Things have gotten a tiny bit busy around here (nervous laughter)… and I’m
really surprised how well I’m handling everything. I’m not sure where I'm going with this post so I’m just going to start, sorry in advance if things get a bit jumpy.
We had an amazing time in Vegas, more so then I thought we
would! We stayed at The Signature at the MGM and felt like royalty. I was so
comfortable and there was a Jacuzzi tub – which was needed after walking up and
down the Strip all day. The first day we got there we rented a car from the
airport and drove to Red Rock Canyon where we hiked until evening. Other things
we did: helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon & hike on Eagle Point. As
someone who lives in very flat Saskatchewan seeing something like the Grand Canyon
really takes my breath away. I’m surprised how well I did riding the helicopter
but I think I was so distracted by the view to get nervous, lol. The tour we
choose had us land at the bottom of the canyon for pictures and a quick picnic
of snacks and champagne then flew to the top of the canyon for two hours of
exploring. We could have gone on that glass walkway but we decided to spend the
whole time up at Eagle Point and hike to the top – which I’m definitely glad we
did. G also went on an air combat school flight, which was expensive but he
really enjoyed it. I also shopped, a lot. I had been saving all my personal
spending money, birthday money, etc for this trip and haven’t bought any
clothes since back in the Spring. All the money I had saved up was converted to
USD so it really forced me to make sure what I was buying was something I
really loved and fit good. When I came home and started putting everything away
in my closet I told myself it was going to be one-in-one-out, it actually ended
up being more like one-in-two-out. The pile of donations keeps growing. Back to
Vegas talk – we did gamble. We had a specific amount set aside that was our
gamble money – and the rule was: once it was gone we don't gamble anymore. Turns out luck was on
our side and with a nice 0, 00 split bet on Roulette we ended up leaving Vegas
having doubled our money! Definitely glad we set limits though, we would watch
some of the higher betting tables and I died a little inside… But what brought
back to life by the food. More specifically the avocadoes, they were so fresh!
By the time they make it to our grocery store up here (if they can even get
them in) they really just cannot compare. We went to some fancier restaurants,
some cheap ones, sometimes even cooking at the hotel (there was a kitchen in
the hotel room), and we went to one buffet. The food and helicopter tour were
definitely my favorites. We also did a couple of shows: one Cirque du Soleil, Penn and Teller (we got to meet them after the show too! So cool) and then had tickets to see the Red Bull Air Races (can you tell my husband likes planes? lol). Then the
last day we rented a car again and drove out to the Houver Dam – what an
amazing thing to see in real life. We had a really really fun time and we would
definitely go again.
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| Giant drop right below my feet |
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| My very unfortunate sunburn... |
We were happy to get home to our dog though. The day after
we got back from our vacation, I went straight back to work and G took Mocha to
the vet for her surgery. Everything went extremely well, even while healing
she’s had no complications. The first few nights were hard for me. I would get
upset and question if we did the right thing or not but as the days went on and
she was taken off her pain medication she become more and more like herself.
She even went into her toy bin the other day and got a few toys out for us to
play with her, she hadn’t done that in such a long time! The vet called about
two weeks afterwards and said that the lab results came back on her eyes and
one eye lens had completely burst, which would have been extremely
painful and that the other eye the retina was becoming detached and they same
thing would have happened eventually. That news made me feel a lot better about
the surgery. Around Hallowe’en I called her my Franken-puppy. <3
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| Recovery <3 |
Now for the big news! Last week G got his transfer notice, we had a hunch it was
coming but I didn’t expect it this soon or for things to happen so fast! I’m
really glad I’ve spent the summer declutter and organizing. I think it’s
definitely going to make this progress go a lot smoother. Today we signed up
with the relocation company so I’ve spent a good portion of the day reading
their different help guides. We will have an actual meeting with our
representative soon, I told G it was really important to me that I be there, so
we will have to work it around my work schedule and his. We are really pleased
with the town we got transferred too, although I’ll miss this one. I’m going to
write a more detailed post once we get more information – as we literarily just
found out that it got finalized. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time!
This will be our first transfer and I’ve heard some horror stories from some of
the other force spouses. I’m just going to try to keep a level head and make
sure I understand everything related to this entire process. I’m going to be
the annoying girl asking a million questions, lol. I’m sure our rep is going to
love me :P
Gabe got his yearly salary raise, even though he is way over
that amount as it stands right now with all the overtime he works. Nice though
because at the new posting there may not be as much overtime. Oh! And we
finally got his LaRonge expenses paid out today. $1300ish deposited into our
account. Yay! Only took since July…
Okay, expect more random posts in the future. My mind is
going a mile a minute with everything going on.
- M
PS: We are still going to be in Saskatchewan - so I won't have to change my blog name, haha
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