Day 40

Got a little surprise this morning - about 2-3 more inches of snow! Not exactly what I was planning on dealing with today. The trash truck got stuck on our road about 615 this am. It was kind of entertaining to watch. I'm sure other neighbors who were trying to sleep didn't appreciate it. He wasn't the only person to get stuck either. Luckily, the plow had been by and the sun was up by the time I needed to head out. It was still a bit slushy on the way up the big hill, however!

Jackson was my big helper today!

He definitely deserved hot chocolate after all that work!

We had a delicious Olive Garden lunch at my work Christmas shin dig. Jackson was the entertainment and provided lots of good laughs as usual.  Very blessed to have such awesome co-workers and very much appreciative of the gifts I received.

J man got to play outside with the boys again. Fun times for him!

I spent the rest of the day catching up on laundry. Mom and Dad Bertsch will be here Thursday! Stuart planned for us all to go to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Friday night. Very much looking forward to it =)

Poor Stuart. God Bless Him. Last night as he was getting ready for bed he learned of a possible mission.  A stroke patient in Manas needed transport to Germany.  That turned into the real deal, and within several minutes he was starting to get his gear ready.  His team (on no sleep!) flew to Manas late last night.  They stabilized the patient and then had another 7 hour flight to Germany. He sent me this email this morning around 630, you can tell he is exhausted.

Got on plane to manas, arrived and started taking care of patient-been here for 4 hours but our plane doesn't leave for another 3 hours. We are all dead tired. Still have 7 hour flight to Germany. We are all dead. Miss you and love you. 

Stu

Lord help me. Hadley is on the move. Today she discovered the kitchen drawer knobs. I guess I'm going to have to baby proof the cabinets soon. Yuck.

Please pray for Stuart and his team. Hopefully they will get some good sleep once they arrive in Germany. Lets hope they get "stuck" and get to enjoy themselves a little!