Turkey, Greece and Egypt on the Norwegian Jade

Mom and I recently returned from our 11 day cruise to Turkey, some of the Greek Isles and Egypt. The flight over was relatively uneventful, and when we arrived in Istanbul it was about 530 pm. We finally got through customs, and got on the shuttle to take us to the Jade and arrived at the Jade at about 9 pm. We were exhausted, but we signed up for our shore excursions and are dinner, and then went to bed. The next morning we went on a tour of Istanbul. We started with the Blue Mosque, or the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet. It is the only mosque that has 6 minarets. It was beautiful. It is called the blue mosque because of the large number of hand painted tiles on the interior using predominantly the same shade of blue, and making the inside seem to be mostly blue. It was beautiful and impressive. Then we went to the Topakapi palace. It was the residence of the Sultans of turkey for hundreds of years, and we got to tour through the Harem, and the treasure rooms. The kitchen was under renovations, so we didn't get to see it. In the Harem we saw the same hand painted tiles that decorated the inside of the blue mosque and got some really cool close up pics of the tiles. The walls were covered with these tiles. We also saw the treasure room, and all the riches of the sultans that are in there, including the dagger, and this diamond that was about the size of my fist. We also saw a whole lot of other jewels and jewel encrusted all sorts of things. Then we had the opportunity to go to the grand Bazaar. The bazaar is a large building that has hundreds of shops in it. All of the shops are very small. About 8 feet across, and 10 feet deep, so full of merchandise there is barely room to walk. All of them are selling things and call out, "Hey lady, buy a nice peshmina scarf/hand painted pottery/purse/bag/jewelry/etc, best price!" One scarf seller proceeded to use me as a model for his scarves in an effort to sell mom on the idea of buying one after she told him, "I don't wear scarves." "Then as gift." he says and ties scarf after scarf around my neck, finally topping my head with a hat for the picture. We laughed and finally worked our way through the maze of shops back to the bus that took us to the ship for departure. We took some time on deck to pose for pictures, as we were between two continents. The one side is Asia, the other is Europe.
The next day we were up ridiculously early and watched them dock the boat in Izmir, and then we made our way on a tour to Ephesus, and a carpet weaving place. Both were very cool. Ephesus is the ruins of an ancient city that was a thriving Roman city. The library has been reconstructed using as much original material as possible, and the marble paved streets have been excavated out to be able to be walked on. They had a water system running under their public toilets which effectively was a flushing system. There are 40 something side by side holes! Pretty impressive. We also stood in the theater where the apostle Paul taught the Ephesians. Then we went to the carpet weaving school where we learned how they get silk from the silk worms, how they dye the threads with natural dye, and how they weave carpets, as well as we saw hundreds and hundreds of hand woven carpets with brilliant colors. They were beautiful and soft and $150+. Less expensive than any you'll find in the states, but still more expensive than any of us could afford.
Our next port was Myconos. Myconos was built with narrow maze like streets to confuse the pirates that used to plague the Island. The streets certainly were maze like, and confusing to these two tourists, but it was a beautiful place, and the colors of the buildings were stunning. The buildings were painted white, with blue shutters, and doors. There were a few shutters and doors painted a green color, or a yellow color, but mostly blue. That shade of blue is believed to ward off evil, so it is used quite readily. We played in the Mediterranean sea there, and the blues in that sea are stunning.
