here is a pic of Alexa and i at Caleb and Courtney Giesel's wedding

There is so much to say since the last time i updated, i have no idea where to begin, so i guess, i'll say that my back is getting better. I think it will be a long time before its totally better, but thats ok, i can wait.

   I think im going to be taking online classes to get a bachelors degree and then possibly get a masters so i can teach something like shop or industrial tech at a highschool level.  Im thinking that my body cant take another 10 years of the framing, and i do enjoy the building still, so maybe this is where i'll go for now.   My thoughts on this are a mixture of excitement and concern.  Its going to be somewhat expensive i know, but im sure it will be well worth it.  Im also concerned about the work load, if i'll be able to handle work, tuesday group, christamore group, and then school work on top of that.  Im sure i can do it given enough time, i just like to go for things when i make my mind up about them, not really wanting to drag it out or anything. I suppose we'll see how it goes and if its something that gets too tough to deal with everything, then i'll have to cut something out.   For now though, i think thats the path im going to take.

 I went to the sweet corn festival tonight with katie ,and mom and dad. We met grandma and grandpa down there and ate bbq chicken with them. The sweet corn was really good, i could have eaten till i hurled, but i stopped at 2 ears of corn.  Maybe next year, lol.

 Alexa is in Missoui with her family on vacation , so i kind of have a boring weekend. Its only going to be a couple of days but im still going to miss her quite a bit.  It will be hard when she goes up to faith for the next school year.  Maybe it will be good to be so busy , so i dont miss her so much.

 Anyway, i think thats all for now, i'll leave with a pic of me fishinig in colorado, back in july? i think   It was really beautiful,out there, what you cant really see is that im wearing three layers on my upper body and then shorts and sandles cause i was wading around in the little pools that werent too deep. lol, it was a lot of fun, anyway, ya'll have a good night,

WHATS UP XANGAERS AND NON -XANGAEES,

       First order of business, i cant spell, it took me three times to write " first order of business" and when i just started typing it again , i couldn't do it again!  yeah, i hear, ya, im loosing, it, but BOO YAH!, i dont think so, cause i never had it , BOO YAH!

  So here is the run down,   Im getting another steriod epidural shot in my back on may 31st.  After that, i'll be doing some physical therapy in washington.  Im actually kinda looking foreward to the physical therapy, dont ask me why, i just am.

 I had a randome thought today, ok , ok i had many , many random thoughts today, but one was so important to me that i had to voice it and let it be known to anyone who was there, which at that moment was nobody, BUT, the thought was still one of the greatest thoughts , that i have ever had between 1:55 and 1:56 pm on a monday in the year of 2007 ! 

  drum roll please...........................................ba ba ba bba babababbababaababab........................Eighties love songs are corny,,,,,but AWESOME!    FOR REAL!!!

 and now for the last thought on here for at least 12.75 hours, probably longer though.    

Never buy dress pants at goodwill for 3 dollars and cut the legs off at the knees and turn them into shorts............they fit tight.............and are not flattering...........at least they werent today.

yesterday i received my epidural steroid injection for my herniated disk.  It was an interesting process, but not that bad. They said that the steroids will help it heal and that it probably would heal itself, its just how much pain i can stand.  Ya always love it when the doc's say that to ya, lol. BUT! i do have some way powerful pain pills that im taking, and man do they do the job.

 Gabe said that the pills that i have are pretty much the next step down from a morphene drip at the hospital, so right now im regular trevor  _--- (this picutre is me and Mr. Bittle and Ryan infront of the St. Louis Arch from last weekend)

So this is me pre-pain medication , and this is me after i take the pills and i go to a different place where im only 49% here. lol

post pain pills

 Mr. walking zombie, and i halucinate just a little bit too, so its like watching a wierd movie in slow motion.   lol.

Seriously though, God is really teaching me a lot through all of this and im really clinging to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through  this. I know that it is for my good that this is in my life, and i thank and praise God that he is in control and that no matter what happens, i am redeemed, and will spend eternity with the Creator of the Universe, my Creator-Owner. I really have found confort in Deuteronomy 31:8 " The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you . Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Praise God for that!

Have a good one folks, and remember, hugs are way better than drugs!

So right now Im not at work (doctors orders) because i have a herniated disk in my back and it was so bad this week that it was almost unbearable at work.  I am on some pain medication right now and am getting an apointment set up to get an epidural sterioid shot either today, tomarrow or monday.  Im hoping and praying that this will help and i'll be able to work more productively and not be in so much pain.

 On another unrelated note, Gabe and Ryan and I went to Greenville, IL this past weekend and had a great time at the Agape music festival, i'll try and put some pics on here sometime.