cause wakin' up is hard to do

Yesterday was an emotional roller coaster. I woke up in a good mood, ready to tackle a bunch of homework and get some things done that I needed to do. First I made some banana bread for Rick, because I know he loves it. Then I did some homework and got ready to leave the house and get a hair cut and go pants shopping. Well, the shopping didn't get done. I went to get my haircut, and basically it looks horrible. It isn't what I asked for at all, and I hate, hate, hate it. I was so sad that I just went home and took a bath to try and relax. Then I did my hair to see how it looked after I washed it and did it, and it didn't look any better. So Rick was nice and we went out for dinner and then came home to chill. I started doing some more homework, but I fell asleep. And the next thing I know Rick is helping me get into bed. I slept through the night, from 8pm on. And that is really early for me to go to bed, but I really think I needed it. School is really roughing me up, and my new work schedule is hard on my body. But church today was great. It is kind of nice being back in Relief Society, but I still miss primary a little. And I'm excited about going to Grandma's house today, I'm glad she's feeling better.

Its a beautiful mornin'

So, this week hasn't been all that exciting, just the normal school, work, homework etc. I did find out that my friend Dani is the TA for my Geog 347 class, which is pretty awesome. Oh, and I bombed an english quiz, that was exciting too... Work last night went better than the week before, no vomit to clean up. Today hopefully will be an awesome, productive day. I want to get my hair cut, buy some new pants, and do tons and tons of homework. I already feel kind of behind, and I would love to get rid of that feeling. And this week I have too much to turn in to be behind.

Yuck

So, this is going to be a quick post just to say one thing, getting rid of a wart is gross. I've been putting medicine on it since Sunday, and it is killing the skin all around my wart, and the wart is hard and black. Just thought I throw that out there.

Here we go again

Two days down, two days left to go (for this week anyways). Tuesday was a pretty good first day of school. I got permission to take History of Tourism in America instead of Economic Geography, which will make my schedule a lot less crazy and it sounds like more fun. And, it will be my first history class at BYU. And then I went to Adventure Tourism and Ecotourism, and it sounds like it will be a pretty cool, laid back class. Then I went to my business lecture series class, it was okay, but not life changing or anything. The best part of my day was seeing a bunch of cool people like Becky Johnson, Chris Gibson and Dani S. Work was okay too, there are a lot of new people working there and they seem pretty nice. And I found out I don't have a single shift with Moises! Hallelujah!

Wednesday was a little rough just because it was so long. I have four classes back to back, being Tourism, Marriage and Family, English 315 and Map Use and Interpretation. All my teachers seem nice, and marriage and family seems like a class where I'll learn a lot. Hopefully it isn't too bad for Julie though, he says he directs the class mostly to people who are already married. Thats okay, May is right around the corner. My geography classes seem like they're going to be fun, and my teachers are nice, and one of them reminds me a whole lot of Toby Maguire. Then I had work, for 8 hours and it was loooong. I was alone till 6:30 because the other two people didn't show up. And we trained two new people last night, and that just always takes a long time. But at least I don't have to go to work today!

Today will be a read a zillion chapters of homework day, grocery shopping day, and go to one class day. I just really need to get back into the swing of school, because homework sounds so awful right now.

Back in Provo

Well, here we are back in the land of BYU, it almost feels like we never left. I have mixed feelings about being back. I did love being able to have fun and play with my family during the summer, and I just plain love California! I did, however, miss the pretty mountains here in Provo, and I'm excited to be back at school because I'm a senior and this is my last year. It is pretty crazy to think Rick and I are almost done and are going off into Grown-Up land, the real world where a whole new set of adventures begins. But I'm glad I get to start that process as a married person, it is a lot less intimidating knowing Rick is going to be there with me.

Our trip to Vegas was a blast! It was awesome, except that it felt like it was a million degrees outside, even at 2am! We stayed in the Luxor (aka the pyramid one) and it was nice. The only downside was that we didn't get our preferred room choice of a room with one king sized bed. We had a room with two beds! Oh well. We pretty much just hung out, we didn't have a schedule or anything. But we did manage to go swimming, see the lion habitat at MGM, tour a chocolate factory, go to M&M World, see Ka ( a Circ de Soilei show), and watch the fountain show and the conservetory at the Bellagio. We also just walked around and checked out a ton of the hotels on the strip. We also ate a ton of good food, which I think was Ricks favorite part. It was mostly just a fun time where we could be together and not have to worry about work or school or anything.

