Wow, where has this year gone? Is it really the end of October already? In the words of the great Quincy from Disney's Little Einsteins, "I CANNOT BE-LIEVE IT!" It's just crazy how fast this year has come and gone... I can't help but feel somewhat cheated as I look back and try to remember exactly what events this year consisted of. It's as if time just blew past me like a giant freak gust of wind that just came up out of the blue, tossing my hair up and throwing dust in my eyes. And before I even have the chance to catch my breath... it's gone. Leaving me with nothing but watering, stinging eyes, and a very unattractive wind blown hair-do. Now, don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic year! SO much to be grateful for! I'm just having trouble accepting it's almost over... Man, not too many more of these and pretty soon at this time of year I'll be standing on my front porch, waving good-bye to my little Ava, as her and her date drive away on their way to her first homecoming dance... ugh... just the thought of it sends a chill down my spine...
Hm, well enough of that... now where was I?... Oh, so here we are! The end of October! This has always been my favorite time of year. When the weather gets nice and cozy, and fall colors are everywhere, and the holidays are just around the corner... Seems like this year has just been somewhat chaotic with lots of ups and downs for our family. In fact I feel like my head is still kind of spinning... But I guess all I can do is live for the now, right? So here is an official update of what is going on as of now for our family!
Well, as some of you already know we are kind of set back to square one. Unfortunately after a whole year of waiting for Chris's new job with the LVMPD to work out, we are once again playing the same waiting game... Ok, now I'm not very good at summarizing, but I will try and make a long story short. But unfortunately Chris had to withdraw himself after his first week at the academy due to a back injury that we thought was healed. See, back in April our family was involved in a minor car accident, in which case we were rear-ended by an elderly woman. Anyways, luckily no one was seriously injured, or so we thought. In fact, aside from being a little shook up, we all felt we were fine and didn't see any need to go to the hospital to be checked out. (This was our first mistake, but neither of us had experienced anything like this before, so we had no idea of the after effects...) Needless to say, after the adrenaline wore off, like any accident would do, we began to feel the soreness and achyness pretty intense. So we decided to see a chiropractor, who did an evaluation and set us up for some appointments to get us feeling good again. During all of this Chris was still in the process of applying and testing for the Vegas PD, so we never thought twice about it, because we figured we had plenty of time to recover before any thing happened. So after six months of bi-weekly chiropractor visits, Chris is still not 100% better, but he finally gets accepted in Vegas and he decides to discontinue his visits so he can head off to start the academy. Well, that was our second mistake I guess. He had been training previously trying to get in shape for the academy and never had any unbearable back pain, so we assumed he was all healed. Its not until he starts the academy and is pushed to his limits that his back pain comes back with full force. So he saw a doctor in Vegas to see if there was anything he could do to lessen the pain, but he just put him on light duty, which meant that Chris couldn't participate in most of the physical tests. Therefore, unfortunately his only option was to resign. (Wow, I didn't really make that a short story did I... oops!) Anyways, they pretty much just told him to get better and re-apply when his back is healed. Needless to say it has been a very frustrating time for the both of us. But it is no ones fault and there is nothing else we can do but work on getting Chris healthy again! So for the time being we are here to stay. Well, in AZ at least... We will still be moving some time in the next month. But no decisions have been made... we are still looking at our options and trying to decide the best path for us right now. I'm sure we will let everyone know when we get things figured out! We are just trying to stay positive and remember that although it was a very frustrating set back, everything happens for a reason! I heard a quote once that said, " If you ever want to make Heavenly Father laugh, just tell him your plans!" haha.... So I'm sure even though this was something we wanted, he has a plan for us somewhere!
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