at least this isn't the end of november. although, it may be the end of the month before i blog again. time is getting shorter for me somehow. i don't know exactly, but i feel as if i don't control it or have any say in my own schedule. yuck! anyways...so let's see.
halloween: zach and i got the insides of the pumpkin out and roasted the seeds. we thought about carving it, but didn't. oh well. then we started a movie, and i fell asleep. typical me. the time change was nice but i don't like that i drive to school in the dark. i really feel like we should all be grizzly bears and hibernate in the winter. i am excited to hopefully go snowboarding at least once. hopefully zach will come with me. i do like the snow better now that i have somewhat learned how to snowboard. i need to wax my board before i take it out. now the question becomes when do i have time, and money to do it.
work this past week was absolutly crazy. my boss was gone all week helping the albertson's transition to family market. i really hate corporate. no one knew what they were supposed to do. none of the stores had any supplies, or the proper working technology. they asked on friday just before everyone left if there was any chance they could have the scanning coordinators stay another week. my boss said no. we had so many price changes and other things going on at my store. i was the one in charge since my boss was at albertsons. hopefully i didn't mess anything up. i don't like having to do 2 people's jobs. i'd rather just do my own. thankfully i had good help. i still got overtime and i know i may be in trouble for it. we are not allowed overtime. and corporate just told us that we can't afford to have a holiday open house and that no raises should be expected. lovely. what happened to "associated is doing fine" i think they bought all these albertsons and now are wondering if they should have really done that. oh well. i am just a worker. i just hope that this next week will be an easier going week and that they don't send so many price changes when they know we are a bit short handed.
um, let's see what else has happened....oh yeah. zach & i almost hit a deer with a big rack the other night. good thing zach was driving and paying attention. i guarantee that if i had been driving, we would have hit that deer. school is going fairly well. i am finally getting comfortable in my body mechanics. i gave 3 massages yesterday. i was completely dead after. not a good thing since i have to be able to do 5 in one day. one of them was zach. he says he could definitely tell a difference from when i first practiced on him and now. granted i did deep tissue work on him yesterday as opposed to more superficial work that i learned before. but that is what happens in advanced massage...you get to learn deep tissue work. i really like using my forearm and elbow. they are the easy ones to use. i need to learn how to use my knuckles and thumbs better. we shall see if zach still wants to be my practice dummy when i get those down better. he already said yesterday he couldn't believe that his muscles felt as if he really had gone to the gym & worked out. i told him drink more water :)
actually massage really is a work out for the client's body. esp deeper tissue work. i just hope he doesn't hate me today for being sore and having to work. anyways, i'd better get cooking on some kind of dinner/lunch food before i go pick zach up from work. have a great week everyone! and if i don't get the opportunity to post before november is up: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
holy cow!!! i'm blogging again....
wow it has been almost if not exactly a whole month since i blogged last. well let's see....i haven't had a much time. i get up early and work. get home and if i can, nap. then i get up and go to class. then i get back and have to somewhat sleep to repeat all over again. i just keep thinking.... almost done, almost there. zach has been a wonderful support for me. it is really nice having him so much closer. i get to see him everyday now! i am sure he gets sick of me, esp when i get tired and perhaps a little cranky. but he is so patient and loving. i can't wait until i don't have to say goodnight and not be able to say good morning too. just having him hold me in a tight hug brings such a comfort and peace to my soul. it is as if i were not complete as a human being until zach stepped into my life and now it all makes sense and for once in my life i feel truly loved and adored. it is an amazing difference i can't even put into words. zach makes me whole. i love him with all that i have to offer. i always tell him that i am not much and that he can do better than me. he always tells me that he disagrees and that i am the one being shorted in this relationship. some of you know that i haven't always had the best treatment from the guys i have dated. it has left many emotional scars on me. zach has honestly been the greatest man i have ever been around. never once have i questioned his intentions, or has he criticized my eating habits (other than i don't eat fish). zach is the most wonderful man and i am so excited that he wants to be with me...for eternity! first things first though. so pretty much it's out of the bag...zach and i are going to get married. it is now just down to when he is going to get the ring, ask my dad, propose, and get my official yes. we have talked about it, and we agree that jeremiah (zach's little bro who is on a mission) should be at our wedding...meaning summer ish. anyways...don't worry...we will call every one of you and give you the official news. and keep in mind....the ball is still more so in zach's court since he has to officially ask and all. so stop hounding me ;)
ok well lets see what else has been going on....oh yes...school. i got all As for the first quarter. HOORAY! now to just keep my grades that way. school is going fairly well. i still feel inadequate with my draping and keeping consistent pressure throughout my entire stroke. just when i think i am starting to really get the hang of it, they throw something new at us. i guess that is the best way to keep learning and not get lazy or improper with body mechanics and massage. we did the lower limb in class this week, and i still don't know if i really have found the greater trochanter to use my knuckles to sculpt around causing the muscle belly of the hamstrings and quads to release. the sacrum is much easier to locate if i can get my draping to crisply and smoothly work. i am really excited for acupressure this quarter. we haven't started on it yet. but for this quarter i have; anatomy II, advanced massage, professional development II, and acupressure. some classes don't need as many hours to complete. for instance p.d. will only have 6 sessions. then we will go into acupressure and that will be 10 sessions. if that makes any sense to you all. but the entire length of the quarter is 10 weeks.
