Christmas was great. it was of course, too short, but still was great. zach & i went up to my dad's house in idaho. there was tons of snacks and a really yummy ham. esther car pooled with us. mary, dj, and the girls came down from rexburg. so it was quite a house full. i love my nieces, but when the twins wouldn't stop crying and it was about 130 in the morning, i was ready to shoot them. christmas day was much better after they got back from their other grandparents house. maddy is warming up to me and showed her younger sisters that aunt beanie can be tons and tons of fun. i am pretty cool to hang out with if you aren't screaming in my face. the twins are getting better, but they still cling to mommy a lot more than they should. lily warmed up quite nicely to zach. she was running around and tickling him and laughing and when he grabbed her and started tickling her, she didn't throw a fit. she just laughed and tried to get away so she could do it all over again. all 3 girls attacked zach at once and he only has two arms. i should have got video, but suddenly, i was being attacked by zach. he didn't think i should be left out of the tickle war. i have no idea as to why.... oh well. it was fun until all the big people were worn out and couldn't tag team it anymore. then we had to drive back to ogden. blah. too short of a vacation.
i suppose i should post what i got for christmas. my dad gave me a tent, a propane cooking camp stove, and propane. i think this is mostly because the taylor family reunion in july is going to be a camping trip. he knew i didn't have a tent. i actually got a 2 man tent at labor day down in hurricane, but unless zach & i are officially married, we need separate tents. my dad got me a nice 4 man tent. i just hope that i can make it to the reunion. and zach too.
um, lets see. i got a nice pink tool set from my aunt joyce & randy. zach got me very nice portable speakers, closet organizers, and a shoe organizer. zach's sister (becky)& bro-in-law (hyrum) got me a princess frog. and zach's parents (ken & joyce) got me a beautiful glass nativity of the baby jesus, mary, and joseph. it was a wonderful christmas.
backing up a bit.... the week of christmas was a very busy and slightly stressful one. i had massages scheduled not everyday, but ended up having one on monday. one on tuesday. and 2 on wednesday. i am sure if i had packed my table to idaho, i would have also had one on thursday and one on friday. anyway, one of the ones on wednesday was to a 34 week pregnant lady. i haven't done side line draping since they showed us in class the one time. it was kind of intimidating, but i did fairly well considering i had only my memory & a few pictures in my book to look at. she said i did really good and that she hasn't felt that comfortable since she started showing. that made me feel really good. i am glad i could bring some relief to her. i haven't heard anything since, so i am hoping that no news is good news.
i am not really looking forward to going back to school, but i am. i know that doesn't make much sense, but it does in my head. i have really enjoyed being able to not worry about driving down to class and homework. i have also really loved the time that i can spend with zach. (although he has had to work later in the day these past two weeks....) oh well, i still have been able to see him a bit more often than when i was in class. i can't wait to be graduated. i am looking forward to having some free time, although i know it will be filled somehow. i would like to run another marathon. 2011 ogden marathon to be exact. and i know that vacations out to california, new mexico, southern utah, and colorado will be made as well. i can't wait to be able to have time to travel a bit and see everyone. i am so disappointed that my break from school wasn't longer and that zach & i didn't get hardly anything done that we had planned. (vacations to see his family)
my clinicals start in february. i know that seems so far away still, but really it is right around the corner. goodbye weekends. i hope that i can skip a few here and there. otherwise i am going to get so burnt out that i may just loose all my hair. that is, if i don't loose it in the next 2 weeks. work is going to suck!
we were informed that we will be getting a new store manager as the current one is moving up in the corporate chain. also, my boss's husband is going in for surgery on the 7th. with the new year & all, price changes are going to be huge. i think last year we did about 4,000 in one day and averaged that for about 2 days. i don't remember specifics, but i know it was a lot. well, she is going to be gone helping him. i am left in charge. we got a new printer that is supposed to be working and ready to go before the end of the week. no big deal, we just got trained on it today. only problem...it takes forever to print. i don't have time to wait for it. i have to pull price changes, print the tags, sort the tags, work in other price changes, make signs for displays, change prices for managers, and make sure my people stay busy and don't make more work for me. not to mention; the new ad and the old ad tags and signs and sorting them for the night people to hang. well, then my boss told me today that corporate is going to have a special meeting next thursday that i will have to attend. she doesn't know how long it will be, just that i have to be there since she isn't going to be. thursday is our major price change day. hopefully my people can do their jobs. i know that i have 2 reliable people, but i also have 2 unreliable people.
it gives me a lot of headaches and worry. i have talked to my boss about it, but the conclusion most often arrived at is that i need to be more patient. so i just keep my mouth shut and tell people who come to me about problems to just go talk to my boss. it is out of my hands. we shall see how this next week goes. i also will have homework to schedule back in. goodbye sleep.
i should just be happy & stop complaining. i really do try hard to stay positive. it just gets extremely difficult when i have more work to do because other people can't do their simple jobs correctly. i am going to make the most of what is left of my vacation/break and am not scheduling things that i can't easily work with. well... i think i am caught up for a minute. so Happy New Year! i hope that all is well and will be wonderful with a new year & new beginnings!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Chirstmas is comin' and the goose is gettin fat...
holy cow. finals just about killed me. i think, and i can't say for exact certain yet, that i passed all of my classes for this last quarter. i am not sure of my grades, as they were not posted when we left on thursday the 17th. i can say that i am quite excited to be able to go to bed at 8 o'clock at night if i so desire. wow either i am getting old or just worn out from all the running around everywhere. Christmas is on friday. that is exciting and also intimidating. i have only been sucessful at giving one of my gifts to my best girl friend, lis. i bought one thing for zach, but i can't tell you all what it is because i think he does read my blog every now and then. i hope he likes it. i do have a few other things that i want to pick up for him for Christmas. i know he will like the one, but i am not sure if he will just laugh at the other or think i am just a bit bizzare. oh well. he will still love me.
i have my brother, adam for christmas this year. if ever there was a more difficult person to shop for...it's him. he says i could just buy him ammo, but i was informed that leagally you can't mail it. he won't be able to come down from wyoming for christmas. i didn't have his present ready at thanksgiving. so i will have to mail it to him. i keep thinking perhaps i should just send a gift card, but what is out in wyoming that is also here in utah? if i were smarter, i could just do an online gift card thing. but where to? and will he appreciate my lack of a real present? meh. it will just have to be one of those things.
i am excited that i get to officially start my two week break tomorrow. i do have two massages lined up monday afternoon/evening. and i have one lined up tuesday afternoon. it will be good practice for me. i can't decide if i want to try and schedule other massages in the rest of the week with it being Christmas and all or if i just want to relax and enjoy. i do have several people that have requested time from me, but won't actually coordinate a time. it gets very frustrating. i think i will be needing a planner/schedule book for my sanity of scheduling. it is slightly harder with me still being in school, but if i plan ahead, i can make things work.
on a way exciting happy note....lis & i got our visiting teaching done before the end of the month! we felt really bad about the last few months as we have not been good visiting teachers. but we got it done today! hooray!! and zach was able to come to all of church today! he has been scheduled every single sunday since he started at best buy. because of it, he has had to miss all or parts of church. but today he got to come to all of it! yahoo!!
zach and i had a date last night. we went grocery shopping. he made us go up and down every single aisle. and some we had to go down a few times because we missed things. it was rather funny. i don't think zach likes shopping with me though. i think this because last week we went to the store and i kept saying, "it's cheaper at maceys. why are you buying that here?" "why get that one that costs more and is smaller package when you can get this one that has more for less money?" i think he was getting annoyed with me. so finally i said, "fine. do what you want with your money." he is still really patient with me. sometime this week we are going to go Christmas shopping. i hope that the crowds aren't too bad and the deals are amazing. i need to find something for adam and zach is going to look for stuff for his family. then we have to stop at the post office to mail the presents. it will be nice to be able to spend time with zach in the evenings when i am not exhausted from work & school. well...i can't think of anything else that is exciting at this moment, so i will sign off. Merry/Happy Christmas!!
i have my brother, adam for christmas this year. if ever there was a more difficult person to shop for...it's him. he says i could just buy him ammo, but i was informed that leagally you can't mail it. he won't be able to come down from wyoming for christmas. i didn't have his present ready at thanksgiving. so i will have to mail it to him. i keep thinking perhaps i should just send a gift card, but what is out in wyoming that is also here in utah? if i were smarter, i could just do an online gift card thing. but where to? and will he appreciate my lack of a real present? meh. it will just have to be one of those things.
i am excited that i get to officially start my two week break tomorrow. i do have two massages lined up monday afternoon/evening. and i have one lined up tuesday afternoon. it will be good practice for me. i can't decide if i want to try and schedule other massages in the rest of the week with it being Christmas and all or if i just want to relax and enjoy. i do have several people that have requested time from me, but won't actually coordinate a time. it gets very frustrating. i think i will be needing a planner/schedule book for my sanity of scheduling. it is slightly harder with me still being in school, but if i plan ahead, i can make things work.
on a way exciting happy note....lis & i got our visiting teaching done before the end of the month! we felt really bad about the last few months as we have not been good visiting teachers. but we got it done today! hooray!! and zach was able to come to all of church today! he has been scheduled every single sunday since he started at best buy. because of it, he has had to miss all or parts of church. but today he got to come to all of it! yahoo!!
zach and i had a date last night. we went grocery shopping. he made us go up and down every single aisle. and some we had to go down a few times because we missed things. it was rather funny. i don't think zach likes shopping with me though. i think this because last week we went to the store and i kept saying, "it's cheaper at maceys. why are you buying that here?" "why get that one that costs more and is smaller package when you can get this one that has more for less money?" i think he was getting annoyed with me. so finally i said, "fine. do what you want with your money." he is still really patient with me. sometime this week we are going to go Christmas shopping. i hope that the crowds aren't too bad and the deals are amazing. i need to find something for adam and zach is going to look for stuff for his family. then we have to stop at the post office to mail the presents. it will be nice to be able to spend time with zach in the evenings when i am not exhausted from work & school. well...i can't think of anything else that is exciting at this moment, so i will sign off. Merry/Happy Christmas!!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
it's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!
