R.I.P.

Trey---

Dear Trey,
Jon and I have been practicing on our WII, (and while it's benefiting me moreso than Jon jk) we are challenging you to a game of WII bowling the next time we're in town!!!! Better start practicing!!!! We're getting pretty good!!!! :)
-Jon and Jalane

R.I.P. Our Moses

A couple days ago Moses started acting kinda different... he would dart around his tank all crazy, he wouldn't eat and by the next day he started getting this cotton looking stuff around his mouth. We found out that he had a fungal infection so we got him medicine and we thought it was working because he actually was swimming a bit again instead of laying in the rocks... But this morning when Jon got up for work our sweet Moses had passed away. I know ya'll are probably thinking i'm crazy, he's just a fish... but this fish meant more to me than anyone could ever understand. Jon got me this fish to keep me company when he deployed. That fish was who I came home to everyday while my husband was gone. Again, call me crazy but this fish saw all my tears, heard all my prayers as I cried through those tears, and was the one thing that would always listen. The way my grandma told me to look at it is... he was there for me through a hard time, and he pulled me through... he's served his purpose.
He truly was an awesome fish and Jon and I will miss him dearly.

Of Recent

Sorry for not posting much lately! We took full advantage of our days off!!! Jon started his ALS training this past week, and i'm still awaiting my Authorization to Test to sit for boards... other than that we're just enjoying our time together!!!

A FAMILY PHOTO!!!!

[[Moses included!!!]]

Graduation/Birthday/WelcomeHome VACATION!!

This week Jon and I took off to Pigeon Forge Tennessee! We rented an AMAZING cabin in the mountains and spent the week relaxing and site seeing!!! It was so wonderful!!!

Here are some pics of our cabin

About 15 minutes from our cabin was a little town called Gatlinburg. It was a total tourist town, but it was PERFECT for us! On my birthday we decided to drive up there and go to the Ripleys Believe it or Not Aquarium! When we got there, we found out they give military personnel a 90% discount so we were able to go to all 5 Ripleys Museums! The Aquarium was by far our favorite, but all of them were neat to see. We were able to go to Ripleys Mirror Maze, the actual Ripleys Believe it or Not Museum, the Moving Museum [which was so painful! we got whiplash, the breath knocked out of us, and walked out of there totally nauseated, but we survived!] We also got to go to the Guinness World Record Museum. We had tickets to 2 putt putt places and the Ripleys Haunted House, but we didn't have time to putt putt, and the Haunted House just wasn't our type of fun...

but here are some pics from those outings!!!!

See the Shark!?!?

Jon with his shark!

A crazy Spider Crab!!!

Jon and I in the Ripley's Museum! haha

Birthday Dinner!

Overall this was just the perfect trip for us! We had an absolute blast! We are now home, mostly refreshed, and ready to start back to the real world!! Jon starts his ALS class on the 19th, and I head back to work here soon too!!! [But as a nurse now!!! :)] But until then, we are taking full advantage of our days off!!!!

Surprise Gone Wrong

As most of you know, I decided to fly to Clovis, NM a couple days ago since we had word it was still going to be awhile until Jon started to head home... Well, yesterday I was sitting on my couisns couch and an Alabama number popped up! I answered it... it was verizon wireless... the lady said "Hi, Mrs. McAtee we're calling to reconnect Jonathans phone and we need your permission.." I was like, "no, he's not in a place where he has access to his phone so I'm not connecting it yet!" "Well, he was trying to surprise you, but he's in the states and couldn't remember your social security number to reactive his line so we need your permission." I started crying I was so excited!!! So a couple minutes later my phone rang and this time, 'Hubby' popped up! He started laughing saying he was in Baltimore and was gunna go to Clovis to surprise me!!! Sad thing is, things haven't worked out for him to fly down here, so i'm cutting my trip short here in Peanutville, and heading back home to Florida tomorrow! He's home safe and we'll be together again tomorrrow!!!!

Update

Just wanted to give everyone our update since it's been a few days since i've blogged. I am currently in St. Louis visiting my mom. I fly out to wonderful Clovis, NM tomorrow to visit the rest of my family! Still no word on Jon coming home, and as you can imagine, i've been going crazy sitting home by myself waiting for the phone call saying that he's on his way! I figured he'd be home by now, so i've taken all this time off from work thinking that i'd just go back once I receive my ATT letter... so I literally was sitting at home all day. So I decided i'd make the most of this time off, so i'm going to watch some of my [not so little] brothers' basketball games, to visit my grandparents, to spend time with my dad and cousins...just to get out and my mind off things! I will definately have some pictures to post soon so keep an eye out! Other than all that, not much going on... Just waiting on my amazing husbands' return!