Anniversary Time!

Eight years ago, on the same day in June as our first official date, Jason and I married. Two kids later and fifteen years from our first date, here we are still going strong. Here's a picture of the big day. Yes, I know it says "proof" and it's not a good quality picture but I can't seem to find any of my digital pictures of our big day. Hopefully soon I'll find (or scan) a better wedding picture but for now the proof is all I've got! I love you, Jason, and am so proud of the man and father you've become. Happy Anniversary to us!

A Weekend Away

Jason and I spent the weekend in Atlanta to cheer on the Tide in the Chick-Fil-A College Football Kickoff. Before we left, Jason brought the boys to eat lunch with me at school. Tyler was so excited about going through the lunch line with the big kids and getting a big boy tray. He's going to be one of those kids who loves school lunches! After school, Jason and I left the boys at home with Granna and Pop Pop and headed to Atlanta. Although we missed our friends we traveled to Jacksonville with last year (they all opted for a weekend at the beach!), we had a great time. I didn't realize how peaceful it is to eat a meal without having to worry about two kids! I love my children and wouldn't trade them for anything in the world, but it was nice to have adult time this weekend!
On Saturday we met up with Jason's brother, Taylor, and his girlfriend, Hayleigh, for a day filled with football. We had a great time watching Alabama beat Clemson in the Georgia Dome. It was a fun way to kick off the college football season.

What A Week!

Wow...my life has been crazy since the last time I posted. The whole past week seems like a blur...

About a week and a half ago, my last week of summer, I started having pains on the left side of my face into my neck, ear, and jaw. I went to the ENT and he said I obviously had some infection and a swollen lymph node. He put me on an antibiotic and steroid and said I should start feeling better within 24 hours. Well, things didn't get better - they got a whole lot worse! I wasn't able to sleep at night and I was in horrible pain, especially when I laid down, so on Friday the 4th I went back to the doctor. First, I had a panoramic dental x-ray to make sure there was no infection around my teeth. None showed up. Then, I had a CT scan. Everything looked good there so the doctor did some blood work and sent me home for the weekend with some pain medicine and the hope that I would feel better soon. That was not the case. I was miserable all weekend and into the first part of the week. My blood work came back fine. I was told it must just be some inflammation and it would get better soon. I couldn't believe that I was going to be in that much pain and not able to sleep for several more days! I called my dentist and talked to him. He sent me to an endodontist on Tuesday morning and at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon I was having a root canal. I was scared to death but at least the happy gas made me forget everything while I was there! When they were finished, the endodonist said that was definitely what was causing all of the pain. Although the infection never showed up on the x-ray or CT scan, it was pretty bad. He sent me home with pain medicine and said I'd be hurting and then sore for the next several days. He was right but it is nothing like the pain I experienced the week before having the root canal!

Did I mention that during this whole crazy process, I started back to work on Monday? This couldn't have happened earlier in the summer when I had time to rest and actually get better! I guess that's just the way things go. My first week back at work was spent trying to stay awake despite taking pain medication and just trying to survive the first two days with students. All I can say is I made it and I'm finally beginning to feel normal again!

With my crazy blur of a week, I have no new pictures of the boys but I do have a picture of my polka-dotted fourth grade classroom. Although my blog posts will slow down now that school has started, I'll have new pictures of the boys to post soon!