The last time I sat down to write my blog was Thursday morning.
I wrote that I felt I was going to have a great day, I was feeling happy and excited and just knew it was going to be a good day. It turned out to be a terrible day. Isn't that just how life goes though?
One second your happy and then next thing you know theres a curveball that turns life upside down.
I want to apologize because this isn't going to be the typical happy Weekend Update post.
Let's start from the beginning..
Thursday was my Mom's birthday. I had to work Friday so I had planned on leaving and going to Colorado Springs to celebrate when I was off.. that's not what happened. Instead, when I called my mom on Thursday after work she told me that my uncle Brian had been in a serious motorcycle accident. She didn't give me much information but told me what hospital he was at and that she was on her way with my Dad and Brother.
When I got to the hospital I got more information. My uncle Brian and my uncle Chris had left Thursday for a boys trip on their motorcycles. About an hour and a half into their trip they were riding through a town when a man in a truck going the opposite direction turned left right in front of my uncle. He didn't have time to stop and ran head first into the wheel of the truck. Thank god he is alive but he has a broken shoulder, a broken arm, a broken collarbone, 8 broken ribs, and fractures in his neck and back. He also had a head inury and some internal bleeding. He spent the whole weekend and will likely stay until Tuesday on a ventilator to help him breathe. To make matters worse, his wife is from Russia and takes an annual trip with my cousin to see her family overseas. When the accident happened that's where she was. Luckily, on Saturday she was able to make it home to be with my uncle.
God willing, my uncle will make a full recovery but it won't be easy and it's going to take a while. He has a long road ahead of him but I think I can speak for all of his friends and family when I say we are all just extremely thankful that he is alive and won't have any permanent inuries. The whole thing was so scary and only increased my unhappy thoughts about motorcycles. About six years ago, my Dad was in a motorcycle accident as well. I think they are death traps and it makes me uncomfortable when anyone I know rides one. No matter how good of a driver you are, you never have control over other people and how they choose to drive. Generally, people don't have a lot of concern for motorcycles on the roadway. That's the scary part.
Along with all of this, as most of you know there was a shooting in Aurora, CO on Thursday night/Friday morning. I live just ten minutes from where the shooting took place. After dealing with the emotions surrounding my uncle Thursday night, I woke up to even more emotion over the horrible tragedy. My aunt works at the hospital where they took a majority of the injured and saw first hand the complete chaos and terror that happened after the shooting. The whole thing breaks my heart.
All I could think while all of this was processing is.. Life is short.
I did my best to stay positive throughout the rest of the weekend.
one. Working from hospital waiting room on Friday.
two. Came home to great mail after a long and hard day.
three. A sweet package from Dana that really put a smile on my face. She was the only person I really communicated with while the weekend was happening and her friendship means the world to me!
four. I decided to go to my nail appointment for a little me time on Saturday and it was definitely helpful! Plus my nails were looking pretty hideous before I went ;)
Nail polish is OPI "I Don't Give a Rotterdam" and OPI "I Get a Kick Out of Gold"
one. My Mom's birthday cake! She loves her Mini Cooper and my Dad has this ordered for her. Cool huh?
two. I took charge of my cousin Kate so my aunt could go to the hospital as soon as she got in to the Denver airport. She was in another time zone so we stayed up late doing arts and crafts. It was a long night.
three. Sunday morning Breakfast together at The Egg and I.
four. We had a little roadtrip to Colorado Springs and she insisted on eating gummy worms and listening to Katy Perry. Let me tell you this little one can sing! Sophia Grace and Rosie have nothing on her ;) She is a little diva and I love it.
Anyways, I just wanted to fill everyone in.
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