I Wanna Run Through The Halls Of My High School

I put this in my notes on Facebook, but some people read my blog who don't do the FB thing. It has been fun to see what other people have said in the comments and in their own posts. 1. Did you date someone from your school? Not really. My first date was Senior Ball. I made a deal with my Dad that if I didn't date until I was 18, he would give me $100. Actually he ended up taking me on a trip to D.C., so it was definitely worth it! I knew I wouldn't be dating anyway, so I think it was a pretty good deal! 2. Did you marry someone from your school? Negatory 3. Did you car pool to school? Before we all could drive! 4. What kind of car did you have? I'd like to say that I had something cooler than a 1985 Ford Tempo, but I can't . . . unless you count the 1987 Econoline! 5. What kind of car do you have now? 1993 Toyota Corolla. Someday I will own a vehicle made in the same decade in which I'm living. 6. It's Friday night...where are you? (then) At work--good old Logan Nursing & Rehab. 7. It is Friday night...where are you? (now) At work--good old Intermountain Medical Center. Not much changes when you don't have a social life! 8. What kind of job did you have in high school? I started in the dietary department of LNRC washing dishes for $4.25/hour. I was pretty excited to become a CNA and get a raise to $6! Woo! 9. What kind of job do you do now? I am a surgical technologist. I take care of the sterile supplies for surgeries and assist surgeons. I'm the one who passes the scalpel. It's not the greatest job, but it does pay (most of) the bills, I probably won't be downsized due to the economy, every day and every patient is different, and I'm always learning something new. I like that. 10. Were you a party animal? Um, I don't think so. Why do you think I was working at a Nursing Home every Friday night? 11. Were you considered a flirt? I wanted to be, but I just didn't know how! 12. Were you in band, orchestra, choir? I was an orchestra geek. 13. Were you a nerd? Definitely. 14. Did you get suspended or expelled? Nope. I did skip school when Star Wars was re-released! Such a rebel! 15. Can you sing the fight song? No. I can sing the school theme song, though. "Neath the crest of Wasatch Mountains . . ." 16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? I didn't learn a lot about American history, but I loved Stu (and I actually passed the AP test!). Mr. Ashton was like a father figure, since I saw him nearly every day for 6 years. I enjoyed getting Mr. Huie off-track so we we wouldn't have Chemistry homework. Even so, I'd have to say that Mr. Hoyt was my all-time favorite. Because of him, I would still like to be a high school Biology Teacher! 17. Where did you sit during lunch? I don't remember. Sometimes it was in the orchestra room, sometimes it was outside . . . who knows? 18. What was your school's full name? Logan Senior High School 19. When did you graduate? 1997 20. What was your school mascot? Grizzlies 21. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No. I was such a social moron, it was pretty traumatic. I'd like to think the best is yet to come. 22. Did you have fun at prom? Not so much. My date was pretty intent on spying on someone else in our group, and he took off for most of the dance part. 23. Do you still talk to the person you went to prom with? I've e-mailed him a couple of times on Facebook. (Side note: I got a response from Eric, the smartest person I have ever met, aside from my brother. He said that his contact lens got stuck in his eye, and he was in the bathroom for 45 minutes trying to get it out! If he had told me that, I wouldn't have been so annoyed at the time!) 24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? Depends on how much weight I can lose by then. 25. Do you still talk to people from school? A few; mostly just the people I hung out with or actually talked to in my classes. I am facebook friends with some people who probably don't remember me at all, though! Life is pretty funny! I enjoyed reminiscing a bit about high school while writing this. Even so, I wouldn't go back. I had enough emotional trauma to last me a lifetime. I much preferred college. I might do that again, although I'd probably major in English so I could read all the time! Oh well. I made my choices, and I like where I am now. La vie est belle.