Our next port was Santorini. Santorini is an island that is shaped like a crescent moon. It was a volcano that erupted and much of the volcano fell off into the sea. The volcano is still present on an island across the way. The bay where the Jade stopped was so deep it was impossible to lower the anchor. We stayed in place by using the jets that maneuver the ship. And we were ferried to shore aboard ships which they called tenders. The dock sits at the base of a very steep cliff that stairs have been carved into. Older houses were carved into the cliff face. We were ferried ashore to the dock where we had three options, ride a donkey to the top, where the town was, ride the tram, or walk. The donkey was 5 euros, the tram 4. The distance, about a mile. We were informed of an earlier planned departure than was scheduled because of an impending storm that they believed would shut down the tram. We chose to ride the tram up, and wander around the town for a while. We had planned to go to the beach, but with our time cut short we didn't think we could make it. Besides that it was rather windy and cloudy which made it a bit chilly if you were wet. It was a shame really, I would have liked to see the black sand beaches.
That night we had 4-7 foot swells. Mom woke up really tight. That day we were on Crete. We went to Knossos. The ruins of the ancient Minoan civilization, which is believed to have met its end by a natural disaster, namely the eruption of the volcano at Santorini. They had some really big pottery and there were some reconstructions of what the palace would have looked like. The minotaur gets its start here.
The next day was our day at sea, then we went to Alexandria. Our tour group picked us up and we had a whirl wind tour of Egypt that day and the next. We visited Giza where we saw the tomb at Saqqara, the first pyramid to be built, then we went to great Pyramid where we rode camels, and got to touch the pyramids, and see them up close, then we went and saw the Spinx. Where mom was offered 10 thousand camels for me. That night we had a Nile cruise, which was a bit of a disappointment, and we stayed at the Sheraton that night. The next day bright and early we went to the citadel, where we visited another mosque, and then we went to the Cairo museum. The mosque was impressive, but like the rest of Egypt in dire need of a good cleaning, and the museum was like no other I have ever been in. The museum was almost like a warehouse, with Egyptian artifacts scattered through the whole thing. There were sarcophagus in the middle of the floor with no rope or glass or anything exept a sign every so often saying, please don't touch. The museum needs updated, and there are supposedly plans for a new museum, but I don't see that happening at any fast rate. Egypt over all, very dirty, and I came back to the ship smelling horrid.
The next day we were at sea, and lazed about the ship all day, the next day we were in Katakalon. We rode the train to the ancient site of Olympia. We were told the museum didn't open until 130, but we later found out that it had opened earlier even though the sign said Mondays 130. The archeological site was cool, and we got pictures next to some really cool stuff. The pillars are huge, I got a picture of mom standing next to a section of a fallen one. It is wider across than she is tall.
The next stop was Napthlion, but we got hit with some type of Egyptian bug that mom was afraid to get off the ship and be ferried to port, so we just looked at the island from the ship, and we watched them put the ferry boats back on board at the end of the day.
The next day we disembarked in Piraeus where we took a taxi to Athens to our hotel. We then explored a bit of Athens. We saw the acropolis, the theater of Dionysus, the Accropolis museum, currently only 1 euro, and the temple of Zeus. Then we went to bed woke up really early and flew home.
We arrived in Jackson hole more than 24 hours later, and subsequently crashed in our beds, ready to sleep for a day. We had a blast, and enjoyed our time together. We also had a marvelous vacation, and came back ready to get to work preparing the house for the Holidays, after we had recovered from Jet Lag that is. :D

