Craig and I have been having a competition of who has more bad luck...
Craig- third-degree shoulder separation
Ashley- diagnosed with scoliosis with vertebral rotation
Craig- puck to the knee
Ashley- flu/misses home
Craig- hit from behind causing bruised forehead
Ashley- comes home to running/overflowing toilet
Craig- fractured orbital bone from a high stick
Unfortunately, Craig won this battle. It was been a shit couple of weeks. Craig healed from his shoulder, got a puck to the knee which was fine but annoying, then got hit from behind and got a massive bruise across his forehead again he was okay.
The final blow was catching a stick to the face, which fractured his orbital bone and has caused some nerve damage that will hopefully heal over time. I on the other hand have had back pain ever since I can remember. I always just thought it was from sports etc, and an injury from college where I damage a disk. After my drive out here I finally decided to see a chiropractor to see if there was anything I could go to help with the discomfort, and it turns out I actually have scoliosis which explains the pain and he also told me that my vertebrae are also rotating because of the curvature of the spine. Woof. I also got the flu or I think it was for a couple days, and then the final straw was coming home to a soaked apartment because my toilet decided to run for the entire day due to calcium build up in the little thingamajiggers that run the thing.
I seriously just wanted to go home and then head right to Austria to be with Craig. It is the worst feeling when your unhappy and then you cannot physically be there for your partner when they are struggling too. I get asked a lot by other hockey girlfriends/wives and my own friends how can you be apart from him for this long, and why I choose to work instead of being with him for his season.
I was an athlete at one point in my life and I know how sometimes it can be an emotional and physical battle. You could be having a crap season and decide you dont want to play anymore, you can get emotionally drained from being away from your loved ones and the schedule, or you could get injured and not have the choice. And that is a huge reason why I stay behind and work, because God forbid any of the above happen I would never want Craig to feel like he has to play to support us. My career is our backup plan. It's hard enough to deal with the pressure of playing your best and the worry and wondering with getting a contract for next year. So, if I can a least tell him and assure him that if he couldnt do it anymore and wanted to come home that I would be able to take care of us till he figured out his next step in life. I always wondered if this was the right approach because it is straining on our relationship, but now more then ever with all his bad luck I know that it has been the right decision.
When it rains, it pours. I just keep saying to myself hey someone else has it worse, I have my health, its not that bad, I could be this lady
and lately think about how Craig feels.
The beginning of this month has been pretty good, Halloween helped alot. I decided to be Emily from Corpse Bride, seemed fitting since our wedding was exactly 7 months from the day:
Scary huh?????
The only thing I didnt think about was I had to keep my eyes open to hand out candy which kind of ruined the whole thing but it was pretty fun handing out candy to the little nuggets running around on their sugar high.
And then I was reunited with one of my lovely girlfriends from home! It was the best timing and I have never been so excited to see a friend in my whole life. She was staying in Austin with her boyfriend to see his brother, so I joined them on Saturday.
We did a little tailgating at the Longhorn game, they really know how to do this right. Everyone was having a good time, and it wasnt like UNH tailgating good time of lets get blasted at 9 am and maybe watch the game (mom I never did this) but each section really took pride in their set up and presentation. There were catered food, plasma TV's, music, and a ton of orange. I tried these cheesy tater tot bacon casserole, heaven.
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| I had a couple beverages my first time in 7 weeks |
The guys watched the game and we explored Austin, and I fell in love. I reminded me of a texan Portsmouth. Its very hipster,clean, and young. Why couldnt my job have relocated here?!?!
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| Get it...Ash street?! |
We (my gf, her boyfriend, and two other couples) had dinner at this place called Second Bar + Kitchen, holy hell the food was AH-MAZING. We couldnt get in till about 10 pm, so after dinner I was in a serious food coma, but was determined to see 6th street at night. Imagine Bourbon street but wider, filled with college kids and that is 6th street (roof decks, live music, and a ton of fun). I was pissed at myself that I couldnt hang, but I managed to stick around for one beer at Missy Mae.
It was the perfect night, there was not one point where I felt like the 7th wheel. They all were so nice and hilarious. I was laughing the entire dinner. Sometimes all it takes is a couple familiar faces to turn your lemons into lemonade!!!
Movies:
Captain Phillips- I loved this movie, great for anyone. It was suspenseful and motivational. Just a great overall movie and the acting was superb.
Bad Grandpa-OMG is exactly what was running through my mind during some of the scenes. The little boy absolutely killed it in this movie, and some of my favorite scenes were when he was solo wondering the streets. I rarely laugh out loud in theaters but at some points I could not help it. The whole movie was not that great to be honest and at times a little awkward, but there were 3 parts of the movie that are definitely worth watching the whole thing for. I mean pee your pants hilarious.
TV-
I have also not been sleeping lately which means a lot of TV and I have two new favorite shows
Tamar and Vince Season 2- I became addicted to this show during the first season but now that Tamar is pregnant she is even more hilarious, if you love reality TV and some serious attitude you have to watch, at least watch the first 5 minutes of this clip
Long Island Medium- Getting a reading by Theresa is now on my bucket list. I cry almost every episode you have to watch this show, no seriously watch it. It has honestly made me not scared of dying, its that moving.
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