I cannot believe how quickly the last few months have gone. I haven't done a LOT it feels like, but at the same time it kind of does... Mostly it has just been a few dates here and there, seeing some friends here and there, getting ready for moving back to Cedar City and setting things up for school, and then work. Thomas comes home in 3 weeks folks - 3 weeks from today!! Craziness, I know. It is also going to be new year's eve 3 weeks from today too, I can't believe that either. This entire year just seems to have slipped away without a thought. It has been a great year though. So, I am going to turn this into one of those kindergarten type of projects... the kinds they do after the summer...
Highlights from my year and the things I did; 2009:
Learned a lot & grew as a person,
Got acquainted with a lot of new people and made a lot of new friends,
Got a paralegal certificate,
Bought my first car, and have been able to make payments on time :-),
Was able to have two different, but great (for the most part), jobs,
Spent time with my dad & step mom for the 4th of July and Memorial Day,
As well as two sisters and their families, one for the 4th and one for Memorial Day,
Being an aunt again to two new little girls,
A step sister's wedding,
My brother becoming a Marine as well as getting engaged,
Another sister become pregnant again,
Having an AWESOME summer full of fun with friends,
Going on quite a few dates, compared to other years of my life,
Reapplying to SUU and getting the loans I need, as well as getting into all of the classes I wanted to get into.
To sum it up, it has been a wonderful year. I'm excited for another great year though I have no idea what is going to happen! But that is the beauty of life. Enjoying where you are at right now and learning things from the parts you can't quite describe as enjoying.
12.10.2009
10.27.2009
The "D" word.
Dates!
Yes, as some of you may know, I've been going on quite a few random dates recently! It seems like just out of nowhere, between last month and this month, bam! Dates! Here are some of my dating adventures..
Last month, for a date, I went on a hike up waterfall canyon in Ogden one Saturday morning. I really love that hike. He took me to lunch afterwards at Gandolfos too. It was yummy.
Another date I went on was going four wheeling up farmington canyon. We went to the top of the mountain and found his house through a little scope. It was my first time four wheeling and it was really fun! Then we roasted some stuff over a fire later.
A "DID" (date in disguise) with a friend of mine.. We went and got slurpees and then watched I Am Legend... Well, we ended up talking over the movie of course. Oh, we played some old school donkey kong randomly too after the movie. I love hanging out with him. He is hilarious.
And, then just last night I went on another date! Bowling! We bowled 3 games. Right when we got there, the leagues were ending, so we started bowling and then it seemed like just about everyone else left! I had lots of fun! We're thinking of doing something later this week again, but we don't know.
It has been pretty random, but I have had lots of fun. All of those were with different guys too... I seem to scare most of them away after the first date! haha. :-)
Yes, as some of you may know, I've been going on quite a few random dates recently! It seems like just out of nowhere, between last month and this month, bam! Dates! Here are some of my dating adventures..
Last month, for a date, I went on a hike up waterfall canyon in Ogden one Saturday morning. I really love that hike. He took me to lunch afterwards at Gandolfos too. It was yummy.
Another date I went on was going four wheeling up farmington canyon. We went to the top of the mountain and found his house through a little scope. It was my first time four wheeling and it was really fun! Then we roasted some stuff over a fire later.
A "DID" (date in disguise) with a friend of mine.. We went and got slurpees and then watched I Am Legend... Well, we ended up talking over the movie of course. Oh, we played some old school donkey kong randomly too after the movie. I love hanging out with him. He is hilarious.
And, then just last night I went on another date! Bowling! We bowled 3 games. Right when we got there, the leagues were ending, so we started bowling and then it seemed like just about everyone else left! I had lots of fun! We're thinking of doing something later this week again, but we don't know.
It has been pretty random, but I have had lots of fun. All of those were with different guys too... I seem to scare most of them away after the first date! haha. :-)
10.08.2009
Please and Thank You
Okay, one of my favorite shows is Time Warp! It's on the discovery channel and on the show they take everyday, or very extreme things, events, happenings, whatever you want to call it and record them then show them in the slowest of slow motion possible. It is so fascinating to me. All of the episodes are great.
Well, it is just another slow day at work with not much to do. Low and behold I found an entire episode of Time Warp dedicated to germs, which brings me to my own germ paranoia...
My paranoia about putting the lid down on the toilet when I flush it and I hate it when people don't. People make fun of me for it or think I'm crazy, but it is not just some weird quirk people! I first read about this in some magazine a couple years ago that the contents spread something like a 4 ft radius when it's being flushed, which has grossed me out ever since... and now I have proof in this video for my being grossed out. Please, put the lid down on the toilet seat before you flush it, at least when you use my bathroom, so the things on my counter and my towels stay nice and clean. Thanks.
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-warp-germs/
Go to the link, and it is third video down. And while you're at it, check the other videos out too and the other episodes. It is an awesome show! I don't think I've watched an episode that I have not been amazed at something they did on it.
Well, it is just another slow day at work with not much to do. Low and behold I found an entire episode of Time Warp dedicated to germs, which brings me to my own germ paranoia...
My paranoia about putting the lid down on the toilet when I flush it and I hate it when people don't. People make fun of me for it or think I'm crazy, but it is not just some weird quirk people! I first read about this in some magazine a couple years ago that the contents spread something like a 4 ft radius when it's being flushed, which has grossed me out ever since... and now I have proof in this video for my being grossed out. Please, put the lid down on the toilet seat before you flush it, at least when you use my bathroom, so the things on my counter and my towels stay nice and clean. Thanks.
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-warp-germs/
Go to the link, and it is third video down. And while you're at it, check the other videos out too and the other episodes. It is an awesome show! I don't think I've watched an episode that I have not been amazed at something they did on it.
10.05.2009
My other home!
My blog has been pretty quiet lately... the last post I did was basically TWO months ago! It is sort of crazy. I haven't been doing a whole lot or anything, just work. Go to work, come home... I've gone on a few dates this past month, and they were really fun. Don't hold your breath though, nothing's gonna happen with any of them.
This past week, I found out that Thomas will officially be home on December 29th. 3 months! It will go by fast. Considering I haven't written a blog post in two whole months... haha. I think I can handle three. But, I also have some more news!