advance massage is really cool. i like using my olecranon and lateral antebrachium. i know i am using the anatomical terms to help me but for you that don't understand, i like using my elbow and outside of my arm. now i just have to figure out how to use proper body mechanics to give the best pressure & depth for each client. and i have to get my elbow, knuckles, forearm, and other tools in tune with the tissues of the body. it is a lot more work than i thought massage was. it is really exciting though because i am hoping to take my massage more clinical and professional rather than get tips and just the 'feel good rub down' more people are familiar with.
i want to be able to help my clients become more aware of their own body in order to prevent injury and pain. the human body is an amazing thing. whoever doesn't believe that we come from a higher being rather than monkeys needs a serious anatomy lesson. the way muscles are set up and the movement we can do is mind boggling and we don't even know the half of it! i know i am excited for the day when we can all be gods & goddesses with more knowledge and understanding of things. to be able to have the "ah ha i get it now" moment. well, i haven't had to much more exciting things this past month.
oh wait...i did have a weird thing with my jeep window. it fell down. and wouldn't roll up or down. i had to call the dealer and see what i would be able to do. the dealer i bought my jeep from no longer carries the contract to do mechanical work on my jeep. i had to drive to bountiful. when i called to schedule an appointment, the guy told me my jeep was a pearl blue liberty and not under warranty but there is an open recall on it. um...pretty sure my jeep is black and that i do have the warranty and i didn't receive a notice about any recall. he said just bring it in and then we could go from there.
i took her in. i do have a warranty on my black jeep liberty limited. the entire window and mechanism inside would have to be replaced. $100.00 later and i have a working rear passenger window again. i just hope none of my other windows suddenly fall down. at least my deductible is now paid if i should need any other work done. hopefully not!
oh and i forgot...zach and i went to the aerospace museum a few weeks ago. it was really awesome. we wandered around for a couple of hours looking at all the different planes and cool things they have inside. um, and mona cut my hair last weekend. it is short for me, but zach really likes it. i had 4 &1/2 inches whacked off. mona did a fantastic job! and she put a few softer layers in it as well. when i actually do my hair now, it is cute. i like it and i know it will grow back to be longer. i suppose i should put that short for me is above my bra line. i can still pull it up in a respectable ponytail (have to for massage). i should have had her take before and after pictures, but i was already late so she went over some on time. *sorry mo! i still love you! will you love me? ;)* of course she will. well, now that i have considerably bored you all to death with my rather pathetic ongoings...i should get to my homework. i promise i will try and blog more to keep you all updated on life of me... and zach. :)
and in my old age....ha ha...i forgot to tell you all that for conference weekend, zach & i went up to my dad's cabin in ashton, idaho. we went up friday night and stayed until sunday evening. esther came up saturday night. i think my dad likes zach. i haven't talked to him since we were up. i know, i know...but my father and i don't have the best of relationships so a phone works two ways. zach & i helped my dad put up some siding in the bedroom upstairs. the cabin has come a long way since i used to spend summers there wishing there were some way i could be back in blackfoot or wishing i were my brother so i could help build it. i am quite proud of my dad in that he has built a house basically by himself with eliz's design. and that was conference weekend. and now i really will leave this posting here.
