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Hey guys!! I hope y'all had a good week. My week was another great week. Work was awesome sauce as usual. We got another Physical Therapist working, she is very nice. Now I have 3 PT I'm working under. I hope my schedule at work will get a little bit busier. :) On Monday I had to get my blood drawn, but I forgot. So on Tuesday I remembered, but I already took my prograf. Wednesday I got it all right and they took my blood at Alta View so I didn't have to go to IMC. The reason why they wanted my blood was to check the level of prograf in me because I am now off fluconazol the pill that fights of fungi infecting stuff. I guess when people go off it their prograf level tends to lower. Mine was a little bit low last time they checked it so they wanted another poke. I was still a wee bit on the lower end so they bummed my prograf to 2 pills in the morning and 3 pills at night time. Ever since then I feel like I have a little pep in my step kinda not sure if that is me imagining things or what? I have an appointment tomorrow just a clinic visit to speak with the doctors about stuff.
Important stuff too, I am going to sign myself up to run/walk a half marathon to check off one of my new year's resolutions. I have already spoken with one of the nurses so I will find out what the good ol' docs have to say about it.
Speaking of running guess who is able to run again!! So happy! It's amazing how good it makes me feel, being able to do something I longed to do soo badly. My Achilles don't swell up anymore, no pain at the end of the day, I am icing them still after I run and doing heel raises too. Grateful that my body can heal so quickly and that I am back doing the things I love. I had an opportunity to play in a soccer game this weekend, but declined the offer even when I so wanted to go out and play. Sometimes in life we have to remember the end goal. There will be times that something may tempt us, but stay strong and keep those eyes on the prize, you will get there. Patience.
Saturday after Steve and I went for a 5 mile jog, longest ever. We went over to our house, yup, I said OUR HOUSE!!! We bought ourselves a house in sugarhouse. We plan on staying at my parents house til we clean up the yard, do some landscaping and re-do a couple things. We plan on moving in by mid Octoberish. Real excited though. Super thankful for my loving parents for letting us bombard them, but I can't wait to be on our own. Any who, then me, my mam, Lisa mother-in-law, Kate sis-in-law and Gma Howell went to the women's conference downtown. Man there was everyone and their dogs there. Comic-Con and all the beautiful women going to the conference were there. Loved spending time with all my ladies, being able to go to the conference center and hear the words of the women in the presidency, hearing Pres. Uchtdorf and seeing the prophet Thomas S. Monson.


Great looking crew :)


T minus 2 weeks left til the DASH 4 ASH!! You bets be signing up to get this rad T! Look closely you can see organs inside the skull. A heart, lungs, livers, kidneys and iris. 


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