Fracture Be Gone!

Tuesday, July 10.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

SURGERY DAY! Appointment time - 1:00pm.

I didn't sleep very much the night before from all the anxiety about the surgery. I just wanted to finally make some progress.

*Droid* I heard my phone ring from an email early in the morning. It was a very sweet ecard from Ramya! She wished me good luck on my surgery and a speedy recovery. Best of all, it made me smile and that was just what I needed. THANKS RAMYA! :)

Eventually I got out of bed and took a long shower. Maybe I was just trying to wash off all of the nervousness I was feeling. I wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything since midnight of last night, so I was pretty hungry. No breakfast or lunch for Tasha...

Since I was going to be in surgery, I didn't have to worry about doing my hair or putting on my face. All I had to do was put on a Google shirt (for good luck), some shorts, and my right shoe. And we were off...

It was a short 5 minute drive to Las Cruces Surgical. My mom dropped me off at the front door, and then went to park the car. As I crutched into the lobby, I couldn't help but notice that there were lots of elderly people there! I felt like I was in the wrong place. lol As we waited in the waiting room, my Tia Cruz came by with my cousin Andrew to wish me luck. Andrew was playing on his iPad taking crazy random pictures of me and my booted foot. Too bad I don't have any of them to put up here.

I think I just have bad luck at the doctors' office. I had the worst pre-surgery ever... It's not an experience that I'd want to tell the whole world. Let's just say that the surgery was scheduled for 1:00pm and didn't start until after 4:00pm. Before the surgery could start, Dr. Lindsey came and scribbled something on my leg. Apparently it's a law or something for surgeons to do that to ensure that they operate on the right body part. Crazy! It took me a while to realize that the letters on my leg were just Dr. Lindsey's initials.

The surgery lasted about 1.5 hours. When I woke up, all I remember was that I was starving, but the only thing they had there was pretzels. I was still really loopy from the anesthesia, so I kept falling asleep while trying to eat the pretzels. lol Dr. Lindsey had told my mom and aunt that everything went smoothly and other instructions to follow after I went home.   

There was like 3 people that had to help me get into the car afterwards. lol When I got home I  at some jello, a little bit of soup, and the rest of the pretzels. My phone had so many messages from people who just wanted to check in to see how my surgery went. :)

Right before bed, I had a hangout with Brenda and Lucy. They probably got a kick out of how loopy I was. haha They are so cute! <3

"I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have." - Sandra Bernhard

Trimalleolar Fracture

Monday, July 9.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

So today was that day that I was gonna finally get to meet with a surgeon to discuss the plan for my Trimalleolar Fracture (fancy way of saying that my ankle is broken in 3 places).

The appointment was at 10:30, but my mom thought it was at 10. Regardless, my mom woke me up early because she had to go to court for a parking ticket. I waited in the car while she took care of the ticket, and then we went over to Las Cruces Orthopaedic Associates. We filled out all of the necessary paperwork, and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep in the waiting room for a while.

When my name was called, I followed the lady that called my name to a room in the back. I later found out that this room was called the Cast Room. The first thing they did, was take off the splint I had on. My foot was so swollen and bruised. :(

Once the splint was off, it was time for more X-rays, because the hospital never sent the ones they took in the Emergency Room. This kind of, sort of, really hurt. One of the Xray technicians had to turn my foot so that they could get shots of the inside, top, and outside of my foot. Being that my ankle was still broken, any type of movement/rotation of my foot sure did hurt.

After the X-rays, Dr. Lindsey (soon to be the person that was gonna operate on my foot) came in and analyzed my foot and the X-rays. He poked my foot in a couple of painful places and then decided that it would be a good idea to have the surgery right away... The surgery was to be scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, 7/10). Before they let me leave, they had to do something to keep my foot stable until the surgery. Dr. Lindsey chose a boot. I did not like the boot. I'm not sure if it was because of the way it rubbed on my ankle, the weight of it, or the shape of it, but it caused me a lot of pain... It also didn't help that they had to force my foot to be at a 90degree angle to get it into the boot. :'(

When the appointment was over, I thought I had earned some enchiladas. lol So, my mom drove us to Si Senor and I bought us some green enchiladas and sopapillas for lunch. :)

