Another year gone...

Wow, one more day of 2011 and it seems like it just flew by. Hasn't been the greatest year so I'm not too sad to see it go.

There was the sad....My cousin died from her fight with Ovarian cancer, Miracle Dan came into our lives until he returned home, my neighbor who was so good to me died from COPD, fights that will never be forgotten and my marriage ended up to not being a marriage at all.

There was the good...Lots of fun things with friends throughout the year, Ollie's play dates with Trinity, learning to push myself, running in some of the funnest races EVER! with friends and family, RENT with Casie, girls' night out, watching Oliver grow and learn as he turns into the smartest kid ever and finding the true friendships in my life that I will value forever.

Granted that's a HUGE summary, but I don't have the energy to write it all. For the upcoming year I hope for more fun times with Oliver, potty train him, find a new/better job, run in some more races than last year, have more girls' night outings even if it's only to dinner or the movies, be divorced and free to do what I want with my life and be happier with my life.

Happy 2012 and may it be a happier one for everyone!

Thanks for giving

This year has been quite an interesting one. Even though it hasn't been the best year there are things I can still say I'm am overwhelmingly thankful for and since it is Thanksgiving....
I am thankful for...
1. My friends who are there for me no matter how far away they live or how busy their life might be. They have more shown me more support than most of my family and listen to me when I need to rant and rave! I love you gals!
2. My mind finally kicking me and giving me the courage to end a relationship that wasn't good for me to be in. I didn't realize what I was doing to myself until I was no longer in that situation.
3. My close family members who have helped me tremendously with giving me a place for me and my son to lay our heads at night, put food in our bellies and the freedom to go to school.
4. Running which has been the cheapest therapy for me this year. Even though my knee was injured early this year running has been helping with not only my knee pain but my stress as well. I also got to do a couple of 5ks and a 10k which were all so fun!
5. Most important of all this year is my son Oliver who is the reason I am stronger and better person every day for. Without him I would be lost in this world. He saved my life and every day I am thankful for that.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

11/11/11

Today 11/11/11 is my 26th birthday. I have decided to write a little blog about my life in the past 26 years. I was 3 weeks late so I should have been born in October. My dad was hoping I would come someday soon so he could have a day off from his busy work schedule. I finally came on 11/11 which was his day off anyway. Ha Ha! Sorry Dad!

Later on I got my first dog Tippy who was my reward for being potty trained by the age of 2. Shortly after my dad taught me how to ski which is something we did a lot of back then. I began preschool and started hanging out with Lindsay. Our moms were great friends. We also swam a lot in my pool in the backyard and rode around in my Jeep until we started school. Yes Lindsay this is you. :D
I started kindergarten and started playing soccer. Throughout the years of school I met new friends and lost some old ones. It was quite the journey when you change your group of friends and it was difficult but I believe it got me to the best friends I have today.

I had a lot of fights with some of my family members which made me into the person I am today. I wasn't going to stand there and be told I wasn't this or that. Having to defend myself helped to encourage me to be better than anyone else. I would say I'm still doing this in a way.

After high school I went to Weber State University and received a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in art. A month later I found out I was pregnant with Oliver and I was scared to death. I wasn't sure how people would take it and even though I wanted to be a mom I wasn't sure I was ready. 4 months into my pregnancy I got married to Andy and the following January on Martin Luther King Day I had Oliver Andrew Crow. Boy, was that an amazing experience. As scared as I was it was the best thing I have ever done and gone through. And I'm glad I didn't have to have a C-section either. :D

A year later my battle with my marriage would get the best of us. Andy moved out in February and I filed for divorce several months later after several things were said and done. Even though it didn't work out, I'm so happy I got Oliver out of it. He (in a way) saved my life and he IS my life. I also picked up some AMAZING friends along the way. Without them I would be crazy. Literally.

After Oliver was born I decided to do more with my life for both Oliver and I. I started back to school to pursue medical school. As intimidating as it is I hope I can do it without breaking down. I've been in school way too long and would love to finally be in something I'm interested in doing the rest of my life. It would help Oliver and I to be in a better place in the future.

Today being 11/11/11 is one of the coolest things. Not many people would ever get a birthday like this one in their life time. Makes me which I would have held out for Ollie's birthday to be 2/2 but oh well. Too late. I feel like I've been through a lot. Love, loss, grief, anger, happiness... I'm hoping the next 26 years are good to me...