I am going back to my home away from home of Cedar City! WOO! I am so excited about it! Last Monday I was just feeling down, and in a rut about life. The previous week was just a very horrible week for me. I don't know what it was, but everything seemed to go wrong! It was stressful at work and I just felt so lonely at home. Everything felt out of place in my life. I had been praying for some direction and peace in my life because I just had this sense of being lost in the world.
After talking a bit with my mom I decided I would go back to SUU in the spring. I felt so strongly about it, that I just was prompted to reapply right then, last monday. So I did it! I realize after the fact that if I hadn't done it right then, I probably would've talked myself out of it, so I am glad I followed that prompting because it just feels so right for me.
Crazy, shocking, yes... But nevertheless, I'm gonna do it! :-) And I can't wait! Unfortunately, the spring semester classes start on January 4th (not even a week after Thomas gets home), but it will be okay. We will still be able to talk on the phone and see each other on weekends here and there. Which is 100% more than what we've been living with. I think it will be good for us to ease back into things and see what happens. We are taking a more cautious approach to things now that the reality of things are setting in and that he is going to be home so soon. But, I am still really excited about being back at SUU and about having him back in Utah.
I've got my major as a Bachelor in Nutrition. I haven't locked in a minor yet, but I'm leaning towards either child development or business management. I also figure that even if I'm only there for this spring semester and don't get my Bachelor's there, I will get my associates of generals (I only have 10 cerdits to get that) and then I'll be able to transfer anywhere in Utah a lot easier. I just feel really good about everything now and I am so excited!
I went down to Cedar this past weekend for conference and I realized how much I really do miss it there. I can't wait to be back for school! I am now in the process of finding a place to live and waiting for the registration date and just figuring out all of the hows and whats.
This past week, I found out that Thomas will officially be home on December 29th. 3 months! It will go by fast. Considering I haven't written a blog post in two whole months... haha. I think I can handle three. But, I also have some more news!
I am going back to my home away from home of Cedar City! WOO! I am so excited about it! Last Monday I was just feeling down, and in a rut about life. The previous week was just a very horrible week for me. I don't know what it was, but everything seemed to go wrong! It was stressful at work and I just felt so lonely at home. Everything felt out of place in my life. I had been praying for some direction and peace in my life because I just had this sense of being lost in the world.
After talking a bit with my mom I decided I would go back to SUU in the spring. I felt so strongly about it, that I just was prompted to reapply right then, last monday. So I did it! I realize after the fact that if I hadn't done it right then, I probably would've talked myself out of it, so I am glad I followed that prompting because it just feels so right for me.
Crazy, shocking, yes... But nevertheless, I'm gonna do it! :-) And I can't wait! Unfortunately, the spring semester classes start on January 4th (not even a week after Thomas gets home), but it will be okay. We will still be able to talk on the phone and see each other on weekends here and there. Which is 100% more than what we've been living with. I think it will be good for us to ease back into things and see what happens. We are taking a more cautious approach to things now that the reality of things are setting in and that he is going to be home so soon. But, I am still really excited about being back at SUU and about having him back in Utah.
I've got my major as a Bachelor in Nutrition. I haven't locked in a minor yet, but I'm leaning towards either child development or business management. I also figure that even if I'm only there for this spring semester and don't get my Bachelor's there, I will get my associates of generals (I only have 10 cerdits to get that) and then I'll be able to transfer anywhere in Utah a lot easier. I just feel really good about everything now and I am so excited!
I went down to Cedar this past weekend for conference and I realized how much I really do miss it there. I can't wait to be back for school! I am now in the process of finding a place to live and waiting for the registration date and just figuring out all of the hows and whats.
8.09.2009
Work work work...
Life's been crazy lately! The new job has been more stress and less sleep than I'm used to, but I'm slowly growing accustomed to it all. It will get easier as I get more used to all of it. Work work work... that seems like all I will be doing! It is somewhat sad, but it is also exciting. I know it is all to save up money for my future... at least that is what I keep telling myself every morning at 5:45am. haha.
Luckily, the weekend before I started my new job, I got to go down to Cedar City to visit my friend Adell! My friends Jessica and Travis came too and we had a blast! We went on a great hike in Kanarraville about 20 minutes south of Cedar. We got to see some of the shakespeare festivities, and eat at Pastry Pub (amazing little cafe type restaurant) too. It was a great trip and perfect way to spend my last weekend before the new job. I will post pictures from that later..
This past week, one of my best friends got married too. It was also a bittersweet day. It was a great experience to be with them at the temple grounds and help out with the reception, as I was one of the bridesmaids. And we had fun. But, it was also sad because she is moving up to Logan now for school... So I feel like I'll never see her again! haha. It is also a jealousy thing too. haha. Of course I wish it was me right now getting married, but if Thomas and I do get married when we plan on it still, it's basically 6 and a half months away! It will go by so quick! He just has 4 months left basically now too! I'm super excited, yet nervous, as the time ticks away.
Anyway! It is super late and I have to get up for work in the morning, so... I better get to bed! Adios!
Luckily, the weekend before I started my new job, I got to go down to Cedar City to visit my friend Adell! My friends Jessica and Travis came too and we had a blast! We went on a great hike in Kanarraville about 20 minutes south of Cedar. We got to see some of the shakespeare festivities, and eat at Pastry Pub (amazing little cafe type restaurant) too. It was a great trip and perfect way to spend my last weekend before the new job. I will post pictures from that later..
This past week, one of my best friends got married too. It was also a bittersweet day. It was a great experience to be with them at the temple grounds and help out with the reception, as I was one of the bridesmaids. And we had fun. But, it was also sad because she is moving up to Logan now for school... So I feel like I'll never see her again! haha. It is also a jealousy thing too. haha. Of course I wish it was me right now getting married, but if Thomas and I do get married when we plan on it still, it's basically 6 and a half months away! It will go by so quick! He just has 4 months left basically now too! I'm super excited, yet nervous, as the time ticks away.
Anyway! It is super late and I have to get up for work in the morning, so... I better get to bed! Adios!
