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.

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!

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!!

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.

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.

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.

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!