Today Joe and I are celebrating our 13th anniversary. 13 years and three kids. WOW! I think we are going to take the kids (still just Jay and Sophie, Sai flys home tomorrow) out to dinner to celebrate.
Archive for June, 2009
Sai left for California today. He is flying there right now with his Grandma M. I can’t believe we let him go! He has been bugging Joe and me about flying on an airplane for quite a while. He was really mad last year when we moved back to Utah because Jay, Sophie and I flew and he drove the U-Haul with Dad and Grandpa.
When I dropped him off he was so excited! He was so ready to go that he almost forgot to give me a hug and a kiss good-bye. As I was driving home I got a call from him. They were on the airplane, not yet ready to leave. He said that he got to get a picture with the pilot.
I can’t wait until he calls me tonight to see what he has to say. The flight will probably go by in a blur for him—he’s got my iPod loaded with Star Wars the Clone Wars movie.
Sai will fly home on the 30th. One day before his 7th birthday. (I can’t believe he’ll be 7!!!)
Jay has been sad all week about Sai leaving. Last night when we put the boys to bed Jay was nearly in tears because he was already sad about his big brother leaving. So Joe and I told him we would take him to see the new Transformers movie. He’s so excited for that. So when we dropped off Sai, Jay was expecting us to go right to the movie. Saturday is just too far away for him!
This week marked an anniversary for me. Tuesday was the one year mark for being a working mom again. It’s been a good year. I really enjoy my job and have fun so the year at work has been a quick year. I always tell Joe that my job is easy. (Shhh… don’t tell my boss I said that! 
Ha ha!)
My job is pretty cool. Joe says he can never tell people what it is. So I’ll try to explain it here. My title, according to my business cards, is Business Analyst IT Business Integration Supply Chain-PLM. Basically, I work in IT. I’m a business analyst working specifically with our PLM (Product Life-cycle Management) software. My boss and I take care of configuration changes, requirements for programming changes, testing programming changes, and cleaning up messes people make when they don’t follow process (we end up being the “process police”).
When I started this job the team was in the process of creating an interface between Optiva (the PLM software) and SAP. Wow! What a way to jump in and learn the system. I did all the testing and it was a really good way for me to learn the system.
One thing I really enjoy is that I’ve had to learn some SQL. It’s fun to be able to write queries and updates for the database. I’m surprised at how well I’ve come to know the databases and I like being able to tell someone which table a specific piece of data is stored in.
So that’s a little bit about my job. I really do love it and I work for an awesome company; they really treat their employees well.
I was looking through my older posts and thought I’d send a quick update.
Joe’s knee: No surgery needed. YAY! The doc. said that it probably wasn’t a tear and that he’s lived with the broken piece of bone floating around this long so it’s probably OK. Yesterday Joe’s knee popped again and suddenly it is almost all better–no swelling, he can walk without a limp, YAY! And it’s a good thing because…
Joe started his job on Monday. He likes it. He’s so happy to be there working with all the people he got to know on his externship. Monday was spent in (boring) orientation. Yesterday he worked in Center Core. But today he gets to jump back into the OR. Nice. He’s on the Blue Team which means he does ortho, neuro, and eye surgeries.
Purse puddle: I threw the purse in the washing machine. That wasn’t part of the care instructions but I did it. Then I let it air dry. And it looks just fine now. However, I did buy a new purse. I found one at JC Penney that I liked and Joe was buying some pants and we ended up getting more money off because we were spending more than $50. And then I got a new wallet yesterday to complete it all.
It rained on and off the day of my team activity. We put the activity up to a vote and mini-golf lost out. We ended up going to lunch at Red Robin then going to the movies to see Star Trek. It was really fun.
Something new… We were trying to go as a family to California the last weekend of June for Joe’s grandma’s birthday. However, finances and Joe’s new job won’t allow it. But Joe’s mom asked if she could take Sai with her. So he gets to fly to Cali with grandma for a week. He’ll be so excited to fly. Especially since he didn’t get to fly with Jay, Sophie and me when we moved to Utah. I’m nervous, though. I know Joe’s mom will take extra special care of him. But he’ll be so far away and he probably won’t miss us. We had to get a letter notarized saying it’s OK for him to fly with his grandparent. Crazy all the rules and regs but it makes sense.
We were shopping on Saturday. Went to a shoe store. Joe needed new shoes. Sophie and I went to check out the clearance section. She’s just like her mom. She was attempting to try on shoes! Both Joe and Sophie walked away with new shoes. But Sophie’s, originally $35, only cost us $12.50. Way cute little brown and pink Skechers. She loves shoes. Just like her mom.
Jay, my second child, turned 4 on Saturday! I can’t believe how big he is getting!
