first friday in may

yesterday was a long day. a very long day. work was actually not that bad, until it was time for me to leave. then everything came crashing down. everyone needed signs and prices changed and it just got a little chaotic. i still got out on time ish...maybe 5 minutes late. and i still made it to lisa's graduation. she graduated from weber state yesterday afternoon. (CONGRATS LIS!) and after the graduation, she invited me to come celebrate with her family and eat. we went to prairie schooners. it was delicious! (thank you daddy arrington!) i ate so much food that i had a food baby. the chicken and au gratin potatoes were amazing. and the cheesecake was fabulous. i will definitely be going back there someday.
after dinner, i went to lis' house and picked up my jewelry i had ordered at a lia sophia party mary hosted. i love my new ring and necklace. then i raced back to my place to change into more comfortable clothes to go out to the movies with lis and sarah. we went to "the soloist" it is really an amazing movie. i highly recommend it. the story is beautiful and the music is unbelievable. i probably would have cried if i wasn't in the theatre with tons of other people. i finally got to bed just after midnight. it was a long day, but a good day.
today is going to be another busy long day. i couldn't sleep past 7. it is raining outside. i need to go get my laundry done as soon as i get off the internet. then i am headed to body jam...which is totally awesome cause it is a new release so all the dances moves are new, meaning everybody is on equal ground to learn it. so you don't feel like you stick out so much if you can't dance, like me. after jam, lis asked if i would help her with bridal pictures. i don't know what i have going on after that, but i am hoping for a great day despite the rain. i love rain, just not cold rain. anyway....i am taking off now. enjoy may!

promised pictures...sorry so late

these are the pictures of lis & me at the rodeo. ok, yes i know there are only two, but hey it was still fun.

and then here are the pictures from the institute spring formal. i don't remember mary's date's name at this moment. and i was set up with sam. and for some odd reason, lis & mikey didn't get in a picture together.... maybe cause lis had my camera and was taking the pictures.

i really think i need to mention that i had just taken a bite of my cheesecake shake when lis said get together quick and smile. (thanks lis....) anyways... i haven't heard anything from sam since. so it was a fun date and i hope his hip is all good.

in other news... life hasn't changed much. the marathon creeps up on me everyday, but i am thinking it is coming at more of a run now. (it's in 2 weeks..... May 16th) i am trying to run everyday, but the weather and sometimes my mood just don't cooperate. allergies did me in last weekend. i got home from work friday early afternoon and stayed in bed until i finally dragged myself to the gym saturday afternoon then came home, showered, and went right back to bed until i dragged myself to church on sunday. i hope this weekend is a good one. my allergies have been behaving for the most part. people are looking at me all funny now when i sneeze...stupid pig virus thingy. i know i don't have it, at least not yet and hope not to, so stop looking at me like i just killed you. ugh...people.

in funny news... i was told a very hilarious joke today by my dear sister. i literally laughed for about a half hour and still chuckle even now as i recall it... so here is a funny:

it was once said that a black man would be president when pigs fly. and sure enough, 100 days of obama and poof! "swine flu."

you may now laugh here.

in more funny news.... i love my dear nephew. he is a great kid, but still a kid and very much a boy. you will have to read brooke's blog to get the full effect. i can't tell it like she can. let's just say he is so darn cute that you can't kill him, but sometimes you'd really want to. and bless you brooke, you are a great mother.

let's see...what else is going on in my life at the present... work is work. same ol' thing. they have made a few changes with the registers, and for this reason, i don't really want to go in to work tomorrow, but if i want 40 hrs, i kinda have to. the company decided to put a restriction on what the cashiers do at the register. for example if an item didn't ring in (the bar code wasn't accepted) the cashiers could hand punch it in, ie $1.99 grocery. well, i guess somewhere along the road it was being suspect that cashiers were giving discounts that should not have been given. what they have now done is this; if an item doesn't ring in, the customer can't purchase it unless the cashier calls scanning and we hurry and add it in the system, if we can find it in corporate systems. big IFs. this also puts more pressure on the people who put the products on the shelves and our receiving clerk to make sure items are in our system before they unload the trucks, and before displays get built and products on the shelves. all in all, this a terrific idea and what ideally should have always been in place, but there are the many times that people just don't care to do their job, so that we in scanning can do ours. and this whole system of no 'open ring' starts officially tomorrow. making my day, i am guessing, a very long one. but i can't get overtime so really making 8 hrs a long time or too short of a time. and that's about all in my life at the moment.

