Wednesday, March 31, 2010

and now march is almost gone too...

well things have been much better at my new place. i have to laugh because my roommate was talking to a friend of hers and she stated that she doesn't think i eat because there is no food of mine that she can find. i haven't been grocery shopping since i moved, and all of my not perishable food is still packed. i hardly ever see her and she asked me if i even sleep. my answer was yes i try between the hours of 12am and 4am, sometimes 3am.
um, i passed all my classes last quarter. we are now 2 weeks into the 4th quarter. i still have one more quarter after this. don't ask how they got 5 to be called quarters of 10 weeks... anyway, i have this quarter plus next and then i am all done with school!!
and now i know you have all been waiting for the details of how zach proposed. perhaps i should first just state that... I AM ENGAGED!!!!
zach, lis, lis roommate, and i went to moab the weekend of the 19th. lis was running the half marathon. we went as a mini vacation to support her. tradition with this race is that the night before we (this time only lis) run the race, we go out to dinner. well, i was a bit tired and the drive down was slightly boring for me since all i do is drive nowadays. i admit i was a tiny bit cranky when we got down to moab. we quickly got camp set up and went to dinner at zaks. the wait would have been an hour and a half, but we chose to sit at the bar so we could eat and get some kind of sleep friday night.
dinner was delicious. but somehow i still wasn't feeling quite like my self. i am not sure why exactly, but i think that it had something to do with a stupid monthly friend that could have been coming for an early visit. but thats life, so i was just trying to manage.
at one point in dinner, lis & her roommate went to use the restroom. zach turned to me and said, "i see something shiny in your future..." i said, "oh yeah?" thinking that he was maybe he had my ring... then he said, "probably not this weekend." and my heart dropped. i admit i was kinda pissed off by that. it had confirmed my theory that he didn't have my ring and wasn't going to propose in moab as we had once talked about doing.
moab was freezing for some reason....at least after the sun went down. i don't recall it ever being that cold before in the previous years we have been to this same race. we decided that we wanted a campfire. well, me being the fire queen... ha ha... set to work getting a fire going the moment we got back from dinner. i felt like a complete idiot. the wood wouldn't burn. it was still rather wet inside and i was getting angry and frustrated. zach got down and was kneeling by the fire trying to be my bellows while i kept my attempts at lighting the fire. i went back and forth from the fire to my jeep to see what i had in there that would burn as well as be kindling. during this whole time i was just getting extremely frustrated and angry that i couldn't get this fire going, and it was cold, and my hands were starting to hurt a bit from trying to hold my lighter down long enough for something to maybe start burning for a second. zach continued to be my bellows. just when i was about to give up and go ask our neighbors for some of their lighter fluid or something, zach said just one word. "amber."
everything that was rushing through my head abruptly stopped at hearing my name come from his lips. i stopped and looked at him. zach was kneeling on one knee with something that looked to be a box in his hands. i couldn't believe it. i hugged his head and let out a small 'you've got to be kidding me' laugh. then let go so he could finish what he had to say.
"amber, will you marry me?"
tears came to my eyes as i could barely whisper, "of course i will.... yes. yes i will marry you."
then more tears came streaming down my face as zach pulled me tight in his arms and i realized how much i truly love this amazing, wonderful, almost perfect (ish) man.
then zach spoke again, "don't you want to put your ring on?"
i had almost forgotten that i was supposed to be getting my ring with a proposal. zach slipped it on my finger and it fit perfect. (thanks to me realizing a few months ago that we have the same ring size)
we spent the next little bit kissing, and hugging, and me crying a bit more and then we realized that lis and her roommate weren't at our campsite anymore. they had gone over to our neighbors' blazing fire to 'give us some alone time' and to get warm. at this point we all decided that it probably would be a good idea to try and go to bed. i am not sure how i actually got to sleep because i was so giddy and happy and just wanted to yell at the top of my lungs that i love zach and we are going to be married!
anyway, we all were able to get some sleep and lis did absolutely amazing on her race! i credit part to the pre-event sports massage i gave her before the race. but all of the work really came from lis. she has spent the last few months almost entirely at the gym. lis you are my hero!! i wish i could have ran the race too, but i would have slowed you down until i made you go on and just leave me to make your time. on that note....i am totally stoked that i actually got to see you come in to the finish line this time!
ok, so you all want back to zach & me now..... so here is what we know so far...

