Week 6 & Week 7....Two for One Deal!!!!

Hello Again.  I apologize for missing Week 6 entirely.  The 2 past weeks sort of blended together since I came home from summer vacation this past wednesday. 

"What were the highs and lows of your last half of summer vacay, Madeline?" you might find yourself asking this great question....Let me share, starting with my biggest low of vacay:

• Low: As you all know my old cell phone was dealing witha  cracked screen issue...so John, my bro-in-law, offered to help fix it since he has had experience fixing cell phones.  Well, I got a little too excited about this fiscally cheap idea and pressured John into doing much earlier than planned (leading him to be completely unprepared for fixing an Iphone).  Long story short....my Iphone was no more due to neither of us really understanding the inner workings of this complex phone.
• High: I filed an insurance claim on my phone and still got a new Iphone replacement for a somewhat decent price.  BOOM...take that $600 phones directly from Apple!
• High: I enjoyed an amazing extended weekend up in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota with my family.  We cruised the waters in our sweet houseboat rental for a solid 4 days.  The Boundary Waters are absolutely breath taking and I love my family = best vacay ever!
• High: Kyle had an interview with Golf Smith (?? hope that's right) & he was able to make a couple connections this last week for a different job!  Kyle is getting some job action which is always a great sign!!  YAY!
• High: Kyle had a splendid time with our friends Em & Shawn while I was away.  It sounds like they did a ton of stuff and I can't even remember the list of things.  AND apparently Em & Shawn got so used to Kyle, they now expect to find him around the apartment still :)
• Low: I found out once I got back to work that our program is much busier than we thought in the fall....this means that with only 2 weeks left until training starts I need to hire 4 more people.  Ahhhhh.....Under Pressure (sing along if you know the words!) .

(Up in northern Minnesota left - right: Owen, Becky, Theresa & Me)

As always I hope this letter finds everyone in good spirits.  Let me know what memorable event took place during your summer as well, I don't want this to always be about me and Kyle :)  We love and miss you all!!

XX
Madeline

P.S.
There is no recipe for these past 2 weeks since things have been crazy tranistioning from vacation back to texas life, sorry.