Real Quick Update!

Hi Everyone!

So here's a really quick update!

1. I finally got the results from my surgery -- true story! And it looks like everything's good... We'll just follow up with CT's over the next few years just to be sure. I'm starting to feel a little bit more normal now, which is good!!!!

2. Christian continues to keep me super busy with his multitude of classes, and we are getting ready to take a trip back to California for a week this month, so that will be fun!

Other than that, all is good! :) Love you all.

Rachele

We've Moved! To Our Own Domain!!!!

Hi guys!

So we've moved to our own domain! :)

The old website was: www.christianandrachele.blogspot.com

The new website is: www.onefunnyday.com (because EVERYDAY around Christian is a funny day!).

Love ya'll! :)

-Rachellie-

Happy June! :)

11 June, 2009

Hello Everyone!

While I am ***STILL*** waiting for the results of my surgery, I continue to recover. I have some bad weeks and some good weeks, but overall it seems the good outweigh the bad.

A new semester has started (Summer Semester) which leaves me in the middle of an incredibly exciting Human Resources Management class (totally my definition of a good time!). Christian's homeschooling is going great although it can be frustrating at times. Work is.... work. And to add to the confusion Christian has started some extra-curricular activities... which is amazing because we can hardly get the "curricular" activities done much less any extra!!! But it's ok!

These classes include Spanish, Art, Cryptozoology, Drama, and Contemporary Modern Dance. I'm sure I'll have lots of pics to share in the coming days over these classes.

For Drama, it appears that Christian will be in his first play: Beauty and the Beast.

Luckily for me, he didn't try out for the part of Beauty, however the number one requested part was neither Beauty NOR the Beast, but rather Phillipe, the horse, a non-speaking part. There were some disappointed faces in the room as there was only one Phillipe cast, and we needed someone to play Beauty and the Beast!

Monsieur D'Arque

He was awarded a small part, the role of Monsieur D'Arque, the creepy, scheming proprietor of the local insane asylum. It's a tenor position: tenor D to high A. And it's Christian -- who loves to be the bad guy anyway, so it should be very fun. It is clear that of all his extracurricular activities this semester, this is his favorite.

He is also enjoying his contemporary modern dance class. Which I thought would be the likes of "So you think you can dance?", but I am apparently very unversed in the world of dance, and contemporary modern dance is ballet that is modern (which begs the question... how modern is ballet?). Nonetheless, Christian and I are both unschooled in the art of dance, and thus equally confused, but I think this class would be good for him. For one thing, he's as clumbsy and graceful as I am -- which is not a good thing. I think this class might help him develop some grace. Nonetheless, it is a serious workout! Pushups and situps and everything else. Watching him wore me out, and his incredibly patient (did I mention patient?) dance teacher Javi told me Christian will need some motrin for the next few days as he's going to be incredibly sore after the very thorough work out.

As if being the sole male student in the class wasn't enough to make him stand out, I missed out on the "uniform" memo, and while everyone else is wearing black dance gear, Christian's wearing bright red. I know I earned some "Great Job, Mommy!" points on that one.

But it worked out because I got to sit in on this first class and so videoing him in bright red made it much easier for ya'll to see him. So attached are the three videos. We have a lot of work to do. It'll be interesting to see how he improves over the next few months! :)

As for me, it's great to be back to my crazy, chaotic life. We had taken a semester off of all our "fun" classes, and it's nice to be back to the crazy normalcy I've grown to love.

And today was the FIRST DAY my hair was long enough that when I woke up, I actually had a slight case of bed head! I have almost 3/4 of an inch already! It's crazy!!!

Enjoy the videos! :)

Love Always & Forever,

Rachele & Christian

Whew, What a Ride it's been lately!

30 April, 2009

Hi! :)

Well, I wanted to write everyone, because I know I've not been very communicative lately, and I apologize for that. I'm okay, Christian's okay, everyone's okay... it's just that having surgery seems to have thrown everything familiar to me out completely out of orbit. I am still struggling for a sense of familiarity.

We are still waiting for the last of the results to come in, a strange phenomenon in that it's been weeks since my surgery. My days seem to bleed together without much accomplishments and I feel fuzzy a lot of the time. I'm not so sore anymore, I've healed to the point where I only feel my surgical incision when I touch it or when I move my neck in some precarious way. If you were to ask what exactly I've been up to I am unsure if I'd be able to answer that question as I seem to be in a bit of a fog.


Christian's dad moved to Gainesville and is likely responsible for 85% of my fogginess. He lives barely a block away and his presence is unnerving. I think the distance between us was one of health, and now that distance is no longer present to protect me. It's kind of a bummer, but still not the only reason that I feel so groggy, foggy, and lost. The other 15% I believe is due to my surgery....

The fog does seem to be lifting, of sorts, and every day I try a little harder to get back into the routine I had before. It feels forced though, and unnatural, and this bothers me. Can a surgery really change someone? If it has changed me I can only hope to be changed for the better, nonetheless I still feel a little lost and hazy.

I decided I needed a new job. Life is too short to be unhappy at work, and over the past few months the hostile and somewhat negative people I work with have dampened my spirits and my attitude toward patient care. I always said the day I stopped caring was the day I quit nursing, and this department is changing me into a person I don't want to be. So, it's on to another position, as soon as I find one in this uncomfortable economy.

I guess the good news is that there's only one way from here and that is UP. So I just take it a day at a time and do my best to keep up with the commitments that I am obliged to fill and put one foot in front of the other until I get where I need to be.

I do feel lost, though.

-Rachele-

I got the call today: the surgery was sucessful and remission has been accomplished. We are still waiting for cultures and those should be in shortly. <3

Hi! I just wanted to thank you for everything. I'm home now and I love you all! (I'm also not on ANY narcs and I can't recall much from the past few days!) <3 U

I'm officially home! Thanks for all the prayers, the visits, the expertise, and most of all, love. I love u all so very much.