Hey everybody,
I am trying to get some pictures on this thing but I have to go to the library when I want to use the Internet so it is very limiting. Not to mention most of the pictures are on my friends camera's cause I always forget to bring mine. I will really try to upload some this weekend.
I am feeling much better these days from the mono. I just get tired really easily and take a lot of naps. I am back at work part time, I usually work 4-6 hours and then go home and take long naps. But I am feeling like I am on the upward climb to getting better.
Despite the mono I have still been able to go and do a lot of fun things here in Jackson. Last weekend I went river rafting down the Snake River for the first time in about 6 or 7 years. It was great! I went down with a whole bunch of people in my singles branch. I paddled the whole time (although I probably shouldn't have) and I didn't fall out once. I did get a really good looking bruise on the back of my leg. I will take a picture and try and post it. Also, yesterday I went and floated down Flat Creek, which is a small river that runs through Jackson. IT was really fun. We got $5 tubes from Smiths and had a blast. There were mini rapids and we all got scraped up a bit but still had fun. I am trying to enjoy my time here in Jackson even though it can be limiting. I came home from my first day of working 6 hours after getting sick and slept for 14 hours. And I still woke up tired. Oh well such is life. I will get better eventually... Well until next time!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Summer, Jackson and Mono
Its been awhile since I have updated this, but there are several excellent reasons why I haven't. First, I moved to Jackson Hole, WY to work for the summer and its absolutely amazing. Second, my new apartment doesn't have Internet so I have to go to the Jackson County Library if I want to use the Internet (or really nice friends let me use their laptops), and the last reason is because two weeks ago I got mono.
Summers in Jackson are amazing if you can enjoy them. I work from about 9:30 to about 7 or 8 at night and then I would usually go hang out with people from my singles branch. I seemed doomed to not be able to enjoy Jackson this summer though. The first hike we went on as a ward I rolled my ankle pretty bad and had to be carried back up and down the mountain. I am very accident prone these days.
Then my birthday came and I turned 22 yrs old. The best part of the day was when my boyfriend Dan, drove up from Texas to surprise me. He wasn't planning on coming up until later the next week to go back to Logan but he came up early and at 5 am in the morning rang my doorbell and surprised me. So we got to spend the day together since I had the day off. It was great!
That's where the good news ends, two days later I went to the doctor because I had been feeling really sick and extremely tired. I had blood work done and discovered that I had mono and strep throat. I think that this combination is honestly the worst that can ever happen. First of all you are exhausted all the time and all you ever want to do is sleep, but then your throat hurts, so you wake up to take more drugs and to eat but the food is downstairs and it takes all your energy just to get there. So you stay there for awhile before you want to sleep in your bed, and then the cycle starts all over again. And contrary to what most people believe, I did not get mono from Dan, I was afraid that I gave it to him and made him go to a doctor to check just in case. I had a roommate when I first moved to Jackson who had recently had it and was recovering from it. She moved to another apartment about a week after I moved in. I thought I had been so careful to keep our apartment clean and not get sick but lo and behold, I got mono.
So I haven't been able to go to work for the last 2 weeks and depending on how I feel this weekend I may be out for a little longer. Even when I do start working again I can only work part-time. I just hope I can stay awake and on my feet for work.
I have received several calls concerning my Clogging Club and have had quite a few people interested in when I will be starting classes. Its hard to choreograph dances when you have mono. I have to think it out in my head, but its coming although slowly. I am really excited about this fall, I think we are going to have an awesome group.
Well that's all for now, until I borrow a laptop or go to the library. I'll try to put in some pictures next time.
Summers in Jackson are amazing if you can enjoy them. I work from about 9:30 to about 7 or 8 at night and then I would usually go hang out with people from my singles branch. I seemed doomed to not be able to enjoy Jackson this summer though. The first hike we went on as a ward I rolled my ankle pretty bad and had to be carried back up and down the mountain. I am very accident prone these days.
Then my birthday came and I turned 22 yrs old. The best part of the day was when my boyfriend Dan, drove up from Texas to surprise me. He wasn't planning on coming up until later the next week to go back to Logan but he came up early and at 5 am in the morning rang my doorbell and surprised me. So we got to spend the day together since I had the day off. It was great!
That's where the good news ends, two days later I went to the doctor because I had been feeling really sick and extremely tired. I had blood work done and discovered that I had mono and strep throat. I think that this combination is honestly the worst that can ever happen. First of all you are exhausted all the time and all you ever want to do is sleep, but then your throat hurts, so you wake up to take more drugs and to eat but the food is downstairs and it takes all your energy just to get there. So you stay there for awhile before you want to sleep in your bed, and then the cycle starts all over again. And contrary to what most people believe, I did not get mono from Dan, I was afraid that I gave it to him and made him go to a doctor to check just in case. I had a roommate when I first moved to Jackson who had recently had it and was recovering from it. She moved to another apartment about a week after I moved in. I thought I had been so careful to keep our apartment clean and not get sick but lo and behold, I got mono.
So I haven't been able to go to work for the last 2 weeks and depending on how I feel this weekend I may be out for a little longer. Even when I do start working again I can only work part-time. I just hope I can stay awake and on my feet for work.
