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There was a bright spot to my testing weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 I helped Jess’s dad remodel a kitchen in one of his rental units.\u00c2\u00a0 Just the kind of job I like.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of demolition, absolutely no straight walls, and we did not have to do the finish work.\u00c2\u00a0 I ended up the month of June with starting a massive conversion at one of my banks on June 30th.\u00c2\u00a0 The customer is happy but I am not satisfied at this point.\u00c2\u00a0 I think that several more things need to fall consistently into place before I feel like I can walk away from this one.\u00c2\u00a0 If you looked at my twitters at all this week you know what I talking about.<\/p>\n
On the Mrs. Stapleton front we continue to progress with her recovery and the search for work.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot of people ask me how she feels and all I can say is she has good days and bad days.\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately there are a lot more good days than bad days.\u00c2\u00a0 So if I respond to you this way please do not think that I am blowing you off; there just is not a better way to describe it.\u00c2\u00a0 She continues to be treated twice a week at Davis Chiropractic and sees her pain management doctor about every 4 weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 The non-narcotic cocktail that he has her on is working pretty well so we are obviously very pleased.<\/p>\n
(Psst let me tell you a little joke I made, I thought it was hilarious Jess found it not so much.)<\/em><\/p>\nWe were coming home from the grocery store one night a couple of weeks ago in her car and I looked down at the odometer.\u00c2\u00a0 She only has about 1300 miles on the car and that is for about 6 months.\u00c2\u00a0 In contrast I have had my Camry about 45 days and have 3000.\u00c2\u00a0 That immediately lead me to thinking about putting an ad in the paper.<\/p>\n
For sale 2008 Toyota Camry great condition only 1500 miles.\u00c2\u00a0 Garage kept only driven to the doctor, store, and church on Sunday.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nI immediately started cracking up, again Jess not so much.<\/p>\n
All joking aside she is doing better and is getting quite a few hits on her resumes.\u00c2\u00a0 (Jess does not think so but she really is.)\u00c2\u00a0 She is going to an interview on Tuesday for her dream job.\u00c2\u00a0 So please keep her in your prayers she could use a good boost right now.\u00c2\u00a0 All in all she is recovering nicely we knew with soft tissue damage it was going to be a long road to travel.\u00c2\u00a0 However when you are the one who’s life has been put on hold time does not pass too quickly.\u00c2\u00a0 Getting better day by day is only cool in the movies with a nice music montage behind it. (Preferably 80’s music of course)\u00c2\u00a0 Or as I have told her on many occasions<\/p>\n
“A Storm is only pretty from a distance when you are not the one in the middle of it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(I made that one full credit to me and copyright to JakeStapleton.com)<\/em><\/p>\nWell that’s about it from Stapleton HQ sorry for the short update but not really all that much going on right now that I did not mention in my intervening posts.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone take care, that’s the news and I am outta here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers It appears that I have let the blog go slightly stale again but not too much.\u00c2\u00a0 Kind of like eating bread that is just 2 days out of date but still looks good.\u00c2\u00a0 As opposed to eating bread a week out of date with mold on it. Let’s … <\/p>\n
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