Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Test Results!

So I had an apt with my neurologist today to go over my test results. Everything came back negative, but I am slightly low on vitamin D - guess I need to hang out in the sun more : )

I still have to go see a cardiologist Thursday and if he says everything looks fine then I am going to go see a psychologist. I asked if it might be panic attacs/anxiety (like Amy left in my comments - thanks Amy) and he says he possibly thinks so. But he also said it is important to do the tests and rule out more serious things that can have similar side effects. So the psychologist is suppose to be able to help me not have these types of attacks.

That is all for now : )

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Fun Pics!


So I went through a bunch of old pics recently and here are some cute ones that I really like. Just for fun : )


Me and Jer with Scully. This is in Disney Land this last summer.

Jer in Disney Land - I love this picture!!

Me and Megan. So cute and ready to attack!

Me riding my 4 wheeler. I dont ride it much, so I thought I would post it.

Me, Jer, Steve, and Kirstin (our neighbors). Randomly they are good friends with my cousin and we met for the first time at my uncles party - even though they only lived two houses down from us. Random.

Me and Jer at my Uncle Ed's "Roarin" party!
My Aunt Kelly, me, and my Aunt LindaJenny and Me
HAHA! Love this picture. This is at our honeymoon, on the cruise ship. Jer was SOO mad because he couldn't figure out the life jacket. The funny thing is he really got upset. I love laughing at this picture (even though it wasn't so funny at the time).
Me and Megan - Halloween 2006
So fun to hang with the girls!
Ready to PARTY!! Rachel, Me, Megan, Susan Me and Snort TC, Me and Snort napping at Becky's wedding. haha.
Bec and me
Ok - Seriously, how adorable were we? This picture is Cade, Gentry, me, and Simran. Back when we were the only four cousins. It was takin about 22 years ago! Cute!

Baby Shower/Bar

This weekend I went to a baby shower for my good friend Ashlie's sister. She is so cute pregnant! It was really good to see ashlie and her sisters. I dont see them very often.


Later they were going to go watch Ember's husband fight (a UFC thing) and go to The Hotel after. So I got one of my friends (Snort) to go with me just to the bar, I'm not a fan on watching the fighting. It seriously makes my physically sick. It was a lot of fun seeing her and hanging out with her. I haven't been to the bar in a while and it was really interesting to people watch. It is funny to think that we use to be so into all of that. It was a fun trip down memory lane! haha

Jer getting ready - isn't he cute?? haha : )


So we are slightly addicted to taking a bunch of random pictures.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Test Time!

So, I had a lot of tests to get done today. I first went and got an EEG test. The guy put a bunch of electrodes on my face, head and chest. Then I just sat there for about 20 minutes.Then he had me hyperventilate and that pretty much sucked. I got light headed but it went away when I stopped. Then he flashed these really really bright lights in my eyes and gave me a headache. Then I went to another place by there and got 2 MRI's done. The first one was of my brain and the second was of my neck. That was pretty painless, otehr than the shot of contrast they had to give me. The did the same things on my MRA's, but this time it really didn't bother me at all. I didn't get any results back, but I did get about 30 X-rays that I have no idea how to read, but I'm sure my doctor can help with that!

John went with me and kept me company in between visits while I was waiting. He came just in case I passed out or didn't feel well enough to drive home, but luckily I am fine : ) Thank you John, for coming and spending part of your day sitting in a waiting room! I really appreciate it!

I also found out today that I will be on D track at the new school. I really wanted A, but my team leader took A. So the next best, or so I hear, is D track. The sucky part is they dont start the school year with everyone else. That is partly nice because I get a longer summer, but really annoying because I wont be there for the first of school. I think that is really going to annoy me!! But owell we will see how it goes!

Love you all!!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sunday Project

So today we decided to finish a project that I started a couple weekends ago. It turned out cute. It used to be grass and a flower bed. We put some new grass down but we ran out so there is still some dirt, but I will finish that at a later time.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Blood Work

Today I went and got my blood work done. It was a crappy experience. We got there and the guy got me checked in and started taking my blood. I told him I get lightheaded sometimes when I give blood, but he insisted that I would be fine. After about 5 tubes of blood, I told him I was getting lightheaded and started breathing hard. He said I was fine and just breath normal. And I said, "I'm going to pass out NOW!" and I always stick to my word. haha. So I passed out. Jer said I was out about 15 seconds and my body was being weird and cramping up and stuff. I remember having a really weird dream and was so confused when I came back.