Since we've been back we went mega grocery shopping since our apartment had no food, plus I finished reading Angels & Demons and Rick and I went on a date with Matt and Christina and saw Ocean's 13 at the Dollar theater. It was a very good movie and it made me laugh. I think Rick was happy to see Matt, they are so funny together and such good friends. We made plans to hang out again and include Ben and Liz, and I think thats a great plan. I really like Liz and Christina, and when the boys get together it's like insta-entertainment, so much fun to watch.

Meteor Shower

So my husband is in Florida today soaking in the sun and staying in a swanky Disneyworld resort hotel. I'm pretty jealous, but not too much I can do about it.

This morning I woke up at 1am so I could drive Rick to Pamona, to meet up with a friend of his from PwC so they could carpool to LAX to fly to Florida. It wasn't fun, because I had only gotten about 2 hours of sleep before that and I hate the early morning anyway. We woke Julie up at 2am so she could be my riding buddy for the trip home. I'm glad she came, cause by 3am I was sleepy and might not have made it. I told you all of that so that I could tell you this: the only good part of waking up at this God forsaken time was that Julie and I got home, went in the back yard and we watched the meteor shower. It was pretty awesome, I've never seen one before. Even from the city we saw quite a few.

After going back to sleep and sleeping till almost noon, I had a pretty bland day. Did some homework, picked up kellie from band practice and ran some errands. I got another 100% on my accounting quiz though, which already puts me worlds ahead of where I was when I took this class in the spring, so I'm pleased. The rest of my week holds more homework, some clothes shopping (cause I really need some new clothes!), having Holly come down (Yay!!!!), picking up Rick from the airport and going to a wedding. Not too shabby, actually.

Yesterday was a blast because there was so much family in town. Dad was made bishop, which is kinda weird and hasn't really sunk in yet. But it was fun to have the Birds in town, and it made me really look forward to having Brittany at BYU in a few weeks. And the Walkers came over, and they are so funny. Grandma Chatfield was there too, and she is such a nice lady and so funny when she is with Sister Peterman. We had a day full of family, excellent food and a nice 2 mile walk.

Yay!!!

So today was a totally great day! I had the chance to just sleep in and hang out. I didn't even put on a bra till around 2pm. I played pirate Life and a game carlie has. We watched Princess Diaries 2 and I made cookie dough. But the news we got today is what made it really great. Rick was offered a job! I'm so happy for him, that is so great. We're not sure this is what we want to do when he graduates, but just that they offered him one is awesome. Plus that means he gets to spend all of next week at Disneyworld!!! That is so great! Plus, both Rick and I got pell grant money!!! Yay!!!!!!

Today will (hopefully) be a great day

Well, first of all, I am so happy just to be around still. I got hit by a semi-truck yesterday, and I walked away without a bump or scratch. My throat is a little sore from screaming, but thats it.

For those of you who don't know, this is how it went down. I was on the onramp to the 10W freeway. I was stopped at a red light waiting to cross alabama street and go on the freeway. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw an ambulance 2 cars behind me and I thought to myself "I hope he doesn't turn on his lights right now, I wouldn't know what to do cause I'm the first one at the light, where would I move". That really doesn't have too much to do with the story, but it's the truth.

Then the light turned green, I saw the cars in the cross street lane closest to me stopped, so I went. I wasn't even half way across the intersection before something hit me, something coming perpendicular to me, like I got T boned. I got scared and let go of the wheel. Then I saw it was a semi, I then started screaming and literally thought I was going to die. He hit me with a couple parts of his truck, but lucky for me he only hit the front corner of my car and then near my door. When all was done, my car had been turned 90 degrees by the truck. A guy ran over to my car and opened the door and asked if I was okay. I was crying, but I hadn't even bumped my head and our airbags didn't go off. Then the nice ambulance guys came over. I was so shocked and scared I had a hard time talking, and they called the police for me. They also helped me feel a little better by saying they saw the whole thing and assured me the light had been green when I went. They made sure I was okay and they were amazed that I was perfectly fine. Rick says I should have said yes to the ambulance ride they offered me, cause then I could be like on Grey's Anatomy.

