Mon 4/29/13
-Peds final, Peds ATI final--went pretty well, but I didn't quite score high enough on the ATI to get the full points. Decided to probaby do the re-take the next morning, just to totally secure my A.
-completed HIPAA/OSHA re-certification in the library with Maryn and Jessica there
-finished and submitted my IHC capstone paperwork
-FHE--member missionary activity, and my car found a couple referrals for the missionaries! So great!
-Work--invited Paul to come to my singles ward sometime, and I think he wants to! A really good night with Paul
Tues 4/30/13
-Peds ATI retake--so glad I did it, saw Maggie there, she encouraged me to look up some stuff that I had missed yesterday first, so I did, and because of her, I barely got a good enough score to get the extra point I wanted. Thank goodness!
-Zupas for lunch with Maryn and Maggie (instead of going swimming with Maryn, like we were planning on after I re-took the ATI. Pool was closed for maintenance.)
-Finished the scholarship poem, submitted a few different scholarship applications
-Work
Wed 5/1/13
-Spent a few hours cleaning the kitchen (which Mom totally noticed and was really appreciative of, which made me feel so good)
-gym
-Helped Ashley Squire move, where I met Kory Fleming, who is sort of in our ward, but goes to his old one mostly, and he is really great! I had no idea! I chatted with him some, and he seemed like he wanted to get to know me too. I then had a little crush on him. Also am getting a free haircut out of helping her (that was her bribe:). Score.
-Straight to VTing meeting with our presidency and Holly, the VTing coordinator. We scrapped VTing, and made all (mostly) new assignments. We used my idea, with the sticky notes and boards, which made me happy that we used it, and it seemed pretty effective. Goal was to make Holly feel less overwhelmed by VTing. Hard calling.
-Work
Thurs 5/2/13
-Hiked Ensign Peak with Maryn, Maggie, and Elisa--so fun! I had never hiked it before (sad), it was great, and such great weather!
-Ran errands--bank and Walmart--got a bunch of stuff for Moab and such (sunscreen, new sports bras, travel tissues, new face cleanser wipes, etc. But I'm so excited for Moab!)
-TRAILS--hand cycling at Liberty Park, such nice weather! Casey and Khoa were fun to be around that day
-Ward softball game--first of the season! I went partly in case Kory was there, actually. He was not there. But it was fun. Especially after my first hit and I totally face planted in the dirt on the way to 1st base...one of the more embarrassing moments in my life.
-Stopped by a certain Garret Glissmeyer's house to borrow his graduation cap. He's semi-new to the ward, and we chatted for a few minutes at his house, and I left with a large crush on him, thinking that we could be really compatible. He seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me, and I wanted to get to know him too. I felt like we could have chatted all night. He was really nice and has a maturity about him, that not all 27 year olds have. Probably because of things he's been through, including marriage and divorce recently (rough). And it was kind of hard to hear that, but I don't know the story or anything, but he volunteered that information, and by the way he said it, made it seem like perhaps it wasn't his fault. I don't know. But I would love to get to know him better.
-gym--hoped to see the guy with long curly blonde hair, that I was prompted to share the gospel with last Thurs night and DIDN'T (argh! I wish I had.), but didn't see him there. But good run that night, 3.6 miles, I think. Funny, after 3 miles, I felt like I could run for a while longer, those first few miles are harder though.
Fri 5/3/13
-got stuff done at home, sent emails, etc.
-gym--I wanted to bike because I was kind of sore from running so far the night before, but then I saw that the Mentalist was on tv (it hasn't been on tv while I've been there in a while!), but there are no bikes in front of that tv, and I couldn't help myself, so I got on a treadmill and just walked for an hour while watching it. Good episode.:)
-GRADUATION! (Crazy! I'm not actually done, but we walked.)
Got ready, headed to campus for pictures with our class at 4 pm, parked, waited for the shuttle, got worried it wasn't coming, so I started walking to the nest stop. Then it drove past me (aah!), so I just started speed walking all the way down campus (far!). Took my shoes off after a while, and a few min later, as I was approaching President's Circle where we were meeting, looked down at my shoes in my arms and saw that my left shoe had come apart. Perfect. So got there, all flustered, hot, my robes and hat in my hands and not on, and my great friends helped me pull myself together enough for our class picture right then. Then we took a bunch of friends pictures there at the Park building with the temporary red U's set up, all with me in bare feet (I think we hid them well). And then, Elisa's saintly husband ran to the bookstore nearby and bought me super glue (Elisa's grand idea), and we super glued my shoe back together while standing in line forever to go in. Then I glued the edges for security after we had sat down in convocation. Walked across the stage with the super glue tube tucked in one side of my bra and my phone in the other. And my shoe stayed glued! :) I even wore them to church today, and they still stayed! I love super glue.