The boot was really bothering me, so I stayed in bed most of the day. I chatted with Carolyn and Roshni to give them an update of how the appointment went and when the surgery would be. They were both working on seeing if I would be able to work from home, so that I didn't have to miss so much time out of my internship. They are awesome. :) 

Around dinner time, my fabulous Tia Cruz, brought me some more enchiladas and a Keva Kolada from Keva Juice! :P Jessica came into my room asking, "Why does everyone bring you so many enchiladas?" lol

I was really nervous about the surgery tomorrow, and the boot made it really hard to fall asleep. I blogged a bit, and I watched a few episodes of Modern Family (suggested by Carolyn). That show is so cute! If you haven't seen it, you should definitely watch it... As the night went on, my anxiety grew.

"Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength." - Charles Spurgeon

Broken... But Still Smiling

Sunday, July 8.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

Yesterday most of my family went to El Paso for Alex's birthday party, but I had no idea that they were gonna come to Las Cruces to visit me today. I was pleasantly surprised.

The first people who came to visit me was my Tia Pati and Cousins Mireya, Cruz, and Cindy! Out of all of my cousins, I could safely say that I'm closest with them. :)

Love the Chrome logo on the front!

Sandoval Family <3

 The girls gave me a cute "Get Well Soon" card and even brought some pie! Thanks girlies! :D

Peanut Butter and French Silk 

Later in the evening, more of my family came over! Tias Mari, Blanca; Tios Robert, Rica; Cousins Bobby, Arielle, Alex, Christopher, Bella. I'm pretty sure I got asked about 10 times what happened to my foot! lol I think I should just get a sign and wear it around my neck, saying something like: "I fell off a longboard. K? K!"

Family <3

Most of my aunts and uncles were sitting in the living room, and all of the little ones were playing Monopoly on the kitchen table.

While the kiddos played Monopoly, we were working on a puzzle and playing Aggravation on the other side of the table. I was on the same team as my Aunt Mari (since Cruz was playing with Bella outside).  I finally got to eat some of the pie - doesn't it just look so scrumptious? 

French Silk  

I was still feeling a lot of pain in my ankle/leg. Luckily, my family is awesome, and I was still able to smile and enjoy their company. :)

Cruz! :)

At the end of the evening, after all of my family had left, I went back to the room to get some rest. Before I fell asleep, I had a wonderful Google+ hangout with my roommates, Brenda and Lucy. It was the first time I had seen them in like 5 days. I really missed them! We talked all about the fun they had over 4th of July break, and about my leg break. lol It really blows my mind how far technology has come. I mean, I essentially had a face-to-face conversation with my dear friends who are like 1300 miles away! It's just incredible...

They are so cute! <3

I was going to have to meet with the surgeon the next day (to schedule my surgery), so I couldn't chat with them for too long. I am truly thankful for everyone in my life. All of their support has made this experience much more bearable! :)

"I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything." - Santosh Kalwar

It's All In The Little Things

Saturday, July 7.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

This morning I got a nice visit from Michael and my YWiC girls, Nicole, Jen, Janie, and Alyssa. They had told me the night before that they were going to visit me, but I had no idea that they were gonna bring me fun stuff to keep me from going insane. lol :)

I really like Harry Potter, but these chicas really love it! So I thought it was super cute that they brought me some skelegrow (disguised as a Gimme Guava Keva Juice). ;)

Janie was holding the delicious donuts (which were orange and purple for some reason), and Michael brought some popsicles. :) Right away they told me to open the bag that Jen was holding.  Inside the bag there was coloring books, a harmonica, knitting stuff, a flower pot, and some other fun stuff.

My favorite was a list of activities titled: "Tasha's Survival List!!!" Created by: Jen, Janie, Alyssa, and Nicole, with contributions from Irene and Becca. The list included activities like: Learn an Eminen rap, find Waldo, go on line shopping, master the art of origami, catch up on blogging, end world hunger, complete an entire coloring book, grow flowers, make plans to run for president, and return to California and take over Google! Haha There are a total of 31 things on the list. My friends are so awesome and thoughtful! :)

My Survival List!

