{"id":568,"date":"2009-10-11T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=568"},"modified":"2013-03-23T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T20:42:02","slug":"surgeries-vacation-and-imaginary-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2009\/10\/11\/surgeries-vacation-and-imaginary-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeries, Vacation, and Imaginary Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers<\/p>\n

Here we go with another marathon update . . . .(in chronological order of course)<\/p>\n

The week after my last lengthy update on June 5th, Petey had surgery to have a tumor removed.\u00c2\u00a0 He did pretty well with the surgery and the tumor was benign, so Jess & I were very thankful.\u00c2\u00a0 We both felt like a couple of heels over the entire matter.\u00c2\u00a0 The tumor was exterior and looked like a skin tag for lack of a better term.\u00c2\u00a0 It did not look like a mole or anything dangerous so we let it go for a while until we noticed it growing and we took him in.\u00c2\u00a0 Our outstanding vet Dr. Chevalier <\/a>did the surgery and took care of our boy with her usual professional and personal skill.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of June went pretty much normally or at least what has qualified for normal lately.\u00c2\u00a0 I continued traveling way more than I would have liked and Jess continued making progress on getting her teaching certificate and looking for a job.<\/p>\n

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In July my hectic travel schedule continued, Jess & I celebrated our 10th Anniversary<\/a>, and Ricky & Megan got married.\u00c2\u00a0 (So now my mother-in-law has another set of ovaries to concentrate on) The wedding was very nice and we all had a great time.<\/p>\n

In August my travel continued most of the month, but Jess & I actually took a vacation.\u00c2\u00a0 We slipped down to Myrtle Beach for a week and had a great time.\u00c2\u00a0 (Plus the room at the new Hampton Inn in Myrtle Beach was free, courtesy of my hotel points.\u00c2\u00a0 These things make my cheap heart pitter patter).\u00c2\u00a0 While at the beach we did our usual things and I got to indulge myself a little. \u00c2\u00a0 Jess had a few headaches while we were there so I took a boy day and went to Charleston, SC to see the USS Yorktown<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great day.\u00c2\u00a0 I really enjoyed seeing the ship and going through the history that fills its hull.\u00c2\u00a0 I did not take too many pictures while I was there.\u00c2\u00a0 It was kind of odd but knowing the story of the ship (before I read all the signs on board), I felt a sense of reverence while walking through the ship for all those who has served and given their life on the ship.\u00c2\u00a0 As a result, I felt more like taking it all in as opposed to snapping pictures.<\/p>\n

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USS Yorktown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Yorktown is anchored in Charleston harbor, so I got to try something neat.\u00c2\u00a0 I got to stitch together a panoramic shot of the Cooper River bridge you can see the shot here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 While at the beach I also went para-sailing again and had my usual great time.\u00c2\u00a0 (Even got some good storm shots from the boat.)\u00c2\u00a0 Jess and I also had a great time at the House of Blues murder mystery night. I was one of the 4 people who figured out why and who committed the murder.\u00c2\u00a0 Posted below are a few shots from the vacation.\u00c2\u00a0 I just did not take too many pictures this time around.<\/p>\n