Danger, Will Robinson

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a guy is sneezing while peeing. Just saying. No reason.

Spring term

So I left our apartment at 6:40 this morning to get to my class at 7:00. It was a nice peaceful walk up to campus, with next to nobody in sight. I get up there and I catch a glimpse of three other people walking around and I thought, "this is fantastic." It was serenity. I walked into the SWKT and looked around for room 243, and there's nothing. No classroom. Before I freaked out I checked my phone, where I saved a text with the room number. Ah. 1043. I head up to the 10th floor and I notice there are very few lights on. I go to the door and pull...locked. Hm. I'm very confused and I'm walking around looking at the offices and I decide to go to the internship office. There's a notice on the door. blah blah blah blah...if you couldn't blah blah blah then you can come to the first class at 7:00 PM. PM. Ah.

I walked home and went back to sleep.

At least it was a peaceful walk.

Tuesday's Truths

I cannot drive a stick shift. I had a bad experience one time where I blocked both lanes of traffic for somewhere between 3 and 8 minutes. If you don't think that's very long, sit there in silence for that space of time. Then imagine the stress of cars in front of and behind you wanting to keep going. At 7pm. After that I don't think I've touched a stick shift once.

I'm listening to Eisley right now. They used to be one of my absolute favorite bands, and this is the first time I've listened to them in months. I don't listen to much music anymore at all to be honest. I used to define myself by my music, and in a way I still do, but it's not as big a part of my life anymore.

I start my class tomorrow at 7. Not too excited about it. Especially since I have no knowledge as to when my internship starts and what my hours are.

I'm fully dressed and I've showered and eaten at 6:30.

Becky talked in her sleep last night. The interesting thing was I could have sworn she was talking to me. I wonder if I was talking back. It's happened.

And I'm rambling about nothing. So I'm signing off.

Blogs

I'm not going to lie. My favorite blog posts are not the ones that give an account of what happened that day or anything, although those can be awesome. Every once in a while they're important as well, as shown by the previous blog post: my wife was in the hospital. But I am a big fan of posts that deal with insights, annoyances, etc. Like the people that complain about shoes with sandals or whatever. My biggest problem is I never have fun insights. Or at least when I do, they come at random times that are quite inconvenient for blogging. These examples include driving, in the shower, sitting in class, etc. I wonder if I would blog more if I had a phone with internet. A sidekick or blackberry or whatever. Are sidekicks still around? Anyway.

To be honest, my phone is dying. It's gained a new feature in the past week: every time I close it the screen turns white until the backlight goes off (however long that takes). If I open it again while it's white, it stays that way. It's fun. It doesn't sound bad and it honestly isn't, but it's a slight level of annoying. I have a Samsung Blast, which I've enjoyed but I'm ready to move on. And honestly I'm not sure what kind of phone I would want. I like the old candybar phones actually. You know, with no moving parts? You have to unlock it by pushing 4,8,1,3 and # for 18 seconds or whatever? Yeah I'm a fan. At the same time my friend Michael has a phone that's pretty cool, and has a full keyboard and everything, but it's still basic. I don't like smart phones. My parents are moving to India soon so I have to get a new plan and everything so we'll see what I get.

So I've been writing this for about an hour. I've watched almost two shows. Currently I'm watching a Blue Collar Comedy thing. It's pretty funny. I've always enjoyed Bill Engvall. The other three are alright, but he's hilarious. I highly recommend anyone listening to his CD 15 degrees off cool. So...take what you will from that.

Anyway, the whole point of my continuous writing was honestly so I would come up with something semi-interesting to say, and as we can all see it has been wholly unsuccessful. But that's alright. I'm sure I'll come up with something someday.

