My Missing Husband?

Well this week is our fall break which means, NO SCHOOL! Of course I am still going to be working and doing a bunch of homework assignments etc. so I am not THAT excited about it. To make it worse last Friday was the first night that Trevor and I haven't been together since we have been married. Crazy feeling, you would think spending everyday and minute with someone you wouldn't mind them leaving you for a couple days, but it has really made me sad. I feel pathetic haha. Trevor left Friday and will be back Tuesday from the Elk Hunt with his friend Stanton. He better kill something and bring it home after all the dang money he spent on this trip, with the costs of tags, gas, food, equipment and everything he bought! Anyways, It has been lonely over at our apartment. I have had a couple friends over but nothing seems to do... I just want Trevor to COME HOME NOW!

Accepting Life...

Well after this morning I wasn't sure if I should feel relieved or sad or what exactly. But after calling my mommy (yes I still call my mommy when I am sad or confused) and reflecting on the new information relayed to me I actually find myself feeling more at peace and at ease then I have been all semester about my future and school. As some of you may know I was really attempting to finish school in 4 years even though my major takes at least 5 if not more. This is due partly because my major is basically two combined political science and history, also because my entire student teaching year is required before graduation. Anyways ever since my freshman year I have been taking at least 15 credits and strategically planning my classes to be able to finish everything... I had this amazing "plan!" Well as life has shown me... sometimes my plans are not the plan that seems to happen in life. This morning I met with a counselor who works specifically with the teaching licensure program. Basically you have to apply to get into the program (history being the hardest to get into because of low demand for history teachers, great) and this program only is offered in a specific order of fall term first spring term second. I am just a semester short of being able to properly apply etc for the 2010 teaching program year :( SO what does this mean? I said what do I do for a whole semester just waiting to be able to get into the fall 2011 program? WELL a blessing in disguise I guess. I always wanted to double minor (since currently I have a minor in teaching history) and I wanted it in ESL. I have been advised by every teacher I know high school level college level adviser's etc that this is the minor to have. Some states are even sending some of their teachers to get certificates and take ESL classes etc. For those who don't know ESL is English as a Second Language. It really is vital in todays public schools especially to know how to teach students who's first language isn't English. Since thats what a lot of schools are full of currently and it is only increasing. I always wanted to get this minor but decided that I didn't have the time. I have been feeling so pressured (pressure put on by myself) to hurry hurry hurry finish school so I can be done before Trevor is off to Law School, because I really, really really didn't want to transfer somewhere else. Well now I basically have no choice! I have an open semester now so what to do? Well I am going to get another minor. The best plan overall is to slow down a bit and get a minor and apply for the 2011-2012 teaching program. Because of this, this means if Trevor decides to go to Law School outside of Utah that I will be transferring somewhere else. Something I DID NOT want to do. I am learning to accept it now, and realizing in the long run trying to push through right now just isn't possible. BUT thing is, WHO knows where Trevor will go to Law School WHO knows what will happen exactly, but what I DO know is I have finally just accepted that I need to let go of my "plans" and just do the best thing for the situation I find myself in in life. I don't like when things don't go the way I planned, but life hasn't so far and I am pretty happy, so I guess I will just "let go" and trust my future will be okay!

Just a Day at Work...

As you know, if you read below, I have a new job working in the Administration department of the Library at the University of Utah. The J. Willard Marriott Library has been under renovations for the past several years and they finally have finished the Library. It really did turn out beautiful and they really have updated it with some cool new technology and work spaces for students. Anyways, for the rededication they are throwing a big event. When I say big, the speaker for the event is Laura Bush as in the previous First Lady Laura Bush. Because I work in the office as a secretary, I have been doing a lot to help with the event. Mainly I have been answering all the phone calls and taking down the R.S.V.P’s for over 3,000 invitations that went out (they are only expecting 1,000ish) but still I have been getting a lot more phone calls then usual with this rededication. What has been really kind of exciting is receiving phone calls from the offices, assistants, etc. of very important people here in Utah, and all over the world! I could go on and on about the people who have been invited and are calling in to R.S.V.P! Among all the really important people invited some of the coolest ones to get calls in from are from the many different apostles that have been invited. The little girl inside me just gets all excited and giggly! I mean Russel M. Nelson, Elder Holland? Come ON! Haha I have been really enjoying this job, and I am crossing my fingers I get to go to the event! I think I will be able to, but I am not asking just yet… Let’s Hope I do! How COOL would that be? Laura Bush, and a room full of many different powerful people :) wow!

First Month in the Apartment.

You see this picture? That is me holding a hot potato to my eye... yes my eye. I got my first ever and hopefully my last ever STYE! It was horrible. Mine didn't hurt or anything but it looked like a big bubble zit under my eye (needless to say I wore my glasses for the week) Stye as I looked up, are due to bad nutrition, STRESS, and sleep deprivation. Hmmm yes I probably had a large dose of all of those things do to the move in and start of school. I will get to THAT later, anyways I read if you get rid of a stye in a week or less that is really fast and you did a good job! I am proud to say my Stye was gone in less then a week, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I did this by my mother's tip of the hot potato pressure on the eye, and some tea bags placed on the eye before I went to sleep. It was interesting but it all seemed to work! P.S. DO NOT look up pictures of Styes... not pretty. Anyways on to what CAUSED this in the first place...

So I will have to get the official apartment pictures for you guys soon, I am still waiting on Trevor to get all his guitar and music stuff together so I can take some pictures of everything! But moving in was such a task let me tell you! I can not even, nor do I want to imagine what It would have been like if my mom hadn't come up to Salt Lake City to help me. THANK YOU MOM! I mean, we had the first week of school the same time we moved in, transitioning between jobs, for both me and Trevor. Plus I had a nightmare of class schedules to fix, becoming a resident of Utah (NIGHTMARE!) and on and on and on... I mean seriously the list of things that needed to get done, and things that went wrong just kept growing and thanks to my mom we able to manage our time and get our apartment together WAY sooner then it would have ever got done.

SO NEWS: I got a new job! I needed less hours and a less stressful job this year to handle my work load in school right now. I got the PERFECT job. I am a receptionist/assistant at the front desk at the Administration Office of the Library at the University of Utah. Basically I get to sit at a desk, look pretty, do very few work (copy papers, answer the phone, file mail) and get paid to do my homework. They encourage students to do homework when there is nothing to do. So I get a lot of homework done, and get to meet a lot of very influential people from the school that come in and out of that office. Lets just say I am creating some god social networking in the place! The Dean and some other you know... haha. Basically it is great and I love it!

Now Trevor as some of you may know got an Internship this year with Senator Orrin Hatch. I was very proud of him! This internship has already led to some cool things. We got to attend a special Brazilian dinner on behalf of the Brazilian Utah Commerce (or something like that!) It was free food, &some important people and I just sat there and soaked it in, haha! All the people from the office came up to tell me how wonderful Trevor is, how much they like him, how cute he is etc etc. It was really cute and fun haha. Another cool thing Trevor got to do ended up in the Desert News! Trevor was able to participate with the office in a tree planting in remembrance of 9/11. Trevor's mom found this picture online from the article written about it. So pretty cool you can read if you want to know more the article link is below!

That would be part of Trevor's body in the picture. The main focus is of course the little girl but I am of course looking only at my hubby!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705329345/Utah-events-commemorate-911-attacks.html