ok well lets see what else has been going on....oh yes...school. i got all As for the first quarter. HOORAY! now to just keep my grades that way. school is going fairly well. i still feel inadequate with my draping and keeping consistent pressure throughout my entire stroke. just when i think i am starting to really get the hang of it, they throw something new at us. i guess that is the best way to keep learning and not get lazy or improper with body mechanics and massage. we did the lower limb in class this week, and i still don't know if i really have found the greater trochanter to use my knuckles to sculpt around causing the muscle belly of the hamstrings and quads to release. the sacrum is much easier to locate if i can get my draping to crisply and smoothly work. i am really excited for acupressure this quarter. we haven't started on it yet. but for this quarter i have; anatomy II, advanced massage, professional development II, and acupressure. some classes don't need as many hours to complete. for instance p.d. will only have 6 sessions. then we will go into acupressure and that will be 10 sessions. if that makes any sense to you all. but the entire length of the quarter is 10 weeks.
advance massage is really cool. i like using my olecranon and lateral antebrachium. i know i am using the anatomical terms to help me but for you that don't understand, i like using my elbow and outside of my arm. now i just have to figure out how to use proper body mechanics to give the best pressure & depth for each client. and i have to get my elbow, knuckles, forearm, and other tools in tune with the tissues of the body. it is a lot more work than i thought massage was. it is really exciting though because i am hoping to take my massage more clinical and professional rather than get tips and just the 'feel good rub down' more people are familiar with.
i want to be able to help my clients become more aware of their own body in order to prevent injury and pain. the human body is an amazing thing. whoever doesn't believe that we come from a higher being rather than monkeys needs a serious anatomy lesson. the way muscles are set up and the movement we can do is mind boggling and we don't even know the half of it! i know i am excited for the day when we can all be gods & goddesses with more knowledge and understanding of things. to be able to have the "ah ha i get it now" moment. well, i haven't had to much more exciting things this past month.
oh wait...i did have a weird thing with my jeep window. it fell down. and wouldn't roll up or down. i had to call the dealer and see what i would be able to do. the dealer i bought my jeep from no longer carries the contract to do mechanical work on my jeep. i had to drive to bountiful. when i called to schedule an appointment, the guy told me my jeep was a pearl blue liberty and not under warranty but there is an open recall on it. um...pretty sure my jeep is black and that i do have the warranty and i didn't receive a notice about any recall. he said just bring it in and then we could go from there.
i took her in. i do have a warranty on my black jeep liberty limited. the entire window and mechanism inside would have to be replaced. $100.00 later and i have a working rear passenger window again. i just hope none of my other windows suddenly fall down. at least my deductible is now paid if i should need any other work done. hopefully not!
oh and i forgot...zach and i went to the aerospace museum a few weeks ago. it was really awesome. we wandered around for a couple of hours looking at all the different planes and cool things they have inside. um, and mona cut my hair last weekend. it is short for me, but zach really likes it. i had 4 &1/2 inches whacked off. mona did a fantastic job! and she put a few softer layers in it as well. when i actually do my hair now, it is cute. i like it and i know it will grow back to be longer. i suppose i should put that short for me is above my bra line. i can still pull it up in a respectable ponytail (have to for massage). i should have had her take before and after pictures, but i was already late so she went over some on time. *sorry mo! i still love you! will you love me? ;)* of course she will. well, now that i have considerably bored you all to death with my rather pathetic ongoings...i should get to my homework. i promise i will try and blog more to keep you all updated on life of me... and zach. :)
and in my old age....ha ha...i forgot to tell you all that for conference weekend, zach & i went up to my dad's cabin in ashton, idaho. we went up friday night and stayed until sunday evening. esther came up saturday night. i think my dad likes zach. i haven't talked to him since we were up. i know, i know...but my father and i don't have the best of relationships so a phone works two ways. zach & i helped my dad put up some siding in the bedroom upstairs. the cabin has come a long way since i used to spend summers there wishing there were some way i could be back in blackfoot or wishing i were my brother so i could help build it. i am quite proud of my dad in that he has built a house basically by himself with eliz's design. and that was conference weekend. and now i really will leave this posting here.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
the stanley hotel
greetings all from the stanley hotel. yes, this morning i am blogging from estes park, colorado. my boss and two other ladies from work wanted a quick little get-a-way. we all like ghost hunters and the stanley was a great choice. we left early yesterday, saturday, morning about 630am. we took our time driving, but got to the hotel just before 5pm. our tour of the hotel was scheduled at 5. the tour was really awesome. we took lots of pictures and we think we caught a little boy's face. not sure since it was my boss' cell phone and the pixels are a bit distorted. i can't really blow it up on my laptop to get the best look, but it does really look like a little boy's profile. i will post the picture below and see if you can see it. our tour guide is the one in all black. the little boy is on her left (your right as you look at it) about half way down, between the other two little girls. it looks like he has dark hair. when we went back later to try and duplicate it, we couldn't.