The month of July is usually a happy one in our family. It is summer and there are a few birthdays that get to be celebrated. My sister, Nic, and cousin, Alex, share the same birthday: July 1st. Nic had celebrated her's the weekend before, so this weekend was Alex's turn. I was a bit sad that I had to miss it, but it was probably for the better so I could rest. 

Happy birthday, Alex!

Even though Alex's birthday was being celebrated, it was actually my Tio Beto's birthday. Happy birthday Beto! :) I was happy, because before he went to Alex's party, he stopped my my house to visit me. Well... I don't look very good in this picture, but Beto is awesome and is really good at making me laugh, so I thought I should post it just for him. 

Tio Beto :)

I should also mention that I got a visit from my Tio Ado, who lives in Yuma AZ. I think Beto and Ado were happy they visited me because I gave them each a Google pen! haha Anyways... whenever I didn't have visitor, I was catching up on my blog while watching 24, a suspenseful tv show that was on Netflix. It had only been a couple of days that my ankle was broken, and I was getting a bit anxious about when I was gonna get to have surgery. Optimism seemed a bit far away...

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence." - Helen Keller

Definitely Wasn't a Dream

Friday, July 6.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

I didn't get very much sleep the night before. Nic or my mom would wake me up every four hours so I could take some of my pain medication. It also didn't help that my foot felt like twitching a few times throughout the night. :(

When I woke up, I had to come to the realization that breaking my ankle wasn't a dream. I figured that I needed to give someone at Google the heads up that I wasn't going to be returning to the bay area anytime soon, except I really didn't want to bother anyone over the holiday break. I sent Carolyn a text message asking if she could call me whenever she had time to chat about some bad news I had for her. She called me later that evening, and made me feel less stressed about having to miss so much work. I think hearing that I broke my ankle was the last thing she would have expected me to say, so she was probably really surprised. Regardless, she was really nice and understanding about all of it. :)

The day that it happened, Jen posted this picture on facebook with the caption "Guess who!" and she tagged Janie and I. It was pretty easy to tell that the crippled person on the hospital bed was me. lol Later I got a call from Marisol, and the first thing she said was "OMG What did you do to yourself?!..." haha I <3 her!

"Guess who!"

I felt like I should also let my favorite roommates know what was going on. I kind of wanted to tell them all together, so I posted on Brenda's wall: "Hi! Um... I miss you! Can we have a hangout or something soon? I have something importante to tell you, Lucy H., and Ishwarya Venkat!!" All of them were out enjoying the long weekend, so I should have known that it wasn't going to be possible telling them all together. Brenda was visiting her sister in Seattle, Ishy was in Las Vegas with her family, and Lucy was in Tahoe! 


The first person to visit me, was my Aunt Cruz. I was pretty happy when I saw her, and it wasn't just because she was holding a Keva Juice in her hand. ;) She also brought me a big box of cherries. Did you know that cherries are really good at reducing inflammation? I ate a whole bunch of cherries that night! haha

Tia Cruz :)

Later that evening my Tio and Tia, Cuco and Laura, came to visit and they brought me a caramel apple! It was so delicious. But I didn't get to eat it until after Cuco had given me a lecture about how I shouldn't have been riding the longboard in the first place. lol

MMM

Cuco and Laura stayed for a while and my little siblings convinced me to play Bingo and Loteria (Mexican Bingo) with them. I crutched myself over the the dining room table, and played with them for a while. I think Loteria is so fun! The cards are colorful, but it makes it more fun for everyone, because we play with quarters. Makes it more exciting. lol

My sister beating our butts in Loteria!

When Cuco and Laura left, my foot was hurting pretty bad and there wasn't much else to do, so I went and laid down in bed. By this time (1am), Brenda and Lucy had seen the message I left on Brenda's wall, and Brenda had noticed the picture that Jen had tagged me in. Niether Brenda nor Lucy had good internet access, so I ended up telling them both through text. There were lots of sad faces in those messages. :( Thanks for all of the encouragement, girlies!

"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever." - Jessamyn West

Keva Juice Drinking, Enchilada Eating, Bone Breaking Thursday

Thursday, July 5.