oh yeah, jury duty...i didn't have to go in and serve. wahoo! and boys really are stupid. that same jerk was sitting with another friend of mine on sunday and asked for her number as he was passing by me in the hall. does he really think that he can just play the field like that? what nerve! it makes me sick! boys just plain suck! where are the men? the good ones that actually care and want a career and a family to provide for. i think i may just quit all together. i don't care if i get married, i don't care if i have a boyfriend, and i don't care if i am dating. that's it! life is too short and i am not wasting anymore of it with stupid boys!

a good omen?

i am back sooner than i thought i would be, but that's ok cause i know you are all worried about what happened with my kia and everything else...... i know you all really don't care. this is more for my sake than anyone else's. but hey, that's life. so i went to the DMV after work yesterday. waited forever but here is what happened and is going to happen. apparently when you purchase a vehicle and register it, it stays in your name until someone else purchases the vehicle and registers it in their name. it doesn't matter if a dealer has it or not because the dealers don't register vehicles. they have their own special dealer tags that get used. so basically it all comes down on what name the licence plate pulls up more than the vehicle vin number. great thing for me that i kept my plates and put them on my jeep. but even if you don't keep the same plates, ALWAYS keep them or destroy them!
the nice lady at the DMV thinks that either my kia was stolen off a lot or it had a dealer tag on it. my boss thinks that maybe it didn't even have licence plates and that's why the person got pulled over in the first place. i honestly don't know what really happened other than the person was driving my kia and was under the influence of a substance. either way, only the driver is ever charged with the dui. so i am all clear of any responsibility of that nature. as far as my kia goes... i showed the proper paper work stating that i had traded my kia in for my jeep. i called rocky mountain chrysler to ask why they hadn't put the kia in the dealership name. i was told that my kia was sold at utah auction and they no longer were responsible. so what this all means and what it comes down to is this... i am not being held responsible in any form, my kia will stay in my name until the owner proves that it is registered to them, my kia is at an impound lot and will not be released until the fine is paid and proper paperwork is shown, and if the kia isn't sold or anything then when they run the vin number and my name comes up as owner, there is a nice notice that will appear and tell them i really am not the owner and not responsible for that vehicle in any way. and the sun is shining and it is warm, so hopefully this is a good omen that this week will be a good one and happy days are here.
as far as jury duty goes, i am still waiting to find out because i can't call until after a certain time tonight. this kinda sucks that i have to wait because today is the day i have to go to bed early because i get up at 2 tomorrow morning to be to work at 3. but if i have jury duty, i am thinking i will have to go in and then leave to jury duty. we shall see. but for now, i am going to go running and i hope to see you all at the finish line on May 16th. it's coming up sooner than anyone could have really expected.