7.26.2009
Charge! (a pun intended, yes)
Wow, July is almost over folks! I am amazed at how quickly this summer has flown by, but I am sure that is due to the fact that I have kept very busy.
The past few weeks, I've gone up to the Burton famliy cabin, played ultimate frisbee, kickball, croquet, board games, gone to the drive in, had a bridal shower, and more. I've been overloaded with fun that I think when the fall hits, it will almost be depressing! All of my friends will head back to where ever their school is located and I will be here at home again with nothing to do. :-(
Except perhaps WORK! yes, it happened! I landed a job with the law firm! The teacher of my paralegal class emailed me in June, as some of you know, and asked me if I'd be interested in a job at her firm. Their secretary was leaving. Well, of course I said yes and we kept in contact over email for a few weeks updating each other on what was going on. Annnnnd, bam! Just this past week I got a phonecall from her Tuesday. Wednesday I went in, met the office (the whole 3 people I'll be working with) and trained with their old secretary. So, now I start August 3rd!
I know this is a huge blessing, but I have had mixed emotions since Wednesday. I am very greatful for the job, but at the same time, I am really sad to be leaving the Daycare. I will miss all of "my" children. I am also sad because I will now be spending about 55% of my time focused on work. 30% sleeping. And, the rest of the 15% divided between to do lists, cooking&eating, and the rest of the daily stuff. It is going to be tough, but hopefully it will be worth it! It will be hard to get the hang of the new job, but things will get easier with the job as time goes on too, so I look forward to that. It will be a great experience overall!
The past few weeks, I've gone up to the Burton famliy cabin, played ultimate frisbee, kickball, croquet, board games, gone to the drive in, had a bridal shower, and more. I've been overloaded with fun that I think when the fall hits, it will almost be depressing! All of my friends will head back to where ever their school is located and I will be here at home again with nothing to do. :-(
Except perhaps WORK! yes, it happened! I landed a job with the law firm! The teacher of my paralegal class emailed me in June, as some of you know, and asked me if I'd be interested in a job at her firm. Their secretary was leaving. Well, of course I said yes and we kept in contact over email for a few weeks updating each other on what was going on. Annnnnd, bam! Just this past week I got a phonecall from her Tuesday. Wednesday I went in, met the office (the whole 3 people I'll be working with) and trained with their old secretary. So, now I start August 3rd!
I know this is a huge blessing, but I have had mixed emotions since Wednesday. I am very greatful for the job, but at the same time, I am really sad to be leaving the Daycare. I will miss all of "my" children. I am also sad because I will now be spending about 55% of my time focused on work. 30% sleeping. And, the rest of the 15% divided between to do lists, cooking&eating, and the rest of the daily stuff. It is going to be tough, but hopefully it will be worth it! It will be hard to get the hang of the new job, but things will get easier with the job as time goes on too, so I look forward to that. It will be a great experience overall!
7.07.2009
One two, skip all of June... on to July!
I just looked on here and realized I hadn't posted anything since MAY.. 31st. Where did June go?? I decided I'll just post pictures so you can see where my June went. haha.
My friends and I decided to go on weekly hikes and it has been a lot of fun! We've been doing a bunch of other outdoor games too, like kickball, lightning, and we did croquet tonight.
My sister Pam and her 5 daughters came in town from Michigan for about 2 weeks at the end of June. We went to the Zoo one day and just had fun in our backyard and around the house. Her husband Jared came out and they blessed their newest addition, Eliza, on July 5th. My dad and step-mom were able to come up from Arizona to be apart of that too. Overall, this summer has been a blast so far and is going by super fast! Thomas almost has just 5 months left folks! He's been in a tough area the past two weeks and as always, would love some extra prayers for the Nica-people.
My friends and I decided to go on weekly hikes and it has been a lot of fun! We've been doing a bunch of other outdoor games too, like kickball, lightning, and we did croquet tonight.
My sister Pam and her 5 daughters came in town from Michigan for about 2 weeks at the end of June. We went to the Zoo one day and just had fun in our backyard and around the house. Her husband Jared came out and they blessed their newest addition, Eliza, on July 5th. My dad and step-mom were able to come up from Arizona to be apart of that too. Overall, this summer has been a blast so far and is going by super fast! Thomas almost has just 5 months left folks! He's been in a tough area the past two weeks and as always, would love some extra prayers for the Nica-people.
5.31.2009
Adventures in Arizona!
I was able to go down to Arizona last weekend over memorial day and got back from the trip this past wednesday. I had lots of fun visiting my sister and her family as well as my dad and stepmom! We got to go to the Children's Museum of Phoenix and that was a ton of fun. Addy was blessed the Sunday we were there too. I got to spend two nights at my dad's house and visit him and my stepmom. We went up to the towers by Phoenix and checked out the amazing view. It was a lot of fun and a nice break from the routine.
Here are some of the many pictures!
Here are some of the many pictures!
5.02.2009
there is beauty all around
Last sunday, the 26th was an amazingly beautiful day here and I looked out the window above our sink and saw the beauty in our own backyard that I just couldn't resist photographing and I thought I'd share the pictures with all of you!
4.25.2009
Meet Finley
Finley the Ford Focus! (female by the way)
I am in love with my new car! It is a little surreal that I have my very own car now (kind of). I bought it today after finding it last weekend. I got a good deal on it. Its a 2007 and has just about everything I wanted to find in my new car and a few extra things too. I've got a sun roof, a cd player, and it gets great gas mileage. I've said my goodbyes to ye olde '93 topaz and am not looking back anytime soon as long as this one's parked in my driveway. The Topaz has been around the block and is now going to make its last rounds with my other step-sister, Biff! Amy to Kait, Kait to Biff. We will see how many years we can squeeze out of that thing. haha.
While I'm at it, here are a few current pics of Thomas's mission stuff. He is now the Zone Leader and is in a suburb of Managua (the capital) called Villa Flor. He's got a lot of extra work as the ZL and is feeling more stressed but as you can see, he is not letting it get him down.