The police finally got there and had us move out of the middle of the intersection. I had called Mom and Dad to come to be with me and for one of them to pick up Rick from the metro station, since that was where I'd been going. The policeman was very nice and understanding. He said it was the other guys fault since I had gone on green and he had run a red light. So that is at least a good thing, hopefully our car isn't too far gone, it was good enough to drive home, so thats a good sign.

And Rick is wonderful. He was so nice to me and offered me anything I wanted, like ice cream, a pony, a puppy and a bunny. Julie says I should have asked for crest white strips :)

Today is a big day for another reason. Rick has an interview today at 3. At this interview he is going to find out if PWC wants to hire him full time when he graduates. I think he will be just fine, and I really hope he gets a job. That would be so nice to know he has a place to go when we're done with school. And, he would get to go to Disneyworld, and mom has quite the shopping list for him. Well, this post is long enough, so everyone be safe today!

I'm gonna smack you!

Okay, so last night Rick and I went to see the Harry Potter movie. It was a pretty great movie, even if they left out a lot of story cause the book was so stinking long. However, the people sitting next to me were so rude. No, they weren't talking or kicking me or anything. They were shush-ers. They sushed babies! And then at one scary part a little kid said something to their parents, I'm not exactly sure what cause they weren't that loud, and the guy next to me said "Not right now, Kid". Then they proceeded to shush babies and kids a few more times. I wanted to just lean over to them and say "It's not like you don't know whats happening or how this is going to end!" Because from listening to their conversation before the movie, they are avid Harry Potter fans. I couldn't believe them.

You know you watch too much Grey's Anatomy when...

Every night you dream about it or dream you are in it.

Yes, that is what has been happening to me, Grey's just never leaves me alone. But besides accounting, I haven't really been doing much else, so really its my own fault. Well, today was a productive day. I took my first accounting quiz and totally scored 90%, which is pretty dang good. And I found out there is a certified testing center only 3 miles away, which is also pretty awesome. I really do think I can get this class over with before the fall, which would be totally awesome. Then, I only have two semesters until I graduate. And they aren't even that full, less than 15 credits each if I want them to be. Not bad, not bad at all. Then I will be able to say "Yeah, I have a college degree, which means I rock".

Well, recap on what has been going on with me lately. Last week I spent most of my time with the fam just chilling and having fun. The 4th of July was cool, we went swimming, ate some good food, played some catch, and watched some spectacular fireworks while eating cookie dough. So it was a great day, all in all. Then Kellie came up with me to Long Beach and we had a blast. Our furniture was delivered, so we finally had a place to sit, which is wonderful beyond belief. Then we saw Spiderman 3, which was good, better than I expected. Then the beach, where the water was warmer than I ever remember it being before, but it was overcast so it was cool once you got out of the water. But we had a delicious beach lunch, and Kellie was looking beachalicious. Then the aquarium of the pacific, where we pet some sharks and stingrays, plus we got to watch the big sharks get feed, it was cool. We also saw the Lovetts and I reminded Kellie that she needed to marry Parker, which she says is a bad idea but I think is a great idea. Then a long luxurious nap and back to Redlands. Church was awesome because Greg gave his homecoming talk, and I am so happy he went on a mission and am happy that he looked so happy. He is a good kid.

This week has pretty much just been some cleaning, laundry, accounting and lots of Greys. Plus I started wearing my retainer again, and it hurts so bad. Today I dedicated some time thinking about my birthday, and I think I've decided on either pie or cheesecake, and possibly a picnic instead of going out to eat. But I'm really not sure yet. Well, thats really all I have to say, so I'm just going to go...

Chocolate chip mania!

So I just got home from work and I am tired. We do a lot of set ups on Tuesday nights, we were behind, and we were short people. With the new chairs in all of the classrooms it took a lot longer to set up, too. But we got it done, we just didn't get any extra stuff done, but today was my last day so I don't care! I'm kinda feel bad I'm leaving Phil short people and during the busiest week of the year, but there isn't too much I can do about that. I guess I could stay and just go down with daddy, but I think I would totally fall apart being away from my hubby for so long.