i put my tree up last week after thanksgiving. it is slightly pathetic since i only have 4 ornaments, but it looks really cool all lit up. zach & i put candy canes on it last night so it looks a lot better now. i will have to take a picture a post it. anyway it is now 5 days into december. right now it is snowing outside. it is cold, but i like the feel of the christmas with snow.
thanksgiving was really fun. the drive to southern utah was not the greatest, but zach & i made it and had a wonderful time. the food was amazing good and the company was even better. i love zach's family. they are fabulous people. i am excited to develop our relationships as zach & mine grows. the visit was too short but worth the long drive. i feel bad that i couldn't stay awake to help zach drive. he says not to worry, but i do wish i could have been better help for him. i drove most of the way back to ogden so i don't feel quite as bad now. he still loves me :) and i love him too! :)
school is coming to finals week for the quarter. i am nervous and thrilled. we get a two week break for christmas/new year. i am trying to figure out if zach & i can get all the things in that we want to do. erin & greg want us to come over for dinner some time. most likely that will be after christmas. we will see. scheduling is hard. my captain and his wife also want to go on a double date. i have a lot of people that have asked for massages during my break from class. i would like to go out to california, albuquerque, and perhaps even colorado. too many things to get done. not enough time. i would love to just be able to see everyone and make the rounds for a nice long visit/vacation. two weeks will fly by and then i will have to give up my weekends for clinicals.
i keep thinking about how scheduling is going to work around everything zach & i have going on. it is so crazy and i don't really want to think about it, but know that if i don't want the stress later, i have to plan ahead.
christmas is in two weeks. that is exciting. also scary...i have not done any sorts of shopping. i think i know what i want to get everyone, but i have no money at this time to get it all. bills and responsibility are no fun. i do prefer to be an adult though. i just wish that everyone would grow up sometimes. i don't mean that we can't laugh and have fun, but just accept that there are things you can't control. more specifically, other people's lives. let them announce their news, and not take it upon yourself to announce it for them. i won't name names, but i hope you know who you are. and i would like to you know that all things will come in time...and if it isn't on your schedule, get over it...grow up. and that is all i am going to say about that.
in funnier news....zach has taken it upon himself to tickle me until i can't breathe. he laughs harder at my giggling/gasping/attempt to tickle back and that makes me laugh even harder. then he starts pulling these funny faces and i can't not laugh. we play this game of "this is a serious moment" (brooke & essie do you remember this?) and i always loose. i think i won once and i did a little happy victory dance. this made zach laugh and that made me laugh. then he started imitating my dance and we just laughed even harder. zach makes me so happy. i love just being with him. honestly i just truly love my zacharoo! i am excited for the day that we will be our own family. he will be a good dad. not that we want kids right away, but it will be an adventure to see where our future will take us.
i laugh sometimes thinking about our conversations we have had about children and what we think we will do in certain situations. zach thinks our kids are going to be little firecrackers because we both have fiery tempers. and then other times we laugh because our kids are going to think their parents are the weirdest people ever. we shall just have to wait and see. first things first and that is the only way to do it. one thing at a time, one day at a time. i am looking forward to the future with zach. anyway....i do need to get going because i have a date tonight. zach gets off in a bit and i have to make myself all pretty and all. not sure what our date is, but i am ok as long as i get to spend it with zach.
thanksgiving was really fun. the drive to southern utah was not the greatest, but zach & i made it and had a wonderful time. the food was amazing good and the company was even better. i love zach's family. they are fabulous people. i am excited to develop our relationships as zach & mine grows. the visit was too short but worth the long drive. i feel bad that i couldn't stay awake to help zach drive. he says not to worry, but i do wish i could have been better help for him. i drove most of the way back to ogden so i don't feel quite as bad now. he still loves me :) and i love him too! :)
school is coming to finals week for the quarter. i am nervous and thrilled. we get a two week break for christmas/new year. i am trying to figure out if zach & i can get all the things in that we want to do. erin & greg want us to come over for dinner some time. most likely that will be after christmas. we will see. scheduling is hard. my captain and his wife also want to go on a double date. i have a lot of people that have asked for massages during my break from class. i would like to go out to california, albuquerque, and perhaps even colorado. too many things to get done. not enough time. i would love to just be able to see everyone and make the rounds for a nice long visit/vacation. two weeks will fly by and then i will have to give up my weekends for clinicals.
i keep thinking about how scheduling is going to work around everything zach & i have going on. it is so crazy and i don't really want to think about it, but know that if i don't want the stress later, i have to plan ahead.
christmas is in two weeks. that is exciting. also scary...i have not done any sorts of shopping. i think i know what i want to get everyone, but i have no money at this time to get it all. bills and responsibility are no fun. i do prefer to be an adult though. i just wish that everyone would grow up sometimes. i don't mean that we can't laugh and have fun, but just accept that there are things you can't control. more specifically, other people's lives. let them announce their news, and not take it upon yourself to announce it for them. i won't name names, but i hope you know who you are. and i would like to you know that all things will come in time...and if it isn't on your schedule, get over it...grow up. and that is all i am going to say about that.
in funnier news....zach has taken it upon himself to tickle me until i can't breathe. he laughs harder at my giggling/gasping/attempt to tickle back and that makes me laugh even harder. then he starts pulling these funny faces and i can't not laugh. we play this game of "this is a serious moment" (brooke & essie do you remember this?) and i always loose. i think i won once and i did a little happy victory dance. this made zach laugh and that made me laugh. then he started imitating my dance and we just laughed even harder. zach makes me so happy. i love just being with him. honestly i just truly love my zacharoo! i am excited for the day that we will be our own family. he will be a good dad. not that we want kids right away, but it will be an adventure to see where our future will take us.
i laugh sometimes thinking about our conversations we have had about children and what we think we will do in certain situations. zach thinks our kids are going to be little firecrackers because we both have fiery tempers. and then other times we laugh because our kids are going to think their parents are the weirdest people ever. we shall just have to wait and see. first things first and that is the only way to do it. one thing at a time, one day at a time. i am looking forward to the future with zach. anyway....i do need to get going because i have a date tonight. zach gets off in a bit and i have to make myself all pretty and all. not sure what our date is, but i am ok as long as i get to spend it with zach.
Monday, November 23, 2009
weekend with the whole family
this past weekend was incredible. everyone in my immediate family was at my dad's house on saturday. we had our thanksgiving dinner and christmas for some. i brought zach with me and i think my family really likes him. he really likes them. we had so many good laughs and it was just grand to spend time with everyone again. we figured it has been about 2 and 1/2 years since we have all been together. i can't believe how fast chandler, maddison, lily, and isabelle are growing. adam has grown up a lot too. and his girl is really cute. i hope she sticks around. adam is a good boy. i don't think he will be able to make it for christmas. as far as i know, christmas will be essie, me, and zach that are going to my parents house.
i really have missed being around my whole family. adam & cedar asked zach & i to go shooting out at adam's best friend's parents' place. it was a lot of fun to get to shoot again. then we raced back for lunch/dinner. everyone stuffed themselves with yummy food. and then we all laid around and laughed and talked. adam suggested we go bowling. so we did. it was a lot of fun. i really am not a good bowler though. zach did fairly well. brooke did amazing. cedar was just one pin shy of a turkey. and then out of no where...dj took the win. the kids got a chance to roll a few bowling balls down the lane. maddy did better than me...she is 3 turning 4 next month. all in all, it was a grand time. sooooo good to see everyone together again. we are all kind of going our separate ways now that we are growing up. it is sad, but understandable and slightly good.
i am looking forward to thanksgiving and christmas this year. thanksgiving will tragically be very short. zach & i are going to drive down to hurricane after i get out of class on wednesday. then we are driving back up thursday evening since we both have to work friday morning. blah i hate short trips. but it will be fun.
christmas is exciting for me this year. i have been wanting to put my tree up since last week. i haven't. i am waiting until after thanksgiving because i fully believe thanksgiving needs to be celebrated too. zach has been laughing at me because i have been talking about putting my tree up. i have been listening to a lot of christmas music as of late too. i also bought a santa made out of lights. santa makes me smile and i think it is just so cute all lit up. zach has also laughed at me smiling at my lighted santa. i bet he is wondering how crazy i am going to get when i really have my own place to decorate. anyway, the snow is making the season feel more real now. i don't like the cold, but i do like the mystical profound silence of snow falling. i want to take my snowboard out too. zach & i were at the d.i. the other day and found a pair of snowboarding boots that were his size. we got them. now we just need to get him a board. maybe that's what i will get him for christmas. i am at a total loss of what to get him. he won't tell me. i suggest a few things and all he says is, "sure. that would be nice."
to be fair, i guess i haven't been much help to him either. i said he shouldn't really spend money on me...esp since he doesn't have a whole lot of it right now. he just pulls a face at me and says he has every right to spoil me. then i argue back, yes but not if you are going to go in debt for me. and thus begins the grrr moments between us. grrr cause we are both stubborn and don't want to give up, but don't want to push it either. so we just grrrr and then we are done with it. i love my zacharoo. he is good to me. well, i had better get some studying in before class tonight. i will once again try to keep you all updated, but make no real promises because i do stay fairly busy.
i really have missed being around my whole family. adam & cedar asked zach & i to go shooting out at adam's best friend's parents' place. it was a lot of fun to get to shoot again. then we raced back for lunch/dinner. everyone stuffed themselves with yummy food. and then we all laid around and laughed and talked. adam suggested we go bowling. so we did. it was a lot of fun. i really am not a good bowler though. zach did fairly well. brooke did amazing. cedar was just one pin shy of a turkey. and then out of no where...dj took the win. the kids got a chance to roll a few bowling balls down the lane. maddy did better than me...she is 3 turning 4 next month. all in all, it was a grand time. sooooo good to see everyone together again. we are all kind of going our separate ways now that we are growing up. it is sad, but understandable and slightly good.
i am looking forward to thanksgiving and christmas this year. thanksgiving will tragically be very short. zach & i are going to drive down to hurricane after i get out of class on wednesday. then we are driving back up thursday evening since we both have to work friday morning. blah i hate short trips. but it will be fun.