I miss naps

Or at least the benefits of cheerfulness resulting from the nap. A nap nowdays results in me feeling groggy for the rest of the day. I'm visiting Sky, Lacey Abi and Emmalyn right now, and when Emmalyn doesn't get a nap, she is definately not a cheerful little girl, which she is normally. I wish that all the world could be cheered up just by having a nap. On another note, my nieces are adorable, and very fun to play with.
I'm looking forward to my cruise with mom, and am really excited to get a few more stamps in my passport. :D Moving on.
GC was great, I really enjoyed it.
My Branch is a blast, and a half.
And my job search is still unsuccessful.
That's me updated in a nutshell.

Greetings Y'all

And Now for the grand update from the fascinating world of ME. Mom, me, Jake, Zac and Chelsey all headed to Martin's Cove on Thursday morning. The hike up into the cove was fun and it was very entertaining to see all the children playing together. Thursday night we drove to the Willie center, where we were nearly eaten alive by mosquitoes. Never have I ever seen so many mosquitoes in one place. With the wave of the hand you could hit 10-15, and that isn't counting the ones that flew away. When slapping someones back you could be garanteed to come away with at least five dead buggars. Every family went through at least one tall container of mosquito spray within the first 16 hours. Never have I had to apply squito spray every time I stopped. We hesitated to wash our faces because we knew that we would wash off the repellent and be bit at least 20 times from the bathroom to the tent. There were children who looked like they had a rash on their cheeks because they had so many bites. Friday morning we went for a ten mile trek with our handcarts. We had about two families per cart, and our family was teamed up with another family from our ward who also had left their dad at home. There were only three males in our group, Zac-9, Jake-11 and Jake-16. There were also four women and one girl to pull our handcart. We headed out trying to avoid the mud puddles at first, then we came to a puddle that there was no way to aviod. The boys headed through diligently pushing the cart, and getting wet up to the knees. We headed through several pastures, and crossed many high waters, several of the puddles were so deep they had a current. One such puddle hit me at about the crotch. We were all soaked before lunch, first because it was raining, and second because of the puddles we waded through with the handcarts. We got to the river crossing that afternoon and were told that they didn't want us to pull the handcarts across because it was still high water, about to the waist, and they didn't want us to be in water that covered the axle of the carts. The missionaries were a bit surprised when we told them that we had already traveled through several puddles that were to the axles on the carts, though their current wasn't enough to sweep the carts down stream like the river was. Though at the deepest point the river was only up to my waist. It still had a current that I was glad not to have to pull a handcart across. If I hadn't had a rope to hold onto I could have been swept off my feet. We had brought water shoes along, but by the time we reached the river, our feet had already been wet for about 8 hours, so a little clean water was refreshing. We also took the opportunity to take off our shoes and socks, and wring them out, to minimize the squishing of the water in our shoes.
We got back to camp, and to our joy found that they had fogged multiple times that day. The mosquitoes were few and far between, which was a great contrast to the entire hike, and the day before at camp. I think the rest of the night I only saw about 100 mosquitoes. It was fabulous. Loved watching and listening to the children play together. They had no electronics, and were entertained by playing red rover, tag, football, and frisbee. The parents could let their children wander, because everyone knew who the child was, and who they belonged to. It wasn't uncommon to see one of the older children leading a crying little one back to the child's parents.
The entire experience was a learning one for me. It really does take a village/community to raise a child. The ward supplies that community, and everyone looks out for everyone. This ward really was a family. In hearing the stories of those ancestors that left everything they had, thinned and thinned their belongings down to the point that everything they owned would fit into a handcart, and then pulled it across the plains all because they had a desire to join the saints in Zion, I was impressed to see that all these pioneers were willing to go through, and they wouldn't have changed the experience for anything. I remember a story about an 11 year old boy who carried his little brother who was 4. He carried his little brother all day, and even though they fell behind, he kept carrying him. He managed to get them into camp, where he collapsed. He had given everything he had to help his brother, even his life. That 11 year old boy died there in camp that night, but the rest of his family made it to the valley.
I kept thinking about that. He gave everything. That is what the lord asks of me. He asks me to give everything, even my life. Not my life in death, often what he asks of me is much harder than death. He asks for my life in living as he would were he here. In serving, in forgiving, in being charitable, in being willing to reach outside my comfort zone to help those around me. He asks me to choose the best option. To listen and obey when prompted to do something. He asks me to give my all. That 11 year old boy managed to do it. He served, and gave everything he had. He gave his life in service. And so should mine be.
We had a wonderful experience, and had a fun time to boot, in spite of the mosquitoes. TTFN

Update

Hello all! Lets see, not much going on in my life. I'm still applying for jobs, and not really getting anywhere. I've been working for dad, and helping mom. I made two skirts and three bonnets for the trek to martin's cove, and bound my mom's quilt that she quilted like two years ago, but hadn't gotten around to binding it. I've run errands, and cooked dinner lots. Recently my mom and I have taken up walking, we usually make it about 2-3 miles in the time we allot ourselves for a walk. This morning mom decided she wanted to try to be able to run again, so we ran the telephone poles. We would run one, then walk the next. We went up to above Teton springs, but not quite all the way to the top of pole canyon road. By the time we got up there mom was really tired, and I was reminded how out of shape I am. On the way back we ran one pole, and walked two. It was nice to go running again, I only hope that I'll continue to have the motivation to go. Tomorrow it will be up to me to get mom out of the house, 'cause there is no way she'll be excited about going running again if I don't. It is time for me to go home, TTFN.

Another update!

It is sleeting/snowing. Bah! But really thats okay because I can do other things this way. Today I returned to the singles branch. It was great to be welcomed back, and I am looking forward to getting involved in the branch again. Ben and I watched the CES fireside on his computer upstairs, well I watched it, Ben napped. I thought it was excellent of course. Yesterday was the Stake preparedness fair. I enjoyed it, and I also obtained all sorts of information for my future, a pretty random assortment, but all interesting and helpful. Not much else is going on, other than I got in contact with my friend Crystal. We've known each other since before we were in kindergarten. It was great to see her again, and I'll probably be going to many of the singles activities with her. Other than that my life is pretty boring. I put in applications at many hospitals, but I haven't heard anything, and so I keep waiting. I think it is a test of my patience and learning how to trust in Heavenly Father's plan. 

spring! come back!

