Day #16
So Adam called me the other day to say they're coming home a day later now. BOO. That's okay, he'll get to ride another place! He'll get home when I'm working on Thursday... so that kinda stinks. Maybe I'll be able to get Friday off instead?
Off to breck... hoping to find someone to ride with cause I don't want to ride alone. I am terrified of hitting my head again! It's supposed to be 42 & sunny... how could i possibly stay inside???
JULIE
Happy Birthday ADAM!!!!!!!!!!
Day #8. Adam turned 25 today! Yahoo!!!!! Happy Birthday Adam Jeffrey!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND MISS YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. Can't wait to see you in 11 days!!!
Day #7 A week is over!
Yay, that means a bit less than 2 weeks left! 12 days to be exact! That's not so bad. I can handle that! Here's some pics he's been sending me on the phone.....
This is cocker spaniel at one of the places he stayed at, her name is Lily.
This is a huskee at the place he stayed last night. Don't know the name of the dog. Owner's name is Jake, so we'll call him/her Jake Jr. 
This is "fry sauce"..... can you believe it?? They have pre-mixed Ketchup & Mayo!!! He was hoping to find it at a grocery store or something... YUM!!!!!! 
This last one is a jump they built today (I think they built it???) in Washington. Adam said it's 40 ft. across and a 40 ft. drop. Chris Willett was going to hit it first, so hopefully Adam can make his mind up about it after that. I want him to live to see 25... which is TOMORROW!!!!!! WOW!!!! The older he gets, the closer I feel we are in age. 27 & 25. Not nearly as weird as 21 & 19... even though we spend 7 months being 27 & 24, you get my point--i hope.
Tonight I'm going to hang out with Val!!! I'm very excited cause she's just sooooo sweet!!! I learn something more about her every time we hang out, I love it! I might even bring some laundry over for when we play games!!!
Everyone have a great weekend, Julie
Hmmmm Day #6
By this duration last time he left, I was over the fact that he's gone for awhile. I think I'm just about there. I'm a bit resentful right now... not that he's gone because he's having the time of his life--I'm sure of it--but because I'm BORED!!!! That's not so fun.
Today @ some place I will remain nameless, someone, who shan't be named, told me I need to keep my personal life and work life separate. That's the 2nd time this person has told me that. I keep my personal life so far from work, it's just that I got hurt and had to call in sick for a day to get checked up. Hmmmmm, if someone had a cold and took a sick day it wouldn't be a big deal, but because my lifestyle (or outside of work activities) accidentally got me injured, I'm not professional enough. How very sad.
Julie
Day #5
Ugggggggggggh. I really miss Adam. Bad. This is a picture he sent me via text message yesterday. I believe this was in Whitefish, Montana. He fell in love with that resort apparently. 
Now they're on their way back to Idaho. I made a little map of where they're heading... the one on Me.Glad's website isn't accurate anymore because they went to Utah first. After Cali, i'm not exactly sure where they're going... so I just guessed based on what I remember Adam telling me. 
I don't know what to do today. A lady I work with invited me to a BBQ @ a-basin but I decided to pass. I think I might catch a matanee. Or I might do spring cleaning. Ewwww. How bad is it when I desire to clean? Yuck. Well, we'll be moving in 5 months, guess I could get a jump start on it? Ugh. Save me from this boredom, somebody.
Oh, the puppy learned how to cry overnight... and it made it's barking 10x's louder, magically. Curious.
Julie
Bon Voyage Adam!!! Day #1
Day #1.
Adam left for the SFC West Coast trip today. I went to Denver with my friend Val to buy my bridesmaid dress. It's SUPER cute! It's cotton! I thought it was going to be silky, but it's cotton! I love it! I'll be going home in May for some bridal showers and some wedding help... we'll be picking out fabric to make sashes for our hair while I'm there. I'm going to buy my flight home either this week or next week. We'll see how the rates are!
