I'm sick. Tuesday night I started getting a sore throat. On Wednesday it had turned into a pretty painful sore throat. Wednesday night I started thinking it could possibly be strep. I started having chills and a fever coming and going. I tried to think of anyway to get out of any of my classes on Thursday, but I just can't afford to miss class right now. Friday I started getting a pretty painful ear ache. Now, I haven't gone to the Dr. at this point because I don't have insurance. Yesterday morning (Saturday) I was feeling pretty crappy. Sore throat, congestion, & an ear ache. According to webMd.com it was either just a cold or an ear infection. I decided that I would stick it out until Monday, and if I still hadn't gotten better I would go to instacare. Well, yesterday night about 8 o'clock, the pain in my ear starts to become unbearable. I was sobbing from the pain, and my ear had started to bleed. James and I were baby sitting Kay, so I couldn't make it to instacare last night, besides they closed at like 8 or 9. After Jodi and Mike got home, James took me over to my parents' for some TLC from mommy and a blessing from dad. Jamie was also able to find and instacare that was open on Sundays and we decided that I'd go first thing this morning. I finally made it to Dr. this morning and found out that I do in fact have an ear infection. The doctor kind of chuckled about it cuz he said it's really not common in adults at all. Since I waited so long, my eardrum has ruptured and has a hole in it, which is what is causing the bleeding and fluids to come out. So, sickness and pain wise I'm so so so much better now. I've been taking my antibiotics and he also gave me some loritab for the pain so I was able to catch up on some much needed sleep today and it should be completely healed within 4 or 5 days.
So, when you get an ear infection, if it's not treated it can start to effect your equilibrium and throw off your balance and vision and stuff. This started happening to me a little bit Friday and Saturday morning, but man was it bad Saturday night. I've never been drunk, but I would imagine it would feel kind of like that. James and I stopped at the store to get me some more powerful pain meds on the way home last night and I had to hold on to his arm the whole time. I couldn't walk straight to save my life. After the store we were at the gas station and James was putting air in my tires. I looked at my Wal-mart reciept and noticed that I had been charged for 2 boxes of Aleve instead of just one. No worries though, we went through self-checkout, so I ripped myself off. As James got back in the car I asked him why he let me ring my stuff up by myself and handed him the receipt. He looked at it and just started laughing. As did I. It was pretty funny, as was some other stuff I said and ran into while walking. Good times.
The happiness in my title comes from my new found love for Loritabs :) haha, jk. Well, partly kidding. I do love my Loritabs, but the happiness in the title comes from my wonderful James :) He's been so amazing the past few days. He pretty much hasn't left my side and has catered to my every need. I'll get up to go get something, and he'll yell at me to stay put and he'll get whatever I need. He's been driving me everywhere, cooking me dinner, googling remedies for my many complaints, and just making me smile. I'm really really grateful for him and all he's helped me with. He is seriously the best. I am one lucky girl.
It sucks going to the Dr. without insurance, but I'm really happy and grateful for already feeling so much better. I'm also glad this hit me when it did since I was actually able to kind of take it easy. I have an exam tomorrow and school all day Tuesday that I now should be able to fully function for. Thank you modern medicine.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
80s dance
A couple weeks ago there was an 80s dance at UVU. My roommate and her two friends (who are now also my friends :)) and I all went together. The whole night was such a blast. We had just as much fun dressing up and getting ready before then we did at the dance. The outfit was fun for a night, but not sure I'd want it all the time. The music though... definitely love me some 80s music :) There is no way I could only pick one or two pictures, they all make me laugh.
before...
and after
before...
and after
oh, and Institute
I also added to my crazy schedule 2 Institute classes. I actually just joined these 2 classes because they were the ones my roommate was taking, but I'm really glad she did.
My first one is "Scripture Study: The Power of the Word" taught by Brother Gibbons. First of all, I love him. He is very funny and makes class very entertaining. Sam and I were talking about the differences in our 2 classes and how we really got the best of both worlds. In this class we learn a lot. I have pages and pages of notes and references already. It's very factual and informative, and through that I of course feel the spirit. But it feels more like a school class information wise. Which is really not a bad thing, I like it a lot and like I said am learning A LOT.
