A new day dawns

How do I begin? Life has been life. It has its ups and downs, twist and turns, good and bad. It was nice to have my parents here for a while but sure glad they are home safe. Wasn't sure how they would get through the storm that came in Saturday. They got stopped in Snowville for about 3-4 hours while the plows were working on the Interstate cleaning it up. Then they were able to get back on the road and the fastest they went was about 35mph. So they left here around 6am and got to home around 10:30pm their time. That's a long time to drive and travel, but they are safe and sound. This week i was hoping to just get right to work and work a little extra just to make up for the days I have missed due to Thanksgiving holiday and my parents being here. Nah, life has a way of sticking the mercury filled thermometer and breaking it off in my backside.(Yes I am very graphic) Tuesday morn I get to work and my ankle hurts some but not that bad. So i come home and we do normal stuff, but that night I iced it and then could not find a comfortable position to sleep in. Then the throbbing began. At 5am, i had Chris take me to the ER. I was their last and the first for the day. So they took X-rays and touched it. And determined I had not broken it, just sprained it, but if it gets worse, call this orthopedic surgeon. I said OK. They fitted me with a boot and crutches and away we went. I called in from work and took care of stuff at home, yet loaded up on Lortab and IBU 800's.
I have also decided to get my butt in gear and decide what degree I want to get. I have made the choice to go back and get my Music Degree. It may take me 6-7 years to complete, I am planning on taking a few classes at a time, so I can work and keep money coming in. And pay for school myself instead of taking out more loans and going deeper in debt. I plan on getting my B Music Ed in Instrumental education. With a possible minor in vocal ed too. I will be taking the elementary, secondary and high school classes to be able to work in any place. The reason I am getting back to this, was due to our wards Christmas party. They had a choir from the new HS come in and perform for us. Here it was, a new HS with students with this much talent. They were amazing. It just got me thinking, that music was all I wanted to do growing up, I disappointed myself by not going forward with my dream. Always taking the easy road and not finishing what I had planned to do. So now, I am going forward and getting it done. So with that going on, I am also going to get my playing back up to where it needs to be. So I am going to go back to the community band and see what musicals I can get into for playing. So it'll be fun for 09.
While my parents were hear, we had a holiday dinner that Chris put together, pretty much by herself. She did a great job and it tasted wonderful. When we cut the turkey we saved the wish bone and let it sit on the stove for about a week to dry out. Last night we went with tradition and broke it. I got the wish. Chris has been hounding me all night and morning about it. When she reads this I hope she understands why I wanted to wait to tell her. My wish is to have another child. Whether it be a boy or girl. I was an only child growing up and i want Ben to know he has a full brother or sister instead of having 2 half brothers and 2 half sisters. It may not happen any time soon, I may not always be in the ready mode to work on it. Sitting on my duff all day is a pain, and I do get tired of sitting here and yes doing nothing but answer phones and tell people what to do. It gets stressful, it has it's ups and downs, and then I go home and feel I am expected to perform, I wonder how much I can keep up. When I worked for a physical job, I was able to keep up. So we will work on it and see what happens. I am going to try and live up to my part of the deal. I did hear one bit of good news, and i hope she doesn't get angry with me for sharing. My friend Sarah is expecting again. She is about 5 weeks along and she has 3 girls at home. She is hoping for a boy. She first had a boy many years ago and put him up for adoption. So we both feel that we made the right choice in the beginning, but we also know that we are missing out on everything they get to go through, as our first born. Who knows, what the future may hold for them or us? So we will see what happens. Anyway, that's all for today. The IBU is working on me and I feel a little woozy. Good stuff.