I've been a little absent on this blog of mine. Life has been quite the whirlwind lately.
First off, if you did not know Andrew and I moved at the beginning of August! We are so in love with our new place.
It's a 2 bedroom 1 bath. It has central air, a washer and dryer, bigger rooms, crown molding.
And other little things that I am obsessed with, and others may call me weird.
Like more counter space in the kitchen. And a kitchen faucet that can spray down dishes.
(I screamed when I found that out!)
I thought we would miss our first apartment because it was home,
but since moving into our new apartment I have not missed it once!
^In front of our new apartment^
A few weeks after we moved Andrew had surgery.
Earlier this year, he would wake up in the middle of the night with severe pain in his lower back.
I would massage his back and put heat on it until the pain was at a level he could go back to sleep.
We had no clue what it was. Then in the summer he could start to feel the pain expand to his
side and stomach.
It was happening more frequently and the pain was starting to happen in the day as well.
He decided that it was something that needed to be looked at.
Blood tests were done and the numbers were way high. Normal ranges were in the 50's and Andrew was in the 900's.
And yes, I meant to put 2 zeros, not a typo. That's how high his levels were.
Long story short, we found out he had gallstones.
We looked and studied several different options of what to do because Andrew did not want to have surgery.
Last thing on his list. But in the end that is what we ended up doing.
^He looks so mellow here, but it was really a hard thing for him^
Surgery went well and he was literally up and walking around 3 hours later.
We did some grocery shopping (because I didn't think to do that before the surgery?)
for foods that he would be better for him to eat.
Recovery has been so far so good. And he's starting to eat normal food again versus
apple sauce, rice cakes, and pudding.
Before all of this happened we did manage to tube down the Provo River.
We try doing this once a summer. The water is always freezing but you get numb and used to it.
And as you are going down the river the scenery is beautiful. We love doing it.
Later that day we met up with Andrew's family up at Temple Square for the Pioneer Day Concert.
I absolutely loved it because it was music from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.
We got home and then out of no where I got really sick with a major bug. Andrew was amazing and took care of me
and we accidentally called 911. My apple watch slipped in between the bed and the nightstand and in between that slipping it
called 911 and they were on the line for about 2 minutes before we realized we called them. Oh my word! I told them I was
so sorry and it was a complete accident. Andrew took the phone from me to explain and they questioned wondering why I could not explain the situation. I was lying on the floor with a bowl right next to me. They called off the police that
were coming over to our apartment. Cannot believe that happened.
Those are the big crazy things.
Mini things:
a blood vessel burst in my eye. no pain, no vision loss, but I looked so scary.
a parking ticket when moving.
endless studying and homework even in the summer.
long hours at work.
It will be so good when things get settled back to a normal pace.
But we have been enjoying our pool days.
exploring our new area. we live so much closer to downtown and it's so fun to walk around and see it all.
mini date nights at home.
Life has had it's little rough patches lately but overall we're doing pretty ok :)