In the ER with my knight in shining armour

Last night was not what we expected. We had a great dinner with friends, played a quick game of Uno and went on to Phase 10. I started to feel some pain during this rather long game, but nothing serious.
By the end I was having a difficult time breathing. We decided it was time to go because I started my training monday for my new job and we still had to drop 2 people off. When we stood to leave I felt something inside me snap. I started to cry, but didn't want to make a scene so I walked ahead of them all with Jameson.
I sat in the back of our car because I knew I couldn't get up every time to let someone out and finally, in the dark, I let myself cry quietly. I had my phone poised to call mom the moment our last passenger left. The tears hit hard the second I hit call and from that moment on, I was beyond understanding. I hurt so badly that I couldn't speak. Jameson ran me to the ER where we were hit with more questions.
I had gotten ahold of myself by then, but still could not figure out why I was in pain! The nurse admitted me upon receiving a urine sample and took me into a room where I waited while an idiot that injured himself longboarding got first priority. Jameson didn't know what to do with me. He had seen me cry, but not in pain. I couldn't stand because my legs were giving out. I couldn't sit because it hurt my back and I couldn't even think about lying down because that is where all the pressure was.
Finally they got me in IV and filled it with painkillers. The doctor came in and let me know that I'd be getting a cat scan because he thought I had appendicitis. Then I'd be getting an ultrasound in case it was an Ovarian cyst that burst. The cat scan was not pleasant. The pain killers were in full gear so my other pain was gone. But they couldn't find my appendix. So they had to shove a tube up my bum and inject me with more fluids through my IV that made me feel like I was doing something you only do in bathrooms.
I asked for a drink and they said no. We waited 2 hours for my ultrasound because the guy on call didn't have the right number listed. During that time they still would not let me drink and told me I have a "rip-roaring bladder infection" (that is a direct quote), I threw up violently both in bed and in the bathroom, where I was going to the bathroom with Jameson holding my hair up and helping me hold the bowl I was throwing up in. At this point, I lost it. I couldn't control any of my fluids and there was my husband, the man who married me and thought I was the most beautiful thing ever, was watching me reduced to nothing more than a pale, puking, bathrooming wretch.
The ultrasound was unusual too. They had me shove a foot and a half long tube up my front so they could get better pictures. Joy. Then, after all this, they gave me percocet and antibiotics. I knew that walgreens would ask for an ID, so I went in with Jameson carrying my sippy cup (finally!) and my bucket, in which I threw up while waiting for meds. They felt so sorry for me and my insuranceless self, that they gave us a big discount. Utah, I love you.
Since then, I have been here at home. I missed training. I cant get up without getting sick. I cant eat food but have to. And, am enjoying pain medication.
Props to anyone who made it through that awful and semi-graphic novella. I honestly am better. I am tired. I am flat out worn out. But over all, I think I have a better attitude and a deeper love for my wonderful husband.
Thank you Jameson for loving me through this and staying by my side.

60 to 0 and back again

Life is going high speed over in our humble abode. Jameson is currently going 60. Finals are almost done! He has gotten some awesome grades on his finals. He'll get a couple days of "down time" that have turned into getting our car in the shop, filling out fafsa for last year, cleaning through the house and oh yeah... reading this summer reading list. Being at zero didn't last very long for him.

Me on the other hand, I got 3 weeks of zero. Now I'm working part time at apx and the Center for Change starting Monday. As well as helping in the cleaning. I guess the moral of this story is that zero never lasts for people as long as it lasts while sitting at a red light in a car. I'm in the middle of 3 books right now. Rhapsody, Ken's book and Intuitive Eating. Oh yeah... We get to pay tithing for the first time in a month! We're very excited :)

We love being busy. I think being busy helps you appreciate down time so much more.
Love from the Rancks

Summer reading list

During the school year I never read for fun. This is because of how much I have to read for my classes (yeah I average between 100 and 200 pages a week). But it's almost over and I get to finally read something for fun. And I am excited. And here is hopefully what I'm going to get done this summer:

-The Princess Bride. I am currently in the middle of the book. I haven't read it since January, but I've seen the movie enough times I can pick it up right where I left off. So much better than the movie by the way.
-The Queen of Attolia/The King of Attolia/Whatever the fourth book is called, by Megan Whalen Turner. I've read the first book (the Thief) and it is fantastic. A very easy read (it is juvenile fiction) but it is amazing.
-The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom. I got this book for Christmas last year (read: like 30 months ago) and haven't read it yet. Becky says we'll read it together.
-Untitled by Ken Parnell. Ken wrote a book and everyone says it's fantastic so I'll give it a whirl. It sounds interesting that's for sure.

Hopefully I get through those, and if I do I have plenty of other books to start. The Bourne series, Rhapsody, I imagine I'll finish the Twilight series sometime (I read the first two books a while ago). Maybe I'll do another run through of The Lord of the Rings. Fantastic stuff. Anyway. I'm excited! Have a great day everyone.

Spring time!

Well, yesterday it officially was short sleeve weather. That means I can bust out my springtime music to listen to rather than the winter stuff. And that means I can listen to these beauties:





And I'm getting kind of tired of doing this honestly. There are plenty more but I'll leave it at those. Spring will not be complete until you listen to each of these albums. Just sayin.

First week

This was week one of my training with APX. It has been really fun. One day I feel like I could keep it up, others I feel like I KNOW it is only a temp job until I get a "real" one. It was also the week I got called to interview with REIC Real Estate for a personal assistant job and set an appointment to interview with the Center for Change. Kind of unexpected to be honest with you. We were going to be happy to get a job and suddenly to be hit with these possibilities has been quite the blessing.

We are having a really good time! Life is good. Despite my going nuts randomly--we're really enjoying life. Jameson just found out that his Spanish test came back better than expected. He now has 16 more credits! Three A's, an A- and a B+. We're thinking that is going to be pretty happy for his GPA.

We made cornbeef for our 8 month anniversary dinner on Wednesday. Today we made a belated chocolate cake (courtesy of mom) as well. We like cooking haha. We also maintained our tradition. A year from today we were dressed in NASTY black sweats and went out to Little Ceasars to pick up Jameson's roommates and us some pizza. Last conference Brenton picked up a Little Ceasars and we had it here. This time it wasn't planned. We were supposed to get lunch from my work... but they were closed, so we got Little Ceasars. Just goes to show that traditions are not meant to be broken!