I am in love with my new car! It is a little surreal that I have my very own car now (kind of). I bought it today after finding it last weekend. I got a good deal on it. Its a 2007 and has just about everything I wanted to find in my new car and a few extra things too. I've got a sun roof, a cd player, and it gets great gas mileage. I've said my goodbyes to ye olde '93 topaz and am not looking back anytime soon as long as this one's parked in my driveway. The Topaz has been around the block and is now going to make its last rounds with my other step-sister, Biff! Amy to Kait, Kait to Biff. We will see how many years we can squeeze out of that thing. haha.
While I'm at it, here are a few current pics of Thomas's mission stuff. He is now the Zone Leader and is in a suburb of Managua (the capital) called Villa Flor. He's got a lot of extra work as the ZL and is feeling more stressed but as you can see, he is not letting it get him down.
Picking mangoes (ironically with a beer-logo bucket)
He and his companion found a window in a doors
and used a dry erase marker to have a little fun..jpg)
4.17.2009
Starting 'em Young
This week, the CUTEST dang thing I've ever witnessed happened.
Preface: We had 5 girls and 3 boys that particular day. One boy was just sitting and watching. One of the other boys is shorter & smaller because he's younger (he is the one who used to call me "mom" all the time, and the other one is going to be a football player someday, he has the body of a 3 and a half year old and is not even 2 yet, he's also a bully and trouble maker (example: he stacked toyboxes once while my coworker was changing a diaper one morning and pulled the fire alarm).
We pair up the kids into hypothetical boyfriend/girlfriend couples because... we can! And it is so cute. haha. So we're always asking the one little boy in particular "where's your girlfriend, go give her a hug!" He will find her and hug her and they smile and giggle. It is the cutest thing ever. And her dad now always makes sure she says bye to him when she leaves cus we told him that he was her boyfriend. So cute. haha.
After snack, my coworker and I were cleaning up and the kids were all playing. The one little boy's "girlfriend" had tripped and she kinda fussed for a couple minutes. So the little boy runs over to her and gives her the biggest little kid kiss ever, and on her lips too. She absolutely loved it and afterwards started clapping and giggling and was waiting for another one. So seeing this reaction, he decides to try it again and she just was smiling. He then wanted to see what the other girls in our room would do apparently. He went from girl to girl trying to kiss them. (I know you are thinking "gross!" and we were cleaning and saying "we probably shouldn't let him kiss the girls, huh" but it was so dang cute! We wish we could've taken a video.) Anyway by that second girl, the other little boy (the football player one) saw what he was doing and decided to get in on this, but only on the forehead. He is a bully already so all of the little girls are afraid of him and most tried to push him away. The smaller one saw HIM doing that and tried to kiss the forehead of one of the girls, but couldn't reach that high seeing as she was so much taller than him. They stopped after being distracted with story time a few girls later when we were like "okay we better stop them..." haha. But it was the cutest 2 minutes ever! haha. I love how kids can make you smile.
Preface: We had 5 girls and 3 boys that particular day. One boy was just sitting and watching. One of the other boys is shorter & smaller because he's younger (he is the one who used to call me "mom" all the time, and the other one is going to be a football player someday, he has the body of a 3 and a half year old and is not even 2 yet, he's also a bully and trouble maker (example: he stacked toyboxes once while my coworker was changing a diaper one morning and pulled the fire alarm).
We pair up the kids into hypothetical boyfriend/girlfriend couples because... we can! And it is so cute. haha. So we're always asking the one little boy in particular "where's your girlfriend, go give her a hug!" He will find her and hug her and they smile and giggle. It is the cutest thing ever. And her dad now always makes sure she says bye to him when she leaves cus we told him that he was her boyfriend. So cute. haha.
After snack, my coworker and I were cleaning up and the kids were all playing. The one little boy's "girlfriend" had tripped and she kinda fussed for a couple minutes. So the little boy runs over to her and gives her the biggest little kid kiss ever, and on her lips too. She absolutely loved it and afterwards started clapping and giggling and was waiting for another one. So seeing this reaction, he decides to try it again and she just was smiling. He then wanted to see what the other girls in our room would do apparently. He went from girl to girl trying to kiss them. (I know you are thinking "gross!" and we were cleaning and saying "we probably shouldn't let him kiss the girls, huh" but it was so dang cute! We wish we could've taken a video.) Anyway by that second girl, the other little boy (the football player one) saw what he was doing and decided to get in on this, but only on the forehead. He is a bully already so all of the little girls are afraid of him and most tried to push him away. The smaller one saw HIM doing that and tried to kiss the forehead of one of the girls, but couldn't reach that high seeing as she was so much taller than him. They stopped after being distracted with story time a few girls later when we were like "okay we better stop them..." haha. But it was the cutest 2 minutes ever! haha. I love how kids can make you smile.
3.12.2009
Up
Insight into my daycare working side.... haha. :-)
Up: a common word uttered by wobbly little one year olds.
It is just one syllable and a very easy word to say, so I think they learn to say it fairly quickly once they start grasping the concept that what comes out of their mouths can communicate their wants a lot better than other previously used and mastered methods.
It can invoke several feelings in the person it is said to. Sometimes it is a word you like to hear... If you want to pick them up and cuddle and are not doing anything else it just makes you melt inside that they want you. It just makes them seem so irresistibly cute. But then, other times, you are in the middle of doing something productive, like cleaning peanut butter off the table before it gets all over the rest of the furniture or toys.... Or holding another child whose hair was just pulled to the point of tears, etc etc.
Such a simple word, a sentance all in itself when spoken by toddlers. Yet I think it is the one word that can change your mood for better or worse depending on the circumstance and which child is saying it...
Up: a common word uttered by wobbly little one year olds.
It is just one syllable and a very easy word to say, so I think they learn to say it fairly quickly once they start grasping the concept that what comes out of their mouths can communicate their wants a lot better than other previously used and mastered methods.
It can invoke several feelings in the person it is said to. Sometimes it is a word you like to hear... If you want to pick them up and cuddle and are not doing anything else it just makes you melt inside that they want you. It just makes them seem so irresistibly cute. But then, other times, you are in the middle of doing something productive, like cleaning peanut butter off the table before it gets all over the rest of the furniture or toys.... Or holding another child whose hair was just pulled to the point of tears, etc etc.
