Forward Motion

I look back to where I was about seven or so months ago and compare it to where I am now. What a difference! A positive difference!

With a lack of a great job (which I am absolutely loving by the way) and some emotional weights keeping me down, I was not in a great place. But now I have direction, I am moving forward, and I am living a carefree drama-free life.

And thank goodness we are getting out of Bedford! This town is no place for young people. So boring. And at times it has that small-town-never-left-high-school feel. Ew. We were definitely not meant to stay in this place forever. This city doesn't have much to offer, other than nostalgia. Can't wait to move into our next place and once again thrive in a great city.

You know, I've said this several times in previous posts (just look back into the 550+ entries I have piled up)... but I am so glad that my whole life is ahead of me. I have never been (and never will be, thank goodness) someone who peaked in high school. And I didn't peak in college either (thought I had some incredible memories with irreplaceable friends who I still hold dear to my heart). The best of me is still ahead. I am so thankful I am surrounded by people who feel the same.

I love having forward momentum!

Postponed News

So the news we're supposed to be hearing this week will be delayed another two weeks. Hmph.

I am not good about waiting things out.

Master Blogger?

I realized the other day that I am good at blogging.

Say what you will about my occasionally sporadic posting sprees. I know I was once a blogging machine and now I have slowed down. But I still crank out entries quite often. I mean, doesn't writing over 500 posts make you successful? Or perhaps it just means you ramble too much about nothing to readers you may never know exist. Meh.

This week we might get to hear good news. I love good news!


No bloggers. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, there will be no babies in our near future. Put those ideas back in your head and leave them there. We can hardly manage to take care of our wonderful puppy.


I will let all of you know as soon as I know. If it's good news, you will be one of the first to know. After all, I am a master blogger. Read the first paragraph for proof.

I promise to blog more. A promise I make every post, it feels like. Well. I seem to think one post a week is simply to infrequent. Especially since at the peak of wedding planning, I was cranking an entry out at least every two days. I need to get back on that bandwagon.

So here's my start with 2 entries in one day. Enjoy being spoiled.

This is Why I LOVE my Job

Cypress ECG Helps Save a Life

This district, Huffman ISD in the Houston area, is one of our "mandatory districts". Their school board decided to make screening mandatory and leased a machine from us to perform year-round testing. Our company occasionally helps with mass screening events, but for the most part, they are self-sufficient with our doctor interpreting the ECGs. Wouldn't it be great if all schools did this?

In Like a Lion. [Hopefully] Out Like a Lamb

March has been one awful month for the little Longs, and it hasn't let up yet.

It started with my father-in-law and I's procedures not going according to plan. For the first half of the month, we were all recovering and/or helping the recovering. It has been exhausting.

And then there's Murphy. Our sick puppy dog. We suddenly saw a pattern in his not-so-house-trained behavior. Plus, he's lost weight. So we took him to two different vets to get to the bottom of it. He has too much bad bacteria in his intestines, which causes his body to eliminate the accumulation sporadically. So we're having to keep him on a medication and prescription dog food routine for the next month. After that, we'll figure out if this is going to be a lifelong issue or if it was a one time thing.

Last night is rained for 16 hours straight and flooded the entire metroplex. Murphy's messy sickness combined with our living on the third floor with threat of storms caused us to be rained in at Phillip's parents. We didn't want to have to take Murphy up and down the stairs all night, and didn't want to transport a messy cage downstairs to clean if we needed to. So thankfully we were able to crash over there.

All of this makes us simply look at each other and say "Is March over yet?" It's only Tuesday and the week needs to hurry up and fast forward.