A Day in the Life

Wow guys, I am officially 20 years old. It's seriously so weird for me to say that.
20 means I'm actually growing up...*shudder*

Yesterday was the most epically busy day of my life.

I had to be to work at 8:00, so that meant waking up early to get ready. Gotta look presentable on your birthday. It's a must.


I worked on an EOB from 8:00 until 12:30. Then I had to leave to go to cadaver lab *shudder*
I swear, the happiest day of my life will be when I don't have to go to anymore cadaver labs.
We are studying blood vessels, so we were poking and prodding veins and arteries. My lab instructor compared arteries to al dente macaroni noodles. Forever ruined my appetite for macaroni.
We also had to draw the veins and arteries on a life sized chalk outline. My group finished super fast. We don't care if we don't win the doughnut prize for the best one.


By 3:30 I was heading back to work. I worked on that same stinking EOB until 6:30 when I had to get going to Microbiology lab.

I'm afraid I was a little bit scatterbrained through the whole lab. All I wanted to do was go home. My lab partner was very nice and put up with my absent-mindedness. Sorry Kylie!


Finally, at 8:13 I walked through the doors of my apartment. Sarah had cleaned the living room. Best birthday present EVER! However, all traces of my roommates were gone! I felt so so alone at that moment.

Sarah and Janalee eventually reappeared and we finished out the night by watching CSI, a late Taco Bell run my request, and eating cobbler that Derek so kindly made for me.

This new work schedule just might be the death of me. Good thing it's worth it.




Also, I didn't take any pictures of the celebration because, honestly, there was no celebration. However, I do have this picture from awhile ago for you to enjoy...

I went to the Utah State hockey game with some friends and this was the entertainment during one of the breaks. Little kids playing hockey= awesome!

Pinky wasn't very happy to be there though.

Sorry for the totally random picture.

Gratitude #10

I guess I should do a Halloween post :)

I am grateful for all my friends and co-workers and clients that made this Halloween unforgettable!

I went to the Institute Dance as Celia from Monster's Inc.

Only Ryan was able to guess correctly who I was.

I got a lot of this:

"Pippy Longstocking?"

"Do I look like freaking Pippy Longstocking?!"

I mean come on, this costume is SPOT ON!

At least the people who guessed Medusa were close.

I went to a couple Halloween parties and Trick-or-treating with my client, so I went as a hippie.

It was a LOT faster and easier than Celia.

I got a lot of compliments about this costume and I really liked it a lot.

(The costume, not the compliments, though those were nice too.)

My roommate wore an authentic kimono.

There is a reason I wasn't born Japanese...that was super difficult to put on correctly.

80 hours in the making!

Actually, I don't know how long it took me, but this gift sure did take a long time to make!
I sure hope Kenna and Bracken like it :)

They were married in the Idaho Falls temple on June 3rd.

How wicked is that signature?!

Congratulations Mackenna and Bracken!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to their reception.
If you would like to see what I was up to, read here.

Basically, this is my life

I feel like I have been very adequately named.
Wanna know why?
Well, I'm gonna tell you even if you don't!

My life can most definitely be a dilEMMA!

(I feel like I should mention that I haven't seen this movie)

And I also feel like this song describes my life most of the time, which STINKS!

I guess it's gonna have to hurt

I guess I'm gonna have to cry

And let go of some things I loved

To get to the other side.

I guess it's gonna break me down

Like fallin' when you're tryin' to fly

It's sad but sometimes moving on 

With the rest of your life

Starts with goodbye

However!

I have made a commitment to myself to be happy.

So no matter how bad things get or how much I wanna quit

and run home to my mommy...

I'm gonna be happy.

See past the bad things and focus on the good.

I'm gonna get through this...

1. I have an amazing Heavenly Father.

2. I have an amazing religion.

3. I have amazing roommates.

4. I have an amazing family who sticks by me no matter what.

5. I have an amazing job with amazing kids who teach me more and more and MORE every day.

6. Jeff let me have first dibs on his Reed's Dairy Chocolate Milk

7. Ryan left me half a chocolate bar on my bed (where the other half went I could only guess)

8. Mystie left me a letter on my bed that made my day.

9. Megan made me laugh at myself for toasting a corn dog on the toaster.

10. I got to walk home in the middle of a rainstorm.

Life.

is.

good.

On my own...literally!

Okay, so I really am ON MY OWN. None of my roommates have shown up yet (the one who has is in Minnesota, so I haven't met her). The apartment managers weren't home all day yesterday when I actually came to move in, so the assistant manager let me in. I just crossed my fingers and prayed I was in the right apartment. The managers were back today, so I went down and got a key. Let me tell you, it's awfully nice having a key to where you live. I kinda feel welcome now :)

So far living on my own has consisted of:

• Unpacking my room (which took an hour tops).
• Reading The Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale for about 56 pages
• Falling asleep at 7:00 thinking I was just going to take a brief nap
• Waking up at 11:30 and convincing myself to read my scriptures, write in my journal, and say my prayers
• Falling asleep again
• Waking up at 8 and deciding to get my lazy butt out of bed (I was almost disgusted that I slept for 13 hours!
• Sitting around and playing my iPod, talking to Maci for 30 minutes, and Mom for 20
• Convincing Maci to bring my straightener with her to Pocatello because I left it (she was doing a driver's lab and the teacher wasn't that thrilled that they had to stop to give me my straightener)
• Getting myself presentable
• Going to the IT help desk to get my laptop configured to the school's wifi
• Trying not to die laughing when the guy said, "Maybe I have the wrong computer code. Not LIKELY, but I guess it's been known to happen...I have the wrong code." When he couldn't get it to connect.
• Messing around on facebook
• Blogging :)

Anyway, I posted some pictures of my apartment for your enjoyment. Maybe I should go think about getting myself some Spaghettios for lunch...but first I have to walk back to my apartment :P

This is your first view of the apartment. Definitely a college apartment,
but who could ask for better for 150 a month? Not me!
I'm not picky :)

Here's the kitchen. There's another fridge on the opposite wall and some
shelves just around that wall there on the left.

All those post it notes on the wall have quotes on them...from
the girls living in the apartment. I can't wait to add to it! And I also
can't wait until I actually get what half of them mean!

Here's my room!! Yes, those are ORANGE utility storage shelves :)

Is there any question whose bed this is? Orange and purple
all the way :)

TV cabinet with an ORANGE lamp and ORANGE flowers :)