christmas is exciting for me this year. i have been wanting to put my tree up since last week. i haven't. i am waiting until after thanksgiving because i fully believe thanksgiving needs to be celebrated too. zach has been laughing at me because i have been talking about putting my tree up. i have been listening to a lot of christmas music as of late too. i also bought a santa made out of lights. santa makes me smile and i think it is just so cute all lit up. zach has also laughed at me smiling at my lighted santa. i bet he is wondering how crazy i am going to get when i really have my own place to decorate. anyway, the snow is making the season feel more real now. i don't like the cold, but i do like the mystical profound silence of snow falling. i want to take my snowboard out too. zach & i were at the d.i. the other day and found a pair of snowboarding boots that were his size. we got them. now we just need to get him a board. maybe that's what i will get him for christmas. i am at a total loss of what to get him. he won't tell me. i suggest a few things and all he says is, "sure. that would be nice."
to be fair, i guess i haven't been much help to him either. i said he shouldn't really spend money on me...esp since he doesn't have a whole lot of it right now. he just pulls a face at me and says he has every right to spoil me. then i argue back, yes but not if you are going to go in debt for me. and thus begins the grrr moments between us. grrr cause we are both stubborn and don't want to give up, but don't want to push it either. so we just grrrr and then we are done with it. i love my zacharoo. he is good to me. well, i had better get some studying in before class tonight. i will once again try to keep you all updated, but make no real promises because i do stay fairly busy.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
hey look at me go....
so it isn't the end of the month and i am blogging again. wahoo. first off this last week was just about as crazy as the week before. my boss got sick from all the sick people at albertsons. come to find out late this week, they all have the swine flu now. good thing my boss got her shot. she did work most of the week, so i wasn't nearly as stressed out. and i got a small thank you from my store manager & my boss. it was a nice thank you and i am excited to use it. now just on what since the where is already in place.
this week is going to be a long week. i have class every night including friday night. but hey, at least i won't have class on thanksgiving, right. i do have lab on thursday this week and it should be a good lab. we get to look at the lower limb and i think review a bit on the upper limb too. i can't remember exactly which. i just know that the os coxa (hip) and the femur bones have a lot of landmarks that aren't exactly the easiest to find or remember.
i have advanced massage only once this week, but guess what we get to start on tuesday..... acupressure! i am really excited for it. acupressure is a total energy modality. you put pressure on different points on the body and has different effects. i will tell you all more about it as i actually learn about it. i am just excited! so this week's class schedule is anatomy, acupressure, acupressure, anatomy lab, and advanced massage.
good thing i get to end my week with massage. i just hope we get more than 35 min like we had thursday. but speaking of this past thursday..... we set up like we will for clinicals. this means we pull the curtains and make little booths. we played out the entire time we actually did hands on like it was clinicals. i was on the table first and had a pretty good massage. then it was my turn to be the therapist. since we were still technically in class, we had to pull the curtains back half way so our teacher could still see if we needed help or corrections made.
we had some sick people in class that couldn't afford to miss the class, but couldn't get or give bodywork. so they sat out and watched everybody. learn by observation. well, i looked up once and noticed all the sick people were gathered around my booth. they were all watching me. kinda creepy, but i didn't think much of it. i just smiled and kept working. the session ended and we were cleaning up the classroom. i got my feedback from my client and then proceeded to help finish putting the classroom back in order.
my teacher came up to me and said, "you are amazing if you didn't already know that, you should." my reaction, "oh, um, thanks."
my insides were screaming, "really? i am amazing? i don't even know if i know what i am really doing yet." so i started thinking about it. i had seen my teacher pass by my booth a few times and then i saw my classmates gathered around. i think my teacher told them to come watch me. to come learn by watching me. what does this mean...HOLY CRAP!!! my teacher thinks i am good, and not just good, amazing! wow!!! i am still in shock. i don't want to brag because i am still a student and still have plenty more to learn. i just wanted to share that exciting news. it makes me feel more confident now as a massage therapist practitioner.
zach tells me all the time how great i am. everyone that i have been fortunate enough to do bodywork on has also said the same. i guess i am just looking for the honest truth of someone who knows how it is supposed to feel and how i can do better. now i know that i am actually on track to becoming a fantastic therapist. i still need people to practice on. so really everyone, please i am begging...make some time when i put a time out there to let me practice. especially since i can't charge right now. if you wait, then it will be too late and you will just have to come to clinicals and pay or i get my licence and will charge you since this is my career.
i am sorry for those of you who live far away but are willing to make time. i will see what i can do. i have vacation & sick leave built up. maybe i will have to just take a weekend and make the rounds. others of you that live close(r)....what is your excuse? i have a phone. i have email. i have facebook. granted, i don't live online, nor do i wish to...which is why i always try and just say text or call me. that is the best way to get a hold of me. i generally have my phone with me. i will apologize and say now that i don't live online, and i don't live by my phone. i have a life. a very busy life. and i don't revolve around my electronics. so sue me.
i do promise that if you make the time to make time for me to come practice when i have some time posted, it will be worth it. i will call you back and see what we can do. my clinicals start in february and go until august. after january, you will just have to pay $25.00 and come to the school to see me. i won't have time otherwise. so you make the decision. (and thank you lori for driving up last night even though it was so late. i really appreciated you letting me do bodywork on you!) (erin o: thank you for letting me know that i could have called you and you would have driven down too!)
ken, joyce, christy: i will bring my table for thanksgiving. hopefully we can squeeze some time in there that i can practice on all of you :) i hate that it will be such a short visit. i am excited to see all of you again though!
and to everyone else: please see what schedule you can work with me. i would love to practice on everyone before i have to charge you. and believe me, i will try and cut some deals, but this is my career and i have bills to pay. that's life.
this week is going to be a long week. i have class every night including friday night. but hey, at least i won't have class on thanksgiving, right. i do have lab on thursday this week and it should be a good lab. we get to look at the lower limb and i think review a bit on the upper limb too. i can't remember exactly which. i just know that the os coxa (hip) and the femur bones have a lot of landmarks that aren't exactly the easiest to find or remember.
i have advanced massage only once this week, but guess what we get to start on tuesday..... acupressure! i am really excited for it. acupressure is a total energy modality. you put pressure on different points on the body and has different effects. i will tell you all more about it as i actually learn about it. i am just excited! so this week's class schedule is anatomy, acupressure, acupressure, anatomy lab, and advanced massage.
good thing i get to end my week with massage. i just hope we get more than 35 min like we had thursday. but speaking of this past thursday..... we set up like we will for clinicals. this means we pull the curtains and make little booths. we played out the entire time we actually did hands on like it was clinicals. i was on the table first and had a pretty good massage. then it was my turn to be the therapist. since we were still technically in class, we had to pull the curtains back half way so our teacher could still see if we needed help or corrections made.
we had some sick people in class that couldn't afford to miss the class, but couldn't get or give bodywork. so they sat out and watched everybody. learn by observation. well, i looked up once and noticed all the sick people were gathered around my booth. they were all watching me. kinda creepy, but i didn't think much of it. i just smiled and kept working. the session ended and we were cleaning up the classroom. i got my feedback from my client and then proceeded to help finish putting the classroom back in order.
my teacher came up to me and said, "you are amazing if you didn't already know that, you should." my reaction, "oh, um, thanks."
my insides were screaming, "really? i am amazing? i don't even know if i know what i am really doing yet." so i started thinking about it. i had seen my teacher pass by my booth a few times and then i saw my classmates gathered around. i think my teacher told them to come watch me. to come learn by watching me. what does this mean...HOLY CRAP!!! my teacher thinks i am good, and not just good, amazing! wow!!! i am still in shock. i don't want to brag because i am still a student and still have plenty more to learn. i just wanted to share that exciting news. it makes me feel more confident now as a massage therapist practitioner.
zach tells me all the time how great i am. everyone that i have been fortunate enough to do bodywork on has also said the same. i guess i am just looking for the honest truth of someone who knows how it is supposed to feel and how i can do better. now i know that i am actually on track to becoming a fantastic therapist. i still need people to practice on. so really everyone, please i am begging...make some time when i put a time out there to let me practice. especially since i can't charge right now. if you wait, then it will be too late and you will just have to come to clinicals and pay or i get my licence and will charge you since this is my career.
i am sorry for those of you who live far away but are willing to make time. i will see what i can do. i have vacation & sick leave built up. maybe i will have to just take a weekend and make the rounds. others of you that live close(r)....what is your excuse? i have a phone. i have email. i have facebook. granted, i don't live online, nor do i wish to...which is why i always try and just say text or call me. that is the best way to get a hold of me. i generally have my phone with me. i will apologize and say now that i don't live online, and i don't live by my phone. i have a life. a very busy life. and i don't revolve around my electronics. so sue me.
i do promise that if you make the time to make time for me to come practice when i have some time posted, it will be worth it. i will call you back and see what we can do. my clinicals start in february and go until august. after january, you will just have to pay $25.00 and come to the school to see me. i won't have time otherwise. so you make the decision. (and thank you lori for driving up last night even though it was so late. i really appreciated you letting me do bodywork on you!) (erin o: thank you for letting me know that i could have called you and you would have driven down too!)
ken, joyce, christy: i will bring my table for thanksgiving. hopefully we can squeeze some time in there that i can practice on all of you :) i hate that it will be such a short visit. i am excited to see all of you again though!
and to everyone else: please see what schedule you can work with me. i would love to practice on everyone before i have to charge you. and believe me, i will try and cut some deals, but this is my career and i have bills to pay. that's life.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
once again it is a new month...
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.
zach and i also got my room painted. my roomie moved out and i switched rooms and painted my room. it looks really cool. i love 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!
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.
zach and i also got my room painted. my roomie moved out and i switched rooms and painted my room. it looks really cool. i love 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!