I'm not nearly as stressed as I should be, though. I am taking a final tomorrow and I have only studied for 1 hour so far. Plus I still have tons of cleaning and packing left to do. But at least I'm not going into work. But I do want to go see my homies down in Cinnamon Tree though. I can't believe Amy graduates in August! I want to say goodbye before we part ways pretty much forever. Which is sad, the posse is breaking up for real. Okay, well, I've done my part posting quite a bit, now it is everyone else's job to step it up!

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Let me paint the scene for you. Me alone, about 10:15pm. I'm bored and I don't want to study. I put in a movie, but not just any movie. I put in a chick flick. Now, let me tell you why that wasn't very smart. I am a lonely wreck right now and I shouldn't have been watching a movie about people being together and falling in love because my husband is a few hundred miles away. I cried at the end of the Holiday. Not even at the sad part, at the happy part because I am alone. It was a pretty good movie though, I have to admit.

Work today was boring, but I don't mind it much. I also got an 80% on my midterm, which is pretty good. And I finally started cleaning the house. I got the living room organized and all the dishes done and cabinets cleaned out and started making piles of things to take, to give away, and to leave here. I'm getting excited to leave though. Rick said the apartment we're living in is pretty nice. And I'm just excited for a change of scenery and a chance to do something different for awhile. I'll finally get to do the stay at home wife thing and have the house clean and dinner ready when my husband gets home from a long day at work. I'm pretty excited about it, actually. It will definitely be different than what we do now.

Whats my name again?

Property Applied for - Name / Address:

Paradise Gardens
6479 Atlantic Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90805


Applicant Name and Address:

Allsion C Shelley
787 Wymount Terrace
Provo, UT 84604

This is an email I got from the apartment complex Rick and I are living in while we are in CA. Is Allison my first name? No, actually it isn't. No wonder they kept asking Rick to make sure I filled one out, cause obviously we have different last names.

I'm a toothbrush murderer

Hey all! Look what I'm doing, I'm posting on my blog! pretty awesome, I know, now Caleb you don't have to be so bummed. It's just hard posting when it doesn't feel like I'm doing anything interesting. Today is not interesting either, but I'll write something anyway.

Well, the last couple of days I've been working late so make more $$$. Next week will be my last full week of work at the MTC, at least for this summer. I can't believe we are moving so soon, we're going to begin packing stuff for Rick to take with him when he drives down. It is just weird because we need a lot of our everyday things, but not everything since we will only be gone a couple of months. And we don't have to pack everything because we still haven't found anyone to sublease our apartment, so we're planning on leaving most of our stuff in here. We'll probably give Holly and Caleb a key so they can check up on it every once in awhile and make sure it isn't flooded or broken into. Also, Holly and Caleb, we're planning on giving you one laptop and possibly the destktop too while we're gone so you can use them all you want!

Well, interesting things going on. First, I have been scrubbing tile and grout the last 3 nights, which is why I'm a toothbrush murderer. It was hard to get the grout, so I used a toothbrush like tool and I totally wore the bristles down to nothing. Second, I finally rented Dreamgirls and I love it! I really want the soundtrack now, because so many of the songs are so good! And Beyonce wasn't even half bad either. Third, today in my marketing class we spent the first 20 minutes watching a group present, then we spent the rest of the time preparing for and performing skits. There were three groups and we were given a theme to present and we had to do some type of shopping experience. Our group had the Pride and Prejudice theme, and the other two groups had Indiana Jones and Freddy Kruger. We all had props and costumes because we had about 45 minutes to prepare, so we left to people's apartments to get stuff. Let me just say, the Indiana Jones skit was amazing. Fourth, I watched the first Pirates movie, and it is totally the best of them all.

In other news, I can't wait to go home! And living in Long Beach will be sweet! Our apartment complex has a pool, a jacuzzi and a workout facility with a bunch of treadmills and stuff. I'm gonna work out every day since I'll be at home all the time. And the apartment layout looks like we'll have plenty of space, especially since we're taking very little. I'm going to be sad to leave my calling though, and by the time I get back Amy will be a graduated woman! I can't believe that she is graduating so soon! Another good thing about going down to CA though, is that Rick and I are going to finally go to Las Vegas. We're probably going to spend 3 or 4 nights there, we're for sure going to see a circ du soleil show while we are there, and it is going to be so much fun!

