Girls Camp

I survived! I had a great time at Girls Camp. The weather was pretty good to us. We had good cloud cover and some rain that helped. If I had gone to camp like this when I was in YW I may have actually liked it better! I got to help the YCL's do everything. They were fantastic. There was some down time which was nice. I got to do the fireside and think it went ok. I felt like I didn't make a lot of sense, but when do I? I am glad I could go. Still a little tired, but it was fun.

I have 13 more hours to do this week and I am DONE with school! Then I just have to wait for my license to come. For those who don't know I did great on my test! The highest you can get is a 900. I was hoping for something in the 700's. I got an 817!!! I tied one of my teachers and did better than some of them!!!! I was definitely blessed.

I don't work a lot right now. Last week I got a whopping 2 hours in. I don't think I will have much more to do at Sylvan if any at all. I am good with that. I am looking forward to finding a job.

July will be fun. I get to go to Florida with my friend Darlene. I am SO excited. Then I will help Rachel move to Arizona. I am so NOT excited. I will miss them all too much. I do hope to get to Utah soon because I for sure miss my family and friends there!

Enjoy the pictures I got to take of my sister's family!

To the Finish Line

I am in my internship! It is 52 hours-- 40 hours on hands on massage and 12 hours of admin help or case studies. I have finished 18 hours! I want to be done by July 2, but not sure it will happen. I am out of my free massages so now people have to pay $30. It is going to be more difficult to get people in. I have worked on my first old man. He was in in 70s. It wasn't so bad. I look forward to getting better so I can really help people.

My sister is moving. BOO. I will have to make lots of money so I can go to UT and AZ a lot more often. I am sick of missing all the kids grow up!

Work has come to a snail's pace. I will only work 3 days this next week. I look forward to more time for me and studying. I take my licensing exam on the 22nd. I have done ok on the practice tests, but I want to do more studying!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day sure is different now that my Mother is no longer here. I get to sit in Church and hear about Mother's and it makes me sad. I miss my Mom like CRAZY! Today wasn't much different. The lonely side of me was there... the single childless side was there... the rebellious side of me that thinks I WILL NOT take a free gift was there... but all in all I did take the gift (This year a CD instead of a flower I would kill! YEAH!) My Bishop did help me out, he reminded those of us without our Mother's to let it be a day of rejoicing and not of sorrow, for we know they are still alive and looking after us. I liked that. Good to remember. So, it wasn't so bad today!

My Mom's Mom is still alive. This is how I remember her. It is good when I get to go see her. I need to start asking more genealogical questions!! I hope she has a good day!

I have 3 more weeks and then I get to start my internship! YEAH! I am really looking forward to it.

Next Round-- GO!

So I have survived the last of the 5 week mods with most of the crazies! It will just be me and 2 other girls (that I like) that move to the last 2 mods. I should get my table in the next week or so!!! I am excited for that. It will make practicing that much easier! This week I will learn about salt scrubs and masks... then 4 weeks of clinical. That is when we put it all together and practice "real life" situations for massage... then the last 5 weeks will be business and intern hours. If I can be quick about getting my 52 hours of massage in I could be done with school by 4th of July. That would be nice! I am ready to say goodbye to the Sylvan world and start this new phase. I figure I will be nice to my sister and take a prenatal massage class this summer.

No crazy school stories. Well one guy had a bad week last week because last weekend he was standing next to his buddy when his buddy got shot! I don't think it was a fatal shot, but still. CRAZY!

This weekend was our Stake RS Meeting. We had classes and lunch. I got to spend most of the day Friday at the church setting up, Sat. at the church getting ready, participating, and tearing down. I am tired! I can't remember the last time I thought I was bored.

I never wrote about the April birthdays-- Kaijsa is 17! She let me take her shopping and that was fun. She's a cutie and we had fun. She picked the Spaghetti warehouse for dinner... I was not very excited about it because I thought I wouldn't like it because I remember not loving it the last time, but it turned out good. So, good pick Kaijsa! Rachel-- her birthday surprise of finding out she was 10 weeks pregnant! WOW!!! I am excited. Bring on the fun!

May will bring more birthdays. I have Kaitlyn taken care of. I have McKenna taken care of too! Sure wish I would be out there for when she opens her gift, but o-well... Now to shop for Kinsee!!

Pool weather is here! I didn't get in the water yesterday, but it was nice to lay out. Kaijsa was the only one to burn-- and we weren't out that long!

Well enough chatter!

Easter

Hoppy Easter as I like to say. I love this time of year. The Bluebonnets are out, I saw my barn swallows today, it is light so much longer. Lots to be thankful for. I am grateful for Easter Sunday-- grateful the Lord rose like He said He would. I can remember Mom and know I will see her again!

I got to color Easter eggs with Thomas and Cade. It was fun. I remember my Mom making cool eggs. I didn't inherit her skill. I still love deviled eggs! (good job sis)

Went and saw How to Train Your Dragon. It was actually a cute movie. (Title does not match the movie, but that's okay). The kids had a good time. A good day with Rachel's kids. Cade came too.

I also saw Clash of the Titans. I liked that one too. I do not remember seeing the 80's version so this was good. Having just finished the Percy Jackson series I was more into what was happening and who people were.

School is fine. 3 more weeks and I should get my table! YEAH!!! Then it will be so much easier to practice. Larry may not like it as it may not be as comfortable to sleep on, but o-well. There was another annoying kid kicked out this week. I am glad. Class should be much quieter!

Hair

So this is what my hair looks like now. I like it.

Spring Time

I LOVE Spring! Too bad it is so darn cold today! It was 70 yesterday and today-- 40. Gotta love it! I took the flower pics today.. notice the flood water in the back and yeah, a little droopy looking for the flowers.




This was the first Spring Break that I have had to work. It was a little depressing to be in school... work.. well I worked and we'll leave it at that.

I did take Cade and Richard to a lady in our ward's house she and her daughter have the horses. Now that I know how nice the horse, Serendipity, is I will have to take Kam and Kinsee I am sure! It was fun.

School has been fine. I survived the last 5 weeks. We have had 2 different teachers. It has been a little crazy. 5 more weeks and then I get to leave most of the class. I am so hopeful that the one guy that makes me nuts will be switching classes starting tomorrow. Wish I had a good story to tell.. but nothing lately.

I have been watching Who do you Think You Are. I call it Genealogy Hollywood style. It is actually good. I like seeing the "famous" people find out about their heritage. Maybe when I am done with school and I have a job I will start trying to figure out where Mom left off and do our family history.

My big news is that I got sick of my hair and instead of chopping it all off I colored it. I need to take a picture... I like it. Different. Fun.