we are getting married.

we are getting married in the st. george temple.

we are getting married in the st. george temple on june 26, 2010.

we are getting married in the st. george temple on june 26, 2010 at 8:30 in the morning.

i have my dress and love it because it is perfect! i love my ring because zach listened to what i liked and the symbolism behind it....and he picked it out and i love it!

our colors are; mild evergreen, tidal basin, and quite red.

we love each other with all that can be and we are going to be married for time and all eternity!

my married name will be: Mrs. John Zacharius Smith aka Amber Jean Smith.

and that is what we know. i have to run now because i should be doing some homework.... but i wanted to post because i know you have all been waiting and waiting. sorry i have a very busy schedule right now. i really do try and make time to update everyone. okie dokie. i'll be back sometime. hopefully sooner rather than later.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

february has come and is almost gone....

holy cow a whole month has gone by since i've blogged. time is just going crazy and too darn fast. i haven't even been able to get online for more than maybe 5 or 10 minutes here and there. anyway, i am still alive for the most part. actually i am doing pretty well. a lot has been happening this month.
first off, i am moving this coming saturday to west haven. i got a new roommate in january, and she refuses to keep clean and stop using my stuff without replacing it. she told my landlords that i am being mean and that she feels like she has no space here. they emailed me and asked what was going on. i told them that she had broken my vacuum belt and refused to buy a new one stating that she didn't break it. i also told them that i had asked her to clean up her messes and to stop using my stuff and that she also refused. what she failed to tell them is that she told me she was going to throw out all of my stuff. my landlords said that they hoped we had the situation worked out because if someone had to move because of the other person, the other person would be charged for the entire apartment. side note- they raised the rent for the place... not for me, but for anyone who moves in now.
well, things didn't get worked out. instead my roommate started showing her true colors and behaving like a spoiled brat. the apartment reeks and i can barely breath outside of my bedroom. i packed everything up that i could and have slowly been moving into a friend's cousin's townhouse. she has a brand new townhouse and is tired of living alone. she is going to charge me what i pay now. and i get my own room, and bathroom. it will be so wonderful.
school is more than halfway done. i graduate in august as long as i pass all of my classes. so far i have done really well in all of them. we have 3 more weeks left in this quarter and then 2 more quarters after this one. i can't wait to be done.
yesterday i had a much needed girls day out with lis. we went looking at dresses. and then i helped lis take engagement pictures for a friends of ours. then lis took me to dinner as sort of payment for helping her move, borrow my furniture, and help with pictures. i told her she didn't need to worry about any of it, but she insisted. then lis had to leave because she was going to aida with mom and dad arrington. zach got off work by the time we were done, so it worked out quite nicely. he and i then moved a bunch more of my stuff. and then we had dinner and watched episodes of scrubs.
oh, i start clinicals this saturday. i got the saturday morning shift. so if anyone is interested, i can't guarantee that i will be your therapist, but i work the saturday morning shift. the hours of clinic are saturday & sunday 8am to 5pm. i hear that saturdays are busier than sundays so there is a much longer waiting list on saturday. get in quick.
i can't really think of much else going on right now. work is work. they are cutting hours but increasing the work load. we got a new store director and he is changing everything. he makes you feel like all the work you have done so far has been crap and completely wrong. we shall see what happens in the future. hopefully i won't be there too much longer. i am hoping to have a career by the end of the year. i am thinking either a spa, clinical office, or a combination of the two. i know eventually i will open my own practice, but i will have to work up to it first. get some experience. i think i will have plenty of clients (if the economy starts going up) then they can afford to have actual relief from pain, and awareness to fix their own bodies. well, i am going to end here for now. i will try to not be such a stranger, but no promises because it is only going to get busier until i am done with school at least. but perhaps i will have other plans going on either before school ends or maybe after school ends. we shall see.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