my stupid luck

ok i know i said i would blog sooner, but i have just been either really boring or i just haven't had time. i forgot a few things last time i blogged. the first being lis & i had gone to the rodeo. it was fun, stinky, and there were quite a few good looking cowboys. second, my jeep got keyed at the walmart in riverdale. it was the first time in months that i went to walmart. i really don't shop there unless i absolutely have to. my driver door on my jeep has a big scratch down it. i hate people. anyway... and really i think that is all i forgot last time.
this month of april is flying past too. and i am beginning to think that i really have stupid luck. what makes me think this....well: i got a summons to jury duty, i called the number and was told to call back again in 4 days. so i still don't know if i have to go in or not. my 'friend' shoved a knife further in my back by taking back a jerk of a boy and broke up with him for the 2nd time and he came for the 3rd time crawling back to me expecting for me to take him back. HA HA HA never going to happen! he should have realized this the first time i broke up with him. why are boys so stupid?! i went up to logan last week to help mo & es finish the house. a girl in the quartet got sick so i was asked to fill in. not a big deal, i know the song and even if i didn't, i usually can learn pretty fast. well, as it turns out when we went to sing it, i could barely hit middle c. how embarrassing. fortunately no one really noticed except for mo.
i got my phone bill and was charged more than i should have been. i called to ask why and was on hold for quite some time before my questions were finally answered and got everything all figured out. weber state sent me a bill and said that my payments for a previous semester have all been late and i owe $300 more. i have automatic bill pay set up with my bank for weber state because weber kept sending me the bills late so i was sending them back when i received them...late. so i called weber state to ask why i am being charged all these late fees and why i keep getting bills for more that what i really owe. they had no idea but said that their records show i was current and only had one payment left. why is it so hard to send correct information out?! and why do i keep getting bills that say i am late?!
friday i received a notice in the mail that my car has been impounded for being involved in a DUI. first of all, i don't drink nor do i ever want to. secondly, if i did, i wouldn't be stupid enough to drive. third, my car is parked in front of my house. i read the notice further...my KIA was involved in a DUI. um, the kia is no longer in my ownership..... but it apparently is still in my name. i call the number on the notice. i get an automated system. i go through the automated system and try to talk to someone about my options so i don't have a DUI on my record and so i can get the kia off my name. i get hung up on by the automated system, "no available agents can take your call at this time. please call back a later time." i decide to just drive to the DMV and talk to them face to face.....well, the DMV is closed on fridays. who knew?! i send a text to my boss to have her ask her brother if he has any idea as to why my car i traded would still be in my name. (her brother worked at the dealership where i bought my jeep, and that's why i went there and got such a great deal.) the only thing he could find out was that all of my paperwork hadn't been processed or something. uh, i bought my jeep in december.
so really i have stupid luck. i took my jeep in on saturday for an oil change. my oil was a quart low, my front differential fluid was black (supposed to be green), and my air filter was also black. i don't understand why people don't maintain their vehicles. if you want it to last, you have to take care of it. so i spent a pretty penny fixing my car up to be better for me and last. here is a did you know moment though..... did you know that newer jeeps only take synthetic differential fluid? well now you know. guess what else.....synthetic fluids cost a lot more than conventional. i really do love my jeep. i just really hate people. so i am going to bed now in hopes that my luck will soon change to be much better, cause really...i am tired of things happening to me. not that i am complaining, but i just want to have to not worry about what else can go crazy. but before i truly go i have one more thing to say. i don't think i will ever understand boys. my former boyfriend and i "talked" (texted) the other day for about 3-4 hours. he started the conversation and it was kinda really random since he hasn't talked to me in almost 7 months. i just don't get it.

chicken with my head cut off...

march has flown past. i can't believe it is already april. i have been running around like mad that i haven't blogged. i am not even sure i can remember what all has been going on to update ya'll. well, i have been snowboarding again. it snowed (blah) but it was great powder to learn how to carve. i can ride on my toes & heels now. so basically i can ride a snowboard the right way. it is a ton of fun, but also very tiring. training for my marathon hasn't been going to well. the weather has gone back to being cold, so i haven't gone running. i hope i can still survive and do the marathon. um, let's see what else... i helped brooke, chris, & chan move to new mexico. it is very sad to have them so far away, but it is such a blessing that chris has a good job now. they have a nice house they are renting. i think they are going to buy one when they can afford it. see brooke's blog for more details i am sure. work has been alright, but not great. i really hate stupid people who don't want to work at the job they are employed at. i don't understand why society has gotten so lazy and why they expect free handouts. it is very annoying! in happier news at work...my boss put in for a raise for me. WAHOO! i don't know when it will happen or exactly how much it will be, but i am excited for it and glad that it will help make life a little less stressful with bills and such. not that i am saying i am struggling, but it is nice to have a bigger cushion.

