Half Way

This is Kelly's 8th week at the Academy. That means he only has 8 weeks left. Yup, he's half way through! I can't decide if it's gone by fast or not...I think it has. I've had fun traveling up north to visit him and explore the area. But this weekend is it. I fly up this Friday to spend the weekend in Sacramento with Kelly. But after that, I won't go back until the week of his graduation. That will be a long 7 weeks. The only thing that makes it somewhat ok, is the Kelly is coming home for Easter. Although I think time will slow down for me without the frequent visits, but I think it will zoom by for Kelly. He will be having so many tests in the coming weeks that he will be very busy studying. Check back next week so see our pictures from this coming weekend. Who knows what adventures we'll get into!

It's the San Francisco Treat

I'm back from spending a wonderful weekend with Kelly. I flew into Sacramento on Friday, Kelly picked me up and we drove into San Francisco. It's been over 10 years since I've been to Frisco and Kelly has never been. We stayed at the Hilton Financial District. The hotel was absolutely beautiful and modern, yet labeling it "financial district" was kind of a stretch. It should have been called Hilton China Town. We ran around the city all day Saturday. We rode the cable cars, ate at the Warf, bought yummy sourdough bread, took a city tour and even ended the night with a hot fudge sundae at Giradelli. We loved the city, it's like a mini NYC. Union Square reminded me of 5th Ave. Kelly even let me do some outlet shopping on the way back to Sacramento. We had such a great time, we definitely want to go back!

Just dropped by

Well week 6 is in the books... all went well with my second test...passed another mile stone. Now starts the studying for our Police Officer Standards (POST) exam. For all purposes it is a useless class, but due to our being classified as law enforcement, we are required to take it. So far it does not seem too hard. A lot of constitutional issues and laws we just need to be aware of. I should do ok on it. As for my personal life well I am slowly falling into form with it. I think Liz is the only thing keeping me sane. She has kept me informed as to the goings on back home. I don't know what I would do without her. Although, if you ask Liz my humor is a little off. Seems the funny stories I have been telling her about inmates just go over her head. I guess it is to be expected. Being submerged in this life does seem to alter your way of seeing things. One thing I do miss Is all my friends from CSSS. Not to say I am ready to go back, but I do miss the conversations we had. Well need to get back to the grind stone, hope all is well with everyone.

Kelly's Week 6

I can't believe Kelly only has 10 weeks left in the Academy. I love it...time is flying by! Kelly is doing well up north, especially since the weather has been better. He's finally getting over his cold and nursing a tweeked ankle from a long distance run he had to do. He got through another test last week, somthing about shooting guns and qualifing. And of course, he passed! There's another big test this coming Friday, so everyone send him good vibes. Kelly has his first "field trip" to a prison this week. I can't wait to hear what he thinks about that. Another exciting thing going on this week is that we get to see each other. I'm flying up to Sacramento on Friday and then we're both driving over to San Francisco for the weekend. It's our Valentine's weekend, so for me Valentine's Day is on February 15 this year, not the 14th. So check back next week to see the photos from our weekend.

A Week of New Arrivals

There are two new little people in this world! Our cousins Ray and Jill welcomed their first baby on Monday, February 4 and our good friends Carrie and Robert welcomed their first baby on Tuesday, February 5. Ray and Jill had a close to 10 lb baby boy they named John, but his nickname is Jack. He was a couple days over his due date, and from the picture I saw...he was definitely worth the wait. I can't wait to hold him! Carrie and Robert welcomed their little girl, Reese. She, on the other hand, was almost four weeks early. Just shows you how you can plan for everything, but just never know when it's going to actually happen. I was lucky enough to already hold Reese, but I can't wait until the next time I get to see her. Kelly's going to have two new little people to visit once he comes back home.

First Test Down...

Kelly had his first official test yesterday and he passed! Yay...just like I knew he would!! But the poor guy is sick, battling a cold. He spent this last week outdoors, in the rain, shooting. No wonder he ended up sick. But even though, he preliminarily passed all the shooting "stuff", but the official testing for all that is this coming week. Everyone keep sending your good thoughts so Kelly can get well and continue to pass all his upcoming tests. I can't believe one month has already passed. Kelly will start week 5 on Monday, so only 11 more weeks to go. Wow, pretty soon we'll be in single digits! I'm hoping February will go by faster. Technically it should, since it has 2 less days than January, but it will help that I have 2 trips planned this month to go visit Kelly. The first one is over Valentine's/President's Day weekend and we'll be going to San Francisco. And the second trip is at the end of the month and we'll be spending it in Sacramento.