My concussion!!! I should share about this!!! So here's what happened... Yesterday I got off work at 11:30 and I was planning on riding with Adam @ Keystone before he left for his trip BUT they had to go to Denver to pick up their big van. After much debate in my head, I decided to go riding by myself. I HATE riding by myself but I really wanted to ride. So I went to Keystone, rode 3 laps through the park and then decided it was really boring by myself, so I went to just take some cruisers for awhile. Went down to Summit Express, then went to my favorite run off Schoolmarm. Everything was fine, I was going to head back down to Peru to take a lap down Go Devil, but at one point in the run it flattened out and I know for a fact I was looking up at a big orange sign that said "Ski/Ride Fast, Lose Pass" and KABOOM!!! I caught my heels and fell smacked my head, flipped 2 or 3 times and then finally came to a stop! I stayed laying in the middle on the run, on my hands and knees facing up hill. I feel like it was awhile before anyone stopped to see if I was okay! This one lady stopped and asked me if I was okay and I said "I think so, I know I'm okay if I can tell you where I am and what day it is"...... but she didn't ask me where I was or what day it was. At this point I KNEW I was messed up. I finally stood up and as soon as I stood up and looked around I couldn't remember where I was on the hill. I started freaking out because NOTHING looked familiar and I've been to Keystone HUNDREDS of times. I called Adam balling because I was so scared. I knew better than to tell ski patrol I didn't know where I was, they would have taken me to the hospital at the bottom--which is SO expensive!!!! I completely remember being SO scared because nothing at all looked familiar there. Adam knew where I had parked, even though I couldn't remember even coming to keystone! He helped navigate me to the mountain house base.... I was still really scared because I couldn't remember where I parked. I remember hearing Adam say he was on his way to pick me up! The last thing I remember was passing 4 slow-patrol people and then all of a sudden I "came to" in Adam's car (which I had driven there). The keys were in the ignition, the door was closed, my snowboard was outside of his car on the ground. My eyes were teary, my helmet, hat, gloves and goggles were on the passenger seat. I called Adam and asked him if I had called him earlier to tell him I got hurt!
It was SO weird. SO scary because of all the times I'd been there, I couldn't remember where I was at ALL!!! I think back on the ride down from where I fell and it was as if my brain was taking pictures of the ride down, I remember certain sections of the way down... I remember passing Montezuma... where I had been telling Adam on the phone "this looks familiar, but I don't know where I am!!!!!" It was sad. I was so terrified. After he picked me up, we went to Josh & Val's house, but when I got in there, nothing looked familiar. I couldn't remember ever being in their house before! I don't know how long we were there for, but I know I laid down on their couch for at least 30 minutes. Then things started to clear up and I knew where I was and who they were. I saw a picture of them on their wall and it came back almost instantly after that.
Such a weird concussion.... they must all be different because Adam's bad one he had 3.5 years ago was so different. He couldn't remember anything longer than 3 seconds. He couldn't remember anything that entire day, he still can't remember much of that day... where with mine I can remember almost everything except actually getting to the base and getting in his car. I remember the fear I had of not knowing where I was, and consciously knowing I hit my head and because of that, I couldn't remember where I was.
I took a nice long nap when I got home... don't worry, you can have a nap after a concussion!!!! Just don't sleep all day! My headache went away, but it's back today. I have a bump/bruise on my head, a bruise on my shoulder, a bruise on my elbow and a bruise on my hip. My elbow got stuck on my hip when I fell and then nailed my shoulder into my head. Ouch! After googling the spot of my head I hit, I believe my Cerebellum was temporarily bruised. Thank the Lord for creating someone who invented helmets!!! I am sending my helmet back this week because of a defect, hopefully they'll just replace it all together. If not, I am buying a new one for sure!
Time to take some advil and fall back asleep. Love you world.
JULIE
Weekend Update with Julie Stromwall
Not quite as catchy as Seth Meyers.... but anyway........
We went to the CMC Rail Jam today! Thank goodness I was able to get off of work at 8am. I look forward to this rail jam every year! I WAS the reigning champ until today 
I got 2nd.. which is still great!!!! Just don't ask me how many girls there were.
Tomorrow I have this weird doctor's appointment for my supplemental life insurance policy. I don't know why I bought it, probably because it was only 2.25/paycheck and it'll give Adam a lot more than my regular life insurance through Target. So, if I die, consider Adam a suspect. Totally joking! I just love him and know he'll need 10-15 years off of work to recover from the loss of me if something were to happen. Just kidding! ANYWAY..... I say weird doctor's appointment because the lady is coming to our place in a mobile medic vehicle. Interesting!!! They're just doing blood, urine and who knows what else.
We have a new roommate.. just for this month. She's moving back to Texas at the end of the month. Our last roommate left with NO warning... He was supposed to give us one month's notice, but neglected to. I'm extremely disappointed in him.
Adam leaves in one week from today. I'm so happy he gets to go on another trip, but I sure will miss him!!!! I'm so so so looking forward to having him back home after the trip! He'll be gone for close to 3 weeks again. Fun times for him, not so much for me. My mom may come out here, I'm not sure yet. Eek airfare is going up up up in price.. must call mouthair and see if she's still coming!
I gotta go call her!
JULIE