Good news, Bad news

So the good news around here is that Clint finished his training at work and he's now out on his own! It's been 4 months of training meetings, and riding with other officers while they evaluated his every move... but today is his first day out on his own! Yeah! I think he will start to enjoy himself much more now- it's frustrating not being able to do your own thing.

Now for the bad news... warning- there's a graphic picture below! Rachel was complaining about her leg being sore the past week with throbing pains and soreness. I thought it was a pulled muscle or something, but I didn't see anything when I looked like swelling or discoloration. Then, Sunday when I put muscle ache cream on it, she had a small rash on her knee. This picture is what it looked like on Monday.



I took her to the doctor and after hearing the symptoms- he said it was shingles! He said it was very uncommon for young people to get it- it's usually associated with older people with low immune systems. She had the chicken pox immunization when she was younger- but somehow the virus has been dormant until now. Needless to say- she's miserable! It's very painful and she's been laying on the couch watching movies all day.