Relax, Go To It

Instead of uploading pics onto the blog, I'm going to try this instead. It's actually easier, and it doesn't eat up the available memory. These are some pictures from the Draper Temple Open House, just before the whole phone drama (and a bonus one for you). No, the phone situation has not been resolved yet, but I'll let you know. Today was BUSY. We had to speak in church today, which is always a joy. Most of yesterday was spent writing said talk, so I didn't get to do much of anything else. This morning, we found out what Allen's calling is: assistant ward clerk. I didn't know that calling had to come from the Stake! Oh well--we are grateful that it's not something more demanding. I forgot to mention that I got a calling last week. I am the Primary Music Director for our ward. I was called, sustained, and set apart within the course of 4 hours. So we had to go in to speak with the High Councilman, come back early and speak. We were the only ones on the program, so I spoke for a good 20 minutes. Luckily, Mom & Dad drove to SLC today to hear us speak and wrangle the boy so we didn't have to. Apparently, Benji was his usual busy self; click here to read Mom's account of Sacrament Meeting. Good times. So after we spoke, I had my first day as the music director. That was fun (no, really!), but a little stressful, especially as I don't know any of the children's names or many of the new songs; plus the pianist wasn't there, so I did some conducting and some playing (and I'm woefully out of practice!). Anyway, after church we went to the bishop's office so Allen could be set-apart, and then we just went home and crashed. After the nap, I made dinner (a tuna casserole--not that great, but at least it was edible), fed the boy, gave him a bath, put him to bed, and did the dishes. I'm tired! And yet I'm blogging instead of sleeping. Sometimes I just don't understand my brain. Here are a few fun pictures of the little man. He's getting so big! And here's another bath picture, but his face is priceless!

Blonde Ambition

I got my hair done yesterday. It has been a LONG time since I did anything good with it, and my sister Sarah gave me a very thoughtful gift for my birthday--a gift certificate to her hairstylist.

 

Honestly, it doesn't look a lot different--but I needed something that would grow out nicely. I kept most of the length (but had the "frog fur" cut off). I got a lot of layers, texturizing, and gorgeous color. If you look closely, you can see the coppery red and blonde highlights.

 

Sorry--they aren't great pictures, but it's all I have time for before I leave for work. Thanks, Sar! You're the best!

It's Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry

Yesterday was pretty rough. I spent most of the day cleaning and cooking for a family get-together, so I was already unhappy. We went to the Draper Temple open-house and came back to our apartment to have dinner and celebrate birthdays. I had attempted to make a cake earlier, but it didn't work, so on the way back, Allen and I stopped at Costco to get a cake. I know I had my phone with me when I left Costco, but it must have fallen out of my purse between the front door and the car. So when we got home, everyone else was already there, and they told me that my phone had been run over at Costco and was at their service desk. My knee-jerk reaction was to go get it then, because I couldn't do it this morning, and I really can't function without a phone. So I left the party I had put together, and my Mom was in her worst-case-scenario mode. Apparently Allen 'checked out,' and the party just deteriorated with sick kids and people who had to drive back to Logan, etc., etc. Most everyone left before I got back, although Dave, Lex, Noah and Sarah stuck around. Things seemed pretty calm by then, so I didn't know what really happened until I was messaging Rachael this morning. So I'm sorry for all the drama. I'll be getting a different phone; I don't know when or how, but it will all work out. Thanks for coming, everyone. I love you!

I Love Technology . . . Always and Forever

Benji loves it too. Yes, that's my child, standing on a laundry basket in front of a very large TV. I'm a terrible mother.

 

Isn't he cute?

 

He has been pretty grumpy with tooth #8 coming in; it's about to break through. Even so, he usually manages to ham it up for the camera.

 

Today is Allen's birthday. I have tried to be nice, and not ask him to do a lot of stuff; for example, I got up with Benji (and let Allen sleep until 11:30 a.m.--the one perk of having church start in the afternoon), fed him, put him down for a nap, got him up and dressed for church, kept him with me during church (which included a lot of squirming, peeing through his suit, and throwing up on me and the gym floor). I also made dinner, gave the boy a bath, brushed his teeth and put him to bed. I have also done a couple of loads of laundry . . . never ending. I don't know if he appreciates it! I really tried! This is his real birthday present, though: We finally dumped Sprint and went to T-Mobile. Yes, that's the G1. No, we can't really afford it, but he did really want it. He has put all of the scriptures and lesson manuals on it already, and he keeps telling me cool things it can do. I'm particularly fond of the "Shop Savvy" feature--it 'scans' a barcode (by taking a picture of it), then cross-references it with your location and stores close to you and gives you a list of prices at the different stores. How cool is that? It connects with the Google calendar (so he'll always know when I'm working, and everything else--as long as I keep it updated!), interwebs, it has a GPS, etc., etc. I'll admit I'm a bit jealous. I did get a BlackBerry Pearl Flip for myself. It's pretty cool, too. I'm not totally in love with it, probably because I didn't get the data plan to go with it. I'm trying to decide if I want something that's less BlackBerry and more phone. I probably just need to get used to it and its' lack of shortcuts. Oh well--it's definitely an upgrade! Bye, bye, fat phone! Big Blue, January 2006-February 2009. R.I.P.