Such a simple word, a sentance all in itself when spoken by toddlers. Yet I think it is the one word that can change your mood for better or worse depending on the circumstance and which child is saying it...
2.23.2009
Scratch That
I have to amend my post from earlier today. Today turned out to be a fabulous day! No two-edged qualities about today.
I got two letters and one picture in the mail from Thomas. And he informed me that he is allowed to write me a short little email now and then and that I can write him short emails too, so that was a great thing to hear. He also received the Christmas package I sent him, which I thought was lost forever. So that was amazing to find out! I felt extremely relieved about that. He sent a lot of pictures this week too through email! Yay!
And, for school. My last day is next thursday! And all we're doing that day is turning in our big assignment and our teacher is taking us out to eat. Yum! I can't believe it is almost over! Just one quiz and an appellate brief to tackle. And the best part? I get to drop my lowest written assignment grade out of the 3 we had.. and I've already done good on my other two so I just need to do this brief for practice. On the quiz we took today, which she told us was the hardest one, I got 8 wrong, but since I got the highest score out of the 4 in my class, I got 100! So, I definitely have an A, which means, help finding an internship! YAY! Today was definitely not a double-edged sword day. It was great!
And at work, that little boy I talked about called me mom as usual and is just plain adorable. I love his big hugs and kisses. And he tries to tackle me and gets frustrated when he realizes that I'm a lot bigger than he is. I just love him! He makes my job worth having.
I got two letters and one picture in the mail from Thomas. And he informed me that he is allowed to write me a short little email now and then and that I can write him short emails too, so that was a great thing to hear. He also received the Christmas package I sent him, which I thought was lost forever. So that was amazing to find out! I felt extremely relieved about that. He sent a lot of pictures this week too through email! Yay!
And, for school. My last day is next thursday! And all we're doing that day is turning in our big assignment and our teacher is taking us out to eat. Yum! I can't believe it is almost over! Just one quiz and an appellate brief to tackle. And the best part? I get to drop my lowest written assignment grade out of the 3 we had.. and I've already done good on my other two so I just need to do this brief for practice. On the quiz we took today, which she told us was the hardest one, I got 8 wrong, but since I got the highest score out of the 4 in my class, I got 100! So, I definitely have an A, which means, help finding an internship! YAY! Today was definitely not a double-edged sword day. It was great!
And at work, that little boy I talked about called me mom as usual and is just plain adorable. I love his big hugs and kisses. And he tries to tackle me and gets frustrated when he realizes that I'm a lot bigger than he is. I just love him! He makes my job worth having.
2.15.2009
Twenty Years
I've been meaning to write this for a while... A few months ago I was bored at work and started making a list of all of the things I've learned in the first 20 years of my life. I came up with a lot of random things, and I could probably make this list go on forever. Here goes! In no particular order...
-Things will always get better.
-Don't rest your happiness on other people. No one is perfect.
-Learn to love the things you make. Even if you know you can't paint a masterpiece, appreciate the stuff you can do.
-Change is inevitable. If life didn't involve change, we wouldn't be down here on Earth.
-Hope for the best, but expect for the worst. Life never turns out how you think it will.
-You are unique, one-of-a-kind, and therefore shouldn't compare yourself to others.
- Do your best to accept others for who they are rather than judging them. "For man looketh upon the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh upon the heart."
-Learn to trust yourself and trust the decisions you make.
-The frugal person is the rich person. The person who wants to be rich is probably not frugal. (in money terms...)
-You'll never get EVERYONE to agree with you.
-Actions can speak louder than words, but it also depends on who you're talking to.
-Education is not about the number of classes you take or which school you attend or what degree you attain; it's about how much you learn and apply that knowledge to yourself.
-Practice doesn't make perfect. Determination, courage & perseverance makes perfect. You have to be able to do something different than how you were originally doing it in order to obtain perfection in something.
-Time does not solve problems.
-People tend to want things without sacrificing for them. (losing weight, relationships with people, etc). It doesn't work that way. And You cannot truly be happy & appreciateive of getting what you want unless you sacrificed for it. The words enjoy and joy are two different things.
-Don't sweat the small stuff! Ask yourself if it will be an issue a year from now, 5 years from now, or 10 years from now... and then if you said yes, fix it now before its taken that long. If you said no... then don't sweat it!
-No matter where you live, it will eventually become a boring place to you. There will eventually be "nothing to do here" one day when people ask you "so what is there to do around here".
-If you want something done your way, you have to do it yourself. If you want something done, you can ask someone else. If you want something done "right", change your perspective because "right" is almost always up for controversy.
-Ear infections are most definitely contagious, I don't care what the Doctors say.
-There will always be something to complain about. Just be willing to accept what life hands you and use your time to figure it out rather than complain.
-Change what you can change about yourself that you don't like, but don't allow the things you can't change in life to stress you out because it is not worth it.
-I believe one of the worst sayings invented was "the world does not revolve around you." I agree that you should not be selfish, and that the world does not revolve around any particular person. But the way I see it, your own life is one of the only things that you exclusively have, so technically your own world technically revolves around you. I just don't like how this saying is basically telling people that they don't matter, because we do matter!
-People tend to think that "I'm the only one". But no one is alone in trials. Everyone has trials & goes through pain. It is what makes us grow.
-Too many people tell you to be prepared for the bad things in life. But we also need to prepare for the good things. I think if we prepare for the good things, the bad things won't seem so bad.
-Nothing worth having is easy to find or get. You need to work at it.
-Our world lacks people with good listening skills. I know I've been guilty of thinking someone else has said something completely different and then continuing a conversation later to have them correct me about something I failed to listen to... woops.
-Just because you want something does not always make it right. (food, media choices, friends, anything)
-Experience something new as often as you can.
-Being a teacher is one of the best feelings.
-Constructive criticism should not be taken so harshly. If someone truly did not care about you, they'd want you to do everything wrong.
-People love to give advice, so just let them. You might use something they said, and if not, you don't have to use it.
-Impulse buys are not good.
-Don't save things you "might use one day"... haha. You'll find it a few years later and throw it out anyway.
-Life & the amount of time we are given each day is one thing everyone has in common.