*Disclaimer: This post may not be very coherent.*

Keva Juice Drinking...
Since I had the day off of work at Google and am in Las Cruces, I decided to go to work at my other job with YWiC. Why am I working on my day off? Well, it's fun and I had missed my YWiC girls. Before I left to Google for my internship, we had a weekly tradition of going to Keva Juice on Fridays! We love it so much that we even blogged a little bit about it. Check it out HERE Since I wasn't sure it I was going to go in to work on Friday, we (Jen, Janie, Nicole, Michael, and I) all went to Keva Juice! :)

We <3 Keva Juice!

Cute!

In the summer of 2009, I had jaw surgery and couldn't eat anything solid for 6 weeks. I pretty much had to live off of Keva Juice! I ended up trying all of the flavors. lol Today I was in the mood for the Gimme Guava smoothie. It is made with guava juice, pineapple sherbet, peaches, and strawberries! MMMM!

Haha I love Jen's expression!

Enchilada Eating...

How could we go straight back to work, when some authentic Mexican food was calling our names? After Keva Juice we made our way to Andele Restaurant. If I told you that they make the best green chile enchiladas, could you guess what I ordered?

We love Mexican food!

Nicole and I ordered the green chile enchiladas, Janie ordered a torta, Jen ordered posole, and I think Michael ordered either tacos, a chile relleno, or something else - I can't quite remember. lol Either way, it was all good!

Enjoying the Andele atmosphere

Bone Breaking...

Now that our tummies were content, we went back to work. YWiC was hosting another camp starting on Friday, so there was still a little bit to do for that. I had to finish up some final information for the Grace Hopper Student Poster submission, and I also needed to fill out the form to formally accept becoming the 2012-2013 Google Student Ambassador at NMSU. Enough work... It was time for a break. Since I've been at Google Nicole, Janie, and Jen have migrated from spending their breaks throwing the frisbee around to long boarding. How adventurous! I went outside with them and first got on Janie's longboard. It wasn't hard, and I went pretty far. Then I gave Janie her board back and gave Jen's a try. I wasn't on it for very long... 

Next thing I knew, I was on the floor laying on my back and clenching my left knee to my chest. Right away I knew that my ankle was broken. "Help me! Help me!" I shouted to the girls, and Nicole was the first to get to me, followed by Jen and Janie. I was SOL (sorry outta luck) at this point. Nicole ran back to the office to get her car keys so they could take me to the emergency room, while Janie went to go find my phone so I could call my mom.  Jen stayed with me, helping to hold my leg elevated, and called my mom. She said that they should take my to an urgent care clinic instead of the hospital... Janie came back and said that she couldn't find my phone. Instead of thinking about my leg all I could think about was where my phone was. I had left it by a tree, and didn't want to leave it behind - I didn't want to give my mom 2 reasons to be mad at me. lol 

I started to feel the pain. My breaths started to become shorter, almost to the point of hyperventilation. So not fun. Luckily Jen was able to keep me somewhat calm. Nicole parked her car really close to where I was laying on the floor, and then her and Jen carried me to the car. I had to pull myself in the backseat, laying down, and rested my head on Jen's lap, with my foot dangling in the air. Nicole drove and Janie sat in the front seat. Nicole drives a car with a standard transmission, so the ride was a little bumpy, but she assured me that it was the smoothest car ride she has ever given. I thought it was hilarious, because on the way, "Call Me Maybe" came on the radio. Thanks Nicole for getting us there! When we got there, we had to wait in the waiting room for my mom to come with the insurance card. She got there pretty quickly considering she works about 40 minutes away.

They finally called me back into a room. Then a nurse person came in and told me that I needed to take X-rays. That hurt so much! They took 3 pictures at different angles. A photo from the top (that was the easiest), a photo from the inside and the outside of my ankle. Agony. Sure enough, I had broken my ankle in 3 places. NOT COOL!

At this point, the doctor told us that I was going to need surgery. Just great... He tried to get a hold of some orthopedic surgeons that would be able to do the surgery right away, but he had no luck. Many of the surgeons refused to take his call (probably because they were on vacation). So his only solution was to splint up my leg and send me to the emergency room hoping that the surgeon on-call would be available for surgery. They still had not given me any time of medication for the pain, so I wasn't a very happy camper. Finally, after my mom requested it, they gave me a shot in each arm for the pain. Well it was time for the splint...