Sigh, spring is taunting me. When I moved all of my stuff out of my apartment in Rexburg last Saturday, the weather was beautiful. The sun was shining brightly and I was very comfortable in my shorts that I wore. When I arrived in Victor that night it was to dark to see much, but I could tell that there were still snow banks lining the road, big ones. The sun came up for a beautiful Easter Sunday, and I was hoping that the fields of white that I could see would start to melt, BUT, spring ran the other direction on Monday as IT SNOWED. Spring screamed, FOOLED YOU! and laughed manically. I haven't seen the sun since, as all day today it has been raining/snowing. It depends on when you look out the window whether you see little while fluffy things falling or just splashes in the puddles. Its cold and wet, and I want spring back. Of course it is only April, so it isn't surprising that spring is taunting me. I'm sure it will come back sometime, I think, I hope. Sigh.

Graduation!

Happy day! Today was graduation! YAY! I am a bachelors degree nurse. Now I have to find a job.... Thanks to Sky for coming to support me, and being the photographer behind my camera! For graduation Sky and Lacey gave me the most amazing shirt, especially amazing for one as vertically challenged as me- 5'nothing.



















I LOVE it! You're the best Lac!

Sad news

So I wrote a while ago about my plans to go to Nauvoo on the church history tour. It was kinda going to be a last HURRAH as a BYUI student. Unfortunately the weather is abominable, so the school canceled my tour. If I would be here next semester I could go on the tour then, but unfortunately I graduate, so I am SOL as far as it goes with the school. I guess I'll have to make plans to go some other day. On a brighter note, because I thought I was going to be gone this weekend I worked my but off all week to get as far ahead on my homework as I could, so now I can't say I am completely caught up, but as far as assignments go, I have one 1 page paper, four 4 page papers and one 8 page paper, and three quizes to go for the one class, and a powerpoint to assemble, post and discuss for my other class(nursing that is). Also a ton of reading to do in the bible. I need to read the last five chapters in Leviticus, I need to have Numbers read by next Thursday, and I need to read my student manual on the OT. Also I have a chapter on Islam to read and some exerpts from the Q'uran to read as well.
I also only have three more weeks until graduation. I graduate Friday April 10th. The ceremony is at 9 in the morning I think, then there is another at 11, and then I'll be done with my bachelors. What will I do next?
I've been looking for jobs, and that has been an interesting search. I can only pray that I'll be able to find one that is willing to work with me.
I have plans to go ballrooom dancing with a friend this evening. It could be very entertaining for me to learn how to ballroom dance. I'll figure it out somehow.
I guess one thing good about graduating is that I can act like a dork and not care, 'cause I probably won't ever see any of the people who see me acting like a dork ever again! : ) Over the past semester I've been known to teach people dances in the strangest of places, like on the sidewalk going someplace, or while waiting for food. I've been known to do the Pate-pate walking across the parking lot(it's a tahitian dance, LOTS of hip). I have to say I have had so much fun this past semester. I am looking forward to what life will bring, but I am also so sad to be leaving.
But it is time for me to get back to searching for jobs. So, if any of you who read this blog hear anything about a Med-Surg Nursing Job in Idaho, let me know!

Really quick update

Well, school has been flying, and I have had a blast in my sewing and dance classes, and my water aerobics class haas been pretty fun too. I love my religion classes and because of those, my favorite days are tuesday and thursday because I get a double dose of religion class. : ) The sun is shining britely, and the days have been warm (ie 40s) the snow is staring to melt and the gound is muddy and the sidewalks are puddled. I love spring. (SARCASM DRIPPING) What I can't figure out is why my knees hurt. Not the "a storm is coming" ache, but the this knee has been in the wrong position for two long and now it won't bear weight well pain. It hurts to walk! I am really not looking forward to the stoll across campus today. On the lighter side, I have my information meeting for Nauvoo next thursday, and I am soooooo excited to get to go to Nauvoo! I need to do my nursing homework, but I have been having a hard time making myself do it. I guess it is bad when all other homework is more fun that the homework for you major. : ( I guess it is probably time for me to be done with school, though I just don't want the semester to end. I think I am going to miss school. I've been applying to jobs, and I have had an interview, but I don't know if I got the job and I should find out today, tomorrow or monday. I hope I got it, but if not I'll just have to widen my search for a job. : ( Time to limp up to the Taylor. ; )

Happy V-Day!

