End of the Semester and a New Job

So I got a new job. I finally gave in and got a Provo, UT call center job. I am still working with the BYU study abroad programs but not I am also working at the call center taking inbound calls and selling satalite TV, hahaha. I make $10/hour plus commission. So far today I have already made $10 in commissions. Hopefully I'll make $10-20 more before I leave to add on top of the $40 I'll make for being on the clock. By the way, I am working at the call center as I type this haha. It is kind of cool that I can mess around on the internet as long as I am staying on task and taking calls when I get them. I haven't written a blog in SO LONG so I thought I would drop a little update. By the way I just got another sale, so I have $25 in commission so far this shift. i am going to end the shift making $16.25 per hour, yay! Of course they have to take out taxes, and then tithing.

Let's see, I'm still dating Kory. We have been dating for over a month and a half. It has been pretty fun! Last weekend we went on a mini vaca before school started consuming all of our time with preparation for final exams. We went to Boise Friday, then flew up to Seattle, WA to hang out with his parents in Lakewood. That was a lot of fun. We surprised his parents, they didn't know we were coming which made it kind of exciting. They were thrilled to see us. I had a lot of fun getting to know them, I think I know where Kory gets all of his wonderful personality traits and talents now :) We went to church with them on Sunday and then flew back to Boise. We got to spend the evening in Boise and have dinner with my parents. Then we drove back to Provo, haha. It was such a great weekend! The weather was beautiful and it was nice to get away.

Next Friday Kory and I are leaving Provo to take a road trip across the country to Virginia Beach, VA where he will be doing summer sales all summer. I will hang out with him there for a week and then go work in Nor Cal. Virginia Beach should be a nice vaca for me, Kory will be busy getting settled in and working.

Anyway, the rest of this week is going to be rough! Wish me luck on finals!


Snowboarding in Park City.


Miniature golfing in Washington.


At the lake in Washington. The sun was very bright!


Talking to Stephen (Elder Nelson) on the recorder in Boise.


Pose for a picture.


Doing ceramics at "Color Me Mine" in Provo.

ABC's All About Me!

ABC'S about me
A- Attached or Single: Attached-ish? haha, I'm dating someone but I'm not married.
B-Best Friends: Karly Jo, Cassandra Jo (Cassie), Michelle, Jeni
C-Cake or Pie: Pie, banana cream or chocolate
D- Day of Choice: Friday because I usually don't have classes and I don't have to wake up early Saturday haha.
E- Essential Item: Hands down, cell phone
F- Favorite TV Show: Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives
G- Gummie Bears or Worms: bears...from Germany.
H- Hometown: the C.O.T., B-tooooown, Boise, ID
I- Indulgence(s): Vacations
J- January or July: July...summer baby!
K- Kids: uhhh, not yet.
L- Life is incomplete without: Knowing your life has a purpose, and understanding that God knows that purpose.
M- Marriage Date: TBA (no not anytime soon)
N-Number of siblings: 1 little brother 1 half sister
O- Oranges or Apples: Green apples
P- Phobias or Fears: Cane spiders! hahaha oh Kauai
Q- Quote: There is no nobility in being better than someone else, true nobility lies in being better than your former self.
R- Reason to Smile: Good weather
S- Season of Choice: Spring!
T- Tag Six: Sadie, Mari, Heidi, Karen, Erika, Mom
U- Unknown fact about me: I come off very strong and confident (which I am) but I am also very sensitive.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Oppressor of Animal of course
W- Worst Habit: Running my life on Hawaii time (no worries, no rush, no schedule)
X- X-Ray or Ultrasound? x-ray, I don't like jelly on me haha
Y- Your Favorite Food: Italian
Z- Zodiac: Taurus

Midterms and Dance Parties, Oh the College Life!

I am sorry sorry I have been a total slacker lately! Things have been going really well with me for the last couple of months or so. I have just been busy with school, as always. Right now we are in midterms. I actually have one today that I will be cramming for while in my other classes :) haha. I am nervous!

Even worse though I woke up with a lump in my throat like I am getting sick again. Yes I said again, I was sick last week! I guess the good news is that I got one fun weekend in before I got sick again. I went on a date Friday that was a ton of fun! Then both nights I hit up some dance parties with some friends, which we always love. I will attach some pics...

Wow, It's February

I have been a total slacker and January slipped right through my hands! School is already overwhelming me, that is senioritis for you though. It is hard to get myself to stay motivated and on top of things. I haven't even been snowboarding as much as I would like to. I think I need to start scheduling out my every minute so that I can make sure that I fit the things in my schedule that I really really want to. I purchased an agenda like the ones that I used to use in High School in order to get a little bit more organized.

So I don't know about you, but I am the type of person that always wants to write in my journal but never takes the time to actually do that. For a while when I lived in Kauai I would just write in church every Sunday. I would write what had happened during the week and any spiritual thoughts I had while in church. It worked pretty well. But although I was accomplishing a lot I didn't get as intently involved in Sunday School as I should have. So I don't do that anymore. But, I finally found something that I absolutely LOVE and totally works for me. It is www.PYXLIN.com

Happy New Year 2008!

Hello family and friends! Happy New Year! I cannot believe that 2007 is over already, but that's how it goes. Time just slips away sometimes! I went home for Christmas. It was a really quiet Christmas at home, but I love spending the time with my parents. We got a lot of organizing and cleaning done while I was home. But of course there is always more to do. I haven't really been home to spend a chunk of time cleaning up my things in like 4 years. My poor mother. We also got to go and see a couple of movies. We saw Charlie Wilson's War and The Debaters. Both of them were great. Of course we went to eat at my favorite place ever, On The Border, yummm!!!