you may have to blow it up and focus in to see better. hopefully you can see something too. anyway, i will blog later and post more pictures. on the happiest note, zach moved up to north ogden this weekend. he just has to find a job up here now so he doesn't have to commute. i love zach so much!!!
you may have to blow it up and focus in to see better. hopefully you can see something too. anyway, i will blog later and post more pictures. on the happiest note, zach moved up to north ogden this weekend. he just has to find a job up here now so he doesn't have to commute. i love zach so much!!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
weird happenstances....
i am not sure why, but this past week was a long one. i worked and got overtime..oops, but again we are short a person, so company can't complain too much. esp since they wouldn't hire a replacement for the person we took from another department. whatever. anyway. it was just a long week. i didn't get to see zach on wednesday like i have been getting used to. his honda is having some issues. i think that may have been a huge factor in the week being long. it wasn't broken up into smaller sections that i get to spend time with zach. on the flip side and a much happier note....i got my massage table wednesday. and then i am back on a downer....i yelled at my anatomy teacher on thursday.
we had lab (cadaver lab) on thursday. i was really looking forward to it because we have been talking about muscles and more specifically the muscles of the thorax (your neck to hips) region of the body. we were all told before we ever went to lab, (keep in mind we have already been once) that no pictures, cell phones, gum, food, or anything like that are allowed in the classrooms, as well as lab. there were so many people taking pictures with their cell phones before class started. i may need to mention we walked into the classroom at the U and there were 4 bodies on the tables. they were covered as they should be until viewing and instruction. but yet people were still snapping away. i politely reminded them that they weren't supposed to do this. most of them put the cell phones away.
one girl, (yes it is one in the same that has bugged me since day one....chews gum loudly, talks when it is time to learn, interrupts, cell phone rings/vibrates on desk in class, etc...)didn't put her phone away. instead at each station she was taking pictures and sending them to her friends. i looked at her a few times and glared. no one else said anything. the poor student teacher we had from the university didn't want to be mean or we just made her nervous. finally another student went and told our teacher's aide that the girl was taking picutres and sending them. the TA told her to put her phone away...she didn't. then her phone rang.
i lost it and snapped at the girl. then walked over to the next section of lab. after class, there was a different student talking to our teacher about what happened in class. overhearing the conversation, i marched up to the front of the classroom to give my side of the story. this other girl and i got into a bit of an argument. you all know me...i really don't like getting mad, and when i actually feel strongly about something, i start crying. and i was bawling, so i turned around after yelling at the teacher and marched out. well, the one student who told the teacher's aide, quickly caught up to me and we talked for a minute. then as we were talking, two other students came over and told me they were glad i said something to the girl. they also said that they would gladly defend me and give what they saw to the teacher as well. i got calmed down a bit and thanked them. then i got to my jeep and called zach. that's when i really broke down and was sobbing...i had just yelled at my teacher..what was i thinking. zach was so sweet, he got in his honda to come up and hold me while i cried. he got me to make sense with words, so i was able to drive myself back to ogden. i called my teacher friday and apologized. he didn't answer the phone, so i had to leave a message.
