It's HOT!!!
It is R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S how hot it is right now. It's so hot that Brent's flip flop melted into the pavement the other day when he was walking through the parking lot!
It's so hot that our dogs run down the steps, do their business and run right back inside, then lay on the leather couches or the tile floor to get cooled off.
It's so hot that we don't even think lying by the pool sounds like fun.

I had a friend call me last week to make arrangements for us to get their car from the airport here in Nashville while they go out of town. We'd emailed back and forth a few times and it hit me: we're not even going to be in town when she's here! I felt horrible then I had to run through everything we have going on in the next few weeks so she'd realize how crazy our lifes are!

Monday nights are still "Continuing Education" for Brent and I - Brent does the comedy class adn I just started the second course for cake decorating! I'll post pictures of next week's class after we make all these flowers.

In less than 10 days, my cousin Casey is getting married and we are super excited! Brent and I are both in the wedding party, which just means we have twice as much responsibilities :) ha ha Brent's responsible for the bachelor party (this weekend) and I am hosting the bachelorette party at our apartment the Thursday before the wedding. Then of course, my ENTIRE family is coming in town and I am SUPER excited to see everyone.

The next week, I will likely be having surgery on my foot :( I go this afternoon to review the results of an MRI had done Monday afternoon to determine the damage to the tendons in my foot. For those that don't know, I've been wearing a lovely boot on my left foot for over 2 weeks now. I started having pain about 6 months ago that I thought was a result of running and had just pulled some muscles. That pain developed into excruciating pain where I almost couldn't walk on the foot. Anyway, it's basically a result of me breaking my foot in several places when I was in 5th grade, the bone didn't grow back properly, it's causing SEVERE tendinitis, not to mention I have bone on the side of my foot that's not supposed to be there.
So, surgery.
Probably the week after the wedding - FUN!

Weekend after the wedding, we head to Chattavegas for a baby shower for my great friend Katie, who's due with Owen in September. Along with the other 5 UTC girls (sans the new mommies: Melissa (Emma born a few weeks ago) and Kristi (Nolan born 2 days ago), I'm helping host the shower. This group of girls are all extremely talented and creative, so we have a lot of fun projects in the works for the shower.

The next weekend we head to Louisville for the Ironman in which our best friend, Jimmy, is competing!! We are SOOO dang proud of him.


Then two weeks later - VACATION!!!
Brent and I are taking a week off for a little Caribbean Cruising...we're pumped!


So yes, I am busy and crazy and work is insanely busy: the bulk of my job responsibilities fall in August/September with a truck load of marketing materials needing to be submitted to CMS by the end of August! FUN FUN

Sorry for the lack of pictures lately. I'll try to find something interesting and post some pics :) ha ha