I guess it has been a while and so much has changed. My dad had a stroke on fathers day but he is on the road to recovery and he is a fighter and not one to sit around and milk things. He says he has a salmon fishing trip in august and must be ready, you gotta love him. It was scary but he is now on blood pressure medicine and he has stopped smoking cold turkey. I tell you, my dad is the most determined man i have ever known in my life and i look up to him so much. When he puts his mind to something, he will not fail, no he won’t!!!
Amanda left this morning for europe for 9 weeks. i have been crying all morning but now i have composed myself. she is the light of my life and i cannot imagine not having her to talk to all summer but just knowing that she will be having the time of her life makes a difference. She is going to keep me posted on facebook, her flicker page for pictures and will text me all the time. mark worked it out so that she can do that with the same no charge texting package all the way over there, yay!!!! Say a prayer for her trip to ireland today. she leaves from chicago (there now) and it will be an 8 hour flight (not happy about the ocean, no i am not). she will get in at 1:30 our time which is 6:30 dublin. I most likely will be up and texting to know tha she got there, i am a freak but those long trips really worry me.
Ok, so look me up on facebook as Shandermann okay and i will add you as a friend!!