Okay, well, that is a pretty good post for now, but I promise to be better at writing on it!

A lot of crazy events

This week has been full of the crazy. First, I agreed to go on a road trip. It will be fun, but I'm so nervous something will go wrong and Rick won't be there to fix it! Oh well, just got to roll with the punches.

Second: Roxy left. That is crazy sad. This summer will be lonely without her, she is so awesome.

Third: My boss is gone for the next week so I'm in charge. And of course that means that something has to go horribly wrong. So at work yesterday I get a call that a toilet is leaking, Okay not a big deal, I can fix that. When I get there, it isn't leaking, it is full on flooding the bathroom! There was probably an inch of water on the floor and when I opened the door to get in it got the carpet outside of the bathroom soaking wet. There was also poop all over the floor, gross. So we got it turned off but couldn't fix it. So we just cleaned up and called emergency maintenence. Then I got a call that the floor underneath the bathroom was leaking onto the floor below. I cannot fix a leaking floor, sorry.

Fourth: I stood in line for two freaking hours to get into the testing center. Two hours! Then the test took me two hours. I didn't leave till Midnight, which is disgusting and wrong on every level. I was tired and I think the essays I wrote got a little crazy just because I was so tired.

Fifth: I slept until almost 12:3o today, which is super late and stuff.

But, at least school is over and I feel I did well on most of my finals, with Econ being the only exception. And I got $100 bucks for some of my books, which isn't great but it is more than I was expecting to get. And I'm going on a road trip! We'll be there for Carlie's prom and for Daddy's birthday! And we're going to the beach and possibly disneyland, because Steph may never get the chance again. The only bad thing I can see in the near future is that I have to work Friday and Saturday this week. Saturday nights are pretty much the worst because there is so much to do, but it's only once and I get more money.

Party Like Its Your Birthday!

Happy Birthday Holly!!!! 22, totally awesome! Well today was a mixed day. Had a pretty interesing guest lecture in my Geog 250 class and we got our tests back. I got the highest grade in class!! How awesome is that? I didn't miss any points on the essays or definitions at all, which is cool. In Geog 130 we talked about disease, and I started to feel a little woosy because we talked about AIDS and how it spreads, a lot about blood and needles, not my two favorite subjects. Question for all those out there who still read this. How far do you think kids in grades k-6 can walk to school? Then I went to the store to prepare for the picnic and for girls night. I'm really excited for this weekend!

Last night was fun because we got to see Rick's dad Steve. He is so awesome and totally nice. He took us to Goodwood barbeque and it was so good. I go bbq chicken, french fires and coleslaw, yum yum. We found out about rick's family since we're no good at keeping in touch. His brother Tim just worked out a few kinks in his research and presented it to his mentor. Pretty much all he has left to do to finish his Ph. D. is write it up and present it at a couple of conferences. It only took him 2 years, and steve said the average is 5, basically he is amazing. Jen and family are moving to PA in June, and it will be sad to have them be so far away. But the fun thing is that we're getting together in the end of May for an Allison get together! I'm really excited, I'll finally get to meet Alexa and Joseph, and I'm very excited.

And in other news I'm here at work doing not much of anything, just waiting to do work later, like set up the gym for Conference and do all the locking up of the buildings. Also, Rick and I might have aquired more technological goodies today because he redid the Dell kiosk again. I hope we did, then we would have 3 printers, 4 mp3 players and 4 computers. That would be a total blast. Actually, I hope we do get to keep them only because then maybe we could relieve Holly and Caleb of some computer woes. That would be a pretty good birthday present.

I'm gonna party like its 1999

Well, not really. Rick is gone to sunny California again for the next couple of days. I'm fine with that, I can make tuna and take a bubble bath and not clean the house and feel zero guilt. But, I do have multiple midterms this week, which I definitely need to study for. One of them will be the first for the class, so I don't really know what to expect. One of them I already know I'm going to fail, but I'm going to try as hard as I can not to (stupid economics). Geography I really want to ace. I want to get an A in this class, that is my goal.