I was having tons of fun...

They wheeled me out to Janie's car, and we went to the emergency room. By this time my whole family knew what had happened and I was getting lots of phone calls...

There was no telling if I was gonna get surgery that night or not. The hospital wanted to take more X-rays before I was seen by the doctor. They took photos from the same positions, and those were also painful! I think some of the shock was starting to wear off. After the X-rays, I could finally have some medication. But first, they had to start an IV. I HATE NEEDLES, so I was freaking out! I was impressed, because the guy who started the IV got it on the first try. Nobody else has ever done that before... Once the IV was ready, they gave me some Morphine. I was a bit happier now. lol Jen even has a video of me rapping after I had the Morphine! haha

Post Morphine - I was actually smiling haha

The doctor came in and said that the Orthopedic surgeon would not do the surgery today. Instead, I had to make an appointment for Monday morning, and the time/day for surgery would be scheduled then. Since I wasn't going to have the surgery that night, the doctors sent me home. Luckily, Jen/Janie/somebody made a really good observation about my splint. It was leaking a lot of water. That is not a good sign. The guy who did the IV came in and explained that they were going to have to put in another splint, because it is very dangerous having a splint that is soaking wet. Wet splints can cause a lot of damage to the skin. Good thing they took it off, because there was already starting to be noticeable damage to the heel of my foot.

He put in another splint that was much lighter than the previous one, so I was also happy about that. I was finally able to go home, and I was starving. Jen and Janie came along and sat with me in the living room, and my mom made us some delicious bean burritos! It was already pretty late, so the girls left after we ate. THANKS SO MUCH to Jen and Janie for being there with me the whole night! I crutched myself over to the bedroom, found a somewhat comfortable position with my foot elevated on a couple of pillows, and fell asleep. 

It is so unbelievable how quickly things happen and how quickly plans can change. I was only supposed to be in Las Cruces until Sunday, but now all of the doctors and nurses were telling me that I would have to stay for a couple of weeks. Wow. I don't understand why this happened when it did, but I have no choice now, but to take the pain one day at a time. I need to focus on getting better, so that I can return to my internship at Google...

"If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones." - Al Unser

  

4th of July :D

Wednesday, July 4.

Happy 4th of July! Hope it was spectacular for everyone!

This year, I decided to fly home over the long weekend and surprise my family. They really had no idea that I was coming! I woke up pretty early to get ready and finish packing up all of my things before heading to the airport. My flight was at 9:50am. The cool thing was that Ramya and Xunjie were also flying out around the same time. They met me at my apartment at 7:15am and by 7:30am we were on the way to the airport.

When we arrived I parked in the outside long term parking: $15 per day. We drove around for a couple of minutes and then found a parking space between rows E and F. Then we made our way to the shuttle stop #5 and waited for the shuttle to take us to the terminal.

Okay, I love this picture!!

Ramya and I were flying US Airways, so we said goodbye to Xunjie and got off the shuttle at the first terminal. Unlike me. Ramya was prepared and had already printed her boarding pass, but she kindly went with me to print mine. Next, we had to go through security. Surprisingly, there weren't that many people there, so the lines went pretty quickly. It was already about 8:15am and having trained our stomachs to want delicious breakfast at Google in the morning, we were both hungry. Conveniently located right by the security check was a Mexican place called Tres Gringos, and a Peete's Coffee. Can you guess which one I chose? haha Yes! I chose Tres Gringos. If I wanted to I could have ordered the tacos or a bean burrito, but I was more in the breakfast mood, so I ordered a breakfast quesadilla. It was made with a huge tortilla, eggs, cheese, and bacon, and came with a side of guacamole. It definitely hit the spot! :)

It was SO huge!

What was really awesome was that Ramya and I were on the same flight! :P Our gate was right next to all the food places, so we didn't have to go very far. Once we got our food, we went to our gate and chatted until boarding. As we were chatting I realized that we were both at Grace Hopper last year. Moreover, our posters were right next to each other's at the student poster session! What a small world! Then somehow my YWiC girls came up and I was trying to find the video that they made me when I got home from Google last summer. I couldn't find it then, but here it is now. It's a music video for Sugarland's "Stuck Like Glue" (my favorite song at the time). You should enjoy it's awesomeness as much as I do! :D

We finally got onto the plane. I was in a middle seat between 2 guys, and Ramya was in the aisle seat in the row in front of me, so we still got to chat some more! The flight wasn't bad. But then again, I slept the whole way and was oblivious to most of the turbulence as we were landing in Phoenix. It was nice to see some rain!