friday i didn't work long. i could only get 4 hours before i had overtime. i found out today i still got overtime. oops. anyways, i got done with work, did my laundry, and drove down to provo to spend the weekend with my zacharoo. it was soooo good to get a hug from zach, esp after the week i had just had. it was a great weekend. too short, but still great. i didn't want to leave. in fact, i almost started crying when i finally did start heading back up to ogden. when i got back to my place, i had quite a shock. erin's car window was smashed in. i looked down the street and saw two more cars with the windows smashed in. upon further investigation today, and police, we believe it was a drive by shooting. SCARY!!! it happened some time between 11pm and 1am. 3 cars in our neighborhood got hit. more got hit elsewhere, ie roy, and other davis county places. i am not sure if they are all connected. i am just a bit scared in my apartment. it's all crazy. well, i've got to run to class now. i'll try and stay up to date better.
we had lab (cadaver lab) on thursday. i was really looking forward to it because we have been talking about muscles and more specifically the muscles of the thorax (your neck to hips) region of the body. we were all told before we ever went to lab, (keep in mind we have already been once) that no pictures, cell phones, gum, food, or anything like that are allowed in the classrooms, as well as lab. there were so many people taking pictures with their cell phones before class started. i may need to mention we walked into the classroom at the U and there were 4 bodies on the tables. they were covered as they should be until viewing and instruction. but yet people were still snapping away. i politely reminded them that they weren't supposed to do this. most of them put the cell phones away.
one girl, (yes it is one in the same that has bugged me since day one....chews gum loudly, talks when it is time to learn, interrupts, cell phone rings/vibrates on desk in class, etc...)didn't put her phone away. instead at each station she was taking pictures and sending them to her friends. i looked at her a few times and glared. no one else said anything. the poor student teacher we had from the university didn't want to be mean or we just made her nervous. finally another student went and told our teacher's aide that the girl was taking picutres and sending them. the TA told her to put her phone away...she didn't. then her phone rang.
i lost it and snapped at the girl. then walked over to the next section of lab. after class, there was a different student talking to our teacher about what happened in class. overhearing the conversation, i marched up to the front of the classroom to give my side of the story. this other girl and i got into a bit of an argument. you all know me...i really don't like getting mad, and when i actually feel strongly about something, i start crying. and i was bawling, so i turned around after yelling at the teacher and marched out. well, the one student who told the teacher's aide, quickly caught up to me and we talked for a minute. then as we were talking, two other students came over and told me they were glad i said something to the girl. they also said that they would gladly defend me and give what they saw to the teacher as well. i got calmed down a bit and thanked them. then i got to my jeep and called zach. that's when i really broke down and was sobbing...i had just yelled at my teacher..what was i thinking. zach was so sweet, he got in his honda to come up and hold me while i cried. he got me to make sense with words, so i was able to drive myself back to ogden. i called my teacher friday and apologized. he didn't answer the phone, so i had to leave a message.
friday i didn't work long. i could only get 4 hours before i had overtime. i found out today i still got overtime. oops. anyways, i got done with work, did my laundry, and drove down to provo to spend the weekend with my zacharoo. it was soooo good to get a hug from zach, esp after the week i had just had. it was a great weekend. too short, but still great. i didn't want to leave. in fact, i almost started crying when i finally did start heading back up to ogden. when i got back to my place, i had quite a shock. erin's car window was smashed in. i looked down the street and saw two more cars with the windows smashed in. upon further investigation today, and police, we believe it was a drive by shooting. SCARY!!! it happened some time between 11pm and 1am. 3 cars in our neighborhood got hit. more got hit elsewhere, ie roy, and other davis county places. i am not sure if they are all connected. i am just a bit scared in my apartment. it's all crazy. well, i've got to run to class now. i'll try and stay up to date better.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
labor day & past week
sorry to all of you waiting to hear how labor day was. it was great. i went down with zach to hurricane and met most of his family. zach's parents (joyce & ken) are really amazing people. they were so hospitable and welcoming toward me. we spent the weekend with them. saturday zach, his mom, and i went sight seeing around st. george. first we went to the hospital to have lunch with zach's dad since he had to work on saturday. (he works in the O.R.) then we went to the temple and walked around the grounds. it was absolutely incredible. just being on the grounds with someone i love and want to marry in the house of the Lord was such a wonderful feeling. (zach & i have talked about the possibility of us getting married, and when/if we do, it will be in the st. george temple.) then we went into the visitor center and looked at the really cool things in there.
