not me

I did the unthinkable today at church. As Allison and I were leaving we hit a crowded hallway. Everyone else had the same thing on their mind, Lunch! Everyone was heading in different directions, okay there was only two directions, but still different. Allison was behind me, but I stopped for a second for her to catch up. Then a girl with short brown hair and a white top jump right in front of me. I was like where is Allison going? I reached out and with the tips of my fingers touched her, trying to get her attention. It wasn't Allison! How could this be? Allison wasn't even wearing a white top today. It was a high school girl from our ward! Allison was still behind me. My face went three shades of red. I was like, "Oh sorry, your not my wife." I got out of that building as quick as possible. I can't believe how embarrassed I was.

All I can think now is I touched some random girl and she going to think I'm into her or something. I've always heard silly stories about people who have mistaken other people for their wives or husband, but not me. I never thought I would be one of those people. I know my wife. She has short brown hair from the back. Now I just need to get ride of every other girl in this city that has short brown hair from the back and I'll be safe again.

wordless wednesday

early mornings

There are a lot of things I do not enjoy about my job. The list could go on for awhile, but there are some good things about my job. My favorite thing about working early in the morning is getting to see the sunrise almost every day. Growing up you could never get me up to watch a sunrise. Now, the best part of my work day is watching the sun come up. The day starts out pitch black for me. Then suddenly at six I hear the National Anthem on the radio. I look outside and it's still dark, but the sun is starting to rise. I can see the bright reds fade into the blacks of night. I can't believe how much of a change can happen in those minutes between night and morning.

I am one of the few luck people at work. Most people don't get to see the sunrise. Most people have bay doors that face north and souths. There are two small bay doors that face east at the end of the two convener belts everyone works on. I'm "lucky" and get to work at the end of one. I have a trailer blocking most of bay door, but if you go up to it you look around it and above it to see the sunrise. So every morning I take a couple seconds during my insane work load comes down to watch the colors dance across the sky. It's one of the few amazing things about my job. If they moved me to a different part of the belt I wouldn't get to see it. So I'm going to enjoy the little joy I have for awhile.

picture perfect hot dog wednesday

summer colds

I don't understand summer colds. You get colds in the winter because you stay inside with a bunch of people. In the summer you don't stay in as much so you're not suppose to get colds, yet every summer I get a cold. Sometimes they're quick and easy, other times they lay me out for days on end. This cold I've got this year I have been fighting for about a week or two. I'll get a little sick and then I'll get better. Some sneezing a little runny noise. I've been getting these symptoms at work, no big deal. I thought they might just be allergies. If they're allergies no biggie, I can live with a little sneezing and running noise at four am.

Today I woke up with a full blown cold though. I could feel my being all stuffy and my head was pounding, but I must go into work. I'm not very bright sometimes; I think that I need to go into work everyday. It doesn't matter if I feel like crap or not, at four am I always feel like crap. I did my job today, but I felt miserable the whole time. When I finally got home I took the last of our left over cold medicine. I don't think it's working. My noise is still going and I still have pressure in my head. A little later I took an allergy pill just to be on the safe side. No effect either. This is not looking good for me.

Why do we get summer colds? Is it because we go from such hot weather outside to freezing weather inside buildings? That might be the case, but my work is not air conditioned. We open all the bay doors and hope for a good breeze in the summer. My house isn't that cool. We keep the air at 76 degrees. Most days we leave the windows open till the house is in the 80's. My body is just weird. I get sick at the weirdest times, for example I get the flu usually in March or April after everyone else I know has had it in the early winter. I might just be stubborn. My body must be infected but battles much longer than it should so I get my sicknesses much later than everyone else. That's a reasonable answer.

grab that arch

Allison and I went to St. Louis a couple months ago. It was a lot of fun. The arch was pretty awesome. The only bad part was at the top. I got a little sea sick after I realized how much it was wobbling at the top. Even with my fear of heights the thing that did me in was the swaying. It was a ton of fun.

I also love this picture. Me grabbing the gate way to the west. I still miss the west at times. It holds my entire family. No one left east of the Mississippi but me and Allison. A little crazy to think that. I love it here in the Midwest or east of the Mississippi. Plus Allison and I have so many great adventures together. Everything was so far away in Boise. Salt Lake was six hours and that was the closest big city to us. Here Indianapolis is an hour away. Cincinnati is a little over two hours away. St. Louis and Chicago are about five hours away. Louisville is two hours. So many different place to go and see. We're so lucky.

spring mill