Hi Ramya :)

We got off the plane at around 11:50am out of terminal A. As I checked my second boarding pass I realized that my next gate was in terminal B. Ramya was lucky and had her next flight from A. In case you don't know, the Phoenix airport is pretty big, so I had to run to my next gate, because my next flight was scheduled to depart at 12:25. Grr... I got to the gate 5 minutes before they were going to close the doors. Phew! This time I had a window seat - my favorite. I closed my eyes and about an hour later I was finally in El Paso, TX!

Since I was going to surprise my family, I asked my favorite YWiC girls if they could pick me up from the airport. They agreed. :) I was pretty excited to see them. As I came down the escalator, I didn't see anyone... I turned the corner toward the exit and I saw Jen walking with 2 Starbucks drinks in her hand. One was for me! Yay, thanks Jen! She told me that they were all starving, so Janie and Nicole were in line at Burger King. lol These girls love food as much as I do. They ordered some fries to temporarily hush their grumbling tummies, and we were off!

Jen, Nicole, Janie :D

As we exited the airport, I felt the humidity and heat smack me in the face! POW! lol The girls laughed at me as I complained and told me that it was way cooler than it had been the past weeks. As we got to the car, the girls showed me how cool their long boards were and then shoved them in the trunk. The El Paso airport is an hour away from my hometown, Las Cruces, NM. I asked them if they wanted me to drive, but Nicole drove Janie's car instead - for some reason Jen is scared of my driving. haha On the road I enjoyed chatting, singing to random songs, and watching the overwhelmingly brown scenery that I've grown up with. I had been really craving some authentic Mexican food, so the plan was to go eat when we got to Las Cruces. Nicole had to go home, so we dropped her off at NMSU and proceeded to Andele's (my favorite Mexican restaurant). It was closed for July 4th. :( SAD DAY! Since it was closed, we went to Si Senor instead. We got a table, and ate some chips and salsa while we waited for Alyssa to meet us there.

I couldn't wait to order GREEN CHILE ENCHILADAS! :) I think it is safe to say that green chile enchiladas are my favorite food. If you look at the plate below, you might think it looks weird, but I promise you its delicious. Corn tortillas layered with cheese and green chile. And of course, the beans and rice on the sides. Yum!

The real deal!

Okay, I love my YWiC girls, but it was time to go home and surprise my family! I recorded most of their reactions so I don't have to go into much detail on the actual surprise. The people in the video are my mom, two little sisters, and cousin. My sister Nic was taking a nap when I got there, so I didn't catch her reaction. She looked confused and almost upset that I woke her up! haha Priceless!

I had obviously just eaten at Si Senor, but it was awesome coming home to the smell of home-cooked food. My mom had made ribs, corn on the cob, and pinto beans! My uncle Ado, who lives in Yuma, AZ was playing Aggravation with the kids. The name of the game suits it very well, but it is so fun!

My sister looks a bit aggravated hehe

After a while, my unlce Cuco and aunt Laura came over. They also had no idea that I was here. When they got there I went and hid in my sister's room for a couple of minutes. As I was about to enter into the kitchen I heard them talking about how bored I sounded when I called them the day before from San Jose. I wasn't actually bored when I called them, but I just had to pretend like I was so they could tell me what their plans and my family's plans were! lol Needless to say they were so surprised. A bit later my aunt Cruz and uncle Vince also came over. After everybody ate, my stepdad took most of the kids fishing and to watch fireworks. I stayed home with my aunts and uncles, and we played Aggravation and worked on a puzzle that Nic had started.

Cuco's shirt is so patriotic! :P

When the kids got back, we watched them dance around with Sparklers for a perfect end to our July 4th.

<3

I missed my sisters and family so much, and I was glad to be home. This will be a fourth of July that I will always remember. A big thanks to all of those who have served our country! :)

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand." - H.S. Truman