I did some much needed sleeping in this morning & figured I'd post real quick before I get started doing my transcription, which I'll most likely be doing for the remainder of the weekend.

I feel like summer is slipping past. I've been working more hours than ever because of this whole computer program & catching up at work & now I'm doing extra transcription, but I don't do this all the time & I want to keep her business. I just feel like I haven't spent much time with Tyson & I know he probably doesn't mind because he's been so busy with basketball & his friends, but I know that it only gets worse from here with him having his own life & I want to make the best of the time before it just becomes routine & we hardly see eachother. It's looking very much like he'll be my only child & I want to make the most of this.

This week has been the fair (Seth is taking Tyson today & I might try to go later so I can see Joan Jett) & I've been working, plus had my big bro, Allen, & his friend, Nancy, come stay a couple of nights this week on their way over to Klamath Falls for a high school reunion. We mostly just visited here at the house because I had to work. We looked through a ton of old family photos that I have of Mom's, most of which he'd never seen, including pictures from his first wedding!! I also had Allen come in to work so he could meet all my friends there & everyone thought he was a real character & couldn't believe how much he resembled Tyson.

I bought my plane ticket to San Diego for Maya's wedding in November yesterday! I'm still not quite sure what I'm doing with Tyson. I'll be gone for 3 nights. I'm VERY strongly considering taking Thursday & Friday off next week & driving with Ty up to Portland the first day, then on up to Seattle the next day & going to OMSI & the zoo in Portland, maybe the Organ Grinder for dinner, & visiting the Space Needle & the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Seattle, then coming back down on Saturday. I'd like to stop by & stay the night with Krista & Dustin in Eugene, but I think Tyson has a game on Saturday, so we'll see. We just really need a break & to spend some quality time together with no distractions.

Anyway, I really should get started with my transcription, but I'll try to keep current on my blogging (I've been doing much better lately, right?).

Saturday was my friend, Terri's daughter's wedding (7/7/07, of course) & I performed the song "My Best Friend" by Tim McGraw. I was a little nervous, since I hadn't been able to practice it with a mic or in the room to test out the acoustics. As it turned out, they put the background music onto a DVD that played during my song with all kinds of pictures of the two of them together over the years, so the DJ had no control over the volume and I was singing with his mic, which was really loud & had quite a bit of echo, so I did my best to soften it up & blend in with the music. It actually turned out really well. So well, in fact, that I guess a lot of people didn't realize that I was singing live in the back of the room, but thought it was a CD. I got a lot of really nice feedback & I felt like all my practice had paid off. The wedding & reception were a lot of fun & very well planned by Terri & Samantha (the bride). Lisa, Susan, Bel, Michelle & her hubby & daughter & I all came from work & hung out together & Susan & Bel danced the night away with me. They rented the local hip-hop DJ from KISS FM & he did a great job with music selection. Played a lot of motown & disco & mixed it in with a little newer stuff, so all ages were having a blast.

In other news, Tyson had signups for summer league basketball (with Triston, too, of course) tonight. They have their first practice on Thursday & their first game on Saturday! The boys & I went to the mall yesterday & got some new basketball jerseys & Ty got some hand weights & some pushup handle thingies that save your hands & wrists while increasing your workout during pushups. I also had to hit Bath & Body Works for the last day of their sale (Wow - vanilla body sprays originally $10.50 were $1 apiece!!!) & ran into Denise & her daughter, Krista, there.

We're going to be dog-sitting Jelly again starting tomorrow, just for a couple of days, & I'll also be filling in doing some extra transcription for Brenda beginning on the 19th. I just realized today that the Jackson County Fair is July 17-22 & that Lynnard Skynnard will be there, as will Joan Jett! I might just have to go on both nights!

Anyway, speaking of transcription, I do have some that needs to get done, so I'd best get on it! Try to write more soon & I'll also add some pics from the wedding as soon as I get some from Terri.

Some pics from the Hoop World Streetball Tournament last weekend:

Well, tomorrow's the 4th of July again...Isn't that supposed to be, like, in the middle of summer?! In my opinion, summer should last for at least 6 months. With all the stuff you have to do on a daily basis, there's just not much time left for enjoying the sunshine & the wonderful warm summer evenings. Tomorrow, Tyson & I are going to Lisa's dad's place (along w/ Tyson's best bud, Triston& his mom) for a BBQ & swimming in their pool, which I hear is pretty spectacular & all rock. Afterward, we will go watch the fireworks somewhere, of course. Speaking of amazing pools, though, Tyson went to his friend, Luc's, aunt's house & their entire living room was a pool. The entrance leads to a balcony & you look down & see this olympic sized pool! Awesome!

Work's been getting a little bit better. I sent out my patient statements for the first time in two months, so yesterday I was inundated with calls, but not half as bad as I thought. My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to figure out which screen to go to to get the info I needed, with the new software, but I think I'm really starting to get it! To top it off, I am FINALLY getting an assistant! It's so nice to know that they recognize how hard I work & that I can't continue to do it all on my own.

I got a call from Krista today & she said that a friend of Dustin's that he'd considered going into business with, committed suicide yesterday, leaving behind a wife & kids. Apparently, the marriage was in trouble & his business was flourishing & just became too much stress. Another tragedy that just makes no sense. Don't people realize that everything changes eventually, if you just give it enough time? And if you can't wait it out, then you can change it, rather than taking your life & having no opportunity for better things to come and hurting so many people that you love in the meantime? Anyway, if they end up having the memorial this weekend, then Krista & Dustin will be coming down.

Kristin came down from Bend on Friday & we went shopping until the mall closed, then headed over to Chadwick's & hung out with a couple of guys that she knew from college. On Saturday, I accompanied Lisa down to Redding to meet up with her ex & drop her son off for a visit with him. We're thinking that when we go to pick him up, we should bring Ty & go to the water slides there & then camp at Shasta Lake on the way back up. On Saturday night, Tyson & I rented a couple of movies & snuggled on the futon & slept in on Sunday & watched more movies & I even took a nap, then went to lay out by the pool. I've just been SO exhausted lately, that sometimes you just need to drop everything & recouperate!

My mom is thinking about moving here & I need to get out & start looking for a place for her, too. It's just hard to make the time, especially when I don't know when the move would take place & she has a certain kind of place in mind, but anything I've looked at with any kind of yard/acreage is SPENDY! Maybe you guys could send out some prayers her way & include my dad in them, too? I won't go into it, but he's going through a rough time & could use some prayers.

Well, I've pretty much posted about everything I can think of, except that Tyson will be signing up for summer league basketball sometime this next week or so. Hope everyone's having a great summer so far! Oh, upcoming events for the rest of summer include Becky's party in Gold Hill (her parents are renting a band & will have a full bar & BBQ, and I had such a great time last time I went, and this is supposed to be HUGE!), hopefully the Douglas County fair August 9th (Poison & Ratt will be performing & I just love those 80s hair bands!) & then the Chicago concert with Lisa & her parents at Britt at the end of August!