Ok, Ok, so its been a long time

Again, I am going to try to get caught up on this and then actually stay caught up. I have been thinking of updating lately, but I know how long it has been so it seemed a daunting task. Today though I am prepared and I have nothing else to do so I might as well get on it.
School ended well, I got all A's and I got into my program! That's right I was one of twenty-one people they picked to be in the radiography program for 2010-2012. By May of 2012 I will be a certified Rad Tech! Well, all that is pending on the drug test I just took yesterday. I have quit smoking weeks ago and been drinking a lot of water, but I was still petrified that I would not pass it. Chase just keeps telling me I have done all I could and that it will be fine. I pray that it is because otherwise I am totally screwed in regards to school, and I will have to tell my JoJo (and the rest of my family) that I cant be in the program because I couldnt pass a drug test due to THC. That is super pathetic, I know I can stay quit for the entire length of the program its only 21 months starting next month, and that is completely worth it for a career and the rest of my life. I just hope I quit soon enough. If all goes well I am going to my second orientation on Aug 3rd and will find out the rest of the details of the program and my schedule. So, everyone keep your fingers crossed that I will pass my drug test!
Chase and I went on vacation and it was absolutely wonderful. First, we went to Naples, FL and getting there was an adventure. Delta put us on our plane and took us off twice before we left, and if I hadnt used priceline to book our flights we wouldnt have been scheduled a later flight in Atlanta and would have gotten stuck there, we got to Tampa 4 hours late. Which sucked because we didnt get to spend much time there with his family that is in the area. Although the people I did meet were very nice and it was a good visit even if it was cut short because we had to drive to Naples which is about 2 and a half hours south of Tampa. When we got to the hotel it was super nice. We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort. The reason we were staying at the Ritz was because Jim and Morgan were getting married at the beach resort. That night and the next day we just spent time together and had a great time. The next evening we had the meet and greet with the wedding party, their families, and friends. It was great to get to see Gabe and Kevin, as well as Jim, Morgan, and their families. We all had a good time and the hors douievers were great, plus free drinks! After the meet and greet we went to the sushi bar and had some really good sushi and more drinks. The next day was Sunday and it was the wedding. It was absolutely beautiful and perfect, Morgan cried the entire time. Rob came down from Sarasota that day so we hung out with him before the wedding. After the wedding we had drinks, took pictures, and then had a nice meal at a long table followed by more drinks, music, and cake.
The next morning we headed to Melbourne, where Chase's uncle has a beach house. Melbourne is just a little south of Cocoa Beach, so we had to drive across Florida and to the north, it took like 3 almost 4 hours. When we got there, it was really nice, the Atlantic coast is very different from the Gulf coast. On the Gulf the water is very calm and warm and on the Atlantic there are a lot of waves and it is cooler. We had a few days there by ourselves before his uncle, aunt, cousin, and there friends and family came. Rob came and spent a day with us before his family came. At first just his aunt, her friend, and his cousin came. We had lots of fun with them. Although, we went to this little bar with his cousin and the end of that night was not very fun. Chase thinks I got drugged, cause I got extremely sick and the next day was very bad, like not hangover bad, it was completely different, I felt like I was having a panic attack and I couldnt eat but wasnt really throwing up, plus I was super weak almost unable to get up half the day. But by the evening it passed. Chase took care of me the entire time, he was so wonderful. It was here that he also told me he loved me. So, obviously now we are completely official. After the day in bed, the rest of everyone started to show up and we had some good food, followed by a great day at the beach together the next day. But then it was time to go home. Which really was not ideal.
Ever since we have been home things have been perfect. Chase and I are always together. He is completely different than before the trip. I could not be happier. I think this is for good, he and I and it makes me so happy and content. We always spend time together when we arent at work whenever we can.
On a much less happy note, while I was in Florida, my mom got sick and had to be in the hospital for a few days, she was still there when I came back actually. This particular sickness sent her cancer into a fit. Her oncologist told her she was now in stage 2 of her cancer and that she needed chemo. They wanted her to do 6 months of chemo. During this time she cant spend a lot of time in the public, really any time, and cannot be around babies. She only has to receive the chemo 2 days of each month, but it makes her very weak for a while after receiving the medicine. We have now done the first two months worth of treatments. These two times I have taken her one day and JoJo the next. Because next month I will be in school and wont be able to help, so JoJo will have to take her the entire time and thats hard on her. She will be 70 next month and although she is in good health its very stressful and she doesnt drive as well as she believes she does. On a good note the first treatment mom received went extremely well, and while we were there receiving the second treatment her doctor said she was doing so well that if it continued like this he may not have her do the entire 6 months. That would be wonderful, because the last months treatment would be around Christmas time so mom wouldnt be able to do any shopping and would feel sick the week directly before Christmas. But things are looking up and I am praying that they continue that way.
Work is driving me crazy, I am so sick of working with lazy people and pulling more than my fair share of the weight. If it wasnt for the fact that I get the shifts I want and some preferential treatment due to being part of the family basically, and that I dont want to have to learn a new restaurants way of doing things I wouldnt be there any longer. Lately, its also been slow due to the extreme heat we are experiencing this summer. It got hot in June and has never cooled down. It has felt like August all month, at this point I am just waiting for September and hoping that fall kicks in early with a little relief.
Dad still doesnt have a job, but Velinda gave us a good lead on one. I am hoping that it will work out well, if he doesnt get a full time job by the winter when the mowing stops, he wont have enough money to keep the house. Chase said we could live together if I have no where to go, but I dont know what my dad will do. Unless his girl friend suddenly changes and wants him to come live with her.
I lost my Buddy Dog. I came home from work one night and he was laying paralyzed on the floor. Chase rushed here to help me take him to the emergency vet. They said he had encephalitis and that it would take weeks to help him and then he may only get back to 60% of himself. I could not up him through all that. So many treatments, living alone in a little cage, I could only visit him an hour a day really. We had to let him go, it was extremely hard and sad. I still miss him so much most of the time. I just hope he knew how much we loved him and that I did all I could for him. Right now, I am not going to get a new dog. I want to wait and see how school goes and how much free time I really have. JoJo is going to help me with money, but I will still have to work some as well as the fact I will need to spend more time studying than I have in the past.
Chase finally met all my friends except Chad and Tiff, Chris and Laura had a big party for their birthday and we actually got to go. I think he liked Kurt and Ashley best, which is good since they are the most important, being my brother and sister-in-law and all.
I think I have covered everything from the end of the school year through today now. I am going to try to update once a week or every couple of days. But I have failed at that goal in the past, hopefully this time I will do better. I wont be going anywhere so that should help.