and from back to front are: gage, shawnie, and lincoln. or as zach calls them: tank, monkey, and link.
and this is my zacharoo :)
since zach's mom really loves to shop at the DI, we went to the DI. ok, we also went to the DI for golden (zach's brother-in-law) to meet me & me to meet him. we didn't get to hang out with kendra & golden because they left for a cruise. we did get to help watch their 4 kids: lincoln, shawnie, gage, and lacy. they are all really well mannered children and lacy has me wrapped around her little finger. she calls me hunter. not quite sure why, but my name to her is hunter. it is really cute. below will be pictures of the cute nephews & nieces zach has. ok, it's not all of them, but the 4 of them. zach's dad patched my bike tire for me. then the four of us went to walmart where the clearance items were half off the lowest clearance price. zach got a few shirts. i didn't find anything i really liked, but i did get a tent. it wasn't on clearance, but it was a reasonable price. and i like to go camping, but didn't have a tent. now i have one. and then it was bed time.
sunday we (zach & i) went to church with his family & then after church we went to his aunt & uncle's house for a visit. monday zach's parents, zach, the kids, zach's one sister & husband (christy & adam) and i went to zion national park. we had a picnic and then hiked the riverside walk. it was a great day. and then the 4 day weekend i had came to a close. i had a 4 day weekend because i had worked so much during the week that i already had my 40 hours. macey's doesn't want to pay overtime and my boss & i had to work extra because the stupid guy got himself fired. so i hit my 40 and had to not come in on friday.
ok now... on to this past week. it hasn't been that exciting. it was really nice not working monday. there was a lot of work for my boss and i to do though. so i got overtime this past week. oops. and that was the week. i'd get home from work just in time to hurry and eat and the run to class. i'd get home from class sleep for a bit, and go right to work. the weekend has been my highlight. zach came up friday and we spent saturday doing just about nothing. we did get out and do a little shopping, but since neither of us likes shopping or have a lot of money to spend, we just window shopped for something to do. then es & mo said they were passing through and would like dinner. the four of us went to chilis. we had a lot of laughs. i think they like zach. i hope they like zach. he is going to be around for a very long time. zach thought mo & es were a hoot and looks forward to spending more time with them.
and today is sunday. zach & i went to church. then i had a chat with my bishop. and then we came back to my place and ate some pizza and then went to a ces fireside. sister dalton spoke. it was really good. all about being and returning to virtue. it was an excellent talk. and then zach & i came back to my place and zach made me dinner while we skyped with brooke, chris, & chan. i think we may go down to albequerque for general conference. i think that would be a lot of fun. and now i am going to post the pictures and go to bed. work comes early...ugh.
this is lacey or as zach affectionately calls her "the gremlin" i call her lacey poo or chickadee. (no her teeth aren't missing, she has cookie on them)
this is lacey or as zach affectionately calls her "the gremlin" i call her lacey poo or chickadee. (no her teeth aren't missing, she has cookie on them)
and from back to front are: gage, shawnie, and lincoln. or as zach calls them: tank, monkey, and link.
and this is my zacharoo :)Friday, September 11, 2009
looking back to 8 years ago
i should have known it wasn't going to be a regular day when the sounds of scooby doo didn't inform me that adam was out of the shower so it was my turn to get ready for school. i thought only for a minute on scooby doo, but proceeded to roll out of bed & get my school clothes ready for after my shower. i almost wish now that i had just stayed in bed. when i opened my bedroom door that morning, adam quickly stated, "someone flew a plane into the world trade center!" i admit i wasn't fully awake or comprehending what he had said. so i went into the kitchen where he was, and looked at the tv reporting news.
i couldn't believe what i was seeing & hearing. who would do such a thing? was it an accident? and what were the world trade centers? i had no idea. i realize how silly that is now, but i am from a smaller town in idaho and was in high school, and didn't care much for the world. when the second plane hit, i was even more confused at what was going on. i remember getting to school and a girl was running up and down the hallways yelling that it was the end of the world and the pentagon had been hit by another airplane as well. every class i went to had the tv on and tuned to the news stations. well, every class but math. my teacher told us that we had had enough of it all day and that for one hour we could focus on something else. i was grateful for the break, but also wanted to know if there were more airplanes suddenly crashing into other important buildings. i know all flights were grounded, but somehow i still worried.
