Family Photo Session

I had the pleasure of taking this awesome family's pictures this last weekend at Wesleyan's campus. It was so much fun. I had over 100 pictures that I was able to give the family to choose from. Let me just say again, it was so much fun. I felt so confident and even if I wasn't quite sure of what I was doing, I trusted myself and I came out with some pretty cute pictures. Hopefully the family loves them, as that is what I was going for. I had never met the family before, so I was nervous, but I still feel like it went well. We seemed to work well together and I just thought they were so nice.

Well, Greg's wife's been up to a lot. Most recently, and least fun, I hurt my back on Saturday. I took these pictures on Sunday, so I was really afraid I was going to be hobbling around Sunday, but I didn't do too bad. Last night, I went for a massage to try and improve it a bit and that was great, until I tried to get up. Here I am, 3/4 naked and I can't stand up to put my clothes on without yelping in pain. We're talking bad pain here... like the worst I've ever had. And, it has to be pretty bad for me to need to have help getting dressed. It was so humiliating. All I could do was stand, basically folded in half, with my upper body laying on the massage table. And that's how I stood for about a half and hour. I seriously could not move. After a lot of ice and some Biofreeze, I was able to get dressed (with the help of the massage therapist - still humiliating) and Greg came and helped me hobble out to the car. Seriously, this ranks up there as one of the most embarassing nights of my life.

I spent most of today in bed. Thankfully, I had some pain medicine which helped quite a bit, but it knocked me out. Sleep was great though and I feel so much better than I did last night. I hate it that the house is a mess and I can't bend much to pick things up. I'm hoping I am completely better by Saturday, as this is my first wedding and I really want to be in tip top shape! I don't want to be in pain that whole day. I don't even know what the specific thing was that caused me to hurt my back! I know I reached over to pick up something of Gabe's, but it wasn't an instant pain or anything. Ugh.

Here are a few more of the photos from the family session:

I love Fall.

Today was just beautiful... except for going to a new doctor, an endocrinologist. Suck. It didn't go near as well as I'd hoped. I left there feeling 10x more confused than when I walked in the door. More to follow... just too tired to write the whole thing out.

sick

Yuck. Being sick is not fun. Nope, not fun at all. So, forgive me if my posts are short and lame (like this one).

What did you think of American Idol? Personally, I think David Hernandez had a better performance than Kristy Lee Cook's but, I do like Kristy Lee's country voice.

I was home sick today and I only watched 1 1/2 episodes of Rock of Love 2. I can't believe I'm admitting to that...

I'm ready for a vacation. Thankfully, we have one scheduled for the end of March!

Hello, My Name is Ima

As in Ima big fat jerk.

Greg had a cold last week and he woke up this morning feeling really really crappy. A co-worker suggested he go to the doctor today. When he told me he was going, I bawked at the idea and basically told him "Seriously? It's just a cold!". I really didn't want him to be sick. Things have been pretty overwhelming for me with him travelling on business a lot this year. So, I was really looking forward to some scrapping time this weekend - an hour or two here and there just for a little break, a little free time - before he leaves again Monday.

The doctor diagnosed him with influenza. Still it wasn't THAT serious to me. I mean, the flu. Suck it up. It can't be that bad. So, after Gabe went to bed tonight, I went upstairs and scrapped for about an hour and a half. When I came downstairs to tell Greg goodnight and to apologize by seeing if he was doing ok and if he needed anything, we found that he had a temperature of 105.4! Cue Ima...

So, I called my sister, the nurse, and she said to get him to the ER right away. So I'm freaking out. I'm thinking, "oh my gosh, my poor husband, and it's all my freaking fault!" I was crying and apologizing and crying some more. We called Tami and she stayed at our house (she's the best - she cleaned, she did dishes, she moved my hamper... teehehhe!!! I love ya Tamila!) Turns out, Greg does have influenza and there's not much the doctor could suggest to do for it. He did say it sounds like I have some of the symptoms though (backache, headache, etc...). I guess I probably deserve it.

Ugh. Next time Greg gets sick, I think I'll listen to him. I think this was one of those lessons... the ones that really suck and make you feel like crap, but ultimately, they change the way you think forever! I love you honey... can I make you some chicken noodle soup?