Nate: then and now

As you can see Nate hasn't changed in 16 years. The first picture he took of himself. I think he was about four.

The newspaper clipping was from his school's newspaper, just a few weeks ago.

He hasn't changed. Now at 20 he still acts as innocent as a little boy. Maybe that's why he's always so optimistic. By the way, the saying on the newspaper clipping in a n8 original.

Vertigo=Dizziness

How would I know that you ask. I know this because on Monday I spent the day in the emergency room diagnosed with vertigo. I will be honest I did not know exactly what that was. I woke up and couldn't even stand.

Being sick is a big pain when you're a teacher. You have to call the sub service, then you have to get lesson plans together. I couldn't even keep my eyes open, so I was dictating my plans to Dan. Luckily Dan and I work together, so he was able to fill my sub in when he got to work.

I slept until about 9:00 am thining maybe it was the flu. At 10:00 when it was no better I called the Dr. and they told me to go right to the emergency room. I didn't have to wait that long before they came in and gave me some pills (similar to those taken for motion sickness) After 2 hours of waiting for the pills to take efffect I was allowed to go home. I spent the rest of the day on the couch.

I can't drive for a week and I am supposet to avoid steps. I will go see my Dr. next week - hopefully it's not a reaccuring thing.

Happy Valentine's Day

Usually Dan and I have Wendy's on Valentine's Day, honoring our engagement. This year we decided to act more like adults. Dan made reservations at Weber's in Ann Arbor probably 6 weeks ago. I've been working out like crazy and treated myself to a sexy black dress to wear for our romantic dinner.

We get to the hotel and our credit card wouldn't go through - even though there was plenty of money in the checking account. (I'll have to deal with this on Tuesday) We're remaining calm, looking forward to a wonderful weekend.

I go to change into that sexy dress, and as I zip it up the zipper breaks!! I was so upset. I have been killing myself in the gym, and now I have no dress to wear. Not so calm now, we decide to make the most of it and dress down for our dinner reservations.

We get to the restaurant for our 7:30 reservation, and they're running behind. Twenty minutes later we finally get seated. Still calm, especially since most people were dressed like we were - the black dress would have definitely been over doing it.

As we sit at our table waiters and waitresses buzz around, yet no one stops. A half hour later a waiter (not our waiter) asks us if we have been helped. We smile and say no - you never know what they might do to your food before it comes out. He (Pablo) did make things right and he became our waiter. His service awesome, well worth the wait.

After many, many bumps in the road we ended up having a lovely Valentine's weekend. Not one thing happened as planned, but the outcome is one that we will remember.

Oh yeah, way better than Wendy's!!

I'm still going to wear that black dress (once I get it fixed).

My favorite Super Bowl commercial

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