Friends

This is a little late.  I've been wanting to put some pics up of some (out of town) friends that we got to see last fall.  My friend Leah, who I've been friends with since grade 5, came to Vegas from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta with her husband Curtis.  We had a fun night out with them.

We went to Los Angeles, California to an NFL hockey game, Calgary Flames vs LA Kings, with some friends who live there, Lynn & Jason and thier little guy.  It was weird being the minority cheering for the Flames while everyone else was cheering for the Kings.  I was cheering in hushed tones, mostly keeping my excitement inside fearing that I may get dirty looks for cheering for the "wrong" team.  It was kind of funny.  We also went to the observatory which was amazing.    

Red carpet for the CMA Awards behind us.

Lynn & Jason

Observatory

I was looking back on some of my posts from when I started my blog a few years ago.  I'm glad I decided to start one because it was so exciting to look back on it.  I can only imagine what it will be like to look at it a few years from now.  Especially once Chad and I are settled and he has started his career as a dentist.  It has been a great adventure here in Vegas so far.  Chad loves school but he's very excited to be done with it.  I can't say as I blame him!  I can't believe we only have a year (and a few months) left.  I just want to say thanks to everyone that we've gotten to know here who have helped to make our journey a more exciting and pleasurable one!  Thank you also to friends and family who have come from afar to visit us.

Accident Update

"It's not what you achieve in life that matters, it's what you overcome."

It's been four months and a few days since my accident.  I'm still going to chiro, physio, acupuncture, and trigger point therapy every week.  I'm still not one hundred percent but I'm managing to keep my faith and hope every day that I will be back to normal again.  It's like being on a roller coaster ride every day... an emotional and physical one.  I hit a plateau the last few months where I didn't feel good physically at all.  Just the beginning of this week I have been starting to see improvements again.  Finally.  For the most part I am doing good emotionally.  But when my pain sets in, I get depressed and lack enthusiasm.  It's a challenge going from being athletic to only walking on a treadmill.  I'll be fully recovered when I can run 3 miles a day and train with weights, 5 days a week like it used to be in the good ol' days.  So far I can only see that in the distant future.  I think I'm starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Below are the pics of our Murano which did its job.  There are also some pics of some of my battle wounds below.

Scars from the side air bag.

Seatbelt