October

October is over! I can't believe it! I did some pretty fun things for October. On the 15th Lindsay, Lauren and I did "Night of the Running Dead" where we dressed up as zombies and ran a 5k. I did the Huntsman Hometown Hero which I raise money for cancer research and then they pay my entrance fee into the race. I ended up raising $350, THANKS FAMILY! Anyways...We all wore cheetah pattern dresses and ripped them up and had our zombie makeup done. We entered a group costume contest and made it to the top 5, but didn't win. :( For the race you could run as a human or zombie and the humans started 2 minutes before the zombies so it looked as if the zombies were chasing them. Hilarious!



I ended up running the race in 23 minutes and 10 seconds finishing 15th in my age group and 101st overall (guys and gals/living and undead). I felt pretty good about it. Can't wait until next year!

Lindsay and Tyler had a Halloween party at their house again this year. Ollie was a cow and I was a cowgirl (pictures below). The food was delicious and Ollie had too much fun. Ha Ha!

I love Halloween. It is seriously my favorite holiday. No joke. We had the opinion of dressing up at work so I did. Duh! I wore the shirt I got from the race (previously mentioned) and went as a zombie runner."If you can't beat 'em, EAT 'EM!"
I did my own make-up.

Later that night Jenny, Trevor and Trinity came over and went Trick-or-Treating with Ollie and I around the neighborhood. It was so fun! They were the Flintstones. Awesome idea. Trinity would say "trick-or-treat" and Ollie said "thank you bye" so together they made an awesome team.

Our costumes

The Dirty Dash

It was the most AWESOME thing ever! Seriously this is one of the funnest races! Our team was called the "Mud Bloods" and we dressed up in white shirts/tanks and bandannas (mostly red). It was a 6.2 mile race with something like 40 obstacles and all in the mud. The first obstacle was the mud pit and I'm guessing this was to just ensure you were caked in mud by the end. You jumped/climbed bales of hay, slid into mud holes, climbed through mud tunnels, climbed wooden walls or went under them, climbed a rope wall, rope swings, walked through a swamp and best of all the slop-n-slide! My sister however got super hurt on the slide and we ended up walking to the finish line as a team of course! I think she cracked some ribs or something like that. Yikes! Anyway here are some pictures...This is the finish line- you had to go through a gigantic mud pit to get there.

My shoes (original color is blue), legs, shorts...

Shelby and I after the race. :D

I can't wait for next year to do it again!

Can I have a job?

Today was my day off from work and I didn't have an overwhelming amount of homework so I decided to apply for jobs galore! Yes, they are all medical related and some of them are even jobs I've had interviews for in the past couples months so whoever they chose must have not worked out or switched jobs. I'm hoping for a second chance. My aunt also works for Mountain Medical and forwarded my resume to a doctor's office looking for a office assistant which would be great. Don't know too much about it but it would be great to get a job in something I actually want to do.

I hate going into interviews and everything they ask me I have to relate back to something at the restaurant instead of medical. Since they haven't worked in the food industry (at least most of them) they don't understand and they don't think I'm qualified. We'll see.

Okay, time for cleaning!

What's up

Well I have officially started my new volunteer job at McKay Dee. I give couples tours of the delivery, labor and postpartum floor and answer their questions. It is WAY better than the ICU even though some of the couples are interesting... It gives me so many memories of having Oliver and my time there. I just can't believe it has been 20 months ago! WOW!

I am running the Dirty Dash a week from tomorrow with my sister and her ex-in-laws (and friends). I'm REALLY excited and can't wait. It is going to be awesome! I also recently signed up to run a 5k "Night of the Running Dead" as a Huntsman Hometown Hero. I'm raising money for cancer research which is such a good cause. Not many people are helping out though so hopefully they will before my race!

I had another job interview for McKay Dee and I'm assuming I didn't get it because I haven't heard back. I'm okay with it though because if I had gotten the job I would have to work Christmas morning and that would be so sad with Ollie this year.

Wednesday we went to the Utah State Fair because Oliver has been on the cow and horse kick. We figured that would be the best thing for him to see them up close. He was hilarious! He got so excited! I bought him a mini horse pillow pet and my parents bought him a mickey mouse maraca and a horse to play with. Then we each got a shirt. We ate some carni-food. It was fun. Maybe we'll go again next year!

I never thought

I never thought that the things I used to hate I would actually enjoy when I got older. I used to hate running even though I played soccer, but soccer is more than just running. Now I'm running 3+ miles every day I run and I love how I feel afterward. Stress is gone at least until someone brings something up again. :/

I also HATED with a passion- reading. You would never catch me reading a book on my own freewill. Now, if I can find an interesting book about a subject I'm interested in then I read it! I'm reading a hilarious book by Tina Fey. I recommend it already even though I haven't finished it. It makes you cry from laughing too hard. Love!