Well today was an exciting day because we got a new refrigerator today. It is the same as Caleb and Holly's which is cool, except I don't like the weird handles to open the doors. I'm sure I'll learn to love it though. It was good because I could finally sweep under there and get all the broken glass from about 6 months ago when in two consecutive days I broke a jar of salsa and a cup right by the fridge.

So, I'm really excited for tomorrow. And no, not because of aerobics, that class gave me sore armpits today. It is because tomorrow is International Pi Day, which is one of the best days of the year. And I know none of my classes will celebrate it like they did when I was a chem major, but I still love it. I'm having Rick pick up a pie at Marie Callender's while he's in Salt Lake, and it will be delicious. Well, I'd better get back to studying. And I'd better get back to preparing for the first top 12 competition for this season of American Idol, it will be awesome

Today is a Tired Day

Fridays feel long because I spend 5 hours in the SWKT. All my classes are geography classes too, which is good, but a bit of overkill. I'm tired and I just want to sleep. Either that or go rent a chick flick and eat cookie dough. I wish my life had music in the background, just like in movies and TV shows, because it is too quiet right now and I wish some outside being would pick a proper song for the mood and just play it. Well this weekend will be filled with a bunch of homework since I have a midterm next week and prof. Jackson decided that he should give us an atlas assignment. I really don't like those, he makes some stinking hard questions. Also I need to get a head start on my Econ because it always seems I do hours and hours of it on wednesday nights or thursday mornings, which isn't any good at all.

In other news, I got my new Mary Kay foundation yesterday and I'm just loving it! I hope that all the stuff I got will do wonders for my skin, because my skin is always angry. What would even be better is if I could find my nail file so that they could be smooth and I could start growing them out. How awesome would it be for me to have smooth hands and at least some semblence of finger nails?!

I'm bored, so I'm just going to keep typing. Rick should hear back from PWC by the end of next week. Hopefully it is a yes because that is the company Rick really wants to work for. And it would be nice to find out so early because then we can try and find someone to sublease our apartment and I could start looking for possible work in LA.

Last but not least, I've decided that I'm going to start a dream journal. I'll type as much of each dream that I can remember, details and all. I wish I was an artist though, becuase most of the time it would just be easier to draw what I see instead of describe it. Someday maybe I'll publish it and make my millions!

Hard week

This weekend I took two midterms, and it was not that great. I have an economics midterm to take tomorrow, which I know I will do very poorly on. I didn't even like high school economics, and I really don't like it in college. I also have a 5 page paper due tomorrow. Thursday I have econ homework due. Friday I have two assignments for my GIS class and a paper due in human geography. Tonight I am working till 11pm and I'm not really excited about it. And I woke up this morning in the most foul mood. But religion was good today, and I saw Julie, Roxy, Stephanie, and Megan. Also, Rick got me lunch at the Cafe in the Tanner building, and it was very good. I'm excited to tell Rick about his present tomorrow, it will be so awesome! And I'm excited for the three day weekend coming up, hopefully I'll actually get ahead on homework! Hope everyone is doing well!

Valentine's Day

I love walking through the bookstore and seeing all the pink and red and chocolate for Valentine's day. I bought some Dove chocolate hearts, because we get them every year (well, this is our thrid year doing it). Aerobics today was awesome, except I sweat up a storm and my hair was all wet in the back, which is so scusting. But I learned how to geocode today and I'm done with the first part of my first GIS project, which feels pretty good. Economics I'm still not a fan of though. My other geography classes are so interesting and I am loving being a geography major. I'm aiming to get a job in the MTC travel office over the summer for experience. That would be awesome, especially if I could get it to count as an internship.

So I went with Julie today to help her change her major. When we went into the advisement office the lady asked us to come back later because they were "taking student teaching packets and it was a madhouse". This, however, was a lie because there were only a couple of people in there. So instead we went and got Jamba and played MASH. I had an awesome life, I was beautiful, rich, married to Will Smith, had a unicorn as a pet, lived in Italy and my job was being the owner of Disneyland. I Rock