Katie Cunion

Sorry it has been a few days since my last entry but things have been a little hectic around here. To make a long story short: my life insurance provider decided to do a testimonial on me. Two years ago Bill and I decided to purchase life insurance for me and increase his current policy in preperation for starting a family. As it turns out, that was a very wise move! Due to the cancer, I am now uninsurable so, if I didn't already have insurance in place I would be out of luck. My insurance provider, Thrivent Financial(formerly Aid Association for Lutherans), realized that this is a wonderful message to send to its sales force. I agreed to the project because I hope it will encourage young families to act now. Just because life seems to be moving along smoothly today doesn't mean that tomorrow won't produce a road block...you can't take tommorow for granted.

A film crew arrived at my house Friday at 8 am and didn't leave until almost 4 pm. It was a very long day! They wanted to get footage with me and my horse, Romeo, so they made arrangements to meet me at the stable Saturday at 8:30 am. Now, keep in mind that Romeo is boarded at a stable near Alliance, Ohio. We had moved him in anticipation of our move this summer. Since the barn is only a 30 minute drive from Bill's folks in Massillon I had decided to stay there Friday night. So, after the film crew left Friday I loaded Will in the van and away we went. Will was extremely cranky from the stimulation of the day and was not in a mood to travel. He was fussing, crying, throwing his Binky & then crying for it...FUN drive! 30 minutes into the trip as I am looking at Will in my rear view mirror, I hear sirens. I was being pulled over!! I was confused because I knew that I had set my cruise for only 5 over the speed limit and surely I was not going to get a ticket for a piddley 5 over. A very young officer approached my window and stated, in a typical southern Ohio accent: "Hello Ma'am. I pulled you over because I clocked you going 65 mph. Are you aware Ma'am that this is a 55 mph zone?" I felt like someone slapped me...of course I "knew" it was a 55 zone because I had made this trip a million times. Why had I thought it was a 60 zone? How careless. The officer was very nice, which makes it even worse because it's hard to be angry at someone who is being so pollite. Will and I continued on our way. That was the longest 2 1/2 hours I have ever spent because I was fretting about telling Bill. I didn't even have a legitimate excuse to give him. He took the news remarkably well, stating that it was punishment enough that I had worried about it the rest of the drive. Needless to say, I stayed at the speed limit the whole drive home on Saturday.

With the filming at the barn finished I headed back to Bill's folks to get Will ready for the drive home to Athens. When I pulled into my driveway 3 hours later I almost had a heart attack. Remember me telling you that I was having my house painted to help with the resale? I had picked out a lovely blue - at least it looked lovely on the 1 inch swatch. For those of you with young children you are probably familiar with the Disney show "Bear in the Big Blue House" - that is my house now. The blue is MUCH brighter than I had anticipated. I am hoping they can fix it since they have only put one coat on one side of the house so far...if not - YIKES!

Well, that is all the drama in my life right now. I'll keep you posted.