Queen of Random

You know it's time for a blog update when you get a text message from a friend saying that you need to update your blog. I didn't even know this friend checked my blog. haha, well thanks to Chandy, my little indian :), i'll finally put something on here.

here's some pictures of me and my girls (clients) doing what we do best! ... being goofy!! :)

This week has been a little bit rough. It started out good,.... we didn't have to go to track and field practice on Monday with the clients :) and I got to watch the Pretty Little Liar Season Finale!! But by the time Wednesday night/ Thursday morning rolled around the week had taken a turn for the worse. I work a grave yard now on Wednesday nights at work so I go in at 10 Pm and leave at 8 am the next morning. No sleeping on shift. Just cleaning and making sure the clients are sleeping. At around 6 I have to get the clients up to go to their day program.

This past Thursday morning was a disaster. One of my clients, who i can't say her name but I will just call her Betty, woke up in a not so pretty mood. I couldn't get her out of bed, and when a different staff came in and finally got her up I thought we would be okay. But NO... she was still mad at me (i have no idea what i did either...) ... she wouldn't let me get her ready or make her breakfast or anything. When i finally thought we were on good terms, she tells me she wants my backpack. I tell her she can't have it and she gets all mad again! She starts yelling at me and she even told me I was a piece of garbage and that I needed to go wreck my own car and walk home!! I'm trying to keep my cool, (remember up all night, no sleep)... and so I just leave her in her room where she is going through her stuff. Finally it is time for me to load her up into the van so she can go to her day program. I start wheeling her outside, and she grabs her wheels, unbuckles her buckle, and reaches down. This whole time I'm thinking, oh no, she's going to fall out of her chair! but no, she reaches down, grabs her foot-peg, which is broken so it comes off very easily, takes it, and chucks it!! I thought she was going to hit me, but luckily she threw it backwards. It almost hit her roommate though. It was a scary experience and I finally just went to a different staff and said, "Forget it, I can't get Betty in the van. Will you come help me??" Betty was loaded and gone. Phew. Talk about a mentally tough morning.

One thing I learned from this though and from many other experiences at work... you can't hold a grudge. I went back to work on Friday and she was perfectly happy with me, while I was still worried about the other day. I had to remember that everything she said to me she didn't really mean, she was just having a rough morning. So i guess there's a good side to every situation!! :)

On a brighter more random note, I got a queen bed! i love it!!

 

I decided recently to put off graduate school for a year to have a break and just some school free fun for me. My mom was a little bit upset about it, but I convinced her it was for the best. Then a few days later I was checking my email and I had a message from the University of Utah. I opened it, confused they'd be emailing me. I started reading it and the lady said something about how she saw I was applying for this upcoming fall semester and then regrettably she told me that I had missed the deadline. Ha, not by a few days mind you, the deadline was last NOVEMBER! haha! It was a good thing I had already decided I didn't want to go! So now I have till this November to apply for next year! :) it all works out!!! :) :) :)

well my friend always tells me I'm random, and I think my blog cements that title for me. Sorry this post is so random, but oh well. it is what it is. lol :) I gotta go get ready for work though. So peace out. Hope this works for you chandy!!!

special olympics!!!

The Special Olympics of Utah were held this weekend in Salt Lake. I was chosen as one of the staff to go up to help out.  I was really nervous for the trip, because I had never done anything like this before. We left St. George on Thursday. When we got to Salt Lake, we went out to dinner and then went to the hotel. After we put our clients to bed all of the staff sat in the hallway talking and stayed up probably wayyy tooo late for having a full day planned for Friday. Friday morning we woke up and got our clients ready and then took them to their event, which was bowling. It was a fun time. All of the clients did great and we had a blast. After bowling we chilled in the hotel until the awards ceremony. We had dinner and then the awards and the dance. At the start of the awards ceremony they light the flame and that was so amazing to watch. They had to athletes carry the torch and it just touched my heart watching them go up front and light it. The dance was a blast. :) our girls sure do know how to boogy! After the dance we went back to the hotel and put our clients to bed, they were exhausted. The staff hung out again and then we got up Saturday and headed back to St. George. It was a tiring trip but really fun. It was fun to watch our clients and know that we are part of special memories for them. :) Here are some pictures.... :) okk so the pictures aren't loading right now... so they will get posted later tonight or tomorrow... but they will get on here i promise :)

TAG YOU'RE IT

My sister tagged me... i don't know where this came from but thought i'd do it for fun

4 TV shows I watch:

1. One Tree Hill

2.Hellcats

3. Pretty Little Liars

4.Make It or Break It

4 Things I am passionate about: 
1. Living Life to the Fullest
2. My Clients
3. Family
4. Becoming a better me :)

4 Phrases I say a lot:

1. "For real"

2. "That's what she said"

3. "I'm being lazy today" 
[yes i do say that alot as i rock the sweats/basketball shorts frequently]

4. "nice!"

4 Things I have learned from the past: 
1. Don't let guys ruin a great friendship 
2. forgiving and forgetting are two different things
3. A good cry can be very healing
4. Things happen for a reason, good or bad, make the best of the situation and learn from it :)

4 Things I did yesterday:

1. Worked- helped Kathryn bowl

2. Worked- danced with my girls at the special olympics victory dance

3. Worked- hung with co-workers after our clients went to bed

4. Worked- took care of my girls :)

SPECIAL OLYMPICS!!!!

