Only in Midland...

While our daily activity and home life have not been that interesting, Phil has come home with some great stories from work. On Monday, he was a few hours into his shift when he realized that the phone had not rung since he started his shift at 7am. Seeing as how it was a Monday, he thought this was rather unusual. Later in the day, he finds out that the City had not paid the phone bill for the airport, so no one was able to use the phone lines for the first part of the day. Later in the week, he got a call from one of the airlines stating that something like 'a large rat' was on the runway. One of his co-workers jumped into the car and found that there was a Chihuahua that had escaped from his kennel and was running around. Then to top off the week, Phil received a phone call from a woman wondering how she could send her chicken to Vietnam. Yes, only in Midland :) I'm sure they happen at other airports too, but we like to think that they only happen here just to add some excitement to our lives.

As for me, work has continued to be a big stress in my life, but I try to take each day with a smile. This past week, we took a field trip to visit the four junior high schools, since seven of our kids are going to 7th grade next year. It was a good experience for them to meet their new teachers and to see what their school will look like. I also enjoyed it, since I haven't been able to see any of the other schools in the district.

Training continues to go well and thankfully (praise the Lord), I have not had any major aches and pains (whew)! I have hit the point where I just don't want to do anything some days, but Phil has been a great cheerleader, and I am so lucky to have his high spirits around.

On Friday, Phil and I also celebrated a milestone, as we hit the 6 month mark in our marriage! We celebrated by baking a cake, having some adult beverages and just spending the evening relaxing. No gifts were exchanged since we continue to save for our 25th wedding anniversary present-- a trip to Italy :) There's no better time than the present to start saving!

We are getting very excited for his parents, brother and brother's girlfriend to come to Midland next week! It will be wonderful to have visitors and hopefully we'll be able to find some fun activities to do while they're down here. Their timing will be perfect, as I have Spring Break next week (that's why they're coming-- Joel and Kristi are on break from college) and Phil was able to switch his schedule around to have some days off. The weather is supposed to cooperate and be in the 80's during their visit, so I'm sure they'll enjoy having weather that's actually above freezing! Hopefully we'll be able to have some picture-perfect moments and have some pictures for one and all to see :)