I am starting school on Monday! I'm kinda nervous about it and not really motivated to do it but I know it will be good for me to get it started and finish. The great thing is that I had quite a few credits that will transfer so I will only have to end up taking like 8 or 9 classes. I'm very thankful for that. Plus it is all online so it won't be to much for me. I just don't like school so I am hoping that it goes well and things work out for the good.

Today I took Chloe on her walk, cleaned like crazy, and worked on laundry. Cody is out in the field on a range. He is shooting the big guns today so I bet he is excited. It is 6 o'clock and he is still not home so it will be a long day for him. That always frustrates me because we can't have dinner together or at a good time. So days like this we just fend for ourselves. My friend came over with her daughter today and Chloe just loves her. They play together and tire each other out so that is good for me and Karyn. She is due to have her other baby in about a week, she is ready!!

Wow today has been a long one. I am sick and the school process is just getting more complicated. I have decided to go for Associates first and then see if I want to go on with a Bachelors. The school was easy to change the hard part that I'm having to deal with is my 6000 dollar grant. They are very specific on what classes and what dates and all this so I am having to go around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to get everything fixed. Plus this on top of me being sick really just does not help things but I'm hoping that it gets better!

Today has been a busy day. Last week we went to a deal they were having that had all the things that were available. Things like the banks, insurance, education, and events for spouses. They called it family rodeo.. well anyways I put my info down to receive some school info. Well yesterday a rep called me and talked to me about doing online schooling through the university of Phoenix. I told him that I would talk to Cody and see what he thought. Well I talked to him and he thought it was a good deal. Since I am a military spouse I get almost half of tuition and then I qualify for a grant that they are giving out to spouses. So today the rep called me again and I told him I wanted to go ahead and get started. So I have been on the phone all morning with him. I have filled out the application and applied for the grant. Its really great because they will get my transcript from RSU and I don't have to worry about getting that stuff. Plus my credits will transfer so I don't have to start all over. I am just waiting now for the official say so. So just keep that in your thoughts and prayers... I am excited about it now but I just want to make sure that I am doing the right thing. One thing that I really liked about this school was that you only do one class at a time and they are 5 weeks long. This way I will still have time to do what I want and not get bogged down with school. I think that will help me not get burnt out so fast. Hopefully it is as good as it sounds. :)

Okay so I didn't die doing my spur ride.. I had so much fun. It was hard but fun. We got into our groups and I had to get my face cameoed up... ick. We had 4 different stations that we had to go to. We did lots of running, sit ups and push ups. We had to take a PT test and on that I did 20 push ups and 27 sit ups and ran a quarter mile in 2 minutes and 27 seconds. I didn't pass out and that was good for me. We also had to do some army crawling and scooting.. that was hard. We had to hold a rubber machine gun when we were doing that so it made it harder. Then we got to throw fake grenades. I am really tired and my feet are killing me. So far though I have been having a good birthday.. we are supposed to go our for dinner with some friends tonight so that will be good to. YAY!

YAY... I am sure that Lana has updated everyone but just in case.... DAD IS HOME!!!!! :) Mom is so happy and things are going great. The nurse is coming one a week and the speech and physical theropists' are coming as well. Dad speech is starting to get much better, he still has a long way to go but improving everyday. We are just so thankful! Mom is kinda going crazy because dad is needing something every 2 minutes. She is getting in a routine with things and is getting used to him now. He is answering the phone now and it is so funny, but good that he is doing that.
Tomorrow is my birthday (or Birfday if your Lana...lol) I'm excited about it. I am doing a spouse spur ride tomorrow and I am wearing Cody's ACU uniform... hahaha! The guys earn their spurs and have to do all types of things and it is a 2 day ordeal to get them. We are just doing a fun thing to get ours... it should be really interesting! He is going to video and take pictures so I'll post some this weekend.

Well today we got our new furniture in FINALLY!!! :) It is PERFECT we love it! It goes great with all the decorations so I don't have to redo anything. It's really nice to have it. Chloe is not a happy camper though because she is not going to be allowed to get on it. I am going to get her a really nice bed for downstairs that will work for her "couch". She has been whimpering because she has to lay on the rug, sooooo spoiled. Cody is packing for his mini deployment(the month of October). It is really just a training thing and he has to get some things packed up today to send so that it will be there when he arrives. We are going to watch the movie Star Trek tonight with our friends. I'm not to thrilled but I'm hoping that it is much better than I'm expecting. I'll at least get nachos out of it so that is good...haha! Cody made it home safely from his course and he ended up making a 95% over all average so that was really good.

Chloe decided that she was going to chase after a rabbit on Thursday!!! Thankfully my friend Katie was here and helped me track her down. She ran across 2 streets chasing that stupid thing. She was in trouble. Cody did really good on his first test, he made a 94%. Yeah for him. He says that he is learning a lot. He also said that one of the instructors(not his) flew one of the planes on the movie Transformers II. He was real excited about it... lol! He is qualified to fly really low and there are only like 7 in the USA that are able to do that. I have about 5 days left until he is home!! I can't wait. I'm hoping that this next week goes by really fast. He is also bringing me home chips and salsa from Chilli's so I'm really excited about that!!! hahaha! I got our lawn mowed, I mowed the backyard twice so that it would look really nice. I also raked it twice. Then, of course, it rained that night which would have been fine. Except for the fact that the Government came in and mowed with their big mowers. They went right over all the work that I had done and left big tire tracks in our yard.... I got woken up to that and that just ruined my dad. I was so mad. I'm over it now but I still think they should not have done that!!! Well I better go get some dinner ready. Hope all is going well back at home, love you guys!