pizza, pizza!

so, the sweet sisters in our ward have decided to be oh so generous and cook hollie and i meals for the week since hollie had her surgery. first of all we really don't need the meals because she is more or less doing pretty good now. but, the compassionate service girl was successful in persuading hollie to let them bring us meals through sunday. so that was nice of her. the story goes something like this. tuesday i got home from work and flipped the tube on. hollie and i saw a commercial for little caesar's 5 buck pizza. she said that looked good and in an effort to get her to eat we went and bought one so she could get some food and energy. good pizza. the next day was the first day of meals. i was on my way to my softball game and her visiting teach is on the way up carrying what? you guessed it, little caesar's and breadsticks. i laughed and went on my way and grabbed a slice when i got back home, bless her heart. last night we are playing rock band after we get home and at about 6 the doorbell rings. a guy from our ward is standing outside with what? again, little caesar's and breadsticks. he goes on to explain that his wife had left him instructions for a meal which he had botched and he needed to be to work soon so he ran to the pizza joint and picked up some pizza instead. as soon as the door closed we both started laughing. don't get me wrong, we couldn't be more grateful for the help and the food. it's just ironic that they keep on bringing wonderful little caesar's. maybe that's what we get for all being college students:)

the suckiness of surgery

i'm really amazed it has been a month and a half since i last wrote. for that i apologize. much has happened in such a little amount of time.
first, we went on a family trip in june with my parents and sisters to Newport Beach, California. to say that it was fun would be downplaying the vacation. it was awesome. it has been quite a while since i have felt so relaxed and energetic. we did quite a few things ranging from disneyland, magic mountain (which i would say was the highlight), broadway musical "wicked", beach, and lots of food. it was great.
second, i'm finally seeing some progression in my instrument flying. it has been a lot of fun to get into a bigger plane and do some new flying. i love being in the air!! it is stressful but oh so relaxing. gives me a good break in my day. i'm actually going a little bit later this morning, so wish me the best.
next, hollie had her appendix taken out last week. it was not such a fun situation. she woke me up at 4 in the morning last tuesday and we ended up deciding to go to the emergency room because of the sharp pain she was having in her stomach. so by 5 we were at the hospital. two hours later she had been diagnosed with appendicitis and an hour later she was in the operating room. luckily my parents came down because hers were in denver. i stayed with her all day tuesday as we tried to get her up and going. to say the least she was in a good amount of pain and the drugs made her super drowsy. we had her home late wednesday night (after spending more than an hour trying to get her prescription from walmart. walmart sucks at filling prescriptions quick so don't try). i went to work on thursday and didn't do a whole lot the rest of the weekend because i was at home with her. luckily, and unluckily, it was the 4th of July. so at least we didn't have to go to work but it was a crappy weekend. hollie is feeling better now, but not great. she finally got back to work today, but we'll see if she stays the whole day. at least she'll do what she can, which is better than nothing. i just hope she gets feeling better, for both of our sakes.
lastly, i have had a real desire to go fishing lately, for who knows what reason. i bought a pole and like a starter kit of hooks, spinners, sinkers, bobbers, etc. i went last saturday night w/ hollie to the little pond at the bottom of our parents neighborhood. didn't catch anything and had to sort out a few hitches with my pole, but all in all it was a good time. i really enjoy going so i want to make it more of a habit. i'm trying to read up on it so i know more of what i am doing. maybe it'll be my new hobby. :)
anyways, that's that last little while in a nutshell. hopefully next time i post i'll have a lively experience from this weekend's fishing extravaganza.