Welcome 2013

A few people have asked where I have been, so I figured that it was time to post an update. The last two months of 2012 were mostly spent with me being at home, and Nick out on the road working. I was at home with my family, as we awaited the passing of my uncle. He fought a long hard battle with cancer, that ultimately, at the age of 36, took his life. November 13th, we had been told he probably wouldn't make it through the night, and that he only had a few hours left. That few hours, ended up being a long 6 weeks. My parents spent nearly 24 hours a day at the hospital that whole time. I would go up and sometimes spend the night, other times, just visiting a few hours. Nick was finally able to make it up to see him, for the first time, on Christmas day. We spent time with my grandparents, before heading back to my parents house for the night. My dad felt that he should stay so he wasn't alone, and my grandparents stayed as well. Early the next morning, we got the call to head back to the hospital, that he was gone. I took my mom up to the hospital, and Nick stayed at home with my other grandma. She had only been out of the hospital a few days, as she had knee replacement surgery. That afternoon we headed up north to spend some time with my dad and stepmom. I was really looking forward to it. My dad was going to take Nick deer hunting for the first time. It is a pretty big thing up there, and for my dad to welcome someone else into the woods with him, we were both kind of amazed. A few family members were shocked as well. They didn't get a deer, but Nick had a great time and is looking forward to going in November. We also had our family Christmas with all of my dads siblings and their children. It was the first time that Christmas had been held at my dad's and the first time back in the tiny little town since being at my grandparents over 10 years ago. We headed home on the 30th, since we were going to see Zac Brown Band on New Years Eve to celebrate our anniversary. We have now been married for 3 years! It is hard to believe that it has been that long, yet seems so short. We went back to work on January 2nd. Unfortunately we were unable to attend my uncles funeral, which was later in the week. Then to top things off, Monday my great grandma passed away. She was 102 years old. She wasn't sick or anything just old. Her funeral was yesterday. Things have been a bit slow, then again it is January. Hope that your 2013 is starting off well!!!!!

Prayers

I have been back out of the truck again for a few days. I have been in Lansing with my family with my uncle who has been in the hospital for quite a while. I would like to share the facebook page that we have set up for him https://www.facebook.com/prayersforbobbyc

what an event

This past Saturday was the second annual Great Lakes Convoy, held in Toldeo, Oh. We had a small turn out which.was kind of crappy, but we were able to raise over $12,000 to go towards women's cancer.funds!!! This year we.were.again, the most sponsored vehicle. Load1 always makes.a.great donation, as well as.the fellow drivers who helped to support the cause this year as.well. Our owners wife helped me make the decorations for the truck as well as the huge banner for the back doors. It was great being able to honor so many women who have battled. Because we.raised the most money.we also received a brand new air ride.seat for.the truck, which we were in.desperate need of. We won sooo many other great prizes as well. We spent a couple hundred dollars on raffle tickets and it was.well worth it! I can't wait for next years event, I am going to try to raise even more money to support this.

Down...

Well I am decommissioned for a while. Not going to be doing anything exciting at all. Today I opened fhe cupboard and dropped a 18 oz can of soup from six feet ontoy foot. now I can't bend my toes Its swollen, shooting pain up my leg and hurys to walk. my luck i broke a bone in my foot. whoo hooo. on the other hand we moved into a new truck with our owner. details to follow :)

Weight loss on the road

Weightloss on the road is one of fhe hardest things to do. To be honest it is even harder than at home. At least at home you have a full refrigerator and a stove to cook with. In our truck I am working with a microwave, an electric skillet , a George Foreman and a small refrigerator . It is working for us still. In the last week I have made.all of our food in the truck, minus a small snack that we ate out, while using the wifi in a restaurant . We are trying to stick to a broadened form of the weight watchers points menu, as since we started in in February, combined we have lost over 75 pounds. That is a lot! I ultimately would like to lose another 40 or so, and Nick would like about the same. It is starting to get a bit harder, and we are.finding we are having to continue to add.even more.physical activities to our daily lives. We don't want to be "big macs with legs" as I call them. Which I can say I have.never actually even eaten a big mac in my life, but that's a different story, lol. We would like to lose it by January, when we go on vacation, but who knows what will happen between now and then. I do have to say it is quite ni e putting on pants that I wear all the time and finding that I am now.swimming in them. I can't wait to see the.end results and know great it ceels that I have worked so hadd to make myself healthier.

Back on the road!!!

I am so happy to be able to be back out on the road with Nick. Yesterday. we spent the day moving into the truck that will be our new home. I am still not driving. because I am in the process of upgrading. my license to a Class B to be able to drive the truck. We are now in a Kenworth T300. I was very surprised by the space that I had for all of our clothes and food. This morning I even cooked our first meal together in here. I can not wait to see all of the creations that I will be able to make in here. I have also even gotten used to sleeping while moving in here, which people had said may take some time. I think part of it has to do with the fact that I am back with Nick and no longer having to continually worry about him. In the next few days look for our first adventure...

Goodbye

I have been working on my farewell blog now for a few days. To be honest it is one of the hardest ones that I have written. I feel like I am turning my back on everyone and giving up. But I am not. I am not giving up. I just am moving on. I feel like I am not doing good enough to be on the front page, to be sharing my life with you, when I am just sitting at home, doing odd jobs, until I am able to come back out on the road. It is one of the hardest things that I have done.

I admit I cry most everyday. I am an overly emotional person. I always have been. It is hard being away from Nick after being together almost every day since we have met, but I have the greatest faith in our relationship and know that there is nothing to worry about.

It is hard giving up something that I have enjoyed doing for the last year. I have enjoyed meeting people and sharing with them. I have enjoyed meeting them, and hearing what they have to say. At the expo it was so great to have people come up and introduce themselves and tell me that they feel as if they have known Nick and I for a long time, due to reading my blog. It was so hard to tell Lawrence that I wouldn't be writing anymore. I just feel that someone who can do a better job than me deserves the chance to do so. I will continue to write on here for anyone who chooses to continue following me.

Thank you to everyone.