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) ;)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
ok, ok....zach & i
so i have been getting some grief from a few of you about why i haven't mentioned zach more. well...first off...i haven't had much time to get online with work & school. secondly, when i have had time, my internet hasn't been working. my landlords say that it should be all fixed now...we shall see. anyway. today is sunday & i have time to catch you all up on the happenings in my life. i shall start with 2 weeks ago. the week went fairly quickly with work & school. zach came up to salt lake to see me wednesday & we had a lunch/dinner date. we had sandwiches in the park. and saturday was the super service activity. zach came up and we helped paint the railings around the church. other people were doing other things around the building & more deep cleaning the interior. it was a lot of fun. i am sure most people were amazed that i actually had a huge smile on my face. (i don't really talk to or know many people in my ward so i don't really break out into my usual self.) anyways, it was a lot of fun. it was really a fun weekend.
now onto this past week. school has been going fairly well. i feel behind though. class is only 3 &1/2 hours long monday-thursday. each night is a different class, and each week the classes change up a bit. we only get to see & hear things once, and that makes it a bit difficult to remember & then use later in class. i am excited for our tables to come in. i ordered the forest green table. not that it matters because the table will be covered with sheets, but on occasion, when it is a quick massage (like rodeos) where the clients stay robed. on wednesday, zach came up to salt lake again. we had another lunch/dinner date. this time we had sushi in the park. it was really good. zach got a salmon roll something, and i got a crab roll something.
then this weekend i went down to springville and zach and i went hiking. we hiked squaw peak. it was hard, and my gluteus maximus is extremely sore. the entire hike took us about 4 hours round trip. the view of utah lake was quite pretty. posted below are pictures. so all in all...zach & i are dating. we are going good places. i really like him a lot, and he really likes me. we are extremely happy and excited to see where the possibilities of an us will take us.
i am putting a disclaimer here....we had just hiked 2 and a half hours....so please excuse the sweaty red face of mine. thanks ;)
i am putting a disclaimer here....we had just hiked 2 and a half hours....so please excuse the sweaty red face of mine. thanks ;)Monday, August 17, 2009
weekend happenings
so i went to provo friday after work. zach & i went camping at hobble creek. it rained on us. and i got chilled...so unfortunately i am sick. not sick enough to miss work & definitely not school, but my nose won't stop running. we went back to zach's apartment saturday morning & made breakfast. then we went shopping for more black dress pants for me for school. we found two great pairs that zach approves of. he says i look really good in them. the best part...they were on sale and i spent a lot less that i was expecting. so yippie i have more school clothes. and then we took a nap because neither of us slept extremely well friday night. i did take a benadryl friday cause my allergies were going crazy, so i slept better than i thought, but i still woke up a few times freezing from what zach tells me. i don't really remember...drugs in the system... anyways... then we went to my friend eddy's wedding reception in draper. everyone was asking zach & i if we were married. um, no...we are just dating. i already told zach if he even mentions that he is ring shopping or thinking marriage before a year, my answer will be no. maybe that is mean, but i see no reason to rush anything. he agrees. after the reception, i had to take zach back to provo so he could get on the road for hurricane. (that is where he is from). he left yesterday afternoon on vacation with his family to california. he will be back later this week. i get to see him for sure saturday. he is coming up to help with the service project for my ward and then we are maybe having a bon fire. i am excited. i just hope this stupid head cold will be gone.
school is going well. there are still stupid people in my class that annoy me. and as it turns out, i am not the only one annoyed. i have found at least 4 others who feel the same way i do. it is only a matter of time before they weed themselves out. tonight is just lecture, and hopefully i will be able not to sniff sniff sniff all through class. i took dayquil twice at work and once when i got home. i will take it again before class & maybe once on break during class. either way, i hope i can stay attentive and not go completely crazy sniffling.
i am excited for labor day. i don't have class that monday, so lis, zach & i are thinking a road trip somewhere close so it doesn't cost a whole lot would be tons of fun. we shall see what happens. i am thinking either river trip or moab or even just camping...timpanogos maybe. either way, i am excited & it will be tons of fun. no stupid people invited :) only the good ones. and now i am going to go eat something before i drive down to slc for class.
school is going well. there are still stupid people in my class that annoy me. and as it turns out, i am not the only one annoyed. i have found at least 4 others who feel the same way i do. it is only a matter of time before they weed themselves out. tonight is just lecture, and hopefully i will be able not to sniff sniff sniff all through class. i took dayquil twice at work and once when i got home. i will take it again before class & maybe once on break during class. either way, i hope i can stay attentive and not go completely crazy sniffling.
i am excited for labor day. i don't have class that monday, so lis, zach & i are thinking a road trip somewhere close so it doesn't cost a whole lot would be tons of fun. we shall see what happens. i am thinking either river trip or moab or even just camping...timpanogos maybe. either way, i am excited & it will be tons of fun. no stupid people invited :) only the good ones. and now i am going to go eat something before i drive down to slc for class.
Friday, August 14, 2009
quick update
school has officially started. i have been in for 2 weeks now. i am loving it, but really hating stupid people. oh well, i will live and they will weed themselves out of class. zach & i are officially dating as boyfriend/girlfriend. he is truly a great guy that comes highly recommended by 2 of my very close friends. i trust their opinions and have good feelings about zach & myself. he is wonderful. last weekend he came up and we spent saturday together. zach made breakfast (cinnamon french toast) and it was delicious. then we went to the dinosaur park in north ogden. it is really a fun little interesting place. after the dinosaurs, we went to TGIFs for lunch. i ordered a really yummy wrap and zach ordered mini burger things. unfortunately something in my food made my stomach hate me. zach thinks there may have been pepperoni in it. erin was kind enough to finish my leftovers i brought home so i didn't dissect it to find out for sure. i just know that i won't be getting the wrap unless i have some stomach medicine handy. zach was sweet and asked what he could do to help me feel better. he is really very observant & attentive. i like it! and then mary & collin came over and we had a picnic type dinner in the back yard and played monopoly (zach won) and pounce. it was a lot of fun.
this past sunday i had a work party. after i got out of church, i called zach. we talked for a bit when he asked what i had planned for the rest of the day. i didn't even have to ask him to come all the way from provo just for a stupid work party for me. he offered to come because i mentioned that they said i could bring someone. i told him that i was ok if he didn't come, but that i would like to have his company. zach is amazing. and wednesday we met before i had to go to class and we had a picnic in the park. i like him. and i am excited for this weekend because i am going down to provo to see him and spend the day. saturday night i have a wedding reception in draper and zach asked if i wanted him to come with me. of course i want him to come with me, but i understand if he doesn't want to go to a wedding reception for someone he doesn't know. but he said he will come.
school is going fairly well. i am learning a ton. anatomy is making sense for the first time in how many classes of it i have been through. we learned our first massage stroke on tuesday. we also ordered our massage tables. i am soooo excited for them to come in. i got the forest green one. it is really pretty. not that it truly matters because there will be sheets on the table, but hey...ya never know. i can't wait until they come in and i can use my table and practice what i learned in class. any volunteers?... i know my list is getting kinda long... oh well. take advantage of a free massage while you can. (i can't charge or accept tips as a student) and that is a quick update. it is late and i need sleep. and i don't know when i will be back on since my life is work & school & zach now. i will try when i can to keep everyone updated.
this past sunday i had a work party. after i got out of church, i called zach. we talked for a bit when he asked what i had planned for the rest of the day. i didn't even have to ask him to come all the way from provo just for a stupid work party for me. he offered to come because i mentioned that they said i could bring someone. i told him that i was ok if he didn't come, but that i would like to have his company. zach is amazing. and wednesday we met before i had to go to class and we had a picnic in the park. i like him. and i am excited for this weekend because i am going down to provo to see him and spend the day. saturday night i have a wedding reception in draper and zach asked if i wanted him to come with me. of course i want him to come with me, but i understand if he doesn't want to go to a wedding reception for someone he doesn't know. but he said he will come.
school is going fairly well. i am learning a ton. anatomy is making sense for the first time in how many classes of it i have been through. we learned our first massage stroke on tuesday. we also ordered our massage tables. i am soooo excited for them to come in. i got the forest green one. it is really pretty. not that it truly matters because there will be sheets on the table, but hey...ya never know. i can't wait until they come in and i can use my table and practice what i learned in class. any volunteers?... i know my list is getting kinda long... oh well. take advantage of a free massage while you can. (i can't charge or accept tips as a student) and that is a quick update. it is late and i need sleep. and i don't know when i will be back on since my life is work & school & zach now. i will try when i can to keep everyone updated.
Friday, August 7, 2009
it has been a busy week
my date with zach was really a lot of fun. he drove up from provo. then we went ice skating at the ice sheet. zach hadn't eaten anything all day so we only skated for about an hour. it was ok though cause i was frozen at this point. we then went to the rice garden chinese restaurant inside simth's. it is take out so we went to a park and ate. zach & i just talked and talked and talked. and he discovered very quickly that i am extremely ticklish. even though i was laughing, i wish i could not be as ticklish as i am...esp when i start getting tickled cause it only gets worse. i become even more jumpy and one doesn't even have to ouch me to make me jump. zach enjoyed himself at my expense. time flies when you are having fun. the sun set on us so we had to leave the park. we came back to my place and watched mr. & mrs. smith. then it was time for zach to leave cause he still had to drive back to provo. we have talked everyday this week and he is coming back up tomorrow for a double date with mary & her date.
monday i started back to school. actually i started a new school. i am now officially attending UCMT. i am a massage therapist practitioner! monday was orientation and professional development. tuesday was anatomy. wednesday was massage basics. and thursday was the second massage basics class. i am really excited about learning and performing massage. my class right now has 54 students. i know this may be bad to say, but i hope that some drop out...esp the ones that have been disruptive so far. i know i am there to learn and study, but i wonder why other people bother coming if they are just going to interrupt the teacher with inappropriate comments and talking out of turn. anyways...the year i am sure will go quickly. i will let you all know when my clinical days are. hopefully you can come and see me. massages at the school only cost the public $25 and you don't tip because we can't accept them as students. and this weekend, if you get the chance, massages are 2 for 1. so you pay $25 for 2 people. go get a massage! they are sooooo good for you and your health!
