Idaho Adventuring and Tom Seleck

Well these last few weeks have been... Interesting. Long. Busy! Stressful? Not Ideal ...I'm sure there's others that fit, but that's probably good for now.  I move ahead now to the tale of a girl who dreamed  of an easier way.  But alas, it just was not meant to be...

This girl is in a class right now that requires some intensive and critical patient care training (ICU, NICU, ER type stuff), and when she found out that she and her husband would be in Indiana for five months, she started the paperwork required to do the training in a different state.  Something about legal affiliations and law suit coverage... I don't know, but she figured the super impressive intensive care unit here in Indianapolis would be just the place for the experience.  Little did I... I mean she know that this legal stuff can take quite a bit of time, and as the weeks marched forward and time wore more thin, it became apparent that she may need to try to make some other plans.

Then came the fun....

After some morning sickness, a nice cold, and a bit of a sinus infection finally got under control, I jumped on a plane to Idaho to get those hours.  The plan was to begin Monday, complete the 60 hours by Sunday, spend some family time in Boise, and come back rested and accomplished.  Instead I spent the first few days in bed with an advanced urinary tract infection and kidney inflammation (worst pain ever!), did five 12-hour night shifts at the hospital in six days, wrote a 10 page paper, taught a few classes at the elementary school about hand washing and infection control, and went back to Indiana exhausted.  But... I do feel accomplished!!  Better to be busy than bored, right?  And I did get some awesome family time, including a trip to Downtown Boise to see my brother before work where we went out to a delicious dinner with him dressed as Tom Seleck for 80's night... totally made the trip!

Huge thanks to my wonderful grandparents for letting me bunk there for a week!  And dad and Dianna for the awesome comfy bed, the car, and movie and food... sorry I ate all your Milky Ways.  And mom for all the delicious meals and use of your classroom!  Can't wait to come spend some more time!

Poor Tim was left a lonely man for two weeks while his wife and growing baby journeyed afar for some kind of not-so-fun but still exciting and definitely needed adventure.  He's a trooper... but let's just say we'll probably try to avoid planning on those arrangements again any time soon.

Poor Lonely Blog

Oh blog, how neglected you are these days...
It has been a little while since we put much up on here.  Things have gotten a little crazy.  

But life is beautiful,
the fall leaves are gorgeous,
we are wonderful,
and for the time being we can all just keep referring back to the post before this.
Doesn't that darling bean of a baby just make you smile?!  :)  I love it already!  

BeSt NeWs EVER!!!

And Mark It With a B

Well, it's official, Tim and I are excited to announce that we will be welcoming Baby Borup #1 in May!!! Little Bean got its first picture taken on Friday and looks just as snug and as happy as ever!

I am only about 8 1/2 weeks along and so far mama and baby are doing pretty good.  I've stayed pretty close to bed lately with some nausea and a few migraines.  And B has made it clear that he/she does not care for Italian salad dressing... but other than that we are pretty content.  We're just crossing our fingers that everything stays that way while we push through the end of this first trimester thing.

Little Bean is scheduled to be here May 15th.  I like May, it brings good things.  For starters, my grandmother, brother and I were all born in May.  And of course there's the arrival of May flowers, sunshiny weather, the "almost here" feeling of summer vacation,  and Mother's Day.  Plus there are already a few May cousins that B will be able to celebrate with.  What fun!

We won't know for a little while longer yet whether we're welcoming a girl or a boy, so I suppose if you have a vote you better get it in now (sorry Brian, I'm afraid no twins this time).  I think a grandma or two are crossing their fingers for a girl, but I have always thought it would be fun to start with a boy... and Tim is only anxious about helping with baby stuff if it's a boy ;)  We'll see I guess.  Either way we are anxious to get to know Baby B and look forward to our little family growing!

Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired

Well Fall must be here.  The leaves are changing colors and look beautiful, which I love!  But my seasonal sicky stuff is starting as well, which I don't love nearly as much.  Last week was a bit of a joke as far as getting anything done.  Instead I was in bed first with a stomach thing, then a nasty migraine headache, then a really unpleasant cold and cough that is finally on its way out.  Considering the big picture though, with 2009's swine flu and 2010's strep throat, if this is as bad as 2011's Fall season ever gets I will be one happy camper.... I'm crossing my fingers.

I would like to note here that this will be the first health/sickness post that doesn't have only my name attached.  Though I am usually the lucky one, unfortunately I passed my round three of last week's fun on to Tim and he is working off a sore throat and stuffy nose now too.  One of the great blessings of true love

The Fun, The Unfortunate, and The Lost

Our schedule the last few days has been kind of off, but at the same time kind of nice in that Tim and I have had a lot of husband/wife time.  Given his schedule lately, unless it's a weekend we're not always able to do much together.  But he has been home the last few days and we have had a lot fun  enjoying general conference, sleeping in, breakfast for lunch at Cracker Barrel, and a little bit of friendly card game competition.  A minor SkipBo win goes to Tim... however a huge Phase 10 victory goes to me and should probably actually go down in the record books.  The cards were certainly on my side.

Unfortunately the reason for the out-of-the-normal casual Friday off was a sick car needing to spend some time in the shop... boo.  Something about a new hose, spark plugs, and a thing or two about the brakes?  We were there for a good two or three hours Friday afternoon.

And today we mourn the loss of our good friend Courtney the Crock Pot.  In an untimely Sunday dinner accident, she was tragically and unexpectedly taken from us.  She was a gift from my mother when I graduated from high school and has seen me through two universities and two years of marriage.  She graced the cupboards of 6 apartments, aided in the production of countless tasty meals, and bravely journeyed across the country with us. 

 

Now she is in a better place and we bid farewell to this faithful friend.  Though her cooking career may have been cut short, her legacy of love and culinary masterpieces will live on in our hearts forever.