hmm...what else is fairly new this past month.... oh, i know..boys.... they SUCK! i am frustrated that boys say one thing, do another, and then lie. i was kinda dating this one, and he kept pushing me for more than what i wanted to give into the relationship. he wanted a wife, and i wanted friendship. BLAH! so then, he 'dumps' me and starts dating a friend of mine. he wanted to "keep his options open" yes that is exactly what he told me when i found out. but he twisted it around and used my words when i told him that we should still be dating other people. he said, "well you said we should date other people, so i am" in some ways i am relieved that he has gotten 'over' me so quickly, but at the same time, i am worried about my friend. she hasn't been in situations like this as much as me, and isn't quite as strong when it comes to handling break ups when they pursue the new girl in town. at the same time, i feel like my friend has put a knife in my back because she knows that i was kinda dating him.
well, as it turns out... she dumped him. and guess who he came running back to full of apologies.... yes you guessed it... me. he kept calling me and texting me and when i didn't answer him within 10 seconds, i got three more texts or calls. i don't know why i try and be the better person and why i try to be super woman. i finally agreed to meet him somewhere to talk, but i said, "i have some errands to run so in about an hour i will meet you." he said ok. well, not even 20 minutes into this hour, i get 10 phone calls and 8 text messages from him. i had left my phone in my jeep. so he is guessing that i am on an errand with someone. well guess what buddy....you did the exact same thing to me one night when i wanted to talk to you. you were out with my friend and left her to come tell me you were breaking up with me. and besides that...i was alone, and i was on an errand, and if i weren't alone, it is none of your business! but whatever.

when i was half way through checking all the messages, he called again. he said he didn't have any money so we couldn't go out to eat. when did i say date and dinner with this talk? then he says i can come out to your house. but at my place, no one would be around to 'supervise' so i went up to his house... (he lives with his family and they would most likely be there) bad idea! he kept trying to kiss me, and hold my hand, and just was a complete barbarian. and as far as talking goes.... he didn't hardly say anything. i may remind you that he was the one who begged me to come talk to him and figure out what our relationship is/was. he had the nerves to ask what i was doing friday night after i practically had to fight him off of me. seriously i am so done with boys. i need a man. well, the next day he kept calling me and texting me again. um, i am at work.....can't answer the phone.... so he wants to apologize and make it up to me. sorry buddy, you blew it. not going back to what i know will be the same situation.

oh, i went on a blind date last night. it was the institute spring dance and lis and lady (mary) wanted me to come. i couldn't find a date, so they set me up. his name is sam. he is really cute and a pretty cool person. he just got home from his mission to California 4 months ago. his favorite food is chinese. (big plus!) his favorite color is blue. his eyes are greenish hazel. sam listens to country music, new & old. he does a lot of dirt bike riding with occasional races, but mostly just for the fun of riding. sam's favorite vacation spot is moab (another big plus) he works in construction at the moment and wants to go to school for heavy machine operation in denver or logan. sam broke his hip in a dirt bike accident, but didn't realize that is was broken (cause the pain was sharp then gone a bit later) until his mission when he hurt it again and went in for an x-ray. he can still walk and everything, but there is broken bone fragments in his hip socket. he will have to have surgery on it sometime. the doctors will have to go in and scrape out the bad bone and reshape his hip socket. sam is a good sport though, and still danced with me even though he was probably in a great deal of pain. he never really let on, but he did mention his hip hurt, but he is kinda used to it now because it is constantly there. well, i have to run for now. hopefully i won't be as busy this month and can blog more and keep you updated. oh, i have pictures from last night that i will have to post....so you can see what sam looks like.

moab rocks....

Moab was amazing! the weather was perfect. still slightly on the cooler end for moab, but still just wonderful and warmer than ogden. we had to set the tent up in the dark cause we left a little bit later than we had intended, but it didn't take that long to set up. it's sad to think that one week ago today i was on my way to wonderful warm moab. sleeping on the hard ground is something that i think i will never really enjoy. it wasn't that bad, but i do prefer a bed if possible. camping is great though, and i love the outdoors. thursday we got up, ate breakfast, packed lunch and headed to arches national park. we were out to go hiking and perhaps a little exploring to new trails we hadn't ever done before. we walked around balanced rock, hiked windows, and then proceeded on to delicate arch. the view was just breath taking. the fresh air, and the open wonder of nature cannot be copied. we were hoping to hit delicate arch just before sunset and get great sunset pictures of delicate, but then we realized none of us had brought a flashlight with us and we didn't want to be hiking in the dark. but hey, did you see the full moon? it was absolutely incredible! we had hobo dinners thursday night. they actually turned out really well. i can't believe we forgot to put the bacon in, but they were still really tasty. friday we had the day to do whatever. so we took our time getting up and went shopping and laid out in the sun by the pool at the campground. we found some great bargains and i think we were all satisfied with our purchases. dinner was tacos in a bag. i burned the meat, but other than that, it was really good. i am always amazed at what you can cook without a stove and or camping stoves. i, of course, was the pyro expert so i lit all the campfires. it was great. then the other lisa joined us and we went to bed fairly early cause saturday was the long hike through devil's garden.