monday i started back to school. actually i started a new school. i am now officially attending UCMT. i am a massage therapist practitioner! monday was orientation and professional development. tuesday was anatomy. wednesday was massage basics. and thursday was the second massage basics class. i am really excited about learning and performing massage. my class right now has 54 students. i know this may be bad to say, but i hope that some drop out...esp the ones that have been disruptive so far. i know i am there to learn and study, but i wonder why other people bother coming if they are just going to interrupt the teacher with inappropriate comments and talking out of turn. anyways...the year i am sure will go quickly. i will let you all know when my clinical days are. hopefully you can come and see me. massages at the school only cost the public $25 and you don't tip because we can't accept them as students. and this weekend, if you get the chance, massages are 2 for 1. so you pay $25 for 2 people. go get a massage! they are sooooo good for you and your health!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
i wonder why
i really do have the worst luck ever. i am trying, really, to stay upbeat and positive, but it gets so hard. today i got up and went to go get my tires rotated since i don't know when they were last rotated. i know that i've put a few miles on them, so i figured it is about time. well, i ended up having to buy 4 new tires. the tread on two of mine were just awful. in fact, the les schwab guy was surprised that i had no complaints on how my jeep was driving. he said that i should have had shaking and that braking should have been funny as well. ok, he didn't phrase it that way. the one tire was down to the warning tread. the other tire had a very weird wear pattern. i was going to just get two tires, but with a 4-wheel drive, it is best to get 4. the other two would only have lasted probably another month before they were down to warning tread. i am glad i went in, but UGH!!! 4 new tires! that is a lot of money. at least now i have the les schwab promise to fix flats, free rotations, and all that jazz. and at least they didn't treat me like i didn't know what i was talking about. and they put new caps on my tire stems. the last place that checked my tire pressure didn't put the caps back on. this is a very bad thing! it can freeze in the winter and get debris in it in the summer causing the tire pressure measurement to be off. this in turn causes your tire pressure light on the dash to malfunction. this costs a lot more money to fix.
then i went to get my jeep washed. the car wash misread where my jeep was. causing my time to expire. so i went inside to get another car wash. i got my jeep lined up, but then the car wash hit my bike and stopped working. so i went back inside and got another car wash, took my bike off, and went through. thankfully i only had to pay for one wash. but half of my jeep got soap twice. my undercarriage got soap 3 times. and my jeep doesn't look clean enough for me, but it is clean. so after 3 times through the car wash, my jeep looks ok.
when i got home after all of this, i took a shower and when i put my favorite jeans on, they split down the crotch. thankfully i can sew. and i hope my repair job works. i have to wonder what else is going to go wrong. i am laughing at my stupid dumb luck. really though, can i just have a rope or something? i just am hoping that tonight will be tons of fun and goes well. i have a date with zach. we are going ice skating. maybe i can break a leg or something since i don't have health insurance anymore. my dad forgot to fax the paperwork i asked him for. and now i've missed the deadline. so i have to wait until january to get health insurance. let's pray if something happens to me that it is in my jeep...where i am insured. anyway... i just wonder why. and now i am going to go get ready for my date.
then i went to get my jeep washed. the car wash misread where my jeep was. causing my time to expire. so i went inside to get another car wash. i got my jeep lined up, but then the car wash hit my bike and stopped working. so i went back inside and got another car wash, took my bike off, and went through. thankfully i only had to pay for one wash. but half of my jeep got soap twice. my undercarriage got soap 3 times. and my jeep doesn't look clean enough for me, but it is clean. so after 3 times through the car wash, my jeep looks ok.
when i got home after all of this, i took a shower and when i put my favorite jeans on, they split down the crotch. thankfully i can sew. and i hope my repair job works. i have to wonder what else is going to go wrong. i am laughing at my stupid dumb luck. really though, can i just have a rope or something? i just am hoping that tonight will be tons of fun and goes well. i have a date with zach. we are going ice skating. maybe i can break a leg or something since i don't have health insurance anymore. my dad forgot to fax the paperwork i asked him for. and now i've missed the deadline. so i have to wait until january to get health insurance. let's pray if something happens to me that it is in my jeep...where i am insured. anyway... i just wonder why. and now i am going to go get ready for my date.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
talk about irony...
this week has been a very interesting one. i am not sure just what to do with myself about it. for starters...monday night. there was a group of 8 that went hiking. 4 boys & 4 girls. naturally we kinda paired up....there was one married couple and another that were dating. the rest of us are friends, but we sort of paired up too. jonathon took the lead, and for a while i was keeping pace with him. then i realized that i should probably bring up the rear....and jonathon wasn't really talking to me anyway. he was talking to everybody else. not a big deal, but it hurt a bit. then the trail changed and it got a bit tough. our group was spreading out. so we slowed down and then jonathon's phone rang. he answered it because it was "that girl". for most of the hike up, he was talking to her....flirting with her. the silly grin on his face was making me nauseous. i don't get it. i mean, i get it. i understand he is not interested in me that way. but why spend the last month talking to me the way he has. asking me what would my dad think if i brought a guy like him home. why have more in depth conversations then we have ever had when we actually were dating? then why in front of my face answer your phone because "that girl" called. and then why cancel our biking for the week. esp when you know that this week is my last week before school starts and i fall off the face of the earth. UGH!!!! why can't i just make my head and my heart think and do what i want. why do i continually hope that maybe the idiot will wake up and realize what he is missing out on. and i think worst of all...why am i a hopeless romantic. why can't i just get over the fact that he isn't going to feel about me the way i somehow still feel for him. and how do i still have feelings for him when i keep getting hurt by him? i am stronger than that...aren't i?
oh and ryan & i are just friends. he says he isn't ready for a relationship. and he is going to be back in school and has a lot going on. things still are potentially there to be more than friends. he understands that i would like things to be more, but he also wants me to keep my options open. we are dating, but not exclusive is how i take that to mean. we promised to always be honest and open with each other. i don't understand how i can like two boys at the same time. and ironically neither really wants to be more than friends with me. and even more irony...these two boys always manage to come in a pair together in and out of my life. it is almost as if they plan it. so again i say UGH!!!
and then here is the icing on the cake. zach asked me out. he seems pretty cool. and we have plans for this saturday night. we have been texting the last couple of days. we have mostly been doing the question & answer game thing. what's your favorites and such. nicknames got brought up. i said, my family calls me beanie. i have friends that call me chinaho. he answered, how about i just call you amber. so then i asked if he was zachary or zacharias. here is where again my life gets ironic.... his answer. my name is actually john. JOHN!!!!! what is it with me and guys who's names start with J or are really named john or jonathon or jon or johnny?! he is john zacharias smith and goes by zach. seriously i almost canceled our date. i think i am doomed or destined or whatever you want to call it, to have in my dating world a guy with j in his name somewhere. looking back over my dating life, i think i can count on one hand how many guys have had a different name from the whole j thing. so talk about irony.
oh and ryan & i are just friends. he says he isn't ready for a relationship. and he is going to be back in school and has a lot going on. things still are potentially there to be more than friends. he understands that i would like things to be more, but he also wants me to keep my options open. we are dating, but not exclusive is how i take that to mean. we promised to always be honest and open with each other. i don't understand how i can like two boys at the same time. and ironically neither really wants to be more than friends with me. and even more irony...these two boys always manage to come in a pair together in and out of my life. it is almost as if they plan it. so again i say UGH!!!
and then here is the icing on the cake. zach asked me out. he seems pretty cool. and we have plans for this saturday night. we have been texting the last couple of days. we have mostly been doing the question & answer game thing. what's your favorites and such. nicknames got brought up. i said, my family calls me beanie. i have friends that call me chinaho. he answered, how about i just call you amber. so then i asked if he was zachary or zacharias. here is where again my life gets ironic.... his answer. my name is actually john. JOHN!!!!! what is it with me and guys who's names start with J or are really named john or jonathon or jon or johnny?! he is john zacharias smith and goes by zach. seriously i almost canceled our date. i think i am doomed or destined or whatever you want to call it, to have in my dating world a guy with j in his name somewhere. looking back over my dating life, i think i can count on one hand how many guys have had a different name from the whole j thing. so talk about irony.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
secondhand serenade
the secondhand serenade concert was really good. we (lis, mary, zach, & i) went to brick oven in provo before the concert. then we got to thanksgiving point just before 7pm. the other bands that played were not too bad. one of them even gave us a free sample cd. they are called 'we shot the moon' and actually aren't bad at all. it was a fun night. we put blankets down on the grass and just chilled. poor zach though.... he was the only guy out with 3 very hot, dressed up gals....and he really wanted to kiss one or all of us.....and none of us were interested at all. he is a pretty cool guy though. (i had just met him last night) and he isn't too bad on the eyes, and he is 25. lis & i remembered not to scream so we could have voices to sing today. and our duet went really well today. i am sure we had help from on high. after the concert last night, we dropped zach off at his truck/suv honda thing. then lis, mary, & i went for frostys at wendys. they were tasty. and we got back to ogden about 12:30. it was quite nice. and i think i will take a nap now because i have a headache and also i got up earlier this morning to get my hair & make-up done before i went to practice/warm up. i want to light off fireworks, but i am not sure if i will go up to lis' or just not light off fireworks. i was hoping ryan would call or text, but i haven't heard from him since friday night. he was sad that he missed fireworks for the 4th, and then we didn't light any off on the 24th cause it was too late. but i am not sure he would want to drive down just to drive back up. i am not even sure if i should start the conversation or if i should let him pursue. ugh. blah. whatever. i just would like to know one way or the other. and really now, i am done for today. my head hurts a lot.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
this weekend
wednesday night mountain biking kicked my butt. it was awesome, but it kicked my butt. i came home and had to ice my knees, ankle, and wrists. i wrecked 3 times. jonathon wrecked too, but much worse than i did, so i am not complaining. it still hurt my pride a bit. anyway, i am excited about my last ride on this coming wednesday. it will be my last for a while with them because i start school aug 3. (happy birthday mom!) i hopefully will still be able to go with lis, but after this morning's experience....i don't really think i want to ride the canal road trail again. i will explain shortly....when i get to today. i am still finishing wednesday. ryan and i texted a bit more and then i fell asleep.
thursday was an alright day at work. i didn't want to work, but still put in my shift and stayed mostly busy. thursday evening, i went out to lis' sister's house to practice for sunday. we were there for about 2 hours and only got half way through the song. it's ok though...it will be good with help from above. i came home and went to bed.
friday was a great day. happy pioneer day. i went to work and there wasn't much to do. i got it done quickly and still was trying to come up with things i could get done without staying extra. i had asked the meat guys to marinate some steaks for me. they did my absolute favorite steak...the burgandy steak. they picked out two huge top sirloins for me. it's nice to be loved. i came home and cleaned my apartment. then i painted my toe nails. then i read more of 'crime & punishment' and then finally it was time for ryan to come over. he was going to come over earlier, but his truck is in the shop so he had to wait until later.
