A few days late, but still the holiday season.  Each year it gets harder to get in the holiday mood.  The decorations go up earlier and earlier each year and the music is playing in stores before Thanksgiving is over.  By the time Christmas really gets here there’s not much excitement.

This year was especially hard with the killing of so many innocent children in the northeast.  The world seems to be turning into a very cruel and scary place.  The devil is hard at work and seems to winning a lot.  We need to really examine our hearts and get them in the right place.  Jesus is the only answer.  As a nation we have put him on the back burner and allowed Satan to move right on in.  We need to put God back at the front of our lives.

Haven’t been writing on here lately.  I’ll start with 11-13-12…..I was involved in a 10-50 major.  I was on my way to get my car washed and 3 blocks from home.  I was driving down 32nd Street toward Memorial Blvd when I see a Ford Fusion on my left.  The driver had a stop sign but for some reason he didn’t stop.  I t-boned him and my car spun around and landed on the grass facing the opposite direction.  I passed out for a few seconds and woke up with my airbag deployed and my car calling 911 reporting the crash.  This was my first wreck and I was terrified.  A nice Hispanic lady came to my door to check on me and help me out.  My glasses had flown off my face and I was in shock.  The other also spun around facing the opposite direction and hit an electric pole.  He would get out of his car.  The ambulance, fire truck and police cars came.  I told them I was alright and called Ricky.  He came from work.  The other driver had them put a collar on him and put him on the gurney and into the ambulance.  The wreckers came and I signed their papers and Ricky took me home.  The ambulance left right after us to take him to the medical center.  As soon as we got home I called my insurance agent and she told me the other driver had already called them trying to file on me!  He was calling from the back of the ambulance!!!  Ricky took me to St Mary’s ER and I got checked out because my head was hurting and my neck and back were hurting.  They took an X-ray of my back, gave me a tetanus shot, pain pills and muscle relaxed and sent me home.  I started hurting more each day after the wreck.  I went to my chiropractor and he said I have whiplash.  They also did X-rays and found my c1 twisted and my spine out of alignment.  Now I have 4 months of treatment starting all over again to get back to where I was.  I hired Ricky’s cousin, Shawn, to represent me.  Hopefully he will be able to take care of this for me.  I missed almost 2 weeks of work and I’m still hurting.

It’s been a long time since I was sick.  That all changed Tuesday.  My throat started itching and I strated coughing.  I was absolutely miserable at work Wednesday.  My nose was running like a faucet.  I sneezed at least a hundred times, big, hard sneezes.  Several times they went out over the radio when patrol 1 and 2 were keyed up.  My nose was so raw I could hardly stand to wipe it.  I finally feel better today, but not totally well yet.  my nose is peeling where it was so raw.  I have definitely got to get my flu shot soon.  I can’t even imagine dealing with that.

Made some pumpkin pancakes this morning and they were awesome.  Found the recipe on pinterest and thought I would try it out.  Glad I did.  Pinterest is so great for finding new things to try.  I have so many things pinned and tagged that I’ll never be able to try them all, lol.

I can’t get the hang of writing on here very often.  My life is very boring.  It’s work, sleep, work, sleep……..Since I’ve been back on midnights my exercise program has nearly come to a halt, which makes me sad.  I try to go to Zumba when I can, but usually someone is trying to get me to do something else instead.  In order to not make people mad at me I sometimes I have to skip Zumba and it is on the only day I would be able to go that week. The last couple of weeks I’ve been struggling with my eating, too.  I have a very serious sweet tooth that I can’t seem to satisfy.  Why oh why do I have to have this eating problem.  I’ve got to get back on track before the pounds start coming back.  I wish I could make it to the boxing camp.  I miss that terribly.  I was really seeing some results from that class.  I joined the gym thinking I would be able to make it after work some days.  That hasn’t happened once yet.  I feel so pathetic.  Hopefully I’ll get back in the swing of things soon.

Not much going on lately.  I’m missing boxing class now that I can no longer make it to class.  I’ve only been to Zumba twice in the last few weeks and I miss that, too.  On the plus side, even with no exercise, I lost 4 pounds!  Whoo hoo!!!  Planning to go to the gym and start this 6 week program from precision nutrition.  I haven’t been logging my food every day, but am trying to get back in the habit.

I can’t believe I did this, but I got rid of my Iphone and joined the android family.  I got a Samsung Galaxy Note.  It’s huge, lol.  It makes it so much easier on my old eyes.  I actually like it better than the IPhone.  I’m still learning how to do all the things it’s capable of.  I keep having to call Ryan for help.  Hope he isn’t getting tired of me.

