It's been awhile

I have not written in a while and a lot has happened. The story starts before Spring Break. At my doctors appointment on the Thursday before, I was told that he would go in and scope the knee. The doctor is a little worried with the popping sound because it is not a consistant pop. He thinks it might be minescus damage. If that is the case and he has to repair it, I will be non weight bearing for another 4 weeks and will be set back another couple of months. I know it is not his fault but man, I want this to be over.

During Spring Break I worked at Wiard putting in a sprinkler system at Crest Park. We had a large crew working with us and the excitment was overwhelming. We were all ready to put this system in. I think it is because most of the crew saw it grow from a piece of paper and now it is a reality. We ran into problems the very first day. The equipment we rented ended up not working and put us behind. Then we got new equipment and it also was not working well. We were 2 days behind by Wednesday. To add insult to injury, we also were dealing with freezing temperatures. Our faces were all wind burnt and hands were cold. We still stuck it out and worked together. We did not finish even the main line but we were able to continue to work and stay busy. One more thing went wrong, I looked at the bid and the supply list and I under ordered the pipe. I had to sit for a couple hours and try to figure out where I went wrong. I ended up having to order more pipe which added another 3200 dollars to the project. This was huge because the board only approved the budget for the project to not exceed 11,000 dollars and the pipe set us over. My boss had to get a hold of board members and tell them what happened and get a census over the phone in order to get the rest of the money. I have a feeling I will be answering for that in the next meeting. I just can't believe I did not catch the mistake before then. Oh well!

The weekend was much needed. I had to work for a few hours on Saturday to try and make up some time that we lost because of the equipment problems. After I got home, Alicia and I dropped off our kids with my parents and headed to Medford for a mini vacation. This was nice because I needed some of the relax time and we were also able to spend quality time together. We went to Costco first and got stuff for the house and we then ended up looking for a hotel. We decided on the Shilo which ended up being horrible. This was by far the worst Shilo I have ever been in. The first room that we went to had hair in the bed and almost made us both puke. We got another room and then headed for dinner; we did this at the Red Robin. We then went to Circuit City where Alicia was able to get some supplies for her camera. Then off to the hotel to sit in the hot tub. The hot tub was being used by a family with kids so we decided to try the sauna and steam room. When we finally went into the hot tub, the water was the temperature of a bath that a 1 year old would enjoy. It was not warm at all...very disappointing!!! Then of to bed (or grown up time :-) ). On Sunday we met up with a friend who just had twins 7 weeks early so the babies were in the NICU in Medford. We were able to see the babies and Alicia held one of them. I sat outside because they were really tiny! Afterwards, we took the parents out to dinner at the Olive Garden and then headed back to Klamath to get a good nights sleep.

I guess I can't complain to much about the week. I found out that my sugery is set up for April 8th so I am taking the 8th and 9th off. I hope and pray that the doctor can get my knee up and running so I can begin my career in law enforcement sooner rather than later!