My second one though is "The Teachings of Thomas S. Monson" taught by Brother Sodderberg. I love him too and he is also very funny. But he teaches more by the spirit in my opinion. We hardly ever get through all we are supposed to in one day, just because he kind of lets things happen and "goes with the flow." I feel the spirit so so strongly ever day in his class. Plus, what better topic could there be? He gave us this notebook of talks that we just go through one at a time throughout the semester. I just finished the one we are doing today called "Finishers Wanted" its from the July 1972 Ensign. And wow. It is powerful. Definitely made me cry just reading it. I'm so excited to go to class and hear everyone else's thoughts and comments on it.
Just in these first 2 weeks I've come to have a very strong testimony of Institute. It's so nice to have a quick hour of the spirit 4 times a week in the midst of all the other craziness college brings. I love this Gospel, more and more everyday
My first one is "Scripture Study: The Power of the Word" taught by Brother Gibbons. First of all, I love him. He is very funny and makes class very entertaining. Sam and I were talking about the differences in our 2 classes and how we really got the best of both worlds. In this class we learn a lot. I have pages and pages of notes and references already. It's very factual and informative, and through that I of course feel the spirit. But it feels more like a school class information wise. Which is really not a bad thing, I like it a lot and like I said am learning A LOT.
My second one though is "The Teachings of Thomas S. Monson" taught by Brother Sodderberg. I love him too and he is also very funny. But he teaches more by the spirit in my opinion. We hardly ever get through all we are supposed to in one day, just because he kind of lets things happen and "goes with the flow." I feel the spirit so so strongly ever day in his class. Plus, what better topic could there be? He gave us this notebook of talks that we just go through one at a time throughout the semester. I just finished the one we are doing today called "Finishers Wanted" its from the July 1972 Ensign. And wow. It is powerful. Definitely made me cry just reading it. I'm so excited to go to class and hear everyone else's thoughts and comments on it.
Just in these first 2 weeks I've come to have a very strong testimony of Institute. It's so nice to have a quick hour of the spirit 4 times a week in the midst of all the other craziness college brings. I love this Gospel, more and more everyday
Monday, January 18, 2010
school, school, & more school
Any ideas what this post might be about? Yes, me :) So I was a super slacker for like 2 months there, and then this past month I've just been too busy. I could make this a very long post about everything going on in my life, but I'm just gonna vent about school for a minute. I've been working on my english paper for the last hour, and I'm now having some issues on what to write next, so I'm writing on here.
I'm taking 17 credit hours this semester. I didn't really realize just how much that would be until about 2 weeks ago when I started them :)
Biology 1010 - By far my most favorite class. I absolutely love my teacher. He is freakin hilarious, and "speaks my language" I guess. I seriously understand everything he says and I've actually come to realize that I love biology itself. Chemistry will be a different story though... The only potentially bad thing about this class is we are solely graded on tests. We have no homework or anything to help our scores. Good thing I've always been a pretty good test taker.
Psychology 1100 - This class is Human Development. It's pretty easy and my course load is pretty easy too. My teacher is crazy though. She gets distracted so easy and we never EVER do or finish what we're supposed to do in a day though. The sweetest thing is that we have like 3 quizzes per unit, and if we get an 85% or better on all the quizzes then we don't have to take the test for that Unit and we get an automatic A. So, I'm pretty confident that I should ace this class.
English 1010 - Hate hate hate hate it already. English has always been my best subject. I enjoy the literature aspects of it and stuff. BUT this class is a writing class. I have a paper due everyday. The one that is open in my microsoft word currently, is a 900 word (3page) due tomorrow about this stupid video we watched in class the other day that was about 20 minutes long. Ugh.