I’m finally back on midnights and couldn’t be happier.  We had a supervisor meeting yesterday and it’s looking pretty good for us not having to rotate shifts next year.  Hopefully that will stick.

Tomorrow is my last day of 6am – 6pm!!!  So happy that it will finally be over and I can go back to midnights.  I’m sure it’ll be hard to adjust to burning the midnight oil again, but I still can’t wait to be back.

I finished boxing boot camp Friday 🙁   I’m gonna miss it, that’s for sure.  I’m gonna try to make it to the 5:30am class when I can.  I’m also ready to get back to Zumba class when I can.

Traci and I went to the Zumbathon Saturday morning and danced our butts off, literally!  It was 2 hours and 20 minutes of non-stop moving.  We had a blast.  That evening we went to the Give Cancer the Boot Ladies night out and had a good time there as well.  Both events raising money for a very worthwhile cause.  Glad to be a part of that.

I’ve made it through 4 weeks of boxing camp and still going strong.  I wish that my schedule would allow me to go to the  nextcamp.  My weight is still staying the same so I finally decided to measure the other night.  To my surprise I’ve actually lost some inches!  What a pleasant surprise.  1/2 an inch in each arm, my waist andtights.  The scale at the gym shows that I’ve lost 5pounds as well, but not the scale at home.  Can’t figure that one out.  I care way more about the inches than the pounds.

In other news, we havebeen having a terrible time with Aaron.  He has been having psychotic episodes and was refusing to get outside help.  He finally broke yesterday and went to the VA hospital.  They put him on medication for schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder.  Kimber and her mom wouldn’t let him come back to their house so he came to ours last night.  He is supposed to go talk to a counselor tomorrow or the next day.  Hopefully he will continue taking the medicine and keep the appointment with the counselor.  This tears Ricky up and I’m worried about him having a stroke or a heart attack.

Day shift is about over for me.  Two more weeks and back to midnights.  I am so ready to go back.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything.  That’s how boring my life is, lol.  I’ve been doing the same ole things……working, of course, Zumba as often as possible, and on the 6th of this month I started boxing camp back up.  This time I plan to attend the full 6 week camp.  I won’t get to go every day, but at least 4 or 5 times a week.

Last Tuesday I participated with my Zumba instructor and some other class members making a commercial for the Zumbathon on September 15th.  We had a blast and the commercial turned out well.  Traci surprised me and came along for the fun, as well.  We all went to Ranche Grande after the shoot and had a bite to eat and a few margaritas.  That was a great time!  I then went to boxing with a really good buzz which made for an interesting workout, to say the least.

I started using Calorie Camp to track my eating and exercise.  I’m allowing myself 1200 calories on days without exercising and a bit more on the days that I do workout.  Hopefully the weight wil start coming offagain.  But I’m not gonna stress over it as long as I’m getting stronger and can get in my clothes.

The rain has been going on for the last week.  Not as much as we were having, but it rains every day at one point or another.  We had our family get together at Holly Hill in Warren on the 15th.  It was great.  The lodge was really nice.  The weather held out for the day.  It was really hot, but nice at the same time.  Greg barbequed and it was delicious.  All the sides were great and the desserts were delicious.  We had a good time visiting and playing train dominoes.

The boxing camp is taking a break for two weeks then a new six week class will start.  I’m looking forward to that.  I’ve still been going to Zumba, but regardless of that I’m gaining weight.  I can’t say that I’ve been doing very well on my eating habits lately.  It’s time to get back on track and get rid of these last pounds.

Tuesday Stacie, Chance and I went to Webster for her thyroid specialist appointment.  We came back through Galveston and went to thepiper and ate at Bubba Gumps.  It was delicious.  We didn’t walk the pier because it was so hot and it costs $10 just to walk it.  If you want to ride any rides it was almost $30.  We want to go back when we can stay over night and have the right attire, lol.

Worr has been going alright! Still not crazy about day shift, but it could be worse.  Two more months and I’ll be back on nights.

Guess that’s all for now.

Lately all it’s done here is rain!  I am so ready for it to stop.  People can’t drive in the rain, the ones tstay stay home can’t get along with one another and the calls never end. Ready for the weekend already.

Daddy had surgery again yesterday and everything came out alright.  I wishthey could figure out why he keeps having problems with this.  I know he gets tired or having to deal with it.

Looking forward to this Sunday and the family get together.  I hope that it’s going to be dry where we’re going.  I think it’s sheltered, but I would still like good weather.  I’m going to try making a fruit terrine.  It looks really good in the picturehope it tastes good, too.  Greg and  Linda are bbq’ng.

Right now I just wish this day would move along.  I’m ready for the weekend!