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2009-03-24T21:16:00.001-07:00

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2009-03-24T21:05:00.001-07:00

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2009-03-24T20:30:00.001-07:00

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The dog again...

2009-03-18T21:20:00.001-07:00

I decided to exercise my dog today...might have overdone it a little.

Mexico...a week of fun in one blog!

2008-12-29T18:29:00.000-08:00

Well first off, after many problems, I actually did make it to L.A. and to the Port of L.A. Anne also made it there eventually. We got all boarded on the cruise ship, had lunch and unpacked (well...I unpacked and Anne slept!).

Then before dinner we checked out the Piano bar on the ship, nothing better than a good old Piano bar after all. :D

The next day was just a day at sea. Kinda boring. Then our first port was in Cabo San Lucas. Anne and I went whale watching on a Zodiac boat and then walked around and shopped. We hit up the Hard Rock Cafe so Anne could get her official T-Shirt and I of course got a beer glass for the collection.

After Cabo, we were in Mazatlan. We went sea kayaking which was lots of fun, but I have no pictures because we couldn't bring cameras in (in case we fell out...lol). I think Anne would have killed me if we had tipped over. Then we had some time to hang out on the beach and in a mexican restaurant and of course have a Margarita (well Anne abstained but not me...).

Oh and we had a guy serenade us...:) For the cheap price of $2 we got one song sung to us, here is a very short video clip and a picture.

Christmas Eve was formal night, so of course I had to dress up and go out! :)

On Christmas Day we were in Puerto Vallarta, that day we just shopped and hung around and had fun. And of course hit up the Hard Rock again. :)

The last days at sea were pretty fun. Here are some pictures of the sunset on the last day.

This is a picture of our dinner table.

On the last night we also spent our last night in the Piano Bar from before. I think I actually might have fallen in love with the Piano player. :D Amazing voice, amazing player, Australian accent, and absolutely cute! What isn't there to love? Plus he played New York State of Mind for me, my absolute favorite song!

So there you have it. Our Mexico trip in a nut shell, with only a few small details left out! ;)

Acaio is hungry!

2008-12-29T18:13:00.000-08:00

Thought another torture of Acaio video was in order. :D

2008-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

I though ya' all would like to see Acaio up to his usual antics during Sunday Night Football. :D

Wow...who thought I would ever miss Utah...

2008-11-02T19:05:00.000-08:00

Oh, wait, I don't! I do miss my friends though. Cara and Dean came out to visit this weekend and it just made me miss her that much more. I have such a problem making friends with girls. I miss having a girlfriend close by. Guys make such flaky friends...

School...and Work...or Both...

2008-09-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

Well I have started my second year of teaching. Some days I think I might actually like the profession that I chose, and some days I wonder what exactly I was thinking. Although I think this might be normal for any job/profession. Today I had a good day. My students were great, they listened and tried to pretend to be interested in science. I am not sure if that was for me or if it was for some other reason...but I will take it.

What is it about math and science that scares students so much. We use the simplest of math in science and yet, some won't even try to learn it. I know that they all have the potential and can learn it, but it is almost as if they give up before they even start.

I love teaching high school. Middle school was hard for me, but I definitely like being able to have a real conversation with a student. I still feel like I am being babysat however. I have to turn in lesson plans to my principal every week until I have the perfect lesson plan. My friend Dave got there on week two and here week three is and I still can't quite make it. Is there something wrong with me? Am I not as smart as he is? Why aren't my lesson plans as good? I guess what I want to know is, am I really a good teacher even if I can't write the perfect lesson plan? I am really used to being great and amazing at whatever job I do and now I get into teaching and nothing ever seems good enough. I feel like I work 1000 hours a day and can still never hit perfection. If nothing else I guess this job will keep me striving to be better. I just wish I could be as good as Dave is. Maybe I wasn't meant to be a teacher, maybe if I can't figure things out by my 2nd year then this isn't the job for me. I mean it is only Dave's 2nd year and he seems to have it all figured out. He never asks me for help, but I feel like I am constantly asking him for help.