into the new year

so the last week of my vacation from school came and went. it was rough. my boss was out longer than she had planned and there was so much work and pressure on me at work. the newest person wasn't doing her job correctly, but wouldn't let me correct her. she'd just roll her eyes and tune me out. then everyone started complaining to me about how she was seriously messing up everything they had asked her to do. i tried to have her fix them, but once again she didn't do her job correctly so everything and i mean everything came down on me. i am almost to the point that i want to quit my job even though i have nothing else lined up.
my boss came back this last week and we had a chat. she says we all just need to chill and start again. that things got too blown out of focus and we had too much to deal with at once. i told her that my frustrations come from not being able to give the newest person other things to do because she can't get the simple small things done. she wastes time and works so slow. she doesn't listen to how to correctly do things and when she doesn't know, she makes it up instead of asking how. my boss listened and said that we just need to be patient and take time to show her. i also told my boss that i can't believe that the new girl can't even hang tags correctly. for example... the suave shampoo & conditioner have only 1 number difference in the upc. the new girl hung conditioner tags in place of shampoo tags and left the old, wrong priced conditioner tags up. the non-foods person came and asked why this happened. i asked the new girl to go out and verify the hair care section. she didn't. so the non-foods person had to bring me all the shampoo in the one set so i could make correct tags for the shelf.
this is a huge problem and when upc numbers are so close, you have to go by the item number on the tag. we have explained this to the new girl several times, but she just is not getting it. she keeps hanging the tags where ever she feels like hanging them. i have found so many errors when i have gone out to help hang tags. i know that it is her because no one else in the department does it on the daily basis. and the other people that hang tags are competent enough to read the numbers correctly and hang them correctly. so hopefully i can be more patient and survive work with an upbeat attitude.
hmm....what else has been happening....
zach donated blood for the first time and almost passed out. he was too stubborn to actually pass out and almost didn't let me go get some help. when zach's face went from usual normal white to pale and no color, i didn't care about his stubborn....i got someone to help. i should explain:
my boss' husband had surgery, a very major surgery, on the 7th of january. the doctor said that if friends and family donate blood, they can take some of the price off of the blood needed in surgery. her husband went through 24 units of blood. i love to donate blood, so i talked zach into coming with me. unfortunately i couldn't donate that day, but zach was able to. he is such a good sport and willingly donated. and that's why he almost passed out....for a good cause.
school has been getting harder, but also more interesting. we started cranial sacral therapy and actually i have the final for it on wednesday. it is about manipulating the sutures in the skull to relax and let your cerebral spinal fluid flow freely through your entire body bringing homeostasis and awareness of your body. people who suffer from chronic allergies have had success with cranial sacral therapy and don't have allergies anymore. also people with tmjd have had success in getting rid of the dysfunction. people with chronic migraines, add, adhd, dyslexia, sinus issues, vision issues, ear aches, and all sorts of problems have found relief and have no more problem since having cranial sacral therapy done.
it is really amazing stuff. i know some of it seems a bit "out there" but really it is quite effective. most of it is done through energy work since the sutures in the skull don't move like other joints in the body, but they still move. they just move more like clock wheels. anyway, i would just like to post one experience i had in class last night. i had a bit of a long day and work has not been the easiest for me. usually i don't have class friday night, but we didn't have class monday for martin luther king, jr day. so we had to make class up on friday.
for some reason, i couldn't focus and just felt really anxious. i didn't want to be there and was struggling keeping my mind on cranial sacral therapy. my partner let me be the client first. i was trying so hard to just relax and let go of whatever it was that was irritating me. i would almost relax, and then i would snap back into being annoyed and anxious. then the time was called for the sessions to be ended. my 'therapist' was going to call over the teacher or the teacher's aide, but both were busy helping other students. i said not to worry about it but we could just switch places and i would now be the therapist.
