More tumors

So you know how my friend Katie has a brain tumor (or did until they removed it) and is going through treatment. Well apparently Matt's uncle has the same kind of brain tumor. He had surgery about 2 weeks ago to remove most of it and is now investigating treatment options. I know a couple of other people who have had the same kind of tumor. Apparently it is the most common of primary brain tumors, but I am still in shock as to how many people I know personally (and pretty well) have this same terrible disease. If you could keep him and his family in your prayers it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Adventures or something

So you want to hear a story? I bet you do, things have been boring lately, but today something exciting finally happened. We were on our drive back from the DC area and stopped at a gas station. Ahead of us is a black Lincoln Navigator. The Navigator pulls in to the gas stall and we pull in behind him, he goes to the front pump, we go to the back pump. Matt puts the car in park, turns off the car and starts to get out of the car. His hand is on the door handle, when I notice the Navigator is in reverse and moving backwards. So I reach over and slam on the horn for about 5 seconds. He stops. Then starts backing up again, I hit the horn again and he keeps on coming and hits us. We get out of the car, slightly annoyed, but not too angry. He gets out of the car. Matt says "You hit my car." Mr. Navigator says "This pump didn't have 93 octane gas." He then tells us we whipped in behind him and that is why he didn't see us. Recall we had already put the car in park and turned the engine off. I explain this to him. He doesn't seem to care and just says "this pump didn't have 93 gas." Apparently that is a reason to back up and hit someone. Finally he goes back into his car to move it off of our bumper. He gets back out and says "there can't be any damage." Nevermind the fact that he has a big Navigator and we have a small Saturn. Before I totally loose my temper I go to the car and get the credit card so I can start pumping gas while Matt continues the conversation with the man. He keeps trying to blame us. Matt explains that we honked the horn, he says he didn't hear it, Matt says there must be something wrong with your car if you can't hear the horn inside. He invites Matt to come in and listen, he declines. Navigator man asks what we want, do we want to call the cops or something. Matt says he wants an apology. He says he already gave us one...hmm...did you miss that apology, cause I certainly did. He goes to get in his car and says "You can kiss my a**," and drives away. The end. We think he heard the horn and just really didn't care because he is bigger than us and so hit us on purpose. He had big car jerk disease. P.S. there is a mark on our car. P.P.S. Matt says "There will finally be something interesting on your blog."

lazy weekend

Matt's parents have been here this weekend. We have had a pretty lazy weekend, with movie watching and eating. Yesterday we went to the mall and to the gardens. It was quite chilly, so we didn't stay at the gardens very long. We watched Happy Feet and Flag of our Fathers. Both were ok, nothing too spectacular. Today we went to mass and made a lovely Easter dinner. We invited our neighbor from Cameroon and learned all about Cameroonian living. It was very interesting. We also watched the Masters, which is my favorite HD TV event. Augusta National is a beautiful golf course, especially in spring and even more so in high definition. Now it is a little more tv watching and then bedtime. This blog is getting more and more boring by the day. Oh...today at church we sat behind this lady with the hugest hair ever. Honestly it was about 18 inches across. I couldn't see around her at all. I really wish I had my camera so I could show everyone how huge this hair was. Her hair wasn't naturally big or frizzy, but was styled to be absolutely huge. It was great! Tomorrow we will be going out to get some cheap Easter candy, hopefully there will be some left.