I'm back! :)

I'm back to blogging. We got back from our trip on Saturday. Then on Monday I had to go up to Spruce Head to pick up Alfie. I stayed longer than I expected because I had so much visiting to do. I still didn't get everything done that i wanted to, but I had to come back because I was missing big guns:) I got back here Wednesday evening. Then all day yesterday I had a headache because I was trying to give up coffee again. I decided that it wasn't worth it. Big Guns says he likes my coffee breath anyway:) so this morning I enjoyed a lovely cup of coffee and am happy to report that I'm feeling much better. Coffee is wonderful:)
I know there has been much speculation as to how I got the name Sizzlin. You guys have so little faith in me! I know you think it is a juicy story, but the truth will reveal how unimaginitve Big Guns and I are. When i was thinking about starting up a blog, Big Guns offered to help me think up a good name for myself as I have had trouble in that department in the past. My best name to date had been redorangelettuce. I came up with that name because my favorite color is red, orange comes next in the rainbow, and I was finishing up my salad which had lettuce in it. Anyway, I don't know how much help Big Guns was. We were eating dinner at the Outback restaurant in Portland and as we were perusing the menu we saw Sizzlin' Steak or something like that. From that moment on I became Sizzlin. I like the name, but I wish we had a better story to tell about it. Big Guns got his name because his arms are big and strong:)
We had a wonderful time in Key West. It was beautiful. Hopefully we'll be able to show you our pictures soon. I'm going to drop off our underwater camera to be developed today. It turns out we were swimming with peranas! (I'm not sure if that's the right spelling) I had know idea there were such thing in the water down there. While we were snorkeling I saw these long skinny fish. I swear they were 3-4 feet long. Big Guns volunteered to try to get closer to take a picture of them. I'm glad he didn't make it down that deep because they probably would have attacked him!! That's crazy. Some other people in our snorkel group saw a shark too! I'm not a very fast swimmer, but boy did I hightail it out of that area! In retrospect it would have been cool to see it, but I didn't want to risk having it take a bite out of me.
I start my new job on Monday. I'm looking forward to getting going with it. I'm sure it will be an amazing experience for me. I'm really lucky to do the kind of work I do. I am repeatedly awed by the strength of the human spirit:) It's very exciting and moving to witness. I hope you all have a good day:)