After, I was SOO shaky and hot then cold then hot then cold and so forth. I still had to drink a glucose drink and get my blood taken three more times, over three hours. So I drank it even though I didnt feel well. It made me sick to my stomache on top of already feeling crappy. I did my best at not throwing up but 45 min later, up it came into the guys garbage can. So he took my blood one more time, but we couldnt finish thetest so I hope I dont have to go back and do it again. I went home and napped for a while then we went and ate and I went back to bed for a few more hours. At 4:30 today I decided to get out of bed, but I am still really sick to my stomach and just feel weak and out of it. It REALLY scared me. I was so out of it and weird feeling for so long that I got really scared. I will get my results in a week and a half when I go back to my doc. I will keep everyone posted.

Oh yeah, I also hurt my foot. One of the first things I said when I "woke up" was, "ouch, my foot hurts!" It was eally red then went away. Now it is just scratched but it hurts like hell. I hope it bruises so I have evidence of the pain. haha. If it does I will post a picture - it might help with the sympathy. haha.

Welcome Ashlie!!

Hello to all my friends and family. I would like to welcome my good friend Ashlie into the blogging world!! She just stared her first blog and I am SUPER excited!! Warning to you Ash, it is VERY addicting!! But you will love it and I am so excited to start seeing pics of your cute kids! Ashlie has been my friend since 4th grade. She lived just down the street from me when we were kids and we were inseperable until she moved when we were in 7th grade. She was my very first "best friend." Fortunately, we have kept in touch over the years even though she lives in St. George. I'm going to dig out some old pics and try to add them later : )

Note to Shantel, Cassie and Linda - If Ash could start one, you girls should too!! SERIOUSLY!! : ) Love you all!

Friday, April 18, 2008

How Smart Are You??

K This is a tricky test. I did pretty well if I do say so myself. My results were:

You GOT a score of 10 out of 11
Your rating: Wow! You must read a lot!

Now Here's the Twist, your answers not only can tell your current intelligence, but can also forecast your upcoming love life:

Your Projected Love Life: Your love life is mediocre

Um, how can it tell my love life? Darn. HAHA. You should try the test and see how you do! (Link below)

Click here: How Smart Are You?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Another Doctor Visit?? MY HELL!!

So, as most of you know, I have had a TON of doctor visits lately. I've had a lot of chiropractor visits, a few neurologists and quite a few to my family doctor trying to figure out what is going on with my health. It all started about 2 1/2 months ago. I started getting really bad headaches - worse than usual - and getting shaky and had a pounding heart a lot. My head would feel a numbness at night and it would wake me up at night. It got worse at nights and it is really scary. So I've been seeing docs trying to figure out what is going on. I didn't like the neurologist I was seeing he just said that it was nothing and I would be fine. So, I found a new neurologist.

I went to my first appointment yesterday. He actually seems to be worried, so I feel better that he really wants to figure out what is wrong. He spent over an hour talking to me yesterday and I felt like he was really interested and was going to help me get better. So that is good.

So this is what my future looks like: I have to give blood on Sat from 8 am to noon - I have to have a glucose drink and stay there and they will take my blood every hour for 3 hours (And by the way I need an adult to go with me cuz I will be fasting and possible for me to pass out with my history so if I have any volunteers that would be fabulous). Then I have to get an EEG test and two MRI tests next week. Then I have to meet with a cardiologist the next week to check my heart and have a check up with my new neurologist again to see if anything has changed and go over all my testing results. Hopefully we can find out what's going on with all those tests, unfortunately I have to pay 20% of all of them because I am on the cheapest insurance plan (that is what I get!!), but it is worth it to me to get feeling better. Frustrating...

The thing that makes me the most sad is that I really want to have a baby. My first neurologist said, "just get preg. it wont hurt you and maybe it will make the symptoms go away." The second neurologist said, "You really need NOT to get pregnant, because this will likely put you at a high risk pregnancy." I am ready to start a family and who knows how long this will all be before we figure everything out. Kinda sad about that, but don't want to risk my health either. : (

Friday, April 11, 2008

NEW JOB - PART DUCE!!

So the principal of the new schook, Jordan Ridge, called me on Monday to tell me that I didnt get the job - but should would like to hire me for "assistant team leader." She can't officially hire me yet because the job was still posted online and she had to wait until the job closed and interview three more people for it before she could offer it to me, but she wanted me to know that she intends on hiring me.