What an odd holiday, Valentines day. The celebration of a Saint (Saint Valentine) who married roman soldiers to their sweethearts. Lets toss in the colors red and pink, and a little cherubim who goes around shooting people with arrows, as well as lots of little hearts. I suppose the hearts aren't so bad, and even though pink and red are definately not my favorite colors, I suppose that isn't really so bad either. Cupid though. The baby/toddler son of the Roman gods? A little toddler is going to decide who I fall in love with? Who thought this one through? Really I can just see this toddler, Ohhh, well she looks nice, and oooooh he looks nice, lets draw this bow, and shoot love arrows at them so they fall in love. How on earth is a toddler supposed to have the strength to draw a bow, and how often do you think he misses, though if he's been a toddler for the last 1700 years, he definately has had lots of practice.
Oh well, as my roomate said, Any reason to celebrate is a good reason.
School is keeping me busy, and I am working hard to get caught up in a couple of my classes. This next week is midterms, and though I have always thought of them as kind of pointless, I have three test this next week to prove that I have learned something. Well I hope I have at least. A few nights ago I was reading through my e-mail from the school, and noticed this announcement about the church history tour. : DI thought that would be really fun to go on, especially with the two religion teachers who are in charge of it. One of them was my church history teacher, and he knows so much about the history of the church, and he showed us some pictures he took of church history sites and I decided that someday I wanted to go and see all the church history sites. For someone who has never been east of Cody, Wyoming, the idea of going to the midwest is a bit daunting. So I thought, if I am going to go see the church history sites, I should do it with people who know what they are talking about, so I signed up for the church history tour at the end of this semester. The tour goes from March 25 through March 30. I don't really know much more on the details, but I am excited for it.
FHE is much improved over last semester, my FHE brothers this semester are much nicer and more willing to participate. It is definately on my top five favorite FHE groups.
I've got lots of stuff to do, so I had better get on it instead of procrastinating.

42 things about me

1 WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Memorie Evans Grant, or Grant Evans, I can never remember which name comes first.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I don't remember, must have been a while ago.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING ? Not usually

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Honey Turkey

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Nope

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I probably would, I can be pretty fun.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Depends on who I'm talking to.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Do I have to pay for it? If no then I probably would if I wasn't the first to go.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Frosted Shredded Wheat

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nah where's the fun in that?

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I used to be.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Vanilla, because you can add anything to vanilla and it still tastes good.


14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Girls: Eyes and Hair color. Mouth and the direction it is going (ie are they going to have frown lines or laugh lines?)
Guys: Their build, (how broad their shoulders are, how tall they are, how wide their hips are, etc)

15. RED OR PINK? Red

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I have to do everything so well, that when I am not immediately at least kinda good at something I want to give up.

17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Dani

18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Faded blue jeans, and no shoes.

19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Triscuits, rosemary and olive oil, my favorite crackers!

20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The furnace motor

21. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Periwinkle blue

22. FAVORITE SMELLS? Clean laundry-or even the smell of laundromats or laundy rooms that have doors so the soap smell gets caught, and when you open the door you think, mmmmmh laundry, Cookies,

23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Megz

24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Figure skating and a good football game with lots of really cool runs and good sports.

25. HAIR COLOR? Blonde.

26. EYE COLOR? Blue.

27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes

28. FAVORITE FOOD? Home made soup, or other wonderful things that I am to lazy to cook.

29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings, but don't a lot of scary movies wind up with at least one person alive and therefore "happy" in the end?

30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? City of Ember

31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue

32. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Early Summer, June-ish. Can't wait.

33. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs

34. FAVORITE DESSERT? depends, Chocolate sounds really good, like brownies, or chocolate cake, and I don't even like cake,

35.. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? erm.. do text books count? I am re-reading the Five Lessons a Millionaire taught me.

36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? A scratch and a spot that the pad is being worn down in the middle(it's a laptop)

37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? The superbowl actually over at my FHE brother's house

38. FAVORITE SOUND? Silence or sprinklers durring the summer(the kind that go CHK CHK CHK)

39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? erm... probably Beatles

40. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Southern Cali?

41. Do YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Not that I can think of off the top of my head. Any suggestions?

42. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Driggs.

Random FWDS, Kinda interesting

44 ODD Things about you! If you read this, copy it to your own blog and, FILL IT OUT! Learn 44 things about your friends, and let them learn 44 things about you! Send back to me and to several more friends !!
1. Do you like blue cheese? Yup

2. Have you ever smoked? Nope.

3. Do you own a gun? No.

4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? Bery blast
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Not really
6. What do you think of hot dogs? No thanks

7. Favorite Christmas movie? Miracle on 34th street

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Same as I prefer to drink the rest of the day OJ!