ryan gave me the biggest hug. it was wonderful. we talked for a bit about LDAC (the army training he was at) and i laughed at how he had to have MRI shots and other shots. he didn't think he needed his vaccination record with him, so the army just gave him new shots for their records. then the two of us went out to jeff & angie's (another of lis' siblings) house and had dinner and then lis, lex, and i practiced more for sunday. poor ryan i am sure was bored out of his mind. he never complained though and said that it was ok. after we practiced, we all went back outside and watched the movie 'robots' on the projector. ok, i should say we finished watching the movie. the rest of the fam had already started it, but that is totally understandable. we were going to light off fireworks, but it was already almost 11pm. it is good to have ryan back in town. i have really missed him. and that was friday.
now on to today. lis & i went biking the canal road again. the last time we biked, my back tire got a puncture weed stuck in it, and went flat. this time it was my front tire. i had re-slimed my back tire, but my front was still good, so i didn't re-slime it until today. there are too many puncture weeds on that trail. i honestly don't even know where they were coming from because it looks like it should all be dirt/gravel road. all i have to say is UGH! now both of my tires have been re-slimed...which i am thinking that i should always re-slime at least once a year. hopefully my tires will be good for at least one more ride, on wednesday.
also today is the secondhand serenade concert at thanksgiving point. mary. lis, and i are going. i am not sure about anyone else. frankly i don't care because they are all flaky people. but i am going, and i am totally excited for it. i just have to remind myself no screaming so i can sing in sacrament tomorrow with lis. it is going to be pretty amazing. lex (lis' niece) made an arrangement of 'come, come ye saints' and 'god of our fathers' just for us. she hears it in her head and just plays it on the piano. let me tell you something though...it is hard. i am struggling. i need your prayers to get through it. if we can pull it off, it will be really really cool. maybe we will record it later and i could post it. but we shall see. i have to go now so i can get my hair and make-up done for tonight. i think we are stopping for dinner somewhere before hand too. it will be a good night.
thursday was an alright day at work. i didn't want to work, but still put in my shift and stayed mostly busy. thursday evening, i went out to lis' sister's house to practice for sunday. we were there for about 2 hours and only got half way through the song. it's ok though...it will be good with help from above. i came home and went to bed.
friday was a great day. happy pioneer day. i went to work and there wasn't much to do. i got it done quickly and still was trying to come up with things i could get done without staying extra. i had asked the meat guys to marinate some steaks for me. they did my absolute favorite steak...the burgandy steak. they picked out two huge top sirloins for me. it's nice to be loved. i came home and cleaned my apartment. then i painted my toe nails. then i read more of 'crime & punishment' and then finally it was time for ryan to come over. he was going to come over earlier, but his truck is in the shop so he had to wait until later.
ryan gave me the biggest hug. it was wonderful. we talked for a bit about LDAC (the army training he was at) and i laughed at how he had to have MRI shots and other shots. he didn't think he needed his vaccination record with him, so the army just gave him new shots for their records. then the two of us went out to jeff & angie's (another of lis' siblings) house and had dinner and then lis, lex, and i practiced more for sunday. poor ryan i am sure was bored out of his mind. he never complained though and said that it was ok. after we practiced, we all went back outside and watched the movie 'robots' on the projector. ok, i should say we finished watching the movie. the rest of the fam had already started it, but that is totally understandable. we were going to light off fireworks, but it was already almost 11pm. it is good to have ryan back in town. i have really missed him. and that was friday.
now on to today. lis & i went biking the canal road again. the last time we biked, my back tire got a puncture weed stuck in it, and went flat. this time it was my front tire. i had re-slimed my back tire, but my front was still good, so i didn't re-slime it until today. there are too many puncture weeds on that trail. i honestly don't even know where they were coming from because it looks like it should all be dirt/gravel road. all i have to say is UGH! now both of my tires have been re-slimed...which i am thinking that i should always re-slime at least once a year. hopefully my tires will be good for at least one more ride, on wednesday.
also today is the secondhand serenade concert at thanksgiving point. mary. lis, and i are going. i am not sure about anyone else. frankly i don't care because they are all flaky people. but i am going, and i am totally excited for it. i just have to remind myself no screaming so i can sing in sacrament tomorrow with lis. it is going to be pretty amazing. lex (lis' niece) made an arrangement of 'come, come ye saints' and 'god of our fathers' just for us. she hears it in her head and just plays it on the piano. let me tell you something though...it is hard. i am struggling. i need your prayers to get through it. if we can pull it off, it will be really really cool. maybe we will record it later and i could post it. but we shall see. i have to go now so i can get my hair and make-up done for tonight. i think we are stopping for dinner somewhere before hand too. it will be a good night.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
bad vs good day?...or just rotten luck...again ish
yesterday i took myself to the ogden pioneer days rodeo. i asked a bunch of friends to come, but not one came. i am a complete loser. i understand that some of my friends actually had legitimate reasons for not coming. the others that said it would be fun to come and didn't show....it is those that i am having a hard time believing they are truly friends to me. i am an adult however, so i am not going to get mad or cry. i am just going to stop inviting people to do things when i know that even though they say yes they would like to come or even yes they will come and then don't show up. i am just going to stop inviting people to do things period. i will make my own fun on my own two feet. i am secure enough to go places and do things by myself...ok maybe not mountain biking alone, but rodeos and dinner and whatever else i can think up.
the rodeo was awesome. i got there just after the pre-show started. so i got to watch the mutton busting, quick rescues, sky divers, and a few other very entertaining rodeo excitement. i took some video from it that will be posted below. the rodeo clown was great! he actually came up in the audience and took some ladies cell phone from her to take pictures. it was funny. my favorite part of a rodeo is the bull riding. call me crazy, yes i know. but i love watching bull riding. i think it is sheer stupidity, but highly entertaining. one cowboy got knocked in the head twice by the bull, and his helmet came flying off. he walked away, but i am sure he has a concussion. there were supposed to be fireworks after the rodeo, but due to wind conditions, they had to cancel. in place of fireworks, they had dirt bike jumpers. they did crazy stunts. now i think that is slightly more dangerous than bull riding. it was still really cool to watch. i got home a little later than i had planned...time passes quickly when you are having fun.
because i got home so late, i triple checked my phone....it serves as my alarm in the morning. today is ad day...i am supposed to be at work at 3am. i got home just after 11pm. i didn't get to sleep until probably midnight. i would only get 2 hours of sleep. oh well...i think it was worth it. anyways, my phone last night somehow shut itself off. completely off. my alarm didn't go off. i didn't wake up. my boss had sent messages asking if i was coming in to work. i didn't get them. my phone was off. i woke up because i was having a very bizarre dream and there was a plane outside flying really close to houses making a lot of noise. i realized that i couldn't have slept two hours. i looked at the clock. it read 5:30. bad words came out of my mouth and i grabbed my phone to see why the alarm never sounded.
my phone was off. when i turned it on, i had no messages, no phone calls, no voicemail. i sent a message to my boss to let her know i was coming to work and that i was extremely sorry about being so late and everything. it's a good thing she likes me and that i am usually a timely person. i got to work 3 hours late. i was working on making new signs for the displays when my phone suddenly went off for 5 text messages. i looked at the time received.... 2 were from 4am. it was now 8am. i got my messages 4 hours after they were sent. great. why does technology hate me so much? why can't it just work? normally i don't really care that much if technology doesn't work for me, but when i rely on it to get up in the morning, and it fails me.... UGH!!!
so here is where the good vs bad day comes into play: 1) my boss and 2 other ladies from work are taking a road trip in september to the stanley hotel in colorado. we are spending the night in the stanley hotel. for those of you wondering what is the stanley hotel....watch 'the shining' by stephen king. it is based from his experiences there. i am totally excited. we booked the room and got the confirmation today.
2) ryan got his phone back today and was texting me for a few hours while he was packing and i was at work. he comes home tomorrow. we have plans for friday after i get off work. i am not sure what we are going to do, but we will do something and have fun. and 3)...jonathon called me today. we are going mountain biking with micah and friends today at 6 at wheeler....or whatever the name of it is. (where we went last week) hopefully this week i can keep up a little better. i doubt it, but it will still be a great ride. i love it.
the rodeo was awesome. i got there just after the pre-show started. so i got to watch the mutton busting, quick rescues, sky divers, and a few other very entertaining rodeo excitement. i took some video from it that will be posted below. the rodeo clown was great! he actually came up in the audience and took some ladies cell phone from her to take pictures. it was funny. my favorite part of a rodeo is the bull riding. call me crazy, yes i know. but i love watching bull riding. i think it is sheer stupidity, but highly entertaining. one cowboy got knocked in the head twice by the bull, and his helmet came flying off. he walked away, but i am sure he has a concussion. there were supposed to be fireworks after the rodeo, but due to wind conditions, they had to cancel. in place of fireworks, they had dirt bike jumpers. they did crazy stunts. now i think that is slightly more dangerous than bull riding. it was still really cool to watch. i got home a little later than i had planned...time passes quickly when you are having fun.
because i got home so late, i triple checked my phone....it serves as my alarm in the morning. today is ad day...i am supposed to be at work at 3am. i got home just after 11pm. i didn't get to sleep until probably midnight. i would only get 2 hours of sleep. oh well...i think it was worth it. anyways, my phone last night somehow shut itself off. completely off. my alarm didn't go off. i didn't wake up. my boss had sent messages asking if i was coming in to work. i didn't get them. my phone was off. i woke up because i was having a very bizarre dream and there was a plane outside flying really close to houses making a lot of noise. i realized that i couldn't have slept two hours. i looked at the clock. it read 5:30. bad words came out of my mouth and i grabbed my phone to see why the alarm never sounded.
my phone was off. when i turned it on, i had no messages, no phone calls, no voicemail. i sent a message to my boss to let her know i was coming to work and that i was extremely sorry about being so late and everything. it's a good thing she likes me and that i am usually a timely person. i got to work 3 hours late. i was working on making new signs for the displays when my phone suddenly went off for 5 text messages. i looked at the time received.... 2 were from 4am. it was now 8am. i got my messages 4 hours after they were sent. great. why does technology hate me so much? why can't it just work? normally i don't really care that much if technology doesn't work for me, but when i rely on it to get up in the morning, and it fails me.... UGH!!!
so here is where the good vs bad day comes into play: 1) my boss and 2 other ladies from work are taking a road trip in september to the stanley hotel in colorado. we are spending the night in the stanley hotel. for those of you wondering what is the stanley hotel....watch 'the shining' by stephen king. it is based from his experiences there. i am totally excited. we booked the room and got the confirmation today.
