Wow, I have been bad about blogging. I’m sorry to take so much and give so little!! Things were hard for a while after my experience with the bike accident but I am doing better now. Even sitting at the computer next to the front windows was hard. I was dealing with a little posttraumatic stress and several things would set off a reaction of intense anxiety and nausea similar to what I felt when I first ran outside. I think that if I hadn’t been the first one on the scene and hadn’t felt that sense of responsibility I wouldn’t have felt so much stress all at one instant. It would have been much easier to have simply been a sad/worried observer. It was so much stress all wrapped up into one split second and the feeling kept coming back to me when something would trigger it. Fortunately, Tom was able to give me a blessing and it promised me peace if I would turn toward the scriptures. As I have done that I have had a great deal of peace and the attacks have stopped coming. I am so thankful for the power of the priesthood and the strength I receive from it. Truly, before the blessing I felt like I would never feel good again and I just couldn’t wait to move. But, just the other day I got another call from an officer asking for more info about something I wrote in my witness report and I was able to handle it just fine.

Tonight, Tom and Hayden are gone to the Indian’s game, they should have fun. I’m going to my book group; we read “Life and Death in Shanghai.” It’s a great book, I’m learning a lot from it and learning that I really am so busy that I can barely find 20 minutes a day to read by catching a few minutes here and there! Danica won’t let me read when I feed her, she insists on grabbing the book! I used to read during my meals but now breakfast is scriptures and Hayden insists I read The Friend to him at lunch. So there just isn’t time! Needless to say I’m not even half way done with the book but I’m going to the group anyway! But on the topic of having no time to myself, Hayden starts preschool next week and he is soooo excited! We went today to help clean the classroom and he kept begging me to let him just stay forever! I think it will be fun for everyone! I am sad that he is “growing up” and leaving me but I think he’ll love it.

We mailed off our paperwork to the Navy, our top request is a GPR in San Diego, and hopefully we’ll get it. But if we don’t we’ll be happy anywhere, it’s all just an adventure! Now Tom just needs to take up running and he can follow Dave in everything! I’m still enjoying running and would love to join a running club of sorts. I’m with you Adina in that I feel pretty happy about going 3 miles or so. Let me know what you think we should do for our running club.

So the census just came out today and said that Cleveland is the #1 poorest city in the nation. 32% of people are living in poverty, we actually fall into that category but luckily it's different for us. Crazy... Hopefully the city can figure out a way to solve this problem.

Dave great job on your run!! Marnie send up pics of your new place when you get moved in! Brent and Buffy what are your upcoming plans? Brooke and Mike good luck with the move!!! Wow!! Anne keep the pictures coming, he’s adorable! Kim, how are you feeling these days?

We’re starting to look at airfare to possibly go to Vancouver for Christmas. Who will be there? Does anyone know of anything going on that would effect the dates we get our tickets for? Okay, I will stop writing now, I always write so much, that is why I don’t have time to sit down and do it!!

We hope you’re all doing well! Talk to you later!

Tracey