slow goin

well hello there. just wanted to give you a little update on my life.it really is slow goin...i mean, there's stuff going on, but nothing of consequence. i don't have pictures, and probably wont until i'm moved into my new place. then, trust me, i will unload my camera and you'll have more pictures to view than you'll know what to do with. but right now, as you know, grandma doesn't have internet. i don't know how to blog pictures from my phone. there lies the problem.

i get to move into my apartment on october first. i'm a little excited about it. sometimes i lay in bed at night and think about life in my new apartment. i get so excited i can't fall asleep. that may sound silly, but let me remind you that i have not had my own apartment since april. that will be 5 months that i've been transient/homeless/living out of other peoples closets/not fully unpacking my bathroom kind of living. i'm very excited to get settled and start the "roomate life" again. not reporting to people. not having to worry about what time i'll get home. not having a place to stay up late and watch movies with friends. maybe this makes me sound ungrateful for my current living situation. nothing could be further from the truth. it's been wonderful living with grandma, and i'm lucky for the time i got to stay at my sisters house. at this age, i'm anxious to be in a more independent living situation.

my job. its wonderful. i love the people i get to work with. i love the new things i'm learning. have i mentioned i have alot to learn. i mean, ALOT. it can be overwhelming at times, but everyone is so good about answering questions and helping me out. all i can say is that we have fantastic doctors who fix peoples eyes. it's incredible to me the things they do there and the care they have for patients. i have learned so much in such a short time. i can't wait to learn more and contribute to the care of the patients. i'm a lucky girl. plus, they have these sugar cookies over in the university cafeteria that are to die for. what? please tell me to stop the maddness.

i have a ward. i love it. i got a calling today. i don't know that i understand what it is...i mean, i know it's relief society, and that's enough. i've missed relief society (after a summer of ward hopping due to efy). i went to a ward campout this weekend. i love being involved in my ward. we have fhe tomorrow. ward temple night this week. yee haw. welcome to salt lake.

my efy boss posted a video on facebook - a review of the summer. gosh, we are funny people. i couldn't help but watch it and laugh out loud. it also made me realize i miss the hoedown throwdown.

i'm working on a secret project...

And I'm excited about it. Keep you posted.

nerves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=0NSsvll8CPk


Today (Tuesday) this song will be on repeat in my brain. Thank goodness for SOM Marathon for providing me the perfect theme song for my first day(s) at work.

Sorry, I would just post the video, but I'm blogging from my phone which means I don't know how to do that. Oh well. I bought a mattress today. All hail the queen

Adieu. Adieu. To yue and yue and yue.

laborific

Thursday night my little sister helped me with a project. This project required us to be outside on a pleasant summer evening. Sounds nice, right?? Oh wait..summer nights=bugs...at least in utah. And by bugs I mean mosquitos. If you know me at all, you'd know I hate mosquito bites. Don't worry, the next morning, I counted, and then recounted, because I kept finding them. Final count : thirty-three...which is nothing compared to sisters thirty-six. I tried not to freak out and not scratch my legs off to bloody stumps...but I freaked out. By the end of the day i'd tried two different anti-itch remedies. I lathered myself up in cortisone cream, took a benedryl and two asprin and prayed to fall asleep quickly. Why did I take two asprin, you ask? Oh, I went into work to fill out my pre-hiring paperwork...which included a trip to the clinic to make sure I was all caught up on my immunizations. A few shots and a couple blood samples later, I was on my way...with a gentle warning that I would probably feel a little achy later. Lucky me. I survived the night...and when I'm up and doing stuff I am able to distract myself from the itch. I think I suprised a friend last night when he saw me so unhinged over some stupid squito bites. Let me repeat: I HATE SQUITO BITES.
Oh yes, while I'm thinking about it, happy labor day weekend to you. Except for me its not much of a holiday for me. Its just the day before my first day of work...meaning a holiday I'm not getting paid for. Oh well. I have plans to sit around and do nothing, which may sound lame to most of you, but I think it sounds divine.

Since starting this post I went to the mall with a friend to get some pants, and I tried on a skirt. I have pock-legs. I don't even know if that's a real term, but I'm going with it. What in the world am I supposed to wear to church tomorrow and hide my leper-legs??? This is a real predicament. I don't really have and long skirts or dresses, and heaven knows pants are out of the question. Maybe I'll throw up and become deathly ill over night. I'd hate to pass along my 24 hour bug to a slew of potential suitors.....what to do, what to do....
This is a random thought, but has to do with football re-entering my life, and by my life I mean my friends lives. I don't really follow football. I've never watched a full game. I've been in the same room as a whole game on tv, and I may have even sat through an entire game in the one and only lavell edwards stadium...but never cared to watch the whole game. Saying that, I'm probably not privvy to this opinion, but women sports-casters drive me nuts. I think we should let men do that job.
On that note, go cougs...even though I live in salt lake now, making me bleed red(or so I've been told)

let me tell ya...

Have you ever been to a movie by yourself?? After this weekend, I can say yes. The boys wanted to go see one movie...and I wanted to see another. Hence, we parted ways at the snack bar and met up afterwards. It was kind of nice to sit alone. I don't know that its something I'll do it on a regular basis, but I would do it again.

I have screwed up my sleeping schedule, ya know...partying it up while I can. I'm gonna hate myself next week when I try to fix my problem.

I am a girl. I hate that I can not have a thought process regarding certain things, and all it takes is a conversation with a girlfriend and I can not only have a thought process, but an opinion in certain matters. I love being a girl.

I loved mockingjay. If you didn't like it, it's because you didn't get it. Sorry you didn't understand. If you are not done with the book, please hurry. I'd love to talk to you about it.

got. the. job.

this is my new home.

 the moran eye center.

after interviewing there multiple times for multiple positions, i got the job. i'm glad i ended up where i did. i'm thrilled with the people i interviewed with, and i'm excited to be on their team.

i start september 7th. just enough time to relax a bit before i'm back in the real world.

now i get to start looking for housing. talking to my cousin this morning, she pointed out that i now have more to do...find housing, move, la di da...but that it was good stuff. i agree with her. the stuff thats on my plate now is the exciting fun stuff. i'm excited to find a place and get settled into a routine, especially now that the stress of being employed is out of the way (pending my drug test.. haha)

so, thanks for your help. your encouraging words. your support. your prayers. your dreams of me finding the perfect job and moving nextdoor in a large house.

dreams come true. and now i'm employed.

birth.day. 2010.

you know you've had a good birthday when you wake up the next morning smelling like campfire. the day before my birthday my family got together and my sister made my favorite dinner, and my favorite cookies for dessert. heaven sakes i have fun with my family. i got my favorite...scripture scouts...and i know it sounds silly, but i can't wait to listen to them in the car. i loved listening to them as a child, and it's probably pathetic that i still like them now. if you have little kids, scripture scouts are the perfect thing to listen to in the car. it may be a little cheesy, but i think it's beyond great.
lindsey put together a little party last night and had some friends come over to grandmas for foil dinners. grandpa helped us out with getting a fire going in the fire pit and getting everything cooked. it was delicious...and so much fun!! (once it stopped raining...i've never had to worry about rain on my birthday!!!) i am a lucky girl to have such great friends. megs made the most delicious red velvet cupcakes. heavens to betsy.
overall, the birthday was above and beyond anything i could have asked for. thanks for everyones phone calls, texts, facebook posts, and for gracing me with your presence to make my birthday the best!!!