Goodbye

Travis left this week. And I have to say that this is alot harder than I thought that it was going to be. Since Travis left our lives have been turned upside down and shaking up. All I can say is that I am convinced that it can only get better! But I do want to say thanks to all my family (and Erica) who all have been wonderful and really supportive. I love you guys and I am so thankful.


Don't we just look so cute! After playing the famous Marine Corp game of "hurry up and wait" we were just plan BORED!


My grandparents and cousin who came up to see him off. Thanks!


Look at all those people!! To bad it was POURING rain. I guess it was fitting to the mood.


Like I said we were bored.

Goodbye's just plan STINK!

Oh, the packing!

We have spent this entire week pretty much getting Travis ready to leave. While he was packing I took some pictures so everyone can see what happend to my house!! I tell people that it looked like some one threw up camo all over the place.


Travis just had to try on his stuff to show me, ok I made him and I made him stand there while took the picture. It wasn't easy!!!

He had to take a break to check his email, but he obviously forgot to take off the helmet, or he likes to wear it I can't decided!

This is CRAZY!!! I had to clean as soon as he got done. It was driving me insane.

Dewy was trying to get Travis to take her with him. But then she realized the food was still here and quickily got out!

This is what the dogs did while we packed. They just stayed on the couch. Tucker knows something is up. He can't figure out why there is packing, but we aren't leaving!

Luau 2008!!

This past weekend me and Travis went to a Luau party. It was held for all the guys in Travis's unit. It was so much fun. It was suppose to last for 2 days. But we only stayed till late saturday night. It was suppose to rain really bad (which it did). But we still had so much fun. Thanks Mary Beth for watching the dogs for us so we could have so much fun.

Even Dewy got into the mood!!

Happy Mother's Day

Although I am not a mother I have had a pretty good mothers day. My mom and family came over and I cooked dinner so she wouldn't have to. I really just wanted to wish Mom, Brandi, Erica, and all other moms a Happy Mother's Day. Hope it is a wonderful day!!!!!

Lonestar

Last night me and my friend, Mary Beth, went to a free Lonestar concert. We had so much fun. It was Cotton Eyed Joe's and it was for a great cause. It was held to raise money for St. Jude's Children Research Hospital. I have never been to a concert before and this one was amazing. We were right up front. I mean FRONT ROW! Mary Beth even got to talk to one of the guys in the band. Lonestar was awesome to see, but I have to say there were other things that were just as fun to see. It didn't start until 9, well we didn't know that so we were there before 8. We saw this lady who had to have been drinking since like 4! She was so very drunk. She was trying to hit on this teenager and dancing all crazy. But she was enjoying herself. Guys were hitting on Mary Beth like crazy, one even grabbed her butt on our way out the door. But she had had a few drinks herself, so she couldn't figure out who it was. She was just laughing a lot. She had a blast being away from her kid last night. Which I am so thankful that Travis babysat last night so that we could go! It was so much fun and I really needed it.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ME

Today I got some of the BEST news in my life so far. I was accepted to the Roane State School of Nursing class of 2010!! I have been waiting for this letter for a what seems like forever! It came today and I opened while I was talking to Brandi, I think at first she was more excited than me. I was just in shock, I really thought that I wasn't going to get in. But I did and I am so excited!!! I have to go to a mandatory meeting on the 14th, and I will get to start buying some of my stuff for nursing school. I am SOOO excited!!!

Update

Yesterday, was yet another boring day in the Dickson household. Well, actually, the last week or two has been pretty uneventful. Yesterday me and Travis went to get his hair cut and then we came home. And not to long after that he left to go do his Swim Quals for the Marine Corp. Apparently in order for them to go fight in the sand they have to know how to swim. Weird when you think about it, but who am I to questions the Marines! Travis did really well. They only had to get to level 2, but he went further and got to level 1. (Sounds backwards, but I swear it's right!) It took them 8 hours to get all 60 something of them done, because apparently a couple of guys couldn't swim very well. So when he got home at 10 o'clock last night he was tired, sore, and starving. So we had to take a late night run to Taco Bell. Not long after we got home and he had eaten he feel asleep and slept until almost 10 this morning.
There was one thing that was sort of funny to see this morning. It was time to clean the dogs ears. I had never done it before, but the vet said it was time. So we decided to tackle it. Tucker feel asleep in my lap so I thought it would be the perfect time to try. Well as soon as Travis brought me the stuff he knew what was coming. But I thought I could do it on my own. Well I got the liquid in his ear and he went CRAZY!! He was running around trying to get out. I couldn't get him to stand still, so I had to call in Travis. He finally got Tucker to lay down, but he had to hold him down so I could clean the ears. It took us for ever because he wouldn't sit still. We finally got his cleaned, gave him a treat, and sent him on his way. Then came Dewy. And if I didn't know better I swear Tucker was telling her to RUN!! Because as soon as I picked her up she was squirming and whining, which she never does. So I give her to Travis and he is holding her and she is going crazy. We thought that she would be easier to do than Tucker, but we were really wrong. She hated it more than Tucker did. We finally got them both done and they were both mad at us for awhile, well until we gave them a treat and now we are their best friends again.

Dewy the Wizard

Our puppy is smart. I always thought that Dewy seemed to be smart. But now I have proof. Yesterday me and Travis came went out for a little while. When we had left we had put the dogs in their separate houses. When we came home we were greeted at the door by Dewy!! I was really confused I know that I put her in her house, so I just thought that I must have not locked it all the way. So I go and look and it was locked!! But the bottom one wasn't she found out that it wasn't and soon squeezed, and I do mean squeezed her way out. Well later we decided to go to a movie, and this time we put the dogs together. And once again when we got home and opened the door we were greeted by Dewy! I was so surprised. She apparently been jumping and knocked loose the clips that hold the top part of the door on, and when she figured it out she once again squeezed out. Well, we thought that maybe by some weird accident she was really just lucky. Until we came home from Wal-Mart this morning and there she was at the door. She has actually learned that if the bottom lock on her house is not locked than she can squeeze out and have free rein of the house while we are gone. Luckily she has not messed up anything while we have been gone. But still it is a shock to see her when you open up the door when you know that you put her up!!