Internet is up and running...

Great news... We are finally able to get on the Internet in "our" house. John, the owner, made a surprise visit this past week to fix the Internet. We have recently been blessed with a roommate who needs the Internet. She is a 48 yr old awkward lady who works on developing websites. I guess she was threatening to leave because John made a 5 hour trip to just work on the Internet. Abby and I were joking about sabotaging the Internet so that she would leave. We were definitely getting use to living alone. I guess you can say that we were spoiled, but what can we say... We are honeymooners looking to be alone, not share a sofa with a random 48 year old. Oh well, we are only here for a little while longer. I think we have 5 more weeks of work and then we move on. We are not sure where we will be next, but hopefully we will find out soon. We are really working on getting to Denver or Portland for the end of summer beginning of fall. Keep your fingers crossed. We learned that there are a lot of pediatric positions out there, but unfortunately there are an abundance of pediatric nurses. Abby and I are at a disadvantage because we both need positions at a certain hospital. Our recruiter is working really hard on placing us in a desirable location. We have also talked about just staying in Phoenix for another 3 months. If we do that, we will most likely move out of this house and into an apartment. We would take a pay cut, but at least we would have our OWN place to live for the first time since we've been married! Will keep you posted.

As you can see we've put up pictures of our hike up Squaw Peak. It is a strenuous hike that takes a good 30-40 minutes to hike 1.2 miles. The view from the top is amazing. I have to admit that the 360 view is about the same. Houses, dry land, spiked mountain tops, and cacti. We were able to catch a sunset the last time we both went up. Pictures really don't show the beauty of this sunset, but as you can see it was pretty neat to be on top of this mountain during that time. The trip down was a little hairy. The trail runs down both sides of the mountain, so when we were on the East side, it was quite dark. Abby, and her new found obsession with scorpions, was pretty nervous about running into one of the little creatures (they are nocturnal).

We also put up a picture of us at the Arizona Diamondbacks game. Yes, I was slowly developing man boobs. Now you know my obsession with losing weight. The game was a lot of fun. Randy Johnson tied second all time on the strikeout list. He tried and tried to get that last one to put him alone at second but constantly failed. They pulled him in the 6th. He eventually got that mark, just not at home. I also put up a picture of Abby in a phone booth. Don't see those much. This phone booth was outside one of our favorite restaurants, 5 & Dinner.

Okay okay, I know you've all been on your seats waiting to find out what my big surprise was for Abby. Here it is... I surprised her with 4th row seats to the Ringling Brothers and Barney and Bailey Circus!!!!! It was an amazing show. I don't remember it being so entertaining. We definitely recommend it to all. Just watch out for the protesters outside the arena passing out flyer's on how the circus abuses it's animals. My favorite part of the show was the 6 bikes in the ring of steel. Amazing!!! Abby's favorite part were the elephants. They had about 6 huge elephants and 1 little baby elephant. After the show, as we were walking to our car, we spotted the trainers giving the elephants water and a bath. They were having a blast drinking from huge trash cans and trying to spray the crowd with water. Playful jokers. It was really neat seeing such amazing animals so close up. Go see the circus if it comes to a city near you!

We had a long week of work. I picked up an overtime shift on Monday, then we both worked Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday I woke up early to climb the mountain and then i headed to play golf with John. Abby slept in then went to this huge mall near by. She has been told that this mall has every store she likes, so she wanted to check it out. She told me that they have a store solely about peanut butter! We are going tomorrow! Today we didn't do much. Neither one of us could sleep last night. We went to bed around midnight. I woke up around 2am and just couldn't fall back to sleep. Decided to get up and watch TV till 5am. I then got dressed and headed to Squaw peak. I was able to catch the tail end of the sunrise as I hiked the mountain. I was amazed with how crowded the trail was. I guess the locals know that they need to get their outdoor exercise in as soon as the sun rises. I then came home and slept till 2ish. We both got our lazy tails out of bed, went bowling, ate supper, then caught a movie. We saw "Wanted." Mixed reviews. If you like Kill Bill, you will probably like this movie. Midway through the movie Abby started feeling nauseous. She is currently lying on the couch watching TV as I type this post. It is almost 3:30am and I'm not tired. I think I might go hike the mountain again at 5am. The weather at that time is in the 80's with a nice breeze. This night shift gig has our sleeping patterns all messed up. Hope Abby feels better.

Restaurant of the week: NYPD pizza! Amazing NY style pizza.
Movie of the Week: Definitely, Maybe. We only started this movie, but it looks really good. A chic flick.
Weather: This week was the first time in about 2 weeks were the high temp was under 110. I think it was 106 and above. I "nice cool trend" (some weather guy).

This week we are trying to pick up an overtime shift on Tuesday, then we work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Saturday we head to Las Vegas. Abby and i are going Saturday night and staying at Treasure Island. Abby's parents fly out on Sunday and we all will be staying at Treasure Island until Wednesday. We are both very excited to see her parents. We miss our families a lot. Hope to have a lot of luck. Keep your fingers crossed...

Have a great week everybody. We love and miss you all. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

In His peace,
Michael and Abby Lee