On another note....

I've switched my volunteer job so I am no longer in the ICU. Thank goodness! People were just getting more and more strange. I now am giving tours of the labor and delivery and postpartum floor to those who are about to have their baby. I'm actually really excited. I don't have to sit for 4 hours which will be nice for my knee since it gets angry if I sit too long. Plus I will feel like I'm actually helping instead of sitting there babysitting. :)

It's official

Oh yeah it's official I'm filing for divorce. Everyone seems to be afraid to ask or maybe it is they just don't care, but it's out in the open now. He is not the man I married- I don't know where that man went. But wherever he went a part of me went with him. I don't want to go into too much just hey FYI- now you know. Crap happens...or doesn't which is sometimes the problem. [Sigh] Moving on...

Roy Day

I started off my Saturday off in Roy running my first 5K at Roy Days. Lindsay, Tyler, Lauren, Spencer, Tina and Jennifer all ran as well. It was so fun! I finished 13th in my age group and 69th overall which I felt pretty good about. I felt pretty good all day after that, but woke up this morning with a little knee pain. Grrrr......

After the race I took my 1929 Ford Roadster to the car show with my dad (in his '55 Chevy). They have a mini carnival and vendors next to it where my dad bought Ollie some toys and a backpack (with a leash attached). We didn't win anything that we know of since they said awards were at 3 and everyone had packed up and left by then. Idiots...

I drove home in the blazing heat and was more sweaty than I was from my race. I finally got to shower and get ready for the luau. Lindsay and Tyler held a luau at their home also in Roy! There was lots of people and really good food! We had to leave early and not stay for fireworks because I had a final to take. Yuck!

Such a smart boy!

He really is the smartest kid. He is 18 months and 2 days old today. He is talking A LOT! And since he is talking and trying to learn new words I have decided to try and teach him things he is doing. Therefore I have taught him what "poopy" means and he now tells me when he is pooping. So I have now decided I will be potty training Ollie soon. I figured if he can tell me then he can definitely be trained. Plus I would love to have him trained within the next year so I don't have to worry about diapers and worry about training him in the middle of my stressful medical school applying.

Other words he says are ball, hi, no-no, yeah, drink, food, bink (binky), bed, soft, naughty, nice, bye-bye see ya, stinky, poopy, kitty (plus meow), dog (plus ruff-ruff), cracker, cookie, mom, pop-pop (grandpa), mama (grandma), up, down, book, baby, shoe, sock and that's all I can think of off the top of my head. :D

We went to the elementary school by our house and played on the playground for the first time. He LOVED the slide. He went down all by himself and sometimes even head first which scared me. He was so good. Once he got tired he asked to get in the stroller so we could walk back home. How I LOVE my little guy!

Pessimistic

I have to say I'm giving up on this whole job thing. I have officially turned in 85 applications to IHC, 5 to Mountainstar and some to Ogden Clinic. My two interviews last week apparently didn't go as well as I hoped since I didn't receive either job. I hate the feeling that I will be stuck waiting on table until I get into medical school if I can even get into that. I'm so frustrated. I wish instead of basing things off of interviews they should base it off intelligence. Andy received a letter from a doctor's office and you should see how many typos and errors there are in a 3 paragraph letter, but I can't get a job. UGH! This SUCKS!!!!! :(

Still having a summer

I hate that I have to take summer classes, because it doesn't even feel like summer. I have tried to act like it though to keep me from going insane. Jenny and I took the kids to the gateway last week and I've been playing soccer for the last 6-7 weeks. Tomorrow we're taking Ollie swimming at the aquatic center since he LOVES the water. I'm excited to get a tan...LOL! I've also officially signed up to do the Dirty Dash race with my sister and her sister-in-laws in September. I'm actually really excited, but worried about my knee. It has been hurting a little worse in the last couple days. I've still been running though and it feels a little bit better afterward. My family and I are going up to Henderson's cabin this weekend. I'm pretty excited to see it. It has a sauna, movie theater, play room and all sorts of stuff. Thanks Hendersons for going out of town! :D

I still haven't heard back from any of the jobs I interviewed for last week. Makes me believe I didn't get the job. And on top of it my liquor license expired so I have to redo it in order to continue serving at my current job. Yuck!

This past week though Casie and I went and saw the play RENT. It was so good! We went to Happy Sumo before and had sushi which was pretty good.
Okay...I'm going to go and buy my own pedometer so I can keep track of my running. Until next time...