-Understanding means more than encouragement or sympathy.
-Laughter doesn't solve everything, but it sure makes the solving part a lot more fun.
-Things can always get worse, so spend your time appreciating what you already have instead of dwelling on what you wish you had.
Okay. So this felt very serious. Sorry! Oh well, I hope you enjoy some of the lessons i've learned over the past 20 years. haha!
-Things will always get better.
-Don't rest your happiness on other people. No one is perfect.
-Learn to love the things you make. Even if you know you can't paint a masterpiece, appreciate the stuff you can do.
-Change is inevitable. If life didn't involve change, we wouldn't be down here on Earth.
-Hope for the best, but expect for the worst. Life never turns out how you think it will.
-You are unique, one-of-a-kind, and therefore shouldn't compare yourself to others.
- Do your best to accept others for who they are rather than judging them. "For man looketh upon the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh upon the heart."
-Learn to trust yourself and trust the decisions you make.
-The frugal person is the rich person. The person who wants to be rich is probably not frugal. (in money terms...)
-You'll never get EVERYONE to agree with you.
-Actions can speak louder than words, but it also depends on who you're talking to.
-Education is not about the number of classes you take or which school you attend or what degree you attain; it's about how much you learn and apply that knowledge to yourself.
-Practice doesn't make perfect. Determination, courage & perseverance makes perfect. You have to be able to do something different than how you were originally doing it in order to obtain perfection in something.
-Time does not solve problems.
-People tend to want things without sacrificing for them. (losing weight, relationships with people, etc). It doesn't work that way. And You cannot truly be happy & appreciateive of getting what you want unless you sacrificed for it. The words enjoy and joy are two different things.
-Don't sweat the small stuff! Ask yourself if it will be an issue a year from now, 5 years from now, or 10 years from now... and then if you said yes, fix it now before its taken that long. If you said no... then don't sweat it!
-No matter where you live, it will eventually become a boring place to you. There will eventually be "nothing to do here" one day when people ask you "so what is there to do around here".
-If you want something done your way, you have to do it yourself. If you want something done, you can ask someone else. If you want something done "right", change your perspective because "right" is almost always up for controversy.
-Ear infections are most definitely contagious, I don't care what the Doctors say.
-There will always be something to complain about. Just be willing to accept what life hands you and use your time to figure it out rather than complain.
-Change what you can change about yourself that you don't like, but don't allow the things you can't change in life to stress you out because it is not worth it.
-I believe one of the worst sayings invented was "the world does not revolve around you." I agree that you should not be selfish, and that the world does not revolve around any particular person. But the way I see it, your own life is one of the only things that you exclusively have, so technically your own world technically revolves around you. I just don't like how this saying is basically telling people that they don't matter, because we do matter!
-People tend to think that "I'm the only one". But no one is alone in trials. Everyone has trials & goes through pain. It is what makes us grow.
-Too many people tell you to be prepared for the bad things in life. But we also need to prepare for the good things. I think if we prepare for the good things, the bad things won't seem so bad.
-Nothing worth having is easy to find or get. You need to work at it.
-Our world lacks people with good listening skills. I know I've been guilty of thinking someone else has said something completely different and then continuing a conversation later to have them correct me about something I failed to listen to... woops.
-Just because you want something does not always make it right. (food, media choices, friends, anything)
-Experience something new as often as you can.
-Being a teacher is one of the best feelings.
-Constructive criticism should not be taken so harshly. If someone truly did not care about you, they'd want you to do everything wrong.
-People love to give advice, so just let them. You might use something they said, and if not, you don't have to use it.
-Impulse buys are not good.
-Don't save things you "might use one day"... haha. You'll find it a few years later and throw it out anyway.
-Life & the amount of time we are given each day is one thing everyone has in common.
-Understanding means more than encouragement or sympathy.
-Laughter doesn't solve everything, but it sure makes the solving part a lot more fun.
-Things can always get worse, so spend your time appreciating what you already have instead of dwelling on what you wish you had.
Okay. So this felt very serious. Sorry! Oh well, I hope you enjoy some of the lessons i've learned over the past 20 years. haha!
2.02.2009
break? of course not!
Well, next week my teacher is going on a little vacation so we get next thursday, saturday, and the following monday (pres. day) off. I was thinking "oh this will be the perfect time to not think about school and just relax a bit before it gets to the tough finale".... Nope nope nope!
Tonight, we talked about SO much material in 3 hours. I feel like we skimmed over so much stuff. We talk about 50 textbook pages as if it were 2, yet we need to know every fact that is on EACH of those 50 pages. It is overwhelming. I didn't realize how much new information I'd be learning. I knew it was a new subject, but i thought I would be at least familiar with or recognize or have heard of the majority of the stuff and then have to learn-learn the rest. WRONG! Basically everything we have learned the past few weeks has been all new stuff to me. Right now we are learning about legal research, and let me tell you it is going to be tough. We're spending about 2 weeks on this topic, which is not nearly enough, but oh well! I will just keep reading these 100 page chapters and working on learning as much as I can in the time left.
To add on to this talk about my class... Last week our topic was "evidence". There are a TON of rules as to what can be admitted into court as evidence and what can't or would be objected by the other party...and yadda yadda. Its in this document called "Rules of Evidence". Anywho, this is the week she told us "so basically from this point on, everything you've ever seen in any kind of media needs to be thrown out the window because all of it is a load of hoo-ey". I was thinking about it, and the other night my mom and I were flipping channels and I made her stop at CSI or Law & Order, one of those.... I always knew those types of shows were influenced by hollywood and how absolutely crazy most of their scenarios were, but I didn't realize that almost all of the procedure they follow would never happen or else they'd get in major trouble and probably get themselves kicked out of invesitgation or in the attorney's case, disbarred. I was sitting there watching the show this time with all the stuff I've learned and thinking "Well it doesn't matter if they catch that guy because they couldn't let him testify anyway according to blah blah blah rules..." haha. Or the way they were trying to convict the person in this particular episode was just completley a load of hoo-ey, just like she told us. I guess I'm officially becoming a legal nerd now that I can actually criticize those shows with my own knowledge and find the rule that tells you why too! :-)
Tonight, we talked about SO much material in 3 hours. I feel like we skimmed over so much stuff. We talk about 50 textbook pages as if it were 2, yet we need to know every fact that is on EACH of those 50 pages. It is overwhelming. I didn't realize how much new information I'd be learning. I knew it was a new subject, but i thought I would be at least familiar with or recognize or have heard of the majority of the stuff and then have to learn-learn the rest. WRONG! Basically everything we have learned the past few weeks has been all new stuff to me. Right now we are learning about legal research, and let me tell you it is going to be tough. We're spending about 2 weeks on this topic, which is not nearly enough, but oh well! I will just keep reading these 100 page chapters and working on learning as much as I can in the time left.