we got up at 6am...not early for me, but early to everyone else. and left camp just after 7am. the sunrise in moab is even more breath taking than sunset. almost everyone sees sunset, but not everyone sees sunrise. lis got a few pictures. i thought i should slow down on my picture taking as i was already at 70 something... the five of us were the first ones to devil's garden. none of us had done this trail before. we took our time, and decided that we should take the shorter trail of 4.2 miles round trip rather than the 7.1 miles round trip. we agreed that someday in the near future we are going to go back and do the full 7 miles. the higher we went, the more amazing devil's garden got. definitely worth the hike up there.i really love moab. and now, it sucks being back. but hey...life goes on. and in other news, i am actually becoming more of a snowboard fan. i am learning slowly, and plan on going again monday after work. i went boarding last saturday, before moab, with seth. he is teaching me. i know how to ride on my heels, but not my toes yet. i kept falling on my face every time i tried to ride my toes. but now that the season is coming to an end, i will definetely pick it up again next winter. but for now i am stoked for spring and summer. more camping & hiking & spelunking & being outside!

hooray spring is coming!

greetings. i haven't blogged for a while and thought i should catch up. my life hasn't been that interesting lately. i get up, go to work, come home, go running, hang out with a friend, go to bed, and then repeat. most exciting news, i actually own real running shoes. (a must have for marathon runners cause they really do help) i bought them from peak performance. i love having littler feet. i love good service too. i went in with lis to get her shoes and just look at some for me. immediately this guy sat me down, measured my feet, watched me walk and brought out a pair of shoes to fit me. he put the shoes on me and had me walk around. they were really nice and comfortable, but a little too snug for running in. the arch in my left foot is much flatter than my right and because of this reason, i have to have as much arch support possible. the women's shoe wasn't right for me because my feet are just a bit wide. all women's shoes are a little on the slimmer side, but not all women's feet are slim. he brought out a pair of little boys shoes (size 4) and put them on me. the fit was amazing, but the arch support wasn't there since children don't necessarily need arch support that young. so he brought out an insert and put them in my shoes. i can't believe the difference real running shoes really make. i own GT 2140 running shoes. (it doesn't mean much to me either...) the greatest part of it all: since i got little kid shoes, i paid less than half the price of the women's shoes. the women's were in the hundreds. i paid about 50. cha ching! score! wahoo! and the coolest part of it all; the design is called flame. hee hee hee. i am such a pyro. when i first saw them, i thought "they look like fire. awesome!" then i actually read the box, and they are called flame. hee hee.
and that is about it. don't you just love this warmer weather though?! i went running in shorts yesterday! it was fabulous. today is overcast, but it is still on the warmer end of winter. spring is coming! hooray! on the tragic side of things, i think my allergies are back in almost full force. i will have to go buy some allergy pills here shortly. if it means winter is done, i will take it! i hate being cold. in other news, i am totally stoked for moab next week. lis, mary, laura, and i are going camping in moab wednesday after work to sunday afternoon/evening ish. i am so excited to take a vacation. we are going to go hiking, maybe biking, and just relax and have fun. it is going to be great. and here i leave because i don't feel so good. hopefully i am not getting sick. that would just plain suck. i am thinking it is my allergies cause i don't have stomach aches or anything. and here i leave it as well because i really need to go running. i have been slacking in miles, but at least i have been running everyday i can after work. the marathon will be here before i know it. May 16th remember. it is a saturday. put it on your calenders.