Series Of Unfortunate Events

Ok, so my friday started out good getting ready to go out to lunch with my sister in-laws and my mother in-law and on my way to the Jordan Landing area I saw this truck half way over the cement median!! I didn't even think this was possible. I took the picture with my phone, and yes I was driving, but I kept my eyes on the road and just hoped I got the picture. I should have known that it was just an omen as to what was going to follow that day.



So lunch was great and it is always good sit, chat and stuff your face with food. After lunch I went to a few stores in the area and by the time I was at my second storm a huge snow storm started. At least an inch or two fell and was on my car just while I was in the store. I wanted to shop more but not in this area so I drove to Target and when I was pulling in, a car that was turning, or trying to turn, into the Target parking lot was going to fast and slammed into the car trying to turn left out of the parking lot. I thought to myself, I am not going to turn left (even though I needed to) cause I know that people just don't think when it starts snowing. So when I was leaving I decided to turn right onto Redwood Rd. and then turn left onto 7200 So. (just a round about way to my parents house) and sure enough when I was in the right turning lane FOUR cars slid right into the left turning lane but at least no one else got hit. Few! ..... at least I dodged these accidents.

Alright, so at this point I am at my parents house changing into my lovely work clothes and thought that I should leave an hour before my shift starts just to give me enough time to get to work cause the roads were crappy. So I left at 4 and I get on I-215 and the roads are so slick. I was white knuckling it the whole way and only going about 20 MPH. People were flying by me but every time I started to go fast my tires started spinning out and doing the fish tail thing. I was almost to the airport exit but decided to get off at California Ave so people weren't riding my butt. BIG MISTAKE!!! I was on California Ave for 45 min just to get to Bangerter Hwy. So needless to say I was 40 min late for work, not good.

Now I am at work and there were like two airplanes in the E-gates but yet we all had to be out there for when the planes come in. I know most of you don't know what I am talking about so I'll try to make sense. There are three different banks in the work day. The first is from 7 am to noon, then noon to 5 pm and then 5pm to 10 pm. Well we were still getting planes from the 2nd bank at 7:30 pm. Planes that were supposed to be there at 1 in the afternoon were just getting in. So I knew this was going to be a long night cause it is just a ripple effect once one plane is late. Ya, I didn't get to leave work until 2:30 AM!!! The only good thing is that I love the people I work with and we were having fun ALL night long trying to figure out what planes we still had to do and when they were all coming in. It was a total disaster but we were all so tired that everything was funny so we were just laughing most of the night. Let me just say, I am so glad I transferred from customer service out to the ramp cause I did not want to be inside with the hundreds of cranky people.

At the end of our shift when we were walking out there were so many people just sleeping against the walls in the airport. One lady tipped chairs over to cover her suitcase to try and "prevent" someone from stealing it and also tipped another one over to put her head under. I was trying to take pictures with my phone but I was walking while taking the pictures and so they were all blurry.

All in all, I made it to work in one piece and avoided several accidents. And I actually do love to work out in the snow, it makes things interesting. Well, that was my Friday, how was yours?

A year later

So it's officially been one year (on Dec. 11th) since I had my heart surgery and everything has gone perfect! Which means it's been one year that Jason and I have been trying to have a family. I never thought that trying to have a baby would take so long. I mean, I don't mind the work but it gets a little frustrating with the "wait and see" all the time. Since my miscarriage (in July) I have only had two cycles, and one of them was because I had to take a pill to get me started. Just this past Monday I got my blood tested to see if I am even ovulating and to check my thyroid levels. Well I totally thought that I had hypothyroidism because it seems like I have almost all the symptoms, but I just got the results today and the nurse said my thyroid levels were normal. Oh and she said that she thinks that we tested to early. So I don't have an answer as to why this is taking so long and we are in another "wait and see" mode. I know that Gods timing is better than ours but man, I am starting to get really impatient! Which I guess will make it that much more special when a little one finally comes into our lives. Well anyway, just thought I'd let you all know what is goin' on with me and what I have been thinking about lately.

Happy Birthday to......

ME! And my MOM and my AUNT! Yes I was born on my mothers birthday and seeing that she is a TWIN, I also share my birthday with my aunt!! Happy Birthday Mom and Chris! I love you tons!

So I turned the big 25! It's crazy and I don't feel like I'm that old. Okay, it's not old but time has just flown by and it still feels like I'm 23. So today we just took our time getting ready for the day (which I do everyday) and we went over to my parents house to celebrate with my sweet mom. After that Jason and I went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner and then he took me iceskating :) It was so fun and I haven't been for awhile. I forgot how much the rental skates hurt my feet but it was still good times. Jason is a really good skater as well so we played tag and he would try to check me into the wall as if he were playing hockey. We then came home and made a ginger bread house! Yay! It was a really good, realaxing day.

A few updates

I know I have been so horrible at updating lately and it doesn't make it any better that I have a ton to say cause it just makes me not want to update at all!! ANYWAY-
I never posted about our anniversary trip. We were planning to go to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico but in the wonderful world of standby flying we couldn't even make the flight to LA! So on the turn of a dime Jason and I decided to head down to the Button cabin and spend the night then drive down to Mesa Verde and back to Salt Lake the next day. We then flew to Seattle and spent three days there. It was short but a blast. Jason served his mission there so he showed me some of the places he served and introduced me to a couple he taught the gospel to! (their friends are the ones who baptized them). While there we were able to see Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. Washington state is so beautiful and green I love it!

About a week later, Jason had to go down to Phoenix for a week to conduct some trainings for his job so I tagged along with him. The trip was pretty much free, we just had to pay for my food cause everything else was covered by Discover Card. It was the week before Thanksgiving and it was 80 degrees! So nice! I just got to be lazy and do as I please while Jason worked and then we would go out to dinner. We even ate at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, it was pretty good but I don't feel very comfortable in those fancy restaurants.

The next week was the week of Thanksgiving and my cute sister along with her cute family drove from Omaha, NE to be with the fam. So it was a crazy week trying to steal time with her cause EVERYONE wants to be with them while there here and there is just never enough time. They just need to move back to SLC when Jared is done with Oral Surgery. This year we had Thanksgiving at my sister Natalie's house and it turned out really well. We had lots of yummy food and just enjoyed each other's company. We also went out to our Thanksgiving movie and saw James Bond. It was good but I like Casino Royale a lot better.

Now we are into December and not much has happened except the fact that we had fabulous weather until last week when it started snowing. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love the snow, but remember I work outside and with planes which means there are delayed flights and long nights for me. I actually don't mind working out in the snow cause of all the layers I can put on, it just makes it hard to jump in and out of the airplane when you can't really move. I always feel like the kid on "A Christmas Story"..... "I can't put my arms down!" If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's about time you watch that movie again.

Well that is about it for now. I will try to get a little slide show of pictures of the above mentioned but I wouldn't hold your breath cause it might take me a few days and I don't want to be responsible for anyone passing out!

Ummm.......

So I know that I have not been the best at updating the good 'ol blog and I have a lot to tell so just hang tight and in the next few days (hopefully) I will have a slew of new things to tell :)