many of us, if not all, will always remember exactly where we were, what we were doing, and what happened that day forever. i know that many elderly people remember events from their lifetimes just as significant as 9/11 is for us today. almost 3,000 people were killed. some gave their lives willingly for others, and some were not so fortunate to have a choice in the matter. i know that i am grateful i live the United States of America. what blessings we have because of it. freedom isn't free, but we do have a choice. we are the land of the free because of the brave. i think we are all brave in our own ways. i am thankful for the opportunities and the rights and freedoms i have. God bless America! we live in a time of hardship, but we must remember that there could and there is always much worse things that can be reality. thank you to all those men, women, and children who have died for our country.
i couldn't believe what i was seeing & hearing. who would do such a thing? was it an accident? and what were the world trade centers? i had no idea. i realize how silly that is now, but i am from a smaller town in idaho and was in high school, and didn't care much for the world. when the second plane hit, i was even more confused at what was going on. i remember getting to school and a girl was running up and down the hallways yelling that it was the end of the world and the pentagon had been hit by another airplane as well. every class i went to had the tv on and tuned to the news stations. well, every class but math. my teacher told us that we had had enough of it all day and that for one hour we could focus on something else. i was grateful for the break, but also wanted to know if there were more airplanes suddenly crashing into other important buildings. i know all flights were grounded, but somehow i still worried.
many of us, if not all, will always remember exactly where we were, what we were doing, and what happened that day forever. i know that many elderly people remember events from their lifetimes just as significant as 9/11 is for us today. almost 3,000 people were killed. some gave their lives willingly for others, and some were not so fortunate to have a choice in the matter. i know that i am grateful i live the United States of America. what blessings we have because of it. freedom isn't free, but we do have a choice. we are the land of the free because of the brave. i think we are all brave in our own ways. i am thankful for the opportunities and the rights and freedoms i have. God bless America! we live in a time of hardship, but we must remember that there could and there is always much worse things that can be reality. thank you to all those men, women, and children who have died for our country.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
the best thing about zach
alright already....give me some slack...i've been busy. details about zach.....one of the greatest things about him is that he loves me! holy cow!... me! he loves me!
zach was born in st. george, and has moved around southern utah for the majority of his life. he is 25 as i have previously posted.... ;) he is going to UVU. studying to be a PA. zach is really really good looking and has the most beautiful grey/green/blue eyes i have ever seen. he has strawberry dark blonde hair. when he grows facial hair, it comes in more red. he looks really good with and without facial hair. we met through mutual friends of ours. (lis & mary) who the entire time of driving down to secondhand serenade kept telling me i need to date zach. i had never met him before, but had heard of him. when i first saw zach, i thought "hmmm he is pretty cute."
oddly enough though, i wasn't looking for a relationship. we didn't exchange numbers. i was tempted to steal his phone from him & program in my number, but didn't. he actually was going to do the same with mine, but didn't. instead, we left things as they were. i then found zach on facebook from lis' page. we got to talking and i gave him my number. since then, we have talked every day or night about anything & everything. we take turns diving up or down to see each other on the weekends. (i am not sure what will happen when i start clinicals & right now i don't want to think about that) anyway...zach is seriously amazing. he knows me i think better than i know myself. for instance our first real official date he asked what i would like to do. i thought ice skating, but responded "i am game for whatever." zach answered, "how about ice skating." i never mentioned it or even suggested it. i just had thought it. and ice skating was a lot of fun. we talked and talked and talked. and even now we can talk and talk and talk. ok, i mostly do the talking. zach would say otherwise...but we really know i can't ever shut up.