The Waiting Game....

This past week I have 2 jobs interviews both of them with Intermountain Healthcare (IHC). First one is working in an OB/GYN office doing clerical stuff and whatnot. The second job is working with people who have seizures and monitoring them. I felt GREAT about the first job interview, but the second one was just okay. I would love to have the first job because it pays more, is in Ogden/Layton/N. Ogden and works with school. I have been sick to my stomach for almost a week because I've waited 2 years to get a job with IHC. I would love to get out of the food industry and work towards something that will help my life and career. I'm not going to lie, I'm probably going to cry if I don't get the first job and with my luck I'll get the second one just because I don't really want to do it, but will do it because I want to work for IHC. It's so hard not to get my hopes up about it though. I should be happy I finally got an interview, which I am, but I REALLY REALLY want a job.

I also went to the doctor about my knee. They took more x-rays and did this test to test my ACL (which is torn slightly) and looked at my MRI again. This time I got to look at it which was awesome. You could see the slight tear I have and how much fluid is in it. Fluid is the major concern which is why I'm going back in 2 months for a followup. He said I could continue running and playing soccer unless my knee swells or feels worse. I DID sign up for the Dirty Dash race in Sept so I hope everything stays intact and swelling goes down....

Only time will tell eh?

I'm falling apart...

My knee has been hurting pretty bad lately. I had a horrible time even finding out what was wrong with it! I got a MRI and they said they would call me in a couple days. 4 days later I called them and complained about never getting a call which then I get forwarded to a voicemail of my doctor's nurse which also never called me back. Two days later I called back and refused to be forwarded unless it was someone who was going to give me results. This lady gets on the phone and says " I don't know what this means, but I'll read it to you.." after that I get forwarded to physical therapy office which had no clue why they were seeing me. I decided at that point that was just a bad idea. I got a hold of McKay Dee's sport medicine office and told the girl what happened and so she put me on hold to talk to the doctor and then got me an appointment. A couple days later she called me back to tell me the doctor had looked at my MRI and said I don't need surgery but I need some form of treatment because I did slightly tear my ACL. It hurts when I sit for longer than 20 minutes. I'm still playing soccer and run once in a while until I'm told otherwise. :D

First Battle Wound

Ollie got his first real battle wound from walking. My mom took him shopping with her while I was at work. I get a call from my mom saying "you need to meet us at the ER, Ollie hit his head and needs stitches!" so I rush out of there leaving 2 tables. I rushed to the ER beating them there. Apparently while shopping my mom let Ollie walk and she turned to ask the sales lady about shoes for him to walk in and when she turned he was in the process of falling and hit his head on a table in Dillards. Everyone was freaking out and then told my mom she had to stay there to fill out an accident report before she could take my son to the ER! Unbelievable! I know where they are coming from but when a toddler is bleeding from his head you should probably let them get to a hospital! Anyways...he ended up with 3 stitches. I had pictures lined up for tonight but obviously had to cancel since Ollie had stitches....not the cutest pictures...

Getting my mind somewhere else

I've been thinking a lot about my birthday which is still 6 months away. It's the big 11/11/11 birthday which also falls on a Friday. Couldn't get any better than that right? I will be 26. Crazy. I feel like I really haven't lived that long. Anyways...I've been try to think of something to do. I want to do something really fun, because I never get to do anything super exciting for my birthday. Usually it is for others' birthdays and whatnot. It's hard though. I don't know where I will be and honestly almost everyone has kids now which means it's harder to get together or plan something. I don't know what to do....

I get to go have my first MRI on my knee on Thursday. I'm not supposed to do any major running or playing soccer, but we'll see how that goes... :) I think I might have torn something because of how it hurts, but I hope I'm wrong.

Ollie is getting so big. He is 15 months old. He is starting to walk and say a lot of words. He is such a crack up. He thinks things are funny even when they aren't which in turn makes it funny. I'm hoping to get his pictures done soon. :D

A new job and the journey ahead...

I've been doing a lot of research on new jobs. I really want to get into healthcare and not wait on tables anymore. I've been thinking about doing Phlebotomy. If I take the class from IHC they will pay me minimum wage to train and then once I'm done they will pay me $10.65 and give me benefits. I do have to complete so many hours otherwise I have to reimburse them, but they also guarantee you a job so it isn't really a problem. Plus I won't have to work full time which means I could still go to school and I would actually be making enough money to go! I just hope I can get the requirements done before the application is gone to get in. It also fulfills the "patient exposure" requirement for medical school which is a huge bonus!

