One class down....

Well, I officially finished my first graduate class, Homeland Defense, on Friday. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I just looked online and found out that I made an "A", so I am really happy about that. I start my next class this Thursday, so at least I get a weekend off without having to study anything! :) I do have to go over the lessons that I will be teaching next week, but other than that I can relax. Yeah!!

What a manly cast

Quintin had his cast put on this past Monday and boy is it a great looking one. He only had three choices: pink, purple, or this great looking rainbow one. Thank goodness he only has to keep this one until Wednesday when ge gets his staples taken out. Hopefully by then they will have better color choices.

Out of Surgery

Quintin had surgery to repair his achilles today, and he is doing fine. Because it has been over five months since he hurt it initially, he had a lot of scar tissue and the tendon wasn't healing the way it should. So the doctor went in and cut out the bad part- the doctor said that his achilles was kind of like a jelly filled doughnut where the tendon had gotten infected and mushy. (Sorry about the gross description but that is the way he explained it to me) Then he pulled the good parts together and sewed them really tight. Luckily he didn't have to completely sever his tendon and re-attach it...If this doesn't work, then that will be our only option left. He can't put any weight down on his foot for about three months, so as you can imagine getting up to our house on the third floor should be fun. Monday morning he has to go get his cast put on, then in about three weeks he should get his trusty walking boot back! Abby will have fun drawing on his cast...I will post some pictures of him later this weekend...gotta run for now.

Annoying Hyenah Lady

We took Abby to see the movie Barnyard: The Original Party Animals yesterday and it was really cute. It was probably one of the best animated movies we have seen in a while. The only problem was the lady that was sitting behind us- she had a really loud annoying laugh. It sounding like she was yelling, "Hah, hah, hah". But that wasn't the worst part. She laughed at absolutely EVERYTHING. When I say everything, I don't mean everything that was funny in the movie...no, I mean everything- literally. Apparently the Coke commercial that was part of the previews was hilarious. So was the little robot who flys around and finally plugs in the cable for the THX surround sound. And that was all before the movie started. Quintin and I thought about moving, but then we would lose our good seats, and it really couldn't be that bad, could it? Then the movie started and we wished we had moved. She even would repeat funny lines from the movie, and then add on her signature laugh. If you have seen the previews for the movie and the part where the little boy tips over the cow and then says, "That's what I call cow-tipping. Hah, Hah, Hah!" Then you know exactly how she sounded. It was funny because as we were leaving the family that was sitting in front of us asked us how we liked having that hyenah over our shoulder for the whole movie. At least they didn't think it was me!