Cheesepuff Balls

Oh yeah.  I totally bought these today.  I never buy junk food.  Until today.

Time alone

I love being with my husband.  We have an incredible relationship.  Sometimes I just need some time alone though.  I get sick of people really fast if I'm around them a LOT during the week, but Clifton is different.  I rarely get sick of my honeybuns.  That's one of the many reasons I knew he was for me.  I can easily tolerate him forever.  That cutie.  But today I just needed some time alone.  And that's ok.  It let me think and ponder and get rid of any negative powers in my life.  Rejuvenating is the word.  I love rejuvenating.

Zumba

I just did Zumba for the first time tonight!  It was so much fun!  Dancing+a workout plan=awesome.  Go try it, it's a blast.

Pinterest

Pinterest is all the rage you know.  I've been hearing about it for months and finally decided to see what is so great about it.  I love it.  I probably won't get an account, but it's reminded me of one of the most important things to hold onto from your childhood; creativity.  There are so many things I love and want to do with my family so I'm excited!  Here are some "pins" I like; they aren't the best ones I've seen, but they are the ones I can quickly grab at the moment.  I don't have any posted, but some of my favorite pins have been re-purposing things like putting cloth over a shoe box lid to create the "canvas" lid.  I love diy and giving things second chances, even if it may just be a piece of paper or broken drawer etc.

Professor one on one

I am a failure.
Literally.

I got kicked out of Snow College.  Shhh, don't tell.

This was years ago of course, and I have learned so much throughout my time at Snow.  The biggest thing I've learned, or perhaps re-learned, is to love education.  I'm going to Weber State now and between my time at Snow as well as taking a break from school, I want to be here.  I LOVE LEARNING!  I LOVE SCHOOL!  I feel like I just want to be a permanent student as my career.  I cannot get enough of school and the things I'm learning.  I am actually studying and going to class unlike last time and it is making a phenomenal impact!

I just took my first exam in history and I got 78%.  I was not very happy with that score so I went to my professors office hours today.  He informed me that he changed one of the answers  so I actually got 80%.  Wahoo!  Not amazing, but better than a C, and much better than a D or F.  I appreciate the one-on-one he was willing to provide during office hours so I can succeed in school.  I know professors can be really busy so it's nice to know they actually care and want their students to do well.

Gas relief. Pfft.

Have you ever gone to the doctors office for something incredibly stupid?  I always hear people say that and I've even said "I don't want to go to the doctor because it'll probably be nothing" but I've never actually had that happen.  Every time I go to the doctor I am sick or getting a physical or have some strange rash (which ended up being scabies but no one figured it out for a whole year...I was miserably itchy).  The past 2 weeks I have had this intense pain in my chest; it hurt to breathe and it often felt like my lung was collapsing or being squeezed.  I talked with my older sister, who is in the medical field, and she couldn't think of anything but walking pnemonia.  She told me to go see the doctor.  After a few days I finally decided to set up an appointment.  The breaking moment?

Me and Clifton were watching Star Trek when my dog decided to cuddle with us on the couch.  He hopped up but his whole lower body was hanging completely off the couch which was hilarious to watch.  Scout kept trying to stabilize himself by kicking the air but he was honestly just so happy to be snuggling with his owners that he didn't care all that much.  Clifton and I busted up laughing at our adorable dog and the minute I started laughing the pain increased.  I love it when my husband laughs his true gut laugh.  It makes me overwhelmingly happy that I always start laughing when he's truly laughing.  Because when something is funny enough for my husband to laugh at with all of his gut, it must be funny.  The combination of our dog and Cliftons laugh sent me into hysteria.  I was focusing all of my energies on not laughing because I could barely breathe when I did.  Then of course I was so amused that I had to concentrate on holding in my bladder as well.  Tragically, they were both things that required my full focus so I decided to focus on not laughing.  And I peed my pants.  Embarrassing?  Always.  Funny?  Yep.  Sad?  You bet.  I always start crying when I have an accident so it was at that moment I decided to go see the doctor.

I was so scared to go to the office alone so I made my prego sister join me.  I am such a child sometimes.  The doctor was a new one and he had a bit of an accent--I have no idea from where because I'm not good with that kind of thing.  He decided it was an issue important enough for the x-ray.  Dun dun dun.  It was the first x-ray I'd had done in years and it was a little exciting for me.  After that was finished he came into the room and said I have a big gas bubble working its way through my system.  His accent made it sound like "big-ass bubble" which was very humorous to me and my sister.

I went to the doctor because of gas?  You have got to be kidding me.  I've had a few more days of pain and today I was finally to relieve that pain with the help of all the metamusal I've been taking.  Oh yes.  Gas relief.  You know the feeling.  It's wondrous.

Egg toast

I finally bought eggs today.  And bread.  I find it so hard to spend money on food.  I'm fine spending money on clothes or candles or movies or what have you, but I feel like my money is wasted when I buy food.  It's so discouraging to work so hard at a negative job, receive a small paycheck which goes directly towards bills, then spend the small remainder of money on something that disappears in a day anyway!  It's an ongoing battle for me.  Yes, I enjoy cooking for my husband and taking care of him.  It doesn't happen very often though, because I genuinely struggle with "wasting" money on food.  Plus I hate cooking for two.  I grew up in a big family and it's so much easier for me to make big portion sizes.  It feels like I should have 10 other people in the house to cook for.  I know I sound crazy but I am confident that will be a more simple task for me!  At least then there will be so many people that food won't go bad.  I get so discouraged when bread gets moldy, or bananas brown, or the spaghetti sauce is growing bacteria.

That's all beside the point though.  I made myself egg toast tonight while I watched CSI.  It was a good evening.  I'm so glad I learned how to make this wonderful egg toast.  It's delicious and I'm grateful for it today.