I also want to have an excuse to get out of volunteering. It has been easy and nice to have time to study, but people can be so rude. Like just now the ICU is closed and no one is allowed back there. This lady comes up and tells me they are the mother of so-and-so and I explained to her the ICU was closed and NO ONE is allowed back there. She then says " well there isn't an exception for mothers?" and I again had to explain NO ONE is allowed back there. She then walks over to sit down and says how ridiculous it is she can't go in. Come on people, if we make an exception for you then we have to make one for all so I wouldn't count on it happening. Grrr!

My body is falling apart. I feel like I got hit by a car. I twisted my knee last week during a soccer game which has only seemed to get more uncomfortable and then last night at my game I believe I broke my big toe. It is super swollen, bruised and kills to bend it (or what little I can). Then my arm hurts and I'm not sure why. If I slept wrong or got hit into the wall at my game too hard or what. Dunno? I have to work 2 more days too. This should be fun....

Well I have a lot of thoughts on my plate right now about what I should do with the rest of my years which is causing me stress. I'm going to take up running since that is the only way I can clear my head. Plus it is good for me too, course I have to wait for my toe to get better. That might be a little hard... Ha ha

I should be in bed...

...but instead I'm writing how frustrated I am with life choices. How stupid and lazy I was in my younger years. Not that I'm old by any means, but yeah, you get it. For some reason all I could think about tonight was if I had taken Math 1060 right out of high school, I would not be in the tight situation I am in with school right now. I would have less pressure and stress of having to learn my math all over again. Today in the paper was an article about WSU raising tuition AGAIN! GRRRR!!! I could understand if I was getting better education and what-not but I'm not. They are pricing me right out of school! Greedy!!!

Don't get me wrong here....It has been nice living with my parents to help take care of Ollie, but it is getting to the point of I'm going insane. I feel like a "teen mom." I would really like to find a place of my own where Ollie has the space to crawl, walk, play as much as he wanted without the worry of the animals (and whatever comes with having animals), getting into something he shouldn't, etc. I'm worried Ollie has slept in our room for too long now that it is going to be a nightmare trying to get him to sleep in a separate room of his own. I'm sick of being treated like I'm not doing enough for my child or it isn't good enough.

I'm trying to do what I can for my child. I've been applying to jobs for 3 years now, over 100 applications or resume emailed, 3 interviews and no new job. I go to school which is super expensive to get myself in a field where I CAN get a job. A job that will actually pay for us to have things: home, food, car, clothes, a bulldog? :D

In summary you can't get a job without the education and experience which you can't get without having the job. You can't get the education unless you have a job that pays well to pay for the education. WTF?! How frustrating....

What is wrong with that?!

I'm really getting sick of the "you're too skinny" comments. Yes, I lost weight after I had Ollie. Yes, I didn't gain any of it back (YAY!). So what is wrong with that?! I've gone to my doctor who didn't say anything about my weight and how low it is. I work out, play soccer and when the weather gets nicer I'll be running outside and playing with Ollie therefore I'll probably be just as thin as I am now. I don't really care for junk food. You will rarely see me eat potato chips or candy because honestly I just don't crave it that often. I DO eat just like everyone else. I eat breakfast, sometimes lunch (unless I'm at work) and dinner every day. I don't have an eating disorder or anything like that so seriously get over it. Sincerely- me. :)

Crazy kid

How my baby is turning into such a kid! He has 8 teeth now- 4 on top and 4 on bottom although some are not all the way "in." He is learning how to pull himself up to stand which is a good sign he'll be walking soon. My dad has been doing Donald Duck voice to him and he has been trying to mock it which just sounds like a person who is possessed by the devil. Funny yet somewhat scary at the same time. He'll stand up in his crib when I'm watching TV in bed with the lights off and go "Mama" in his "Donald Duck voice." Creeps me out. :D

I'm working all week this week. 6 shifts in 6 days. It sucks but I need the money. I also have a soccer game tonight at 11:30 and volunteering on Thursday night. Plus class tomorrow and Thursday morning. I'm going to be exhausted. Also waiting for Lauren to have her baby since her due date is tomorrow which is also Jenny's birthday. (Happy b-day!) Way to pile everything into the next couple weeks.

I called McKay Dee to start physician shadowing and I'm getting blown off by the girl in charge. She was somewhat short with me when I spoke to her and acted like she was just swamped which honestly I don't think she wanted to do anything. I can't do anything though until I fill out her paper work that is almost like the paper work for volunteering. If I have time tomorrow I'm going to call her again, I think she's had enough time to get back to me.