I have received several calls concerning my Clogging Club and have had quite a few people interested in when I will be starting classes. Its hard to choreograph dances when you have mono. I have to think it out in my head, but its coming although slowly. I am really excited about this fall, I think we are going to have an awesome group.
Well that's all for now, until I borrow a laptop or go to the library. I'll try to put in some pictures next time.
Friday, May 4, 2007
End of School Update
School is finally over! The last few weeks have been both busy and slow. But now that they are over, I can have a little bit of a break before I move up to Jackson for the summer. Then I will get to see mountains like this everyday!
My finals went well, I only had two real finals. The rest of my finals were projects, presentations, and papers that were due the week before finals. It's nice being an English major when it comes to taking tests, because we don't take tests, we just write papers about them. I would much rather write a paper then take a test.
This is my roommate Mindy and I when we were on Spring Break in Vegas.
My finals went well, I only had two real finals. The rest of my finals were projects, presentations, and papers that were due the week before finals. It's nice being an English major when it comes to taking tests, because we don't take tests, we just write papers about them. I would much rather write a paper then take a test.I am recovering from my concussion very well. I was dizzy with headaches for the first week and a half after it happened but now, over two weeks since the accident and a lot of Jamba Juices, I am feeling much better and the headache has lessened to a slight buzz. As long as I get enough sleep at night and drink lots of water I am usually ok. Next week I will be able to start working out again, which will be a relief. I am getting tired of not being able to run or walk long distances.
My dance girls and I went out to dinner on Tuesday night at Chili's to talk and hang out for the last time this semester. I got to share our judgesheets with them, we did really well at competition and I am so proud of them! Most of them are returning next year and are excited to start dancing again. We are hoping to have 3 maybe 4 classes next year for different levels. As a competing team, we are hoping to have 3 new dances next year. I have a lot of plans for the club and I am excited for the next school year to start so I can start teaching again. I will be busy choreographing over the summer!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Dance Competition and Concussion
My team and I went to the Springfest Dance Competition in Taylorsville, UT on Saturday and we had a lot of fun! We only did one dance in Championship and we won first place on it. The biggest surprise was when we won Grand Champion Overall in the Small Open Team category. We danced against 6 or 7 other teams so I was very pleased. Our judge sheets came back with very good scores and I was really excited. It was the first time we had ever competed together and we did great. I am glad I was able to dance!
For those of you who don't know, I got a concussion last week when I went country dancing. My friend was dipping me at the end of the last dance and another couple behind us kicked me pretty hard in the head. I ended up going to the hospital in an ambulance and having to get x-rays because they were worried I had hurt my neck, but everything ended up fine. I don't remember a whole lot of what happened after I got kicked until about the time I got to the hospital but apparently I passed out, forgot my name, where I was from, what day of the week it was, and when my birthday was. My friends said that if the situation hadn't been sort of scary then my reactions and what I said was pretty funny. I left the hospital with a mild-moderate concussion and a headache that the doctor said would last for the next couple of weeks. I wasn't supposed to do any strenuous activity for 48 hours so when Saturday came around I had to decide if I would be able to dance, and I did!
For those of you who don't know, I got a concussion last week when I went country dancing. My friend was dipping me at the end of the last dance and another couple behind us kicked me pretty hard in the head. I ended up going to the hospital in an ambulance and having to get x-rays because they were worried I had hurt my neck, but everything ended up fine. I don't remember a whole lot of what happened after I got kicked until about the time I got to the hospital but apparently I passed out, forgot my name, where I was from, what day of the week it was, and when my birthday was. My friends said that if the situation hadn't been sort of scary then my reactions and what I said was pretty funny. I left the hospital with a mild-moderate concussion and a headache that the doctor said would last for the next couple of weeks. I wasn't supposed to do any strenuous activity for 48 hours so when Saturday came around I had to decide if I would be able to dance, and I did!
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Stake Talent Show
Ok I think I finally figured this thing out!
This is the video clip of my team performing at our Stake Talent Show.
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This is the video clip of my team performing at our Stake Talent Show.
https://www.google.com/video/upload/Status?rf=1&hl=en
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Family, School, and Dance News
hey everybody!
I finally found some time to update this thing. Sorry there isn't very many pictures on it. But I am at the school library so maybe I will be able to post some later.First of all, I have another cute little niece! Aubrey Calderwood was born last Friday. She has tons of hair and is absolutely adorable. I wish I could go to Maryland and see her but I will have to wait until Lisa and Cody come into town later this summer.
Next, School is still going... I found out on Friday that I got the job that I was interested in as an Rhetoric Associate. So I had to add a class to my fall schedule for that. I will be taking 18 credits next fall. More then I planned on, but my work schedule isn't as hard so I think I will be ok.
My team and I performed Monday night at our Stake Talent show. We did really well I think, considering it was the first time 3 of the dancers had performed the dance. It was a good practice before competition. My team and I have decided to go to competition in two weeks in Taylorsville, UT. We are only competing with one dance and I will do my Acappella so its going to be small, but I think it will be good practice. I hope it goes well. I will try and post the video clip of us dancing when I get home tonight as well as some pictures of the team.
My dance club held elections and I was nominated President of the USU Clogging Club. I am excited for this club to start. I am ready to get the paperwork off my desk and start organizing instructors for next fall. I have found even more people who want to join the club. I plan on spending my summer choreographing 2 or 3 new dances for various levels.
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