2) ryan got his phone back today and was texting me for a few hours while he was packing and i was at work. he comes home tomorrow. we have plans for friday after i get off work. i am not sure what we are going to do, but we will do something and have fun. and 3)...jonathon called me today. we are going mountain biking with micah and friends today at 6 at wheeler....or whatever the name of it is. (where we went last week) hopefully this week i can keep up a little better. i doubt it, but it will still be a great ride. i love it.
Monday, July 20, 2009
yippee!!!
i was able to donate blood today! i haven't been able to donate because my iron count has been way too low. but today was a good day, and my iron count was 13 something, and i filled my bag in 4 & 1/2 minutes! yippee!!! wahoo!!! i know, i know....i am a dork. but i really love donating blood! and was excited that i could donate today. i had to wait until after work...so i didn't pass out again at work....but hey, it's all good. i donated! and that is my happy news today...for being monday.
in other good news.... ryan comes home on thursday. :) i believe we still have plans for friday. i am not entirely certain because he still is out of contact with the rest of society. but it is still good news. saturday will be a great day. it is the secondhand serande concert at thanksgiving point. lis, mary, and i are going. and on sunday, lis & i are singing a duet of a patriotic nature for our ward. bishop & bro. chambers asked us yesterday. lex, lis' niece is going to accompany for us (hopefully) and it should be really good. lis & i blend very well together so i am excited for it, or maybe it is just nerves. oh well. either way, this week is looking to be a good one. :)
in other good news.... ryan comes home on thursday. :) i believe we still have plans for friday. i am not entirely certain because he still is out of contact with the rest of society. but it is still good news. saturday will be a great day. it is the secondhand serande concert at thanksgiving point. lis, mary, and i are going. and on sunday, lis & i are singing a duet of a patriotic nature for our ward. bishop & bro. chambers asked us yesterday. lex, lis' niece is going to accompany for us (hopefully) and it should be really good. lis & i blend very well together so i am excited for it, or maybe it is just nerves. oh well. either way, this week is looking to be a good one. :)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
new adventures
mountain biking on wednesday evening totally rocked! jonathon & i went with his friend micah and some of micah's friends. micah & company are insane bikers. we went up a trail called wheeler (i think that's what it's called) up in the ogden canyon somewhere, and went for about an hour and a half. then turned around and came back. well, at least that is what jonathon and i did. micah & friends lapped us. they went up, came most of the way back down, found us, and came back up again. INSANE! it was worth it though. i fell a few times and have some bruises in random places. i really don't remember hitting that many things.... oh well. it was awesome and i can't wait to see where we go next wednesday.
thursday i was a complete lazy butt and slept....mostly cause i hadn't really slept this whole week. and yesterday i went to salt lake and got more information about class that starts in 2 weeks for me. i also got a seated massage. the gal that worked on me couldn't believe how tense i was and how many knots were in my back. i said, "yeah it happens a lot to me. but i am excited for class to start to get them worked out." when i got back from UCMT, i did my laundry. and then i tried to go to bed so i could get up this morning and go hike ben lomond peak with jonathon. ok, i didn't really sleep, but i did try and was able to get 3 hours in.
was getting up at 3am to be at the trailhead at 4am worth it?....heck yes! not too many people see sunrises anymore. i know i wish i could see more, esp from a mountain. jonathon and i didn't actually make it to the top of ben lomond. we got about just over half (guessing here) when jonathon finally said he needed to look at his heels. he had mentioned probably a half hour before we stopped that he could feel his boots rubbing the wrong way. when we stopped to actually look, his heels were so raw that the only smart thing to do was turn around. i am only a little sad that we didn't make it to the top. but i wasn't going to make jonathon hike even further with those blisters. i offered to carry him back down, but i said it may not work because his feet would still drag on the trail. i am only tall enough for my feet to reach the ground after all. and here are some amazing pictures i took on the hike up and back down.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
exciting things this week...so far
today is only wednesday, but i am ready for friday... i'll get there.
monday was fun. jonathon, lis, sarah, sarah's friend (i can't remember her name....) and i went hiking up the ogden nature valley extension trail. it was great to actually have a group that could come and enjoy the great outdoors with. usually, well at least lately, it has just been jonathon and me going.
yesterday was a very long day. i got about 530 am and went to work. i was extremely bored on monday at work because i had nothing to do. i was waiting and should have done sign orders and price points for the ad that started today, but no one turned any in on monday...when they are supposed to turn them in. so i was behind work all day tuesday because everything had to be done before i left so it could be ready for today's ad. i was so close to finally being done, but i had to pause to go to staff meeting. my boss had left to go have lunch with her grandma & mom for her grandma's birthday. normally she goes to staff meeting. i am not complaining that i had too much to do. i am complaining that i had to wait for people to do their job before i could do mine. i don't understand why things can't be done when it is an everyday/every week, same ol' thing, but this week was 'let's not turn it in on time if we even bother turning it in'. UGH!
so i am getting ready to go to staff meeting and this very annoying person comes into my office. please note that i am basically the only person in my office at this point in time. this person is all upset because all the signs that were ordered were all wrong. they changed what they were doing and all the signs were just wrong. i told this person that it would be a few minutes before i could get to it because i still have 3-4 other things that came to my office before she did. she got a bit hissy fit on me and exclaimed, "well should i just write the UPCs down then" i answered yes and kept working. she only wrote half of the UPCs down for me. thankfully i know how to do my job so i am smart enough to figure out the other codes i needed for her signs. i made the signs and was getting ready to head up to staff meeting when our floral lady brought in roses. one for my boss and one for me...from a secret admirer. it was sweet.
staff meeting was good. our meat manager made his hamburgers for us. everyone else kinda nibbled theirs and couldn't finish because they were so thick and yummy that you could get full from one bite. i on the other hand, could not get it in my face fast enough. i was enjoying it way too much. keep in mind i had already had lunch a few hours before. it is disgusting how much i can eat when i want to eat. after staff meeting, i went back to my office to finish the day's work. i didn't get home from work until almost 3 pm. usually i am home by 2.
i got home and tried to nap so i could make it through the rest of the day and night. i couldn't really sleep. i got up and curled my hair. then i went hunting for slime at walmart, target, and then was finally successful at sports authority. my back tire on my bike went flat on me on saturday. i do have slime in my tires already, but i think i just had too many puncture weed holes for it to be most effective. so i re-slimmed my back bike tire. i will have to check it really quick before i go biking today with jonathon. it seemed to be holding up well this morning. after i got my tire done, i went to roosters. lisa c's birthday was last week and she didn't tell us so we didn't do anything. i decided that we needed to do something. so lis, sarah, lisa and i went to roosters on 25th street and had dinner. it was fabulous.
after dinner, i went to macey's. i know, i know... but that is where we, my boss and other ladies from work, were meeting to go to harry potter...the midnight showing. since the grand majority of us were just coming right into work after the movie, we wanted to carpool and save on trying to find parking at the theatre. harry potter was really good. i want to go see it again....but i think i want to find a guy to take me. i drank one energy drink before the movie, and as soon as we got back to macey's, i drank another. my boss and i were the only ones in scanning today. normally we have one other person, but he called in.
my boss and i made an executive decision that we were only going to work until 11am. keep in mind that today is ad day. i usually go in at 3am and work until 1pm. my boss usually just works her normal 6-2. let me just tell you that i think the only thing keeping me running today was the energy drinks. i got home from work and took a 3 hour nap. i am not sure why i didn't sleep longer...esp for being up for roughly 31 hours. but hey, i need to get up so i can sleep tonight and so jonathon and i can go mountain biking in an hour. and now on to why i wish it were friday... it is the open house/orientation for massage school. i get a free seated massage. and that is why i wish it were friday. they said i can bring friends with me...so anyone want to come to salt lake after i get off work on friday? you will get a free seated massage too. and that is the exciting things this week so far.
monday was fun. jonathon, lis, sarah, sarah's friend (i can't remember her name....) and i went hiking up the ogden nature valley extension trail. it was great to actually have a group that could come and enjoy the great outdoors with. usually, well at least lately, it has just been jonathon and me going.
yesterday was a very long day. i got about 530 am and went to work. i was extremely bored on monday at work because i had nothing to do. i was waiting and should have done sign orders and price points for the ad that started today, but no one turned any in on monday...when they are supposed to turn them in. so i was behind work all day tuesday because everything had to be done before i left so it could be ready for today's ad. i was so close to finally being done, but i had to pause to go to staff meeting. my boss had left to go have lunch with her grandma & mom for her grandma's birthday. normally she goes to staff meeting. i am not complaining that i had too much to do. i am complaining that i had to wait for people to do their job before i could do mine. i don't understand why things can't be done when it is an everyday/every week, same ol' thing, but this week was 'let's not turn it in on time if we even bother turning it in'. UGH!
so i am getting ready to go to staff meeting and this very annoying person comes into my office. please note that i am basically the only person in my office at this point in time. this person is all upset because all the signs that were ordered were all wrong. they changed what they were doing and all the signs were just wrong. i told this person that it would be a few minutes before i could get to it because i still have 3-4 other things that came to my office before she did. she got a bit hissy fit on me and exclaimed, "well should i just write the UPCs down then" i answered yes and kept working. she only wrote half of the UPCs down for me. thankfully i know how to do my job so i am smart enough to figure out the other codes i needed for her signs. i made the signs and was getting ready to head up to staff meeting when our floral lady brought in roses. one for my boss and one for me...from a secret admirer. it was sweet.
staff meeting was good. our meat manager made his hamburgers for us. everyone else kinda nibbled theirs and couldn't finish because they were so thick and yummy that you could get full from one bite. i on the other hand, could not get it in my face fast enough. i was enjoying it way too much. keep in mind i had already had lunch a few hours before. it is disgusting how much i can eat when i want to eat. after staff meeting, i went back to my office to finish the day's work. i didn't get home from work until almost 3 pm. usually i am home by 2.