Karen - my almost new boss - called me today to say she could only get two interviews in today so she is hoping to set one up for Monday and then she can call and offer me the job, but she has every intention on hiring me next week. So that is exciting!

Now my only worry is what track I will get, since it is a year round school. I really want A track because they start with everyone else but get out earlier for a longer summer. D track starts later but ends with everyone else. I want A because it is sooo my personality to want to be there for the first few weeks of school, but at the same time it might be a lot less stress to just be on D and miss all that because it is always soooo damn busy those first couple weeks. So who knows. I just cant wait to actually sign papers saying I got the job so that it is for sure. I am excited for the change though. I will miss everyone I work with now, but it will be a good change for me!!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Rough Day

Do you ever feel like you are in this world alone? I am married and have friends and a fantastic family, but sometimes I just feel like I am all alone. Sometimes I feel like I should be doing so much more with my life and should have more important things filling my time. I feel like I need some people in my life that I talk to everyday and tell everything to...It seems I hold so much in and sometimes I just want to burst! I tell my friends a lot but we dont talk everyday and I feel like since we have grown up and started families and got into serious relationships we all have more going on in our lives and its hard to make time for each other.



I just feel like I really want to be really important to someone - I'm sure I'm important to all my family and friends, but I want to be someone's number one, the person they tell everything to and they talk everyday and can always turn to, no matter what time, day, etc. I dont feel I've been close to my mom or my dad and since I have grown up I haven't been able to have that close relationship to anyone. I feel sad about it.



Its been a rough day...and that is ok, just needed to share my thoughts. Is this normal? Advice?



On a lighter note, here is a cute pic...made me smile.

Friends!!

This weekend Becky, Snort (Courtney) and I had a chance to hang out. Seems like our schedules are always so conflicting and its hard to find a time for all of us to hang. They came to my house and we talked for a bit and scared Jer away - he obviously didn't want to be involved in all the girl talk. haha.

Then we went to Chillies for dinner. We got hyper and were taking lots of pictures. The people in the table next to us were laughing at us, but it was fun. It felt like we hadn't seen each other forever even though it had only been like 6 weeks. Thats too long though. Our dinner together reminded us of the good ol' days when we were 21. It was really fun and so great to see them.

Snort posing for the camera!


Cute Girls!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we went back to my house and hung out and caught up. We all have so much going on in our lives right now. I love hearing about how all of us are growing and changing so much since we first started hanging out! While we were talking at my house, Becky decided we weren't entertaining enough, so she had to crochet...haha!! Seriously Bec, do you go anywhere without your yarn?? She came in with a whole seperate bag holding all of her crocheting things. It really was funny!

I miss seeing you girls on a regular basis!! We need to make it a point to hang AT LEAST once a month!! Love you both!! (Bec and Snort - I posted all the pics I took so feel free to copy them from my blog).

Saturday, April 5, 2008

New Job!

So, I interviewed for a new job yesterday! Jordan District is building a new school about 1 minute from my house. Currently, I am travelling 30-45 minutes to and from work, depending on traffic. I have figured I spend over 100 dollars in gas just driving to and from work and spend over 24 hours every month driving to and from work - that is an entire day in my car!! Not to mention all the miles I am putting on my cars and the wear and tear.

Although I ablsolutely LOVE the school I am at now - I love my principal, my team, all the people who work there, the students and so many great things are happening there, I believe it would benefit me to transfer to the new school since it is so close to my house. I never wanted to transfer because I hate being the new person who doesn't know what is going on. I HATE being in the dark! So, with this being a new school, everyone is learning together and I would have more of a say in how to set the school up. It would be very exciting! So I see this as my chance to move schools. Unfortunately though it is a year round school. Blah, but maybe I would love it! Who knows...

Yesterday I had an interview with the principal of the new school, a 6th grade teacher and a literacy facilitator for the 5th grade team leader position. I was well prepared for my interview since my principal sat down with me for a half hour and helped me prepare - geez, seems like she is trying to get rid of me! haha - JK I know she loves me. The interview went well but I realized there are a lot of people applying for the fifth grade position. Since I have so much less experience than a lot of them, I am starting to doubt that I will get the job. Which I dont really mind, I just want to at least work on the fifth grade team, even if I dont get the team leader position. I dont know when I will find out, but I am very nervous!! I hate not knowing where I will be next year!