9. Do you do push ups? Not often

10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My egyptian cartush with hebrew writing on it from Israel. My mommy brought it back for me.

11. Favorite hobby? Reading, I've become a pretty big fan of yoga over the past few years, but I don't think that's a hobby.

12. Do you have A.D.D.? No
13. What's one trait you hate about yourself? I have to be the best so fast, and if I am not the best of really good really fast I want to give up.
14. Middle name? Sue
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment. My gum is getting hard, I need to go to class, and my hair is tickling my face.

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Milk, water, OJ
17. Current worry? I have so much homework to do, and almost no motivation to do it.

18. Current hate right now? Not really a fan of sergers at the moment
19. Favorite place to be? On or in my bed
20. How did you bring in the New Year? Playing games with my family, and chels at home
21. Where would you like to go? Every where
22. Name three people who will complete this.???
23. Do you own slippers? Yes
24 What shirt are you wearing? Blue short sleeved
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I probably would, though if I recall right they are rather staticy(from childhood)

26. Can you whistle? Yes

27. Favorite color?Blue
28. Would you be a pirate? No I am to nice to be a pirate, i'd give every body their stuff back
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? whatever megs and chazz got into my head

30. Favorite Girl's name? Xiomara

31. Favorite Boy's name? Seth
32. What's in your pocket right now? Chapstick
33. Last thing that made you laugh? my roomies last night
35. Worst injury you ever had? Ran into a barbed wire fence on a four wheeler

36. Do you love where you live? Yeah

37. How many TVs do you have in your house? one
38. Who is your loudest friend? Chazz
39. Do you have any pets? Not here.

40. Does someone have a crush on you? I dunno, I'm rather dense when it comes to things like that

41. Your favorite book(s)? Oh where to start....

43. Favorite Sports Team? Do I have to have one? I like the ones that are good sports win or lose.
44. What song(s) do you want played at your funeral? I haven't given it much thought. A funeral seems so far away to me right now.

School and Car Drama

Well this past week has been very fun. I have enjoyed all of my classes and am enjoying all of the classes that are in my schedule just for me. I love my water aerobics class, my World dance class is amazing and fun because everyone is learning and when we mess up you laugh and keep moving. My world religions class is absolutely facinating. I am learning so much about worship and finding christ in all religions. My nursing classes are my leas favorite classes of them all, which is sad seeing as this is my last semester in the nursing program.
So life here in Rexburg has been interesting with the whole no parking on the street thing. Where we usually park in the winter was full, so Alesa and the manager of what used to be Pine View(its now called the cedars) arranged to allow us to park over there. So I had been parked there for a few days, and called Alesa and said, hey do we need to pay to park here, do we need to get a thing to stick in the window or something, and she never called me back, and I lost track of time. So I came home today and was talking to my other roomie who also has a car, who said when she went to get in her car to go to work she had been booted. Of course she was quite livid. So she managed to talk the guy down to 20 to take the boot off, and she drove her car out of that lot and parked on the street. SO when Alesa came home we went and talked to her. She called the manager over there and we both went to get stickers to park over there. And I discovered that I too had been booted, so I called, and they headed over and I got the boot off for only 20, but being the vindictive person I can be I decided that I am going to park my car backwards with the tail end in the snowbank so the boot people have to get out of their nice and cozy cars to check on the sticker on the back bumper on my car. Its the small victories. The Manager over there said they are required to get out and check, and if they don't see the sticker then it comes out of their pockets, since they get payed by the boot. So put a boot on a car that is legally there, guess who made a big mistake.
and there is my Car drama.

Back.... again

Well I finished my first week back in school. This could be a lot of fun, and a lot of work. I enjoyed all of my classes that I had so far, though I didn't have the classes that are just on Mon, Tues (which would be my nuring classes). I have Water Aerobics, Clothing construction, World Religions, World dance, and Old Testament. Those are just the ones I went to this week, next week I'll also add in my two Nursing classes, Nursing research, and Nursing leadership.
I'm excited for all my fun classes. I really only need the two nursing classes, Water Aerobics and OT, but to keep my scholarship I have to have 14 credits at least, and I want to take the others.
Besides when do I have the chance to take fun classes and learn all sorts of odd things? For example on thursday in my world dance class we learned the korobushka. It is a russian dance. Translated it means cute little circle dance.
It's been fun being back in School, learing, and meeting new people, and I am looking forward to the fun I'll have next week.