Oh life...

Well, as some of you may have seen on facebook we got some sucky news the other day! Rey has had this pain in his back for a little over 2 years now. I thought it was just a swollen lymph node and Rey has been thinking it was a cyst.. well the other day we finally went to the doctor since this was the first time someone in his command has let him, (bullcrap i tell ya) and we finally found out what it was.. a freaking tumor! i can't remember the exact name, but the doctor said it was a tumor and that most are benign. when they said that it definitely took a lot for me not to cry! i did my best and remained calm, however i forgot to ask what are the chances of it not being benign and when exactly will we find out if it is or not.. seriously, i was not thinking all that much after we found out that news! i do have a feeling that it's all going to be okay and i'm just going to keep praying that it is, because honestly that's all i can do at the moment. sadly, the first day they could fit him in for surgery is may 23rd, so it's over a month away which is kind of stupid, but i am glad that he is finally getting it taken care of! the good thing about this however is, he probably wont have to go to bridgeport! after the surgery he gets 4 days off of work, then ten days of light duty at work, and he'll probably even have a drain in his back. his 1st srgt has been pretty lame and has been saying that everyone is going and they can do light duty up at bridgeport, but he's going to have to go in 14 days after his surgery for a check-up and to possibly take out the drain, and bridgeport is about 8-10 hours away so i can't exactly see them taking him back and forth.. so as of right now it is looking like he wont go which makes me very very happy!! that also means i will be staying in california a tad bit longer! we've decided that i will go back in august if he for sure doesn't go to bridgeport. he'll probably get to come back to utah end of august, early september, and this way i can have time to get my job back and already be working, and if there is a chance for some reason they wont let me get my job back i can start my job search since that would give us two months before he gets out to search for a job so i have some income coming in when his stops coming in november! its definitely nice knowing that he is getting out of the marines, but definitely stressful as well! i just wish it would hurry up and get here!! OH! so guess what! i knew something was going to get in the way of the glee concert! rey's surgery is may 23rd and the concert is may 27th so we have no idea if rey will be able to go or not!! we are going to see how he feels before we make the decision, but if he can't go i guess i am going to ask one of my friends down here if they want it.. one lucky friend may be getting a $120 glee ticket for freeeee! haha! poor rey though! he has been so excited because he loves glee too and has never been to a real concert! oh well! so is life!!

peace in the middle east,
kristen