and now i am going to blog about my day today. it started out kinda rough. i had a colder shower than i would have liked because the water heater was turned down to below warm.... ugh. in fact, it was really almost a cold shower. work was going alright for being the day before ad day. then it went from ok to crazy. my boss came in & we realized that the work yesterday wasn't finished like it should have been. then we also realized that the person responsible had come in late to the office yesterday, but had clocked in 'on time' meaning he had come in to work, clocked in, went upstairs and took his time coming down into the office (approx 25) minutes worth of time. and today he was 20 minutes late. needless to say...he finally got fired today! hooray! but also very hard because that now created 4 times the work for my boss & i today. meaning i pulled a 10 & 1/2 hour day. i got home from work at 4:45, stuffed burger king down my throat, quickly got ready for class, grabbed my bags & drove down to slc for massage class. my partner today was a really good massage therapist practitioner. but the best thing about today, however, was when zach said good morning to me and told me he loves me. and i love him too! and it is ever so wonderful. and now i am awake, blogging about today at 1am. but i have to be to work in 2 hours....so i don't think i will be actually sleeping tonight. tomorrow i am super excited to see zach before class. it seems like we are making a tradition on wednesdays to meet and have late lunch/early dinner before i have to go to class. and now i am not sure what else to post. oh, wait i know....it looks like i am going to be spending thanksgiving with zach & his family. i hope they like me. and now i really going to end here cause i think i may try & get some sleep or just talk to zach all night. he is laughing at me cause i am asking him what i should write about him. (i love you zach) ;)
zach was born in st. george, and has moved around southern utah for the majority of his life. he is 25 as i have previously posted.... ;) he is going to UVU. studying to be a PA. zach is really really good looking and has the most beautiful grey/green/blue eyes i have ever seen. he has strawberry dark blonde hair. when he grows facial hair, it comes in more red. he looks really good with and without facial hair. we met through mutual friends of ours. (lis & mary) who the entire time of driving down to secondhand serenade kept telling me i need to date zach. i had never met him before, but had heard of him. when i first saw zach, i thought "hmmm he is pretty cute."
oddly enough though, i wasn't looking for a relationship. we didn't exchange numbers. i was tempted to steal his phone from him & program in my number, but didn't. he actually was going to do the same with mine, but didn't. instead, we left things as they were. i then found zach on facebook from lis' page. we got to talking and i gave him my number. since then, we have talked every day or night about anything & everything. we take turns diving up or down to see each other on the weekends. (i am not sure what will happen when i start clinicals & right now i don't want to think about that) anyway...zach is seriously amazing. he knows me i think better than i know myself. for instance our first real official date he asked what i would like to do. i thought ice skating, but responded "i am game for whatever." zach answered, "how about ice skating." i never mentioned it or even suggested it. i just had thought it. and ice skating was a lot of fun. we talked and talked and talked. and even now we can talk and talk and talk. ok, i mostly do the talking. zach would say otherwise...but we really know i can't ever shut up.
and now i am going to blog about my day today. it started out kinda rough. i had a colder shower than i would have liked because the water heater was turned down to below warm.... ugh. in fact, it was really almost a cold shower. work was going alright for being the day before ad day. then it went from ok to crazy. my boss came in & we realized that the work yesterday wasn't finished like it should have been. then we also realized that the person responsible had come in late to the office yesterday, but had clocked in 'on time' meaning he had come in to work, clocked in, went upstairs and took his time coming down into the office (approx 25) minutes worth of time. and today he was 20 minutes late. needless to say...he finally got fired today! hooray! but also very hard because that now created 4 times the work for my boss & i today. meaning i pulled a 10 & 1/2 hour day. i got home from work at 4:45, stuffed burger king down my throat, quickly got ready for class, grabbed my bags & drove down to slc for massage class. my partner today was a really good massage therapist practitioner. but the best thing about today, however, was when zach said good morning to me and told me he loves me. and i love him too! and it is ever so wonderful. and now i am awake, blogging about today at 1am. but i have to be to work in 2 hours....so i don't think i will be actually sleeping tonight. tomorrow i am super excited to see zach before class. it seems like we are making a tradition on wednesdays to meet and have late lunch/early dinner before i have to go to class. and now i am not sure what else to post. oh, wait i know....it looks like i am going to be spending thanksgiving with zach & his family. i hope they like me. and now i really going to end here cause i think i may try & get some sleep or just talk to zach all night. he is laughing at me cause i am asking him what i should write about him. (i love you zach) ;)
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