Sunday, November 20, 2011

A birthday in urgent care

Thursday was Scott's birthday. Instead of celebrating with the roasted turkey, stuffing and au gratin potatoes I had planned, we celebrated in Urgent Care together. That's right...we both got sick at the same time. It was awful! Imagine feeling like you've been hit by a truck, then add a fever to the mix. Scott and I were both feeling pretty run down that morning, but went to work anyway. Scott got sent home immediately after he got there, and I followed closely after that. We met each other at the Urgent Care and after an hour of being poked and prodded, we were told it was "just a virus." Good news was - it wasn't the flu or strep, so we most likely had something the kids (who miraculously bounce back from everything) had just had.

But, you know what the beautiful thing was? I made one tearful phone call to my sister, and the troops were mobilized. My dad - dispatched to pick the boys up from school. My mom-  to pick up the necessities from the store. The boys were going over to their house to stay for the night - no arguments. And they didn't get any from us. Scott and I made like vegetables for 24 hours - and when the fevers finally broke - felt like new people!

It's an amazing thing to know you have support. You don't like to be in situations where you have to use it - but knowing that it's there, is very cool.

We did finally get to celebrate Scott's birthday tonight at Ted's Montana Grill. Yum!

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

We should open a barber shop

All of the men in my life were getting a little shaggy on top, so we held a mass haircut session at the Jones household. We've never taken the boys anywhere to get their haircut and I usually cut Scott's hair. But all 3 at once? It was quite a show, believe me. Here are a few pictures from the finished product!













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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The next chapter...

A large part of my blog silence in the last several months has been due to the fact that I couldn't write about something that has been dominating much of my mental free time - the fact that I accepted a new job a few weeks ago and started yesterday as a senior marketing writer with Clarkston Consulting!




The past 2 months have been filled with amazing interviews, hard conversations and occasional tears. It was challenging, emotionally exhausting and exciting all at once. I had been at HSRC for 7 years and was quite comfortable in everything I was doing. And I think that comfort is what drove me to make the change. I am extremely excited about this next chapter in my career, and can envision a gazillion different paths I might take from this point on. I'll plan to check back in the next few month to update on which one I started with!

The other amazing thing was how supportive and wonderful my hubby has been in this process! This change has altered our routine just a bit but he is going with the flow and encouraging me every step of the way! Thanks babe!



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