To add on to this talk about my class... Last week our topic was "evidence". There are a TON of rules as to what can be admitted into court as evidence and what can't or would be objected by the other party...and yadda yadda. Its in this document called "Rules of Evidence". Anywho, this is the week she told us "so basically from this point on, everything you've ever seen in any kind of media needs to be thrown out the window because all of it is a load of hoo-ey". I was thinking about it, and the other night my mom and I were flipping channels and I made her stop at CSI or Law & Order, one of those.... I always knew those types of shows were influenced by hollywood and how absolutely crazy most of their scenarios were, but I didn't realize that almost all of the procedure they follow would never happen or else they'd get in major trouble and probably get themselves kicked out of invesitgation or in the attorney's case, disbarred. I was sitting there watching the show this time with all the stuff I've learned and thinking "Well it doesn't matter if they catch that guy because they couldn't let him testify anyway according to blah blah blah rules..." haha. Or the way they were trying to convict the person in this particular episode was just completley a load of hoo-ey, just like she told us. I guess I'm officially becoming a legal nerd now that I can actually criticize those shows with my own knowledge and find the rule that tells you why too! :-)
1.19.2009
Madness
Sometimes I feel like I am going crazy! Today is one of those days. It seems like whenever you feel comfortable, something else happens to throw you off balance and test your capability to withstand anything.
I figured I'd update everyone on the stuff thats been going on this month. A lot has happened. Most importantly, I'm a year older! Wahoooo! haha. TWENTY! I have a post that I'll get to eventually that I've been working on for a while of all the things I've learned in 20 years of living. haha.. Perhaps this weekend I'll get to it...? haha we'll see.
Second item. For those of you who don't already know. Thomas and I are not going to be engaged anymore for the remainder of his mission. "Why?" you ask. Haha. Well, we talked about a lot of different things and different reasons and we both feel like it is the best decision for us to make right now. It's a little hard to explain it all because there are a lot of factors. For now, I am still waiting for him and when he gets home we will be in a better position to figure it all out and continue what we had before.
Third item. Some people in his mission were misusing the allowance from the Mission President to write people other than family emails on Pdays. He was allowing them to write friends (aka. people such as myself. MGs), but some of them wrote a TON of people all the time that were unneccesary or were misusing that privilege. So the MP had to change the rules, sooo, thomas is no longer allowed to write me emails from now on. So, back to regular old unreliable snail mail that is a hit or miss kind of a deal. I am not sure how that will all go. According to the letters that we've randomly sent each other since he's been in Nicaragua, it'll probably be about a month and a half to two months before I get to hear from him, outside the family email. So that is going to be tough. But today is his 13 month mark! 11 months left! We'll see how it all goes.
Fourth item. Class! Its getting tougher. This week we had monday off for Martin Luther King Day. That was a nice break. And we also have Saturday off because of a mistake the last teacher made on the syllabus and our teacher is a very nice person.
Well, A lot of stuff has been going on as you can see... I'll update some more later. I don't know when, but I'll get to it when I have a chance!
I figured I'd update everyone on the stuff thats been going on this month. A lot has happened. Most importantly, I'm a year older! Wahoooo! haha. TWENTY! I have a post that I'll get to eventually that I've been working on for a while of all the things I've learned in 20 years of living. haha.. Perhaps this weekend I'll get to it...? haha we'll see.
Second item. For those of you who don't already know. Thomas and I are not going to be engaged anymore for the remainder of his mission. "Why?" you ask. Haha. Well, we talked about a lot of different things and different reasons and we both feel like it is the best decision for us to make right now. It's a little hard to explain it all because there are a lot of factors. For now, I am still waiting for him and when he gets home we will be in a better position to figure it all out and continue what we had before.
Third item. Some people in his mission were misusing the allowance from the Mission President to write people other than family emails on Pdays. He was allowing them to write friends (aka. people such as myself. MGs), but some of them wrote a TON of people all the time that were unneccesary or were misusing that privilege. So the MP had to change the rules, sooo, thomas is no longer allowed to write me emails from now on. So, back to regular old unreliable snail mail that is a hit or miss kind of a deal. I am not sure how that will all go. According to the letters that we've randomly sent each other since he's been in Nicaragua, it'll probably be about a month and a half to two months before I get to hear from him, outside the family email. So that is going to be tough. But today is his 13 month mark! 11 months left! We'll see how it all goes.
Fourth item. Class! Its getting tougher. This week we had monday off for Martin Luther King Day. That was a nice break. And we also have Saturday off because of a mistake the last teacher made on the syllabus and our teacher is a very nice person.
Well, A lot of stuff has been going on as you can see... I'll update some more later. I don't know when, but I'll get to it when I have a chance!
1.06.2009
Stress is my new middle name...
Well, another crazy week... It's only tuesday and I feel like I need a weekend right now! Please, anyone have any spare weekends to throw my way??
Last week was a good week, and a bad week at the same time. I got to go on two "non-dates" (just going and doing stuff with friends, but with guys), but both were with the same guy (one of my neighbors) and we had a lot of fun and are going to do more stuff sooner or later. Although I had lots of fun, it also was kind of stressful because I am not sure what anything means in this area of my life anymore (dating that is). haha. It confuses myself to even think about it so don't even bother to ask me about what it means because I don't even know anymore...