Math 1000 - Oh math. For some reason it has always been my enemy. I haven't taken math since my sophomore year of high school (4years ago). Because, I only took enough to graduate cuz I hated it so much. I had to take a placement test to find out which class I needed to be in since my ACT scores are too old. So, I tested into this one, over passing 890 and 990, but not quite getting into 1010. I was totally ok with that because I know I need more practice. My thinking was that after this class I would try to test out of 1010 and get right into 1050 (which is what I need for nursing). If not, just take 1010 and move a little bit slower than I would like. SO... come to find out on my first day of class that 1000, the one I'm in, is a combination of 990 and 1010! CRAP! So it's pretty hard and we go extremely fast cuz we have so much to cover. I have no fears about passing the class... just about getting an A. I do love my teacher though and the math lab on campus that offers free tutoring is slowly becoming my new best friend.
Nutrition 1020 - I don't have too much to say about this class. I only have it once a week. My teacher is nice enough, it's just fairly boring. I don't see it causing any problems. I'm sure I will get an A
Now, the reason I am stressing about getting an A in every class. I've known from the beginning how hard the nursing program is to get into. The wait list can be up to 2 years sometimes. So, I've been stressing to myself and everyone around me how important it is to get a 4.0, so that way I get put higher up on the list and accepted into the program faster. But, if I didn't get a 4.0 it'd still be ok, just a longer wait. Come to find out last week, I WAS WRONG!! The entering gpa for the nursing program right now is a 3.98. Meaning, you can't even be accepted unless you have a 3.98. Talk about stress!!! So now I HAVE to get a 4.0. If I don't get an A in a class, I have to retake that class over and I really really really don't want to do that.
So yea, that's school in a nutshell as of right now. Everyone pray for me and my grades that I can keep up the 4.0 :D
I'm taking 17 credit hours this semester. I didn't really realize just how much that would be until about 2 weeks ago when I started them :)
Biology 1010 - By far my most favorite class. I absolutely love my teacher. He is freakin hilarious, and "speaks my language" I guess. I seriously understand everything he says and I've actually come to realize that I love biology itself. Chemistry will be a different story though... The only potentially bad thing about this class is we are solely graded on tests. We have no homework or anything to help our scores. Good thing I've always been a pretty good test taker.
Psychology 1100 - This class is Human Development. It's pretty easy and my course load is pretty easy too. My teacher is crazy though. She gets distracted so easy and we never EVER do or finish what we're supposed to do in a day though. The sweetest thing is that we have like 3 quizzes per unit, and if we get an 85% or better on all the quizzes then we don't have to take the test for that Unit and we get an automatic A. So, I'm pretty confident that I should ace this class.
English 1010 - Hate hate hate hate it already. English has always been my best subject. I enjoy the literature aspects of it and stuff. BUT this class is a writing class. I have a paper due everyday. The one that is open in my microsoft word currently, is a 900 word (3page) due tomorrow about this stupid video we watched in class the other day that was about 20 minutes long. Ugh.
Math 1000 - Oh math. For some reason it has always been my enemy. I haven't taken math since my sophomore year of high school (4years ago). Because, I only took enough to graduate cuz I hated it so much. I had to take a placement test to find out which class I needed to be in since my ACT scores are too old. So, I tested into this one, over passing 890 and 990, but not quite getting into 1010. I was totally ok with that because I know I need more practice. My thinking was that after this class I would try to test out of 1010 and get right into 1050 (which is what I need for nursing). If not, just take 1010 and move a little bit slower than I would like. SO... come to find out on my first day of class that 1000, the one I'm in, is a combination of 990 and 1010! CRAP! So it's pretty hard and we go extremely fast cuz we have so much to cover. I have no fears about passing the class... just about getting an A. I do love my teacher though and the math lab on campus that offers free tutoring is slowly becoming my new best friend.