I have broke out into hives all over my legs and arms. Not really sure what it's from since I haven't changed anything, but I'm going crazy trying to NOT itch them. I've had them for 2 days now and I'm hoping they'll just go away on their own so I don't have to go to the doctor. My swollen lymph node is gone though which is great news!

I'm going to go job search now....peace

Just go away!

We have been some serious sick people. Andy started off the year by getting strep which he got over pretty fast once he went to the doctor. Ollie followed with a cold that is still going. He has been very congested and coughing up mucus. Gross! Andy then went to the doctor for his stomach in which he found he has a colon problem that may require surgery later this year. For now though, he is on antibiotics. I got a stomach virus which prevented me from getting out of bed for two days. I missed work and school. I was given medicine on a Wednesday so I could stop having nausea and was told to come back if I didn't feel better. Following Monday I was back to the doctor because my ears hurt and my throat was killing me. She found I had an infection between my ear and throat. Therefore putting me on antibiotics. Well, as the days have gone my congestion, ear pain and sore throat have decreased while my lymph node has decided to swell. When I was younger I had to have one removed from my upper neck and now it is back.

Swollen lymph nodes can start because of an infection or virus or antibiotics so I'm definitely in the running for getting one since I've had all three. It hurts pretty bad though. It hurts to stretch or turn my neck to a certain degree. I'm giving it a little time to go down on it's own, but since it didn't when I was younger I don't have high hopes. I really don't want to go back to the doctor, but I might have to. I'm just hoping we are all going to be healthy again VERY soon.

GPA-MCAT-MD-ABC?!

I knew getting into medical school was going to be complicated, but I didn't know it was going to be like this. This semester I'm taking a class taught by Dr. Goff and Dr. Moesinger. It like a " I wish I would have known or done this before medical school" kind of thing. We went through the stats of medical school and how much competition there is. I'm not sure if my professor was trying to discourage people or what, but after her lecture about how some people never make it, I still felt confident.

I'm also taking Human Physiology which is awesome! I'm actually doing amazingly well. I've aced 3 quizzes so far and I have high hopes for the exam this weekend. This may be why I'm feeling pretty good about everything right now- hope it continues!

I'm hopefully going to be signing up to physician shadow pretty soon. I really want to excel in everything so I have the best chances for getting in. I've been researching different medical schools and different programs. Of course University of Utah is my first choice. Others to follow would be University of Colorado and possibly Oregon and Seattle (WA).

I'm sick of being stuck in the same spot. I can't wait to get this going. Not only for me, but for Ollie too. I want the best life for him and this is a great way to do it.

Okay...now back to the books!

2011

Oh boy...a new year! See ya later 2010...you won't be missed. Sure there were some good things and not so good things. I started off the year with the most amazing experience to date....having Ollie! I got almost 5 weeks off of work. :D Though...Ollie didn't come out without problems so we had the long journey of hospital trips every day so make sure he was okay. Lauren got married in June and it was so nice! Another friend Jenny had her baby girl Trinity in July and soon thereafter my friends, Lauren, Lindsay and Torie, announced their pregnancies. All due this year! Andy and I celebrated our 1st year anniversary of being married and our 8th year anniversary of being "together."

I've had some moments of my fights with certain relatives and idiotic professors. Then to finish the year I slid on black ice into a UTA short bus...NOT causing any damage not even a scratch. After UTA said they didn't want me to be cited since I can't control mother nature. The Ogden ass said "I have to give you a ticket. It's the law." which we all know is a bunch of crock! Therefore getting me in a fight with him too...

We did ring in the new year with the Thorsted clan. We ate, played BS, Wise or Otherwise and then the boys played a game while Jenna, Ollie and I hung out & talked. It was fun! It was nice to see them when they come into town from WI!

For the new year I didn't make any resolutions. For one I never follow through with them and second I don't remember them to do them! LOL So let's just say I have "hopes" for this year. Andy and I are going to take a trip in the summer to California (probably) and maybe later take Ollie to Colorado. We love it there and we've been taking about how we miss it. I hope to complete most of my studies at WSU for the last time. Then take the MCAT. My goal is to apply in 2012 to medical school.

Ollie turns ONE! We'll be throwing him a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse b-day party with friends and family. I'm pretty excited and I hope it turns out well!

OK big day tomorrow. I got lab, Ollie's doctor appt for his one year and soccer so off I go. :D