Garett and I(Mary) recently got married on April 30th 2011. We were married in the Sacramento California LDS temple. Since then, we have been very happy with our lives here in Monterey, Ca. Garett is stationed here through the military at the Defensive Language Institute(DLI) and is learning Portuguese. We live about a block away from the beach which is amazing but also makes it so the weather here is usually pretty cold. We are happy here though. If nothing changes, we will be here until October of this year. After we leave here, Garett will be going to Texas for some qualification training and such.
Our wedding was wonderful and we want to thank everyone that came and made it so great. The pictures are now posted on Facebook in my (Mary's) photo albums.
We decided to make this blog so that everyone in our life can be updated on what's going on with us. This week has not been too good for us because on Tuesday, Garett was hit by a car while riding his bicycle home. When he was riding on the road, he was riding between the parked cars on the side of the road and some cars that were stopped at a red light. When he got to the back bumper of one of the cars at the stop light, the person in the car decided they wanted to park on the side of the road so they turned their wheels and hit the gas. Since Garett was at their back bumper when they did this, the front of the car hit the handlebars of his bike and he went flying over the car. He was wearing a helmet and a backpack which padded his fall on his back but he also landed on his arm. He was in somewhat of a shock after it happened. The woman driving the car immediately got out and asked if he was okay. She was not worried about her car only if he was okay. Luckily, there wasn't any damage to Garett's bike and he only left a small dent on the front of her car but she didn't care. After that happened, they talked for a bit and then Garett rode home on his bicycle. He thought he was totally fine aside from a few scrapes on his legs from the bike falling on him after the fall. When he got home, I had no idea that anything was wrong. I just gave him a kiss and went back to unloading the dishwasher! I wish I was more observant sometimes. We talked for a few minutes and I asked him how his day went. He said "It was good until some lady ran into me on my bike." I was immediately worried about what had happened but Garett still thought he was fine except that his arm hurt a little bit. Neither of us knew what a broken bone felt like because we are lame and have never broken anything. We decided not to risk it though and we went to the ER. He was hit at about 5:30pm and we got to the ER at about 6pm. We didn't get out of there until about 10:30pm. It was ridiculous! So they did x-rays on his arm and they told us that his radius was broken right underneath the head of the radius which is right by the elbow. This happened to be his right arm by the way. So, the ER put his arm in a splint and told us we had to go to the clinic on base because he was an active duty and find out what we needed to do for his arm. So, the next day we went to the clinic early in the morning. We waited there for about an hour and a half before we could see the nurses and all they did was make an appointment for us to see the doctor the next day. It was very frustrating. The ER had given Garett Percocet for the pain. But, because Percocet is so strong, it was making him throw up. On Wednesday he threw up twice and today he threw up again. And, he was still in a lot of pain. So today we went to the clinic to see the doctor for our appointment and we discovered that the appointment was never made!!! Luckily though, the doctor was able to see us about half an hour after we got there. The doctor on base then referred us to an orthopedic and we got an appointment with him for later. We went to see the orthopedic but we were very unsatisfied. Garett has Tricare Prime for insurance which is government insurance so a lot of doctors wont take it because it doesn't pay very well. When we got in to see the orthopedic, the told us that Garett'sGarett to take so hopefully they will not make him throw up anymore. Otherwise, he is doing good and he is a trooper. His arm hurts him but he is being strong just like the Garett I know. He is amazing. We aren't sure about what will happen with his schooling and everything since it was his right arm that is broken and the one that he writes with.
On a higher note, I got a job at The Inn at Del Monte beach which is right by our apartment. I'm pretty excited about it but for now it is just a job where I'll probably be doing a little bit of everything. I'll be helping make breakfast and maybe be doing some receptionist work and happy hour at the bar. The owner was thinking about training me to do some accounting work for him and his office in Salinas but is afraid to train me because I'll be leaving soon. So, I just will be doing this stuff until he decides on if he wants to train me or not. If we stay longer here because of Garett's injury then that might be a really good opportunity for me. If Garett has to be slipped back to a class that starts later then we will get more money and he will be able to learn Portuguese really really well. We think that this injury might be a blessing in disguise but we are not getting our hopes up yet. We are just happy that he is alive and well and that I have been able to get a job.