Nutrition 1020 - I don't have too much to say about this class. I only have it once a week. My teacher is nice enough, it's just fairly boring. I don't see it causing any problems. I'm sure I will get an A
Now, the reason I am stressing about getting an A in every class. I've known from the beginning how hard the nursing program is to get into. The wait list can be up to 2 years sometimes. So, I've been stressing to myself and everyone around me how important it is to get a 4.0, so that way I get put higher up on the list and accepted into the program faster. But, if I didn't get a 4.0 it'd still be ok, just a longer wait. Come to find out last week, I WAS WRONG!! The entering gpa for the nursing program right now is a 3.98. Meaning, you can't even be accepted unless you have a 3.98. Talk about stress!!! So now I HAVE to get a 4.0. If I don't get an A in a class, I have to retake that class over and I really really really don't want to do that.
So yea, that's school in a nutshell as of right now. Everyone pray for me and my grades that I can keep up the 4.0 :D
definitely not a baby anymore
Riley is gonna be 20 months next week!!! Good gracious they grow up way too fast. So obviously he's been going to nursery for a while now. Ron and Lori said he does pretty well with it. They don't have too many issues with him going. He's saying a lot of words. Not quite in sentences yet, still just words. He is such a little boy now though. He got a basketball hoop for christmas and has such a good little arm and aim :) He continues to be the cutest boy in the world and the greatest blessing in my life.
November 09
December 2009
November 09
December 2009
this boy...
So, there is this boy in my life. This boy and I actually have quite a history together. James has been in my life for over 2 years now. I met him when we worked together at Alorica in July of 2007. I was very interested in him when we first met, but I was with Jon. Well, Jon and I finally broke up and I started dating James... and then found out I was pregnant. That pretty much sucked. James was amazing to me throughout everything. He wanted to stay with me, but I couldn't be with someone else while I was pregnant with Jon's baby. Anyway, he was extremely supportive but we both ended up going our separate ways. Until a few months ago. He popped back into my life, and has had a very big role in it ever since :) He is pretty much the most amazing guy I've ever met in my life. For reals. He rocks. Anyway, just felt like he deserved a little place on my blog :)
he loves my kitty :)
the girls love him :)
he loves my kitty :)
the girls love him :)
Thanksgiving weekend
Thanksgiving was full of family as usual. Missy and Nick were able to come out and stay with us for a few days. We went 4 wheeling, played lots of games, and ate lots of food. Thanksgiving night we went to see Blindside which was A-Mazing!
David & Logie, me and Kenadie
So, trying to post pictures I realized that I didn't take like any pictures of thanksgiving. So, sorry about that :P
David & Logie, me and Kenadie
So, trying to post pictures I realized that I didn't take like any pictures of thanksgiving. So, sorry about that :P
Catching up
I'm sure I will miss some things here and there, but I'm gonna try my best to catch up on some of the bigger events that I've missed over the past few months.
November 14th - Disney on Ice
I took the girls to Disney on Ice again. I loved it the first time I took them, and they loved it so of course I wanted to go again. This one was princess themed. They included all the major princess stories. They did short little summaries for all of these stories. (pardon the quality of the pictures)
Aladdin & Jasmine
Sleeping Beauty
The Little Mermaid
Mulan
Snow White
Beauty & The Beast
Then for the end they did a long version of Cinderella, then had all the princess and prince couples from all the stories go to the ball to celebrate Cinderella's wedding. It was super super cute. I wish the pictures could do it justice.
Avrie with her light-up princess crown
Baylie with her tinkerbell journal
November 14th - Disney on Ice
I took the girls to Disney on Ice again. I loved it the first time I took them, and they loved it so of course I wanted to go again. This one was princess themed. They included all the major princess stories. They did short little summaries for all of these stories. (pardon the quality of the pictures)
Aladdin & Jasmine
Sleeping Beauty
The Little Mermaid
Mulan
Snow White
Beauty & The Beast
Then for the end they did a long version of Cinderella, then had all the princess and prince couples from all the stories go to the ball to celebrate Cinderella's wedding. It was super super cute. I wish the pictures could do it justice.
Avrie with her light-up princess crown
Baylie with her tinkerbell journal
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