Catching up...

Hello!  Since last posting here, I have been incredibly busy with work.  Classes at UW started on August 22 and I went in early and worked late almost every day this past week.  I was exhausted by Friday afternoon.  To top it off, I started the week battling allergies and then that turned into a head cold.  I didn't start feeling somewhat "normal" again until Thursday evening, but was still waging war with my allergies.  Today, though, I slept the ENTIRE day away!!  I'm not even joking.  And I feel a thousand times better than I did any one day this past week!  Yay for sleep!! :)  Now let's hope that I can keep my allergies under control. :)

It's been a great feeling to know that classes have started and I don't have to go to any!!!  Just another reminder that all my hard work paid off. :)  It's been great to just be working rather than working and having to worry about classes.  I feel like I can really focus more on my job and with helping the students.  It's great!

This past month was FULL of visits with friends.  It was great!  Mid-August, on my last free weekend of the summer, I went to Montana to visit my good friends, John & Esther.  They are the friends that I used to stay with in Cheyenne every time I had my cancer check-ups and they are very dear to me!!  They are the kind of friends where it's just good for the heart and soul to spend some time with them.  I loved my weekend there and being able to see their new home! :)

This past weekend, a lovely family came back to Laramie for a short visit and it was good for my heart to be with them, too.  Warner & Crystal used to live here but then moved away a little over a year ago to a MUCH bigger state.  I really miss them here, but I completely understand that sometimes you just have to do things that may not be easy but are necessary.  Since leaving us, though, they have added to their little family and so this was my first time to meet Tucker.  He is four months old and one of the sweetest, most contented babies I've ever met.  I love him SO much!!  I was so glad for my time with this wonderful family.

Then, at the end of July, some good friends from Wisconsin came for a short visit and it was just SO great to be with them again!!  Beth and Jessica came for three and a half days and in that time we went to the Farmer's Market, to the Cheyenne Frontier Days, to the Snowy Range Mountains and to Vedauwoo.  We had a wonderful time!  I have a LOT more pictures from that time, so will share more later.  For now, though, I wanted to include them on my re-cap of friend visits. :)

All-in-all, my last month before classes starting was a great time!  A lot went on and the time flew by, but I wouldn't change a thing and am SO glad for the memories that I now have.  I feel so lucky to have so many wonderful friends!!! : )