A Little Bit...

of a post here. It will probably end up being a long one (as always), but I don't know how long Nicholas will allow me to participate here, so we'll shoot for a short snippet and see where we get.

So first things first - Independence Day. It was decent if not terribly exciting celebration for our family. I spent a good chunk of it at the office as I'm still working on catching up the practice accounting. I'm pleased to report that we are actually working on the month of June right now...furiously so that I can use our patient records to do our sales tax returns in the coming week.

We also had a visit from my papa who was coming home from his training for the wind farm where he now works in Albany, NY. It was nice to visit with him for a while.

We tried to get some fireworks in (even let Nicholas stay up late for them!), but other than a few illegal ones we were able to spot, we chose poorly. We thought we'd camp out near the ball park and watch the fireworks after the game. When 10:30 p.m. rolled around (we'd put Nicholas to sleep around 9ish...just for the record), and I could barely keep my eyes open, we decided we better head home. Apparently the ball field officials missed the memo that all of the families sitting in the Costco parking lot were counting on them.

Let's see, I also had my first grand opening for my business. It wasn't nearly what I had hoped for, but I have a second shot this weekend. Hopefully this weekend will go better. I believe some of my lackluster results were due to my not being able to call and remind a ton of people of the party's occurence since I needed to be mommy for Nicholas. The poor dear is cutting his molars....or they're cutting him is more appropriate phraseology.

Yep, he's getting more teeth. He has pushed through his first molar with the help of a lot of teething tablets. I keep raving to everyone I know about these things. The little tooth is pretty cute, but man did it make his life so unpleasant and we have three more lurking and threatening him (and us) with sleepless nights and discomfort. Keep the little guy in your prayers.

Earlier this week, my mother had her surgery for her hernia and cancer. She's currently in the hospital still recovering...with the help of a lot of drugs. I'm sad that I have not been able to go visit her, but our financial situation is not yet healthy due to the medicare billing troubles we've had since we took over. On the bright side, we finally got our first payment so this discomfort will hopefully be over soon (please!).

At any rate, she is doing well from what I've been told by her and by my dad. The doctors reaffirmed their belief that the cancer was in its earlier stages and they got it all. She also got a little help with her weight loss which I'm anxious to see. I've heard it's a pretty dramatic change.

Let's see, back to my business, I did have a very nice breakthrough this past week....two really. I took some closing gift baskets into a real estate office (on their request) and they were a big hit so I'll hopefully get some business from that. Then my banker asked me to bring stuff in so that she and her co-workers could check them out and order (they can't make it to the party on Saturday due to scheduling reasons) so that is looking like another promising avenue. So when do you want to have your party?

I am actually trying to hit a goal here, but am not likely to hit it as well as I'd like. The company rewards consultants who in their first 60 days of business can do things like make sales, get recruits, etc. My major stumbling block seems to be in the recruit area. If you know anybody who's looking for a little more income (and they can be anywhere in the U.S.) and who would enjoy having fun making said income, have them talk to me!

That, I believe, get you up-to-date with most of them important stuff around here. The only other thing I just thought to mention is that we're totally loving that we signed up for a community supported agriculture arrangement. We receive a share of the vegetables harvested from a farm near Pueblo every week. It's been pretty fun trying some new things...who would have guessed I'd like turnips so much?!

I wish you all a pleasant rest of your week. If you are in the Colorado Springs area, please be sure to stop by my grand opening on Saturday at the office's classroom.