I think the biggest problem I have is that I don't want to be in a profession where I constantly feel second rate. Every boss I have ever had before this job was always amazed by me and everything I have done. Am I too spoiled is that the problem? Wow this blog sounds like a self-pity party. I guess I will stop now. I just wonder, will I demand perfection of myself for the rest of my life, or will there come a point when I can finally accept that I will never be perfect. And if I get to that point of acceptance will I stop progressing? Because the last thing I want to do is stop progressing.

Sword of Truth TV Series!

2008-07-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

Oh my god!!!!!! I am so excited. These are absolutely my favorite books and now they are making a TV series out of them. It starts this November. I can't wait. I was so sad when the series was over but now I get to relive it in a new form. Yay!

I believe that the first season will be based on the first book called "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. I recommend them to all!

The stress hits the fan...

2008-06-18T21:02:00.001-07:00

I made a pregnant lady cry today...I don't know what else to say...

When it rains it sure does pour...

2008-06-17T22:01:00.000-07:00

So why is it when one thing goes wrong everything goes wrong? Granted I have been slightly cranky lately due to the fact that I haven't been able to sleep (combination of stress, nerves and excitement I am sure), but why do I always seem to have to talk to the idiot customer service people.?I spent all this time on the phone today yelling at the idiot girl at my gym, who oscillated between admitting that I was right and telling me that I didn't understand what she was saying. I would then repeat what she said with my interpretation and she would say yes that is exactly it.
Grr...then she would again tell me that I didn't understand. Well then why did you say that I had what you were saying correct! I think she had been working at a gym to long and forgot what it meant to be in the real world and actually have to use your brain. Ok enough complaining about that. Oh and my bank is full of a bunch of idiots as well, but that is another long story. My real question is why does all of this have to happen when I am trying to pack and move 750 miles away in 2 weeks? Like I don't have enough stuff on my mind. Well mostly I just needed the release of writing this all down tonight. On a good note though I found this amazing website for all of you science teachers out there (or nerds for that matter). I spent hours on it this morning while my students were working on a project. It is so amazing! I love it! Here you go: http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/

Oh and this is funny...we just had some new upstairs neighbors move in a couple of weeks ago. They are pretty cute too. Well this weekend on Friday night one of them came down at 10:30 PM and asked if they could borrow 2 eggs. I thought it was kind of random, but didn't think much of it until today. I saw his roommate and he offered to help me move some things tomorrow and he told me that they had dared him to come down and ask for sugar and he thought it would seem less obvious if he asked for eggs. Turns out they had a whole dozen eggs in their fridge already. LOL...I feel like I am in high school again. :D

Packing

2008-06-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

So I have decided that packing really sucks. The official move date is July 3rd. I can't wait. I am going to miss everyone like crazy! Especially my girls, Cara and Kristina. Everyone had better come and visit me.
I am almost finished with summer school...9 days left! Yahoo! Although I do think that teaching summer school is a lot nicer than regular school.
We had a family reunion this past weekend which was pretty fun. Good to see all of the family. There was a pool party and pizza and pictures and lots of other fun activities. This was our first reunion since 1992! Craziness.
Oh and back on April 25th I officially walked. I actually graduated on December 14, 2007 but hey who is counting? The picture is my dad, my brother, me and my grandpa.

Like a virgin...

2008-04-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

Wow...my first ever blog. Well tonight I decided to move to California. I have a job offer teaching biology in a High School there and thought...what the hell? I mean you only live once right. Plus there are palm trees here, and who can possibly say no to that? Honestly I never thought I would live in California. I am an East Coaster at heart and I was always the one making fun of all the damn Californian drivers. Ha ha. Oh well I guess Karma is a bitch right? The best thing about this move is that I will finally get to leave Utah! Yahoo! That means that I can get a real beer at a real bar. Wow...I won't know what to do with myself.