sUnNy sAn fRaNciScO..

Well, I can certainly say I am glad my husband got a job at Skywest. After 14 days of working there his benefits kicked in. We decided since it was fall break for me at school and he was working 4 ten hour shifts and got the weekend off, we would leave and go to San Francisco.

So last weekend we flew to San Francisco. It was a blast and an adventure that was worth a million words. So I thought I would share some of this and of course pictures with all of you.

Last thursday night I met Cody at the airport with plans of boarding a direct flight to San Francisco. Well, while you are flying as an employee you are strictly standby. So if the plane is full you aren't getting on. So we waited at the gate and watched as the passengers loaded. We didn't make the cut. So we decided to find a person to help us find one that could get us there. We found this sweet lady named Malia. She spent a good hour with us searching all the flights that went to San Francisco that night or the next morning. We found one that went to Fresno and had connection to San Francisco the next morning. We decided to take it. We got on the plane and sat in front of a few employees including a pilot. Cody chatted with them the whole time. After a bit we found out that they could help us. One told us to just rent a car and drive to San Francisco seeing how it was only 2 1/2 hours away. So we decided after arriving and checking out hotel rates that our best bet was to drive. So we rented a car. We got a sweet Chevy Colbalt coupe. It was white and had leather and a sunroof. And the best part...it had texas license plates.


Cody with the rental car, at 11pm..


The sweet texas license plates..

We drove for a few hours, crossed alot of terrain, chatted about everything and crossed the bay bridge into San Francisco. Now we didn't have a map but we had Cody's iphone. It has google maps with GPS and could pin point our location. At this point it was 2 in the morning. We exited the freeway and started following the directions to our hotel. Well I entered the address wrong and we ended up in a worse than compton area with bums galore surrounding the car. I couldn't help but to just laugh. We were both so tired. So we ended up calling the hotel for directions. After arriving, parking the car and checking in it was 2:58am (California Time). It was the longest day. We both crashed.

The next day we spent the whole day just playing in San Francisco. We went to the Golden Gate Bridge, walked on a nice beach, went to fisherman's wharf, did some shopping, hit up the sourdough bread company and my favorite.. Ghiradelli Chocolate. It was a blast. We had so much fun. We rode the cable cars and learned the BART trains there and got around to everywhere we wanted to go. We ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, which was on the 8th floor in Macy's department store. After dinner, we decided to just walk the 8 blocks to our hotel. On the way we ran into about a billion bums asking for our food ( we had a piece of cheesecake ). It was a bit scary but Cody held onto me tight and put me on the otherside of the street, he was sweetheart.


Cody and Me at Baker Beach..


Cody at his favorite store at Fisherman's Wharf, the Lefties store..


Cody with a bum we saw at Fisherman's Wharf..



Cody wrestling with the giant bread alligator, watch out babe!..


Chocolate, yum!


The beautiful sunset at the wharf..



The next morning we got up and walked to the BART and went to the airport. We got on the first flight out of San Francisco and were back in Salt Lake City by 1pm. It was a short but great trip. I loved it and I am looking forward to many more trips.


.. Oh don't worry, tyke was glad we were home can you tell?

tHe nEvErEnDiNg sToRy..

Well like the title says.. it is neverending. So here is another step in my saga.

I didn't think that my times could get much worse. I thought that finding out I had a life altering injury would be enough for the moment. But it seems that when trials come, they come in numbers. I am not sure why but I do think that I am supposed to be learning something from all this.

Last monday I had an "urgent" meeting at work. I cut the last ten minutes of my class and rushed to work with great haste. As I arrived at my bosses office, he told me we would be meeting with the CEO that day. I got a tad nervous, either something good or something bad was coming down the drain. So... We went. I sat for about five minutes when I realized that it was a turn for the bad. After about 20 minutes of them giving me every excuse that they could, It sunk in.. I had been laid off. Yep, I lost my job. I am currently unemployed and will be insurance-less starting November first.

I didn't think it could get much worse, but it did. The next day, all red eyed and tired from a sleepless night I went and endured an hour long EMG. It was an hour of being shocked and tasered to test out my nerve responses. It was painful and very exhausting. At the end of the hour, I was so sore and still had a class. I limped to school and sat through another hour of classes and went home. The next day I returned to hear my results. Turns out that I have nerve damage on both sides of my body in the lower limbs. I lose feeling from time to time in my legs. I was told that I needed to attend "Back School" which I start Wednesday, to help me learn how to get myself aligned. I was also told I can have children, but will have to wear a pregnancy brace and will have to have a c-section with every child. It is a struggle and overwhelming. I hope this Back School will help me be in a better condition and place.

So with all this bad news, I started looking for jobs and have been spending time with tyke and thinking about life. I hope one day I will figure it out. I started taking walks with Tyke and Cody on a trail behind out house. I have found a great photographic release there, I am hoping it will release some feelings. So... took me long enough, here are some photos!


.. Tyke and his new favorite place, cuddling in his Cave of Covers..


.. Tyke and Cody on the trail..


.. Tyke and Me on the trail..


.. Tyke being "Mountain Puppy"..


.. Tyke in the bushes..

Well.. until next time..