as we started the session, i was still struggling keeping my focus and now my focus toward my client. i wasn't sure if i was feeling the cranial rhythm or if it was just my imagination. i think my teacher's aide was feeling my stress and came over. he just passed by, but then turned around just before i opened my mouth to whisper his name. i mouthed "will you help me?" at him and he came right to the side of my client. he asked what i was struggling with. i asked him to help me feel if i was really feeling the cranial rhythm correctly or if i was feeling something else.
as he started to open his mind, he said to me "you need to let go and stop trying so hard" i need to explain really quickly that my TA doesn't have to touch a person to feel what they are feeling. he is very in-tune with energy and is more powerful when he doesn't actually physically touch. my client then opened his mouth and told the TA that during my session i was not relaxing and was struggling to let go.
the TA then said, "have you been putting in a lot more at work?" i answered "yes" he said that he could feel that it is taking its toll on me. he then asked if i drank a lot of coffee. i said no. he asked if i am drinking something that is causing my heart to have problems. i said i am trying to cut back. he then said that my heart is going to quickly and i am exhausted and need to not work so much. he didn't even touch me. he doesn't know me. but he could feel exactly what is/has been going on with me. he then did something and i can't say for exact sure if he physically touched me, but the second he did whatever it was, my head dropped and i could suddenly feel my client's cranial rhythm almost pounding in my hands. i could also focus and felt happy and energetic and at peace.
he asked, "is your head a lot clearer now?" i answered, "yes thank you" and he said, you should sleep really well tonight. and guess what.....i slept for 9 hours straight last night. and when i woke up, i realized i didn't toss and turn or at least didn't feel like i had. and also when i woke up, i felt energized and happy again. like everything is going to be alright. i haven't felt that upbeat in a while. ask zach if you think i am joking. it was amazing.
oh, so last weekend zach and i went down to southern utah to visit his family. we left friday after i got off work and spent a wonderful weekend together with his family. we got there early enough on friday that we could visit with zach's parents before we all went to bed. then saturday we got up and went to ihop in cedar city with most everybody; ken & joyce, kendra & golden and their kids; lincoln, shaunie, gage, and lacy; christy & adam, and zach & i. the only ones missing were missing cause they live in california. becky & hyrum and their 3 kids live in california. i can't think of the names of their kids right now. ugh...i hate when i forget. it will come to me later i am sure.
after breakfast at ihop, we went to christy & adam's house and watched "up" on their new high definition tv. then we went to kendra & golden's house to drop off the kids. we then decided to go visit zach's grandpa. so we loaded up and got to have a good visit with zach's grandparents. the house that his grandparents live in is HUGE. and really would be so much fun to grow up in and explore. there are rooms that i would never had guessed would be there. it was cool to hear zach's stories of doing different things in and around the house. then we went for a little sight seeing tour. i can now say i have been to where "butch cassidy & the sundace kid" had the bicycle scene and school house filmed. it was just a tiny little place, but fascinating. it was a good weekend and felt like going home.

sunday morning i was able to help zach's mom with dinner prep and was privileged to do some massage on her. it has been a while since i have actually given bodywork, and it was wonderful to be able to feel some stress, worry, and tension leave her body. i wish i could have done a full session for her, especially seeing how receptive to the different massage modalities she is. i did a combination of accupressure, cranial sacral therapy, reflexology, and a few swedish compression strokes. i promised to bring my table back and give her a real full body massage.
sunday dinner was very scrumptious. we had pot roast, potatoes, onions, carrots, rolls, salad, jello salad and chocolate pie. then sadly zach & i had to leave back to ogden. it was hard to leave. anyway, i should get some sort of studying done. and i will try to post more often. i can't make any promises though. time is so limited now-a-days with me.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

one week down, one more week to go...

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!

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!!

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.

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.