On Saturday I basically broke one of my toes. I hit in on a doorway and it is brusing nicely day by day. Currently, it is causing me weird pains... weird because it's not exactly PAIN-pain, but it just feels extremely weird. Like it's burning and falling asleep. And it goes from that to being numb on and off throughout the day. And then kids jump all over me so that doesn't help healing I'm sure.. I just keep taking Ibuprofen and that seems to be working for now. I don't really have time to see if there is anything else with that.
Monday my class started. I was informed that this class is almost like the first year of lawschool crammed into an 8 week course... I'm bracing myself for lots of work and little free time, little sleep... and basically living in a cave for the next few months. I'm not looking forward to it to say the least. I'm putting it off as long as I can. My first task is to read a chapter in one of my books, complete a 15 page section in a workbook, and memorize one of the book's entire glossary (about 20 pages with 10words a page)... part of that is for thursday and the other part is for saturday.... Then we have a paper due next week as well on something I don't even know about yet. It's not my idea of fun, but I will have to think of it as fun for the next 8 weeks because that is all I will be doing for fun. haha.
I was also informed monday that one of the women I work with is finally taking her maternity leave starting next week, so I will begin working from 8am-5pm (mind you, my classes monday and thursday are from 6pm-9:30pm...). Like I said, goodbye to my life!! Haha. So if I don't update this thing for weeks, you will know what I am doing... working, either at my job, or at my class, or at home on my class....
Weekends will not consist of sleeping in either becasuse my class goes from 10am-4pm(ish) on Saturdays and we just switched to the 9am church schedule, and then the assignments from Saturday's are going to be due monday... so all of this = NO LIFE!
If I don't answer my phone for you in the next while, I'm sorry, but perhaps I will turn my phone off completely now and then to actually sleep for an hour here and there or keep me from taking a detour on my work... I do love you all, but I will be more available to love you all in about 8 weeks. haha. Well, I thought I better update you all on what is going on while I have time and am putting off what I really need to be doing for the last time possible!
I'll update when I have time.... so long!
Last week was a good week, and a bad week at the same time. I got to go on two "non-dates" (just going and doing stuff with friends, but with guys), but both were with the same guy (one of my neighbors) and we had a lot of fun and are going to do more stuff sooner or later. Although I had lots of fun, it also was kind of stressful because I am not sure what anything means in this area of my life anymore (dating that is). haha. It confuses myself to even think about it so don't even bother to ask me about what it means because I don't even know anymore...
On Saturday I basically broke one of my toes. I hit in on a doorway and it is brusing nicely day by day. Currently, it is causing me weird pains... weird because it's not exactly PAIN-pain, but it just feels extremely weird. Like it's burning and falling asleep. And it goes from that to being numb on and off throughout the day. And then kids jump all over me so that doesn't help healing I'm sure.. I just keep taking Ibuprofen and that seems to be working for now. I don't really have time to see if there is anything else with that.
Monday my class started. I was informed that this class is almost like the first year of lawschool crammed into an 8 week course... I'm bracing myself for lots of work and little free time, little sleep... and basically living in a cave for the next few months. I'm not looking forward to it to say the least. I'm putting it off as long as I can. My first task is to read a chapter in one of my books, complete a 15 page section in a workbook, and memorize one of the book's entire glossary (about 20 pages with 10words a page)... part of that is for thursday and the other part is for saturday.... Then we have a paper due next week as well on something I don't even know about yet. It's not my idea of fun, but I will have to think of it as fun for the next 8 weeks because that is all I will be doing for fun. haha.
I was also informed monday that one of the women I work with is finally taking her maternity leave starting next week, so I will begin working from 8am-5pm (mind you, my classes monday and thursday are from 6pm-9:30pm...). Like I said, goodbye to my life!! Haha. So if I don't update this thing for weeks, you will know what I am doing... working, either at my job, or at my class, or at home on my class....
Weekends will not consist of sleeping in either becasuse my class goes from 10am-4pm(ish) on Saturdays and we just switched to the 9am church schedule, and then the assignments from Saturday's are going to be due monday... so all of this = NO LIFE!
If I don't answer my phone for you in the next while, I'm sorry, but perhaps I will turn my phone off completely now and then to actually sleep for an hour here and there or keep me from taking a detour on my work... I do love you all, but I will be more available to love you all in about 8 weeks. haha. Well, I thought I better update you all on what is going on while I have time and am putting off what I really need to be doing for the last time possible!
I'll update when I have time.... so long!
1.03.2009
2THOUSAND and NINE!
I can't believe its 2009 already!! 2008 flew by!
The past two weeks have been pretty nice. I got to have a lot of time off work for the holidays while my friends had their Christmas break from school too. It was a nice change of pace from my normal boring routine. My sister and her 4 little girls came to visit us so that was fun too as always.
We did Christmas a little differently this time. We all bought our own big presents and then got each other a bunch of smaller stocking type gifts. It was pretty fun. And this way, we all got what we wanted but still had some surprises on Christmas morning.
I also get a new routine starting on Monday with my class (finally... and for sure it is the right date this time...). Just like last time (even though it didn't actually start last time), I feel partly nervous, partly excited, and part just anxious to get this overwith. I hope I can pull an A so I can get help finding an internship. If not, I will just have to do the best I can do with finding one.
I am still having fun with my job at the daycare. It gets stressful some days, but most days are pretty good and I am just falling in love with the kids (most of them.. haha) more and more.
The past two weeks have been pretty nice. I got to have a lot of time off work for the holidays while my friends had their Christmas break from school too. It was a nice change of pace from my normal boring routine. My sister and her 4 little girls came to visit us so that was fun too as always.
We did Christmas a little differently this time. We all bought our own big presents and then got each other a bunch of smaller stocking type gifts. It was pretty fun. And this way, we all got what we wanted but still had some surprises on Christmas morning.
I also get a new routine starting on Monday with my class (finally... and for sure it is the right date this time...). Just like last time (even though it didn't actually start last time), I feel partly nervous, partly excited, and part just anxious to get this overwith. I hope I can pull an A so I can get help finding an internship. If not, I will just have to do the best I can do with finding one.
I am still having fun with my job at the daycare. It gets stressful some days, but most days are pretty good and I am just falling in love with the kids (most of them.. haha) more and more.
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