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!