I am SO happy to have Pete home, and SO proud of him for passing his tests with flying colors!!!! He got an A- and that qualified him for a gold seal!!! He said that the training was REALLY intense and that classes got out at 3pm every day, but they had so much homework, that at times he was up until 2 am. studying! Obviously it paid off, because he got excellent marks! He is SO happy to be home and happy to be done.

So, last February, I started my own business, Senior Companions. I love being my own boss and making my own hours, especially since sometimes I am not feeling well. For the last 8 months, I have been working with a client at Bevan Lodge. She's a Christian lady with Parkinson's, who is in her 80's. For the most part, she's pretty easy going, but like most seniors, she says what's on her mind, whether it's how I'm wearing my hair, what clothes I'm wearing, my weight etc. I just try to take it in stride, since I know I'll probably be a senior one day. LOL!!! Up until February, I had been going in for a few hours three days a week. I cut back to two days a week in February, since both my dad and hubby have had some health problems. THIS month so far has NOT been so great for working at Bevan Lodge. There was a quarantine for 2.5 weeks at Bevan, because there was a flu outbreak. This meant that no "outsiders" were allowed in, and most of the clients were quarantined to their own floor only. That meant no work for me. Today was my first day back, and my client was SO happy to see me! I was glad to see her too, especially since she had a cheque for me :) So, what do I do for her? Well, pretty much everything the care aides are supposed to do for her. Toilet her, dress her, help her eat, give her meds, help her in/out of bed, in/out of wheelchair, help her with personal grooming. I just raised my prices, since it's a new year and what I was charging, was at the lower end, price wise. My client at Bevan is the only one I currently have. I am always looking for new clients, if you know of anyone who needs a senior companion, private care aide, please let me know :)

One more sleep until my wonderful husband comes home!!!!! I received a one line email from him today, saying that he loves me and misses me, and that he's been VERY busy with the schooling. We're both still praying about if God wants him to be with this company or not. There are just so many "interesting" ways they do things there, some of which I am not very comfortable with or confident about. It just seems to ME, that if you are a new employee, you shouldn't be having to spend hundreds of dollars, to be able to be employed with a company. That just seems very odd to me. It seems to me, that Pete is continually having to shell out money for this, that and the other, to be able to be employed with this company. I could be wrong in my thinking and my feelings, but something about this company is just not sitting well with me. Sure, they are a "Christian" company, and a lot of company's I know of personally, hide behind the whole "Christian" facade. Don't get me wrong, I am VERY grateful to God, for this employment opportunity for Pete, I just have an uneasy feeling about this particular company. I'm usually bang on, when I have a bad feeling about things/people/circumstances. I am praying with all of my heart, that I am wrong about this. They will be sending Pete to Ohio for a week in the summer, for more schooling and training. I really didn't know that there is SO much training needed, in order to be an RV salesman. These three days that Pete is gone, they are cramming six months of information and training into 3 days!! Pete has to take a test at the end of every day, for the three days he is there. I am just looking forward to Pete walking in the door tomorrow evening....I miss him terribly. Absence DOES make the heart grow fonder! :) The sweet thing is, is that Thursday is Pete's day off, so, we can sleep in and spend time together before he goes back to work on Friday.

It's not often, that you go to Walmart, and your cashier is crying. That's what just happened to me. I pulled my cart up to the till and my cashier was crying. I asked her if she was okay, and she told me it has been a rough week for her, because her younger brother had just died. I asked her why Walmart did not give her some much needed time off, but she said she would rather work, because it is a nice distraction. How can you comfort someone in the one to two minutes that you are at a till? I told her that I was really sorry about her brother and that I would be praying for her. What else can a person say or do? I truly wanted to reach over the till and give her a hug, but seeing that it would have been inappropriate, I didn't. I felt so badly for her. She is one of the nicest cashiers at Walmart, and I usually make a point of going thru her till, if I am not in a hurry, and use the self serve check out. I still feel horrible, that there wasn't more I could do for her, and that my words were probably not too comforting to her at this time.

Well, today's the day I have been dreading all week! Pete leaves at 5:30 tonight. Luckily we have managed to get in some quality time together this week. We took Jessica and Kaitlyn out for dinner on Thursday evening, and broke the news to them, that we were married. They took the news pretty well, and were happy to know that they will be coming to the summer ceremony. Friday night, Pete and I went to see the movie Jumper, since we had free tickets. It was very unbelievable, but not bad, for a free movie. Yesterday after Pete got off work, he took me out for dinner to Boston Pizza, which was SO yummy!!!! The evening took us to our friends' place for a surprise birthday party. Today, it's over to my parents for a little visit, and lunch with them at the Dragon Fort! YUMMY! At 1pm. today, our landlord is taking us out for coffee to discuss the upstairs people, and what we will be doing about that situation. We really don't want to move, but it's getting really out of hand with them, so pretty much THEY move or WE move, and we've been here longer, and the landlord likes us better than them, so I think it will be a no brain er. I'm planning to keep as busy as posible while Pete is away, and might take my sister's suggestion of renting some movies that I wanted to see, that Pete didn't really want to see. Luckily I work Monday and Wednesday, which only leaves Tuesday, and I'll probably spend that day hang'n at my parents place. Hope you all have agood week!

Well, here we go! Pete and I have been married for almost two months! Can you believe it? If you would have told me last February, that I would be married THIS February, I would have told you, that you are on glue! LOL! I love being Pete's wife, and wouldn't change that for the world! I think we've pretty much adjusted to living in the same space together, and have accepted each others quirks, if you will. We definitely have different "styles" when it comes to doing certain things around the house, but that's to be expected. Our new life together came with a new job for Pete. I look forward to him coming home from work every day, and try to have something yummy prepared for us to eat. His new job comes with new responsibilities and expectations from the company. One of those new expectations, is out of town trips, which seemed great at the time, but as Sunday approaches, I get a little sadder by the day. Sunday is when Pete leaves for his first out of town trip for work. He will be in Tacoma for 3 days. Doesn't seem long, but when you are sleeping in a king size bed alone at night, and coming home from work to just the cat, it IS long. I've written a note for Pete to open up, each day that he is gone. Ya, you think it's lame, but I think it's sweet and romantic. I'm hoping the days will go by fast for both of us. I'm slowly working on the summer reception plans, and have ordered the announcements we will be sending out, and have compiled a guest list. Yesterday I got a guest book for cheap, and as soon as the announcement cards come, I can happily start addressing them! I am hoping to have them out by early April. Well, Pete will be home soon, so I bet get dinner ready. I hope you enjoy our blog, and keeping up with us.