When you know your education wasn't a total waste

The fact that I realized my education was not a total bust was a highlight of my day yesterday. However it came at the cost of my Grandma Thompson having a stroke. I was at the hospital when the Speech Therapist came to perform a bedside swallow eval. Not really wanting her to know beforehand that I was an SLP I quietly hid in the corner and watched and tested myself as she performed the task. I remembered the sequence of food and the tasks to do before and after food presentation as well as why she was doing them. Afterwords I was able to ask some informed questions that led her to guess I was an SLP. I know it has not been that long since I graduated and interned at an adult rehab but I was pretty proud of myself for remembering. I guess it just goes to show that hard work/studying really does pay off.

oozing love

It was a pretty typical week in the lives of Justin and Alyssa. The only out of the ordinary event was a vet trip on Wednesday. Justin's Mare Mariah's gut flips over causing her great pain that she could die from so we had to take her in. The vet gave her some drugs and calmed her down enough that the gut was able to flip back. She has had problems with this before and the Vet said she most likely will the rest of her life and at this point that could be a day or years. We are hoping she will make it at least three more months so she can keep feeding the foal and then from there we will have to decide what to do. We do not want to cause her more pain then she needs to be in. It will be a pretty hard decision,Justin has raised Mariah from the time she was a baby and absolutely loves this horse. I think if we did have a kid of our own it would be hard pressed to get half the love that Justin gives to Mariah. I even had bridals taken with her because then he would have his two "girls" in a picture together.

Besides that one event life has taken on it's ordinary grind. However, I have to say that the last couple of months have been really good for Justin and I. We seemed to have grown closer and appreciated the little things a lot more. I admire his hard work and dedication to school and work even if it seems like it is taking a lifetime to finish school. He has been a big help with my mom and brother as they have been doing home improvements. I love this side of him. He is always willing to give of his time to help others. I also love the kind of uncle he is. They all come running to him when he is around and want to play. I know he is going to be a good dad someday even if he says we will only have children of the four legged variety. Sorry for the oozing of love just now. I just wanted to put it in writing that I love my husband.