My New Do

My highlights needed some definite help, so Friday I headed to the salon. I wanted to get my hair cut but I wasn't really sure how short to go. It has been so hot and humid, lately, that my hair usually ends up in a ponytail, anyway. Normally, I am not very brave when it comes to my hair but I ended up cutting 6 inches off! It is so much lighter now but I'm still getting used to it. Here is my new look, let me know what you think. :)

ER Visit Number 2

Last weekend, Matt was trying to set up a new wireless setup for our house. Once, he was done I asked him to put some security on it, so he was running back and forth between the downstairs and upstairs. He landed wrong on his bad ankle, it looked awful, so I was sure it was broken. We loaded into the car and were off to the hospital, again. People are going to start thinking something with as many times we have gone to the hospital, in the last month. The doctors did some xrays and discovered he had sprained his ankle, so he was laid up for a few days and just recently has been able to walk around more.

ER Visit Number 1

A few weeks ago, Matt and I were eating at our favorite restaurant. Matt decided to try something new; he went with clam chowder and a sandwich. As most of you know Matt has a pretty severe peanut allergy, so we are normally very careful when trying new things. Since, there were no warnings on the menu, we felt it would be a could choice. Anyways, everything was fine until the ride home, Matt started having some problems. I was pretty sure he was having an allergic reaction but he kept saying maybe it was just bad clam chowder. After we got home, I immediately called the restaurant to see if there were any peanuts in the clam chowder. I have never heard of people putting peanuts in it but hey, I am not a fan, so what do I know. After staying on hold for what felt like forever, for the manager to look in the ingredient book, he came back to say that meal was not on the allergy friendly menu. So, I hurried and gave Matt some Benadryl we waited to see if he would start feeling better. About five minutes later, we were off to the hospital because he was having trouble breathing. Luckily, it wasn't a huge reaction, so they gave him some pills and observed him for a couple hours but all was well.

Fourth of July

This year for the Fourth of July we went up to Washington D.C. to celebrate. Everyone told us we would be stuck in traffic for hours but amazingly we got there in 2 1/2 hours! It probably helped that we stopped in Springfield, which is about 13 miles from D.C. and rode the Metro in. I am a huge fan of the Metro, it is so convienent, you just hop on and it takes you all over the city. No sitting in traffic or trying to find parking, it's great. One of Matt's friends from high school was vacationing in D.C. that weekend, so we met up with him. It was a lot of fun to see him and be in our nation's capital for the fourth. We weren't very good at our time management skills, so we didn't make it to the National Monument for the fireworks but we did watch them from the street. The picture above is a fountain that is by the Art Museum, Matt and I sat here for awhile because it was so relaxing. The picture to the right is at one of the metro station that had the steepest escaltor! Here are some random pics from our trip.