4 Places I would love to visit:

1. Samoa
2. Australia
3. Jerusalem
4. Bahamas

4 Things I am looking forward to:

1. Tax Returns
2. Summer tan
3. My Next Paycheck
4. Seeing different members of my family over the next couple weeks :) :) :) :)

4 Things I love about Winter:

1. hot cocoa
2. cuddling in front of a fire
3. kissing in the snow
4. building snowmen or sledding or having snowball fights with friends

4 People I tag:

1. Jaimie Tanner

2. Tara Hodson

3. Christina Tarbet

4. Judi Coburn

Pictures

Here are some promised pictures of my new place of residence :) okk mostly the front of the house and my rooom.

Here ya go Mom

Since my Mom doesn't have facebook I figure it is about time I post on here again. Life in St. George is grand. :) I work 4 days in a row and then relax the next 3 and then start the schedule again all over again. I love my job. The clients are great and when they aren't, well ,I learn the meaning of patience. ha.

Last weekend we had the area games for the Special Olympics they do for the clients in Utah.  They do one event at a time so this time it is bowling. We went to the bowling alley to see if our girls could qualify to go up to Salt Lake. The girls did great and I think they are all going up to Salt Lake!! I don't know yet who is taking the girls up to Salt Lake but if I am one of them, Mom you should come down and watch!!!! [i'll keep you posted on that one]....

I think one of the things I love the most about St. George is the almost constant sunshine. Today I sat outside with my friend Jade and soaked up some sun. It was great, why?, because its January and I got a tan line :) :) :) Jade taught me how to use a loom so we have been making beanies. It's been fun.

Jade and I also discovered that at the old rec center down here they have volleyball every tuesday and thursday. :) so we are starting to go to that every week and play. the bsu outfitted pictures are from when we played last night. Jades mom and dad made fun of me. They said my shorts looked like they were from the 80's. So to make them laugh more I pulled my spandex down all the way and ran around their house. Then Mama Alisa made me pull up my shorts and tuck my shirt in, to complete the look. I felt like a fool but it was funny. Playing volleyball is fun. It's getting me back in shape, and hopefully my shoulder will get stronger from it. Right now it still just kinda kills after every night we play. ooops. but i'll take the pain over not playing everyday.

Here are some random pictures from St. George. Someday I will take some of my new place of residence, aka home, but I keep forgetting.

 Kathryn colored on my shirt one day. I sat too close to her on the couch. I thought she was just patting my back, and realized too late she had a crayon in her hand. luckily its a cheap undershirt from Walmart :)

Finals, Graduation, Break, Interview, Job

Finals week was crazy! I worked every morning from 7:45 until 2-3 [changed depending on the day], then went and worked with a group on a presentation for a final. I then would return to work from 5 until however long it took us to close the testing center. Repeat every day. All week long. Talk about tired. By the end of the week, I could barely speak English, my thoughts were dysfunctional, and whatever I thought I had said, hardly ever made it past the thought phase... haha.

But Friday night brought about my last shift ever at the Testing Center. As I was walking out, it finally hit me that that was it. No more tests to scan, no more fun shifts with all the TC peeps. I was done with BYU and now had to move on to the next phase of my life....

Which, I had a job interview today in St. George. I was called back about an hour after the interview and offered the job. I was not expecting to hear back so fast, but when you tell the interviewer you are going home for Christmas break, it apparently speeds up the process.

Anyways, I am now an employee of Danville. Which is a company that houses and works with developmentally disabled people. I am excited for the job and think it will be great to help me out with my future goal of social work.  My first day is next Monday!!!

Now my life is spent with figuring out housing, how I am going to prove that I have lived in Utah for a long time so I can get a new license, and just enjoying the freedom of no school and learning the ropes of a new job.

Happy Holidays Everyone! I hope ya'll have a great time with family and friends!!! <3 ya

Last Day's Eve

As I sit here, I realize tomorrow is my last day of classes at BYU. EVER! yes, last day of classes ever. So as I sit here procrastinating my last paper [sorry Christina], I just thought I'd reflect a little over my time as a Cougar.

Some very random things I have learned:
1. make a friend in your major and take all your major classes with said friend. I don't know what I would have done without Jenny Brooks. I probably would've gone broke from buying all my own books and not sharing, failed a few tests, and struggled through even more through my boring classes, or skipped class in general, lost all my hair doing SPSS, and I would've just hated my major. Thanks jenny!!
2. Just because you go to BYU, does not mean you are smart. Ha. Yes, I work at the Testing Center. Yes, I deal with some very stupid students everyday. [Can i say that here??] OOPS :) but it's true. I will miss my time at the Testing Center, but I will NOT miss students who can't fill in their bubbles right, who can't read a bright red stamp that says "DO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAM", and who ask mulitple pointless questions and who won't believe me when I give them an answer. Yes people, I know what i'm doing.. i've worked here for 3 years!!
3. BYU needs to loosen up on a few things: namely caffeine regulations and facial hair. Life would be so much better if they served caffeine and didn't care about scruff.
4. Trying to convince teachers you don't need to take your final doesn't work. Yes, we tried that in my Soc 426 class tonight and epically failed. I think we almost had her convinced though. Maybe next time... wait... there won't be one!!! :D
5. People do swear at BYU!! haha, yes a girl in my class swore during a discussion about females in the work place. No mother, it was not me. HA.
6. You can procrastinate and still get good grades on assignments... if you doubt, just look at mine! hahahahaha.
7. what else did i learn? oh yeah, enjoy it while it lasts cuz soon it'll be gone.
I'm excited to be done soon. I still have no idea what I'm doing after.And it's just hitting me now that I may be leaving all my friends behind soon :(  But I'm excited for the upcoming ride filled with uncertainty and adventure!!!