In case you were wondering...

I'm like the worst employee...I gave you the situation, but I failed in the follow up.  Well, HR, let me give you my defense...MY COMPUTER BROKE! I don't blame her. Between the "I pretend I can make cute videos of my kid" and "sure, let's skype outside in Texas humidity" and "I download stuff like a stay at home mom who still thinks she has a marketing career champ"...it was bound to go south. Jay said that 5 years with one computer was actually quite an accomplishment. The trendy nerds, even the not so trendy nerds they keep in the back room agreed.

SO...in case you were wondering, here's what I would have told you....

Feb 28, 2012 - our 8th anniversary
I definitely wanted to upload the picture of when Jason realized he forgot the studs that went in his shirt and improvised with paper clips
I would have absolutely uploaded the picture of me walking into the chapel in La Garrita, Alajuela, Costa Rica, with the "El Infiernito" (Bus to hell) in the background
And I would have DEFINITELY told you how the violinist broke his fingers an hour before our ceremony and was replaced by a saxiphonist.....who played "Killing Me Softly" during our vows.
I probably would have also told you the really mind-blowing story about how our VHS copy of our wedding video (had to get one for our grandmothers) ended up being a home-grown porn tape that accidentally got thrown in with our videos. I'm assuming my father got a discount on that bill.
I might have even thrown in the picture of the extra "security" my parents paid for after a transvestite prostitute offered her services at our rehearsal.

After all that, eight years, lots of good and bad, here's what I know, we do our best. And when we don't, we call each other out on it. But back to Nick...

On Wednesday, Nick and I met with the Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery for UT Physicians, Dr. Fletcher. Somehow these appointments occur when Jay is traveling. Not to worry, my Mami didn't raise a weakling. Would have been great to have either my husband or mom there, OF COURSE. But, life is life and you either have to roll with it, or it will roll over you.

I'm going to be even more frustrating by not telling you everything Dr. Fletcher explained to us. (I know, really?) But I'll tell you this. When you are a 35 year old women and a doctor recommends a treatment plan that includes Botox....well, I just had to ask if we could share a vial. It soon became apparent that if you are smart enough to be a Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgeory, perhaps we have different senses of humor.
He also remarked twice that if he didn't have Nick's MRI results (I brought Nick's medical binder), he would have absolutely thought Nick was presenting with a posterior fossa tumor. I reminded him that Nick was in the clear but it gave me a greater appreciation for the specialists that have led us on this journey.

Like marriage, this journey with Nick hasn't always been good news. But sometimes you get just enough to carry you to the next big decision. And, with some experience and maturity you learn, that in case you wondering....faith is always the answer. Happy belated anniversary to an amazing, blind faith in me man, and to my son...how silly I feel now thinking the summit was met the day you were born after all those years. I just started climbing and you are worth every step.