Convocation was so fun though! I'm so glad we all (who did) decided to walk! Mom, Dad, and Camille came, and it was so nice to have them there, especially Camille, who surprised me. And she was so nice to come with her new nice camera and take lots of nice pictures for me.
-Dinner at Citrus Grill with Mom, Dad, and Camille (yum!)
-Work
Sat 5/4/13
-Bike ride with Wendy 6:15 am
-Then went running (alone) after at 7:45. It was good to try that out, all outside with the real things, instead of just at the gym, but that run was torture. I had to walk more than usual, including stopping and laying down on the grass at a church I went by for a few minutes. But when I got home I check how far I had gone on mapmyrun.com, and when I was hoping it was even 2 miles, I had gone just under 4! That totally surprised me and made me so happy!! It also gave me hope and encouragement, that all this training is doing something, and that it is possible for me to survive farther distances.
-Drove out to Simon's and then Megan's soccer games, such nice weather! Got some sun (yes).
-Hung out at the Kerrs' house for a bit after, played on the tramp with Simon, Rachel, and Dylan for a while, which was fun, and good to spend time with them. I don't do that enough. Megan was getting lunch with Steve.
-Did some much needed laundry
-Cleaned my room
-Dinner with Sam and Elise Powell at City Creek--so fun to see them! I just love those two, they are both so down to earth and easy and fun to be around. Elise is pregnant, due in a month and a half, and is still so cute. And Sam is still so sweet to Elise, I love seeing that.
-Came home, knelt to pray to start my fast before I went over to Nichole's to jam on our guitars, and totally fell asleep on my knees for about 30 min! I woke up and realized I was supposed to be at Nichole's already, and frantically got up and went over with my guitar.
-Played guitar with Nichole, and chatted, for a bit. About the she-and-Mike situation (ever changing and developing and progressing again, thankfully, and me and the new Garrett situation, as well as various other things, Survivor, Amazing Race, joining choir, etc.:). She and I are becoming better and better friends all the time, I love it. I really value our friendship.
-Reviewed my lesson a bit before falling asleep
And now today, Sunday, picked up Jodi and went to choir practice (Nichole and I decided to join choir last night:), church was great, Joel (Anderson, mission buddy) came to my ward today to visit, so he was there with me, and I saved a seat for Garrett Glissmeyer, my new friend. So he sat on the other side of me. So it was slightly hard to totally focus the whole time..:)
I taught RS on missionary work, the lesson I've been kind of preparing for months, since I knew I would be teaching it. And then I had it all ready last month, and turned out I was a month early. So I taught today, and I felt pretty good about it. I wished I had had another hour or so, there was so much I wanted to talk about and share, but I'm grateful for how it went. I was definitely guided.
And Helene Nance came up to me after and thanked me for it and now has decided to act on the prompting to share the gospel with an old friend of hers. So exciting.
Joel came over to the house after church and hung out here for a bit, Mom and Dad and we sat and chatted, then they went down and had naps, and Joel and I chatted for another little while. It was good to see and talk to him. I will always love that kid. He needs a haircut though.
Then I called Jamie back, who had called me when Joel was here, and we chatted for a while until I had to go, to head up to Eric and Michelle's. I just love her, and I am so grateful things are so good between us. She's been up in ID this weekend, with her family and new niece, so she was on her way back, and wanted to know how church and my lesson went. I was pretty bummed she had to miss it, as well as Liz too, actually. I have so much respect for both of them, and would have loved their input on how it went or what not, would have loved them to be there. But that's okay.
Then we went up to Froerer FHE in Layton, and I was glad I went. Not very many of us were there, compared to normal, which was nice. It was fun to chat with the cousins and aunts and uncles, and I helped Dad give the lesson on missionary work, part of which I had used in my lesson earlier. I love teaching and I love missionary work, so it was fun. And I felt pretty cute today, my hair worked really well. And I really like feeling cute around the Froerers, especially for some reason. After the lesson Bobby complimented me and said good job, and that I was a good teacher. I really appreciated that, it meant a lot, coming from him.
And now I'm here at home, finally writing in my journal! I've been meaning and wanting to catch up on journal writing for days, weeks even! Yes.
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