i got home and tried to nap so i could make it through the rest of the day and night. i couldn't really sleep. i got up and curled my hair. then i went hunting for slime at walmart, target, and then was finally successful at sports authority. my back tire on my bike went flat on me on saturday. i do have slime in my tires already, but i think i just had too many puncture weed holes for it to be most effective. so i re-slimmed my back bike tire. i will have to check it really quick before i go biking today with jonathon. it seemed to be holding up well this morning. after i got my tire done, i went to roosters. lisa c's birthday was last week and she didn't tell us so we didn't do anything. i decided that we needed to do something. so lis, sarah, lisa and i went to roosters on 25th street and had dinner. it was fabulous.
after dinner, i went to macey's. i know, i know... but that is where we, my boss and other ladies from work, were meeting to go to harry potter...the midnight showing. since the grand majority of us were just coming right into work after the movie, we wanted to carpool and save on trying to find parking at the theatre. harry potter was really good. i want to go see it again....but i think i want to find a guy to take me. i drank one energy drink before the movie, and as soon as we got back to macey's, i drank another. my boss and i were the only ones in scanning today. normally we have one other person, but he called in.
my boss and i made an executive decision that we were only going to work until 11am. keep in mind that today is ad day. i usually go in at 3am and work until 1pm. my boss usually just works her normal 6-2. let me just tell you that i think the only thing keeping me running today was the energy drinks. i got home from work and took a 3 hour nap. i am not sure why i didn't sleep longer...esp for being up for roughly 31 hours. but hey, i need to get up so i can sleep tonight and so jonathon and i can go mountain biking in an hour. and now on to why i wish it were friday... it is the open house/orientation for massage school. i get a free seated massage. and that is why i wish it were friday. they said i can bring friends with me...so anyone want to come to salt lake after i get off work on friday? you will get a free seated massage too. and that is the exciting things this week so far.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
this last week
this week went pretty quickly and then not quick enough. monday i blogged that i had gone swimming. tuesday jonathon & i went biking the ogden river parkway. we did the whole thing...8 miles round trip. perhaps though we may have taken a wrong turn because when we finally found a map, it had weber river parkway on it. oh well. it was still a nice ride. then i went to the 'boys like girls' concert with lis, mary, and lisa. it was a lot of fun. the music was good, but the language between songs was not great. and i could have done without seeing weird people jumping off the stage to crowd surf and then flashing the crowd when they jumped. and i could have done without seeing the guys in the band kiss eachother. that was just plain gross. but other than that, it was fun. and we got frostys after the concert.
i am totally stoked for the 'secondhand serenade' concert on july 25. wednesday i went to institute with erin. it was a really good class. we talked about the war chapters in alma and how it applies to us today. thursday i went to the park and read 'the princess bride' the abridged version. it was such a beautiful day i couldn't pass being outside. so why not go to the park and put a blanket on the grass and read. i read the entire book. i am not that fast of a reader...at least i don't think i am, but it was a fairly quick read. i got done and went up to lis' house for a lia sophia party she was having. i was good and didn't buy anything, but i picked out what i would like to buy next time. friday i got my laundry done and a got a good start on 'crime and punishment' then i went to the institue water party/bbq at forest park. i only stayed for 45 minutes. i didn't know anyone, and i just people watched. i know i should make more of an effort to get to know people, but i really had no interest in meeting anyone once i got there. so i came home and went to bed. i know, i am lame.
but i got up early this morning for it being saturday. i was up at 630 and dressed for biking with lis by 7 so i could get up to her house by 730. she was still asleep when i rang the doorbell. oh well. we did the trail behind weber high school. i don't remember the name of it. we went for about a half hour one way and then turned around. coming back, i somehow had hit something and my back tire went flat. i had to walk my bike back the rest of the way. i felt bad that lis had to ride slow, so i tried running a bit with my bike. let me tell ya, it is not as easy as it looks. i will live though. i put air in my tire at the chevron, and it stayed full when i got back to my place. hopefully the slime will find whatever caused the leak and seal it up so i don't have to replace my tire. i will check it again before i ride on wednesday. and that is my past week.
i am totally stoked for the 'secondhand serenade' concert on july 25. wednesday i went to institute with erin. it was a really good class. we talked about the war chapters in alma and how it applies to us today. thursday i went to the park and read 'the princess bride' the abridged version. it was such a beautiful day i couldn't pass being outside. so why not go to the park and put a blanket on the grass and read. i read the entire book. i am not that fast of a reader...at least i don't think i am, but it was a fairly quick read. i got done and went up to lis' house for a lia sophia party she was having. i was good and didn't buy anything, but i picked out what i would like to buy next time. friday i got my laundry done and a got a good start on 'crime and punishment' then i went to the institue water party/bbq at forest park. i only stayed for 45 minutes. i didn't know anyone, and i just people watched. i know i should make more of an effort to get to know people, but i really had no interest in meeting anyone once i got there. so i came home and went to bed. i know, i am lame.
but i got up early this morning for it being saturday. i was up at 630 and dressed for biking with lis by 7 so i could get up to her house by 730. she was still asleep when i rang the doorbell. oh well. we did the trail behind weber high school. i don't remember the name of it. we went for about a half hour one way and then turned around. coming back, i somehow had hit something and my back tire went flat. i had to walk my bike back the rest of the way. i felt bad that lis had to ride slow, so i tried running a bit with my bike. let me tell ya, it is not as easy as it looks. i will live though. i put air in my tire at the chevron, and it stayed full when i got back to my place. hopefully the slime will find whatever caused the leak and seal it up so i don't have to replace my tire. i will check it again before i ride on wednesday. and that is my past week.
Monday, July 6, 2009
july is here already?.....
july is here! holy cow! it is 6 days into july to be exact. and a fair amount has happened this last week of june and first part of july. i last left you before i was going hiking with jonathon. well....that was totally awesome! we started in ogden canyon and hiked what we both believe to be called the indian trail. it went up and up and switchback and up. the hike up seemed a lot longer and father than coming down. jonathon and i had a good chat coming down. hiking up, we were both so out of breath, or maybe it was just me, that we didn't really say much. it is really a beautiful trail and i think everyone should at least get out and try it. we didn't go too far because jonathon had other things he needed to do and it was starting to get dark. i am not really sure anymore about where jonathon and i stand. our chat coming down the mountain was more serious and open then what i have ever discussed with jonathon before. not that we are getting serious about us, at least i don't think we are, yet. but i have decided to just let bygones be bygones and see where the game of life takes me. we still went mountain biking on wednesday, and for some reason, i was a major pansy and couldn't get up the hill that i had done in the pouring rain a few weeks ago. i think maybe in part it was because we went a little earlier in the day than we usually do, and i may have been dehydrated, and i had also gone swimming on tuesday. so i was a pansy and felt terrible, and still do, that it took us...well me... an hour to get up some of the mountain and only 10 minutes to get back down. jonathon is a much better mountain biker than me. i slow him down.
anyway....so monday i went hiking with jonathon. tuesday i went swimming at the gym. wednesday i went mountain biking with jonathon. thursday i was lazy and did laundry instead of running. and friday i drove to dolores, colorado. saturday i spent the day with brooke, chris, chandler, and all of chris' extended family. (they have basically adopted me into the family) we watched the parade in rico and then explored old mines and just laughed and relaxed a bit and had fun enjoying each others' company. saturday night we went back to rico and watched the fireworks. for a tiny little po-dunk town of maybe 40 houses...the fireworks were AWESOME!!! the fire department puts on the firework show all from donations. they light them off on one mountain across the highway (the only paved road in rico, probably because it is a federal highway) and the spectators watch on the other mountain across the highway. so really, the fireworks are blowing up in your face and echoing across the mountain valley. it is super awesome! sunday i went to church in cortez and we all had lunch then it was time to hit the road. i tell ya, 6 hours isn't that long of a drive, but when you are by yourself, it gets boring quick. i can only talk to myself for so long. oh well. i am back now and this week should be another good week, i am hoping.
today i went swimming and did a few good laps before i felt my heart was going to jump out of my chest. so i slowed it down a lot and just took it easy. i need to start getting used to not swallowing water but breathing air when i come up between strokes. tomorrow i am going mountain biking with jonathon (since he can't make it on wednesday he asked if we could still go tomorrow) and then i am going to the 'boys like girls' concert with mary and lis. (i think) and then wednesday i think i will go to institute with erin since my usual plans got rescheduled. and thursday i am not entirely certain what i have going on, but i think i have something. friday i am not sure yet either. and saturday...ok, really i just have through wednesday planned. but it works for me. i am going to end here so i can go get public pool water smell off me.
anyway....so monday i went hiking with jonathon. tuesday i went swimming at the gym. wednesday i went mountain biking with jonathon. thursday i was lazy and did laundry instead of running. and friday i drove to dolores, colorado. saturday i spent the day with brooke, chris, chandler, and all of chris' extended family. (they have basically adopted me into the family) we watched the parade in rico and then explored old mines and just laughed and relaxed a bit and had fun enjoying each others' company. saturday night we went back to rico and watched the fireworks. for a tiny little po-dunk town of maybe 40 houses...the fireworks were AWESOME!!! the fire department puts on the firework show all from donations. they light them off on one mountain across the highway (the only paved road in rico, probably because it is a federal highway) and the spectators watch on the other mountain across the highway. so really, the fireworks are blowing up in your face and echoing across the mountain valley. it is super awesome! sunday i went to church in cortez and we all had lunch then it was time to hit the road. i tell ya, 6 hours isn't that long of a drive, but when you are by yourself, it gets boring quick. i can only talk to myself for so long. oh well. i am back now and this week should be another good week, i am hoping.
today i went swimming and did a few good laps before i felt my heart was going to jump out of my chest. so i slowed it down a lot and just took it easy. i need to start getting used to not swallowing water but breathing air when i come up between strokes. tomorrow i am going mountain biking with jonathon (since he can't make it on wednesday he asked if we could still go tomorrow) and then i am going to the 'boys like girls' concert with mary and lis. (i think) and then wednesday i think i will go to institute with erin since my usual plans got rescheduled. and thursday i am not entirely certain what i have going on, but i think i have something. friday i am not sure yet either. and saturday...ok, really i just have through wednesday planned. but it works for me. i am going to end here so i can go get public pool water smell off me.
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