A week of good and bad

Last week was a mixture of good and bad. My grandmother had to go to the ICU because of heart problems and I was concerned that she was not going to make it. She broke her shoulder a couple of weeks ago and had to have surgery to repair it. She was in a rehab facility when her heart started to beat irregularly. I did not know until Saturday when we went to visit her that she told the nurses at the rehab center and they did nothing for hours. My uncle had to get after them for them to finally send her to the hospital. Luckily she is doing better, but I was very concerned about her and I still worry. I am really close to my grandma, she is one of my best friends. When I was little she taught me so much: how to cook, garden, crochet, sew (although I am not good at it), and so many other things. Now she is someone I can call and talk to and she always cares about what is going on in my life. I can't imagine not being able to talk to her or visit with her.

Another bad thing is that my paper that I submitted to publication was not accepted. They sent me a letter saying that they recieved 60 papers and that only 6 were selected. Although I know statistically my chances were not good, but I hoped that my paper would be good enough to get selected. This makes me worried about what my marketablity for grad school will be. I guess I won't know until I apply.

Ok so on to the positive, Jason was able to get the two weeks off that we wanted for vacation. I am so excited we are going to Oregon again, which is my favoirte place to go. I won't say when we are going on here, since working at the credit union I am sort of paranoid about what information people can get online, but I am very excited. We are planning on going to Lincoln City again for a few days and possibly hiking at Golden and Silver Falls. The hike is suppose to pass by 10 waterfalls, which is so great because Jason loves waterfalls. Mostly I am so excited to be by the ocean again, smell the fresh misty air, and to visit with my other grandma. I only get to see her every couple of years and so when we get to see her it is a treat. Oh yeah and we are going to the cheese factory because Tillamook cheese is the best and their cheese curds are really good. In addition they have really good jerky.

Just Because

So I know there is not really an award for this, but I would like to nominate Jason for "Husband of the Month". Last week I woke up to a call from the Sanctuary day spa telling me that I had an appointment for a spa treatment. I did not make an appointment so I told the girl she was mistaken, but after thinking about it for a second I told her I would talk to my husband and call her back. I called Jason to see if he had made a surprise appointment for me. Jason at first said he did not and that he was unloading boxes and would need to call me back. When he called me back he admitted that he had made the appointment and had not given them his phone number. I was feeling embarrassed that I had told the girl the appointment was not mine and excited that Jason would set us a surprise for me.

The next day I had lunch with a friend, in which I learned that goat cheese and pears together are really good. I then went to the spa and had a very relaxing time. When I was leaving, Jason was sitting on a chair in the lobby. I was surprised because he was suppose to be at work. I found out then that Jason had taken the day off weeks before and had planned a surprise dinner date with me. I was stunned. We both drove home so we could change because Jason said we were going someplace fancy. I went downstairs to change and this is what I found on the dry bar.
I was so surprised to have all of those flowers. They were so beautiful. Jason got home and I asked him what all the flowers were for and he said that he knows that sometimes a wife needs to feel like they are being pursued. He then took me to dinner to Tuscany, which is this really fancy restaurant in Cottonwood Heights. At the table I had these waiting for me.

I could not believe that he got me more flowers. The dinner at the restaurant was really good. Jason got the duck and I had a double cut pork chop, but I think that I actually liked his duck better and we tried prickly pear sorbet. It was interesting.

I am so grateful to have Jason. Since we got married he has always tried so hard to make me feel love and respected. He does not take our marriage for granted. Although sometimes I have to remind him that he still has to date his wife, he takes the advice to heart and tries to come up with special things for us to do together. I am just so grateful to be married to such a wonderful man.