parents. Everything that has been going on has been hurry up and wait, and it looks like the trend will continue for a while longer. They don't have a firm diagnosis, but they are about 98% sure that my dad has Lymphoma. So they have set him up with the cancer center City of Hope down in LA. Hopefully this next week we'll know exactly what it is and he'll get down there for an appointment to see about chemo.

Lastly, school started for me. I was pretty nervous about that because I haven't been to school in 5 years! It will be good, but way harder than I originally thought. I thought my class would take all the way through May to complete, but I was wrong. We will be going through 38 chapters in 14 weeks. The class is 5.5 units and 3 hours 45 minutes twice a week. For those of you wondering what class that could be, it's EMT-Basic. It is going to be a lot of work, but I have a lot of RN's I know that are willing to help me study, and the PA (Physician's Assistant) at work is helping me and teaching me different things.

Ty got his motorcycle completed this week. He's pretty stoked about that. He loved riding it, even if all he's ridden so far is to my parents house and back. He's excited about riding it to work since he'll be able to do that year-round here. For those of you who don't know what kind of bike he has, he has a 1973 Honda Trail 90. It's a fairly small bike, but he loves it.

My big news from yesterday is that we bought a new vacuum. Our old one just wasn't working really well anymore, and the cover wouldn't stay on the bag anymore. We didn't get anything super expensive like a Dyson, but I love the vacuum. We got a Hoover. It even senses when it's done sucking stuff off the floor to tell you when the floor is clean. We went over the same spots as the old vacuum, and it was nasty to see what was left behind. It's nice to have a clean floor now.

Ty has budget hearings this week. Basically it means I won't see him Tuesday, Wednesday, and possibly Thursday nights. I will be glad when the budget is done and passed! The biggest thing for us is that I'll need to have my parents watch Joey during my class, but that's no biggy. Hopefully all will go well and he won't need to change anything major. Once the budget is done Ty will be taking a 2 week vacation.