Friday we went to the store and he selected a new bike and helmet. He picked a Spiderman bike and Ben 10 helmet and knee/elbow pads. He is so set! (He actually needs those elbow/knee pads for walking: he tripped earlier in the week and scraped up his knees and elbows pretty well.)
Saturday morning I took Jay to pick out his birthday cake. As soon as he saw the Spiderman cupcakes he wouldn’t even look at anything else. So funny!
We had planned a party in the park. However, the weather did not cooperate. We ended up doing cupcakes and presents at my parents (and I forgot the camera!).
I think Jay had an excellent birthday. Lots of presents and not all clothes!
Today Joe graduated from the Surgical Tech program at AmeriTech College! It’s been a lot of work for him and sacrifice for all of us. Lucky Joe got to speak at the graduation. He did an awesome job. Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!
Walking in the procession.
Joe giving his speech.
Joe right after he got his diploma.
Joe and the other students from his program that graduated.
Joe and his parents.
Our little family.
I was trying to be a good caring wife today and went home for lunch. The kids were off to the park with the Cousin Felesha (babysitter) and Grandma. I took Sensuous Sandwiches home for Joe and me to eat since Joe is home trying to stay off his knee. I also took me some good old Coca Cola home in the form of a 20 oz bottle. (Edited: Sensuous Sandwich is a sandwich shop here in downtown Provo. Not a euphemism for “Afternoon Delight”! Keep your minds out of the gutters, please!)
I didn’t drink the whole soda so I put it in my purse to take back to work. However, I failed to tightly close it. By the time I got to work I had a purse puddle. And it was leaking out the bottom. No lie!
(Old purse is an orange Sherpani Cali purse. I got it three Christmases ago. It’s a little too fall/winter in color to be using now.)
My sunglasses were OK. The key fob to the truck was a little sticky but should still work. Wallet a little damp. iPod amazingly OK, iPod case may survive. Everything else not so great. I literlly dumped a little pool of Coke out of my purse.
I texted Joe that I need a new purse now. And what does he say back?
Joe (1:29 pm): Don’t you have some at home you’re not using?
Um… yeah. But so not the point! I tell Joe’s sister about this and she says something like Joe had a phone and it worked but now he has a big new shiny fancy phone. Great analogy!
So yes. I have some older purses at home. But they are O-L-D! Need something new (and more summery). And something a little bigger. Sophie and I have grown out of the diaper bag phase but I still need room in the purse to throw in an extra diaper or two. I feel the need to shop!
Any good ideas on where to shop for a purse that won’t break the bank! I’m pretty cheap, really, so I don’t want to spend a lot of money!
Possible Meniscus Tear with Proximal Tibial Fragment Fracture
Published June 3, 2009 Daily Dose of Me , Marzie Family Time 1 CommentThat big long title (possible meniscus tear with proximal tibial fragment fracture) is what Joe has. Ugh!
A few days ago Joe was kneeling down and when he stood he had this *pop* in his knee. Over the next few days his knee swelled up and got really sore. He had an appointment to see his doctor this morning. But when I got home from work last night he was in a bad way… could hardly walk and in pain. So I sent him off to the InstaCare urgent care clinic.
The doc said that it sounded like a meniscus tear. They took x-rays. And the x-rays showed that the top front part of his tibia is broken off. The doc said that the edges were white indicating that it had been broken for a while and had tried to heal. (His knee has been bothering him for a few years. He’s even gone to the doctor about it before but they’ve never done x-rays, just given him a knee brace and sent him on his merry way.)
So Joe’s in a big old knee brace. He’s supposed to stay off his knee. And if he walks around he’s supposed to use crutches to keep the weight off his knee. I’m giving Joe a big old “F” right now for use of crutches. He’s been hobbling around without them. Tsk tsk.
Joe’s going to sports rehab next Tuesday to see if he can do rehab to make it better or if he’ll need surgery. The doc warned that with the fracture he’ll probably end up with surgery.
Great.
I don’t know how well surgery and a new job where he’s on his feet all day are going to mesh. I told him to wait to tell his new boss until after we know whether or not there’s going to be surgery involved.
And Joe is really bummed because a friend from Oregon is in town this week. The two of them planned to meet up on Monday to go fishing. How much fishing can a hobbling, crutch using guy do?
I was in a meeting and Joe called. I answered him with a text. And this is our short convo:
Me (10:35 am): In mtg
Joe (10:36 am): Got part time job at hospital
Me (10:36 am): Yay!! I’ll call you as soon as I can
So excited for him! It’s been suspenseful waiting around to hear if he’s going to get a job. He really is excited to get in the hospital and work in the field that he’s been training in. Joe goes in this afternoon to meet with HR to get all the details and specifics.