I came back to Utah on Sunday. I am so lucky, my dad drove me to Utah because the weather was kind of questionable. I am glad my parents care so much about my safety. We drove the Yukon so that I could have it for moving. I have decided to move from one place to another for a couple of reasons: to save money, to have a shorter contract (April instead of August), and to have a new ward with new people to meet! I have been spending the last three days getting all settled in to my new place. I love it! My room is bigger but I am paying less in rent, yay! haha. Hopefully I will be all finished tonight and have the weekend to relax a little bit before school starts on Monday. This semester is going to be really hard.

I hope that everyone had a really great New Years Eve! I had a really good day. My really good friend Mike and his family invited my best friend Karly Jo and I to go out to dinner with them to this really nice steak house in Salt Lake City. It is called Flemings, and it is really nice. The type of place I would never go because there is no way I could afford it! Dinner was absolutely fabulous! After dinner we went over to Temple Square to check out the Christmas lights because it was the last night they were going to be on. I love Temple Square. Then we drove back to Provo. Karly Jo and I were just planning on having a low key New Years Eve, we were going to throw in a movie. My friend Nate came over to Karly's new apartment. They have a projector screen in their basement it is super nice! So he helped us set it up, but then we realized we needed a DVD player. We decided to go to my place and get mine. Then I noticed that I didn't have my purse. I looked everywhere and then called Flemings, sure enough I left it in Salt Lake City! They were just about to close so we jumped in the car and headed to Salt Lake City. After we picked up my purse, which thankfully had everything in it. We went to this party called First Night in downtown Salt Lake. It was so much fun. There was a live band that is a lot like Dave Matthews Band, and we just danced around for 30 minutes until the countdown. Then we got to do the countdown and see the fireworks!! It was a great night. I love fireworks so I was really happy. I got 2 kisses on the cheek for New Years, one from Karly Jo and another from Nate. Overall it was a lot of fun! I will try to post pictures of the night soon.

I Survived!

I made it through finals week! Yay! I do not like finals, not even a little bit! If you have gone to college you know what I am talking about.

I am feeling much better now. I am still getting headaches every day, but not the migraines I was getting. I am very grateful for that! On Wednesday I got so sick again from the migraine that I was throwing up. So I made my wait to the health center and saw a doctor. She pulled up my CT scan and blood work from the hospital visit the previous Friday. My white blood cell count was high, and the scan showed that I probably had sinusitis. She prescribed an antibiotic and decongesting medicine for me. I went home and took a long nap (sorry I missed you call Sadie, and that I am a slacker and haven't gotten back to you yet. Thank you for thinking of me!) I have seen improvement in the intensity of my head aches since then. My mom knew I probably had sinusitis all along! Too bad those stupid ER doctors didn't figure it out. It would have saved me 5 days of being miserable!

On a more exciting note...after finals were finished I got my hair done. I dyed it darker and cut more layers in it, but it is still really long. It's kind of fun! A nice change. My mom flew down to Utah on Friday morning and she got her hair done too.


On Saturday morning we woke up and got ready to take off for Idaho. On the way home to Boise we stopped along the way to see family. First we stopped at Jon and Gina's house. Brian and Liberty were there with their kids also. It was fun to see everyone at once! I absolutely love Jon and Gina's girls they are so fun! When we came to the door all of them ran over and gave Mom and I big hugs! They immediately offered us some cake, they are so cute! I haven't seen Brian and Lib's kids in so long! They didn't remember me at all, but that is ok. They have grown up so much! All of the adults sat around and chatted and caught up on each other's lives. It was really fun. I love my family! We continued on our drive to Boise, and then a few hours later stopped in Gooding. We drove thru town and saw the round building and guessed that Aunt Kay Lynn would be there. Sure enough she was! haha. We went in and visited while Kay Lynn was finishing up a quilt that she was making. Klyn came by and visited with us. It was really fun to get to see so much family in one day! I love the Cheneys!

I am home in Boise now. Yay! We were lucky because we beat the snow for the most part. The last 20 minutes of our drive was snowy. Since we have been home in Boise it has been snowing off and on. It will be a white Christmas! I hope all is well with each of you. Peace and Love!

What a headache...A Really Bad One Too!

So I started out super motivated with my new blog, new goals, new motivation for consistency with my routine. This week was the last week of classes for the semester so I have been extremely busy, but I did not want to use that as an excuse. Then I stared getting these headaches around Tuesday. They were frustrating and at first only lasted for about an hour or two.

Then by Thursday around noon I suddenly had this really intense headache just come over me all of the sudden. It wasn't gradual at all. I tied to tough it out and go about my day writing papers for the end of semester in my classes. Then by Thursday night my headache had gotten so mad it actually made me nauseated. I actually ended up throwing up. Right after that I went to bed (didn't get to finish the paper that was due that night). It took me a while to fall asleep with the pain, the over the counter stuff that I was taking wasn't helping at all.

When I woke up Friday morning I felt much better. But after just two hours went past my intense head ache came back again. I went to the Urgent Care center to be seen. The doctor asked me what was going on, when I told him this was by far the worst head ache I had ever had he refunded my co-pay and told me that I had to go to the hospital. Now, I had a VERY important meeting that I absolutely could not miss at 3:30PM so I waited until after my meeting to go to the hospital. I was not feeling well at all before the meeting. I was counting down the minutes until it started. But strangely when I got into the meeting I was doing just fine. Eventually I could feel myself getting sick again so I excused myself from the meeting about an hour and fifteen minutes later. I was walking to the car and (this is really gross I am sorry to share this with you skip ahead if you would like) suddenly this sick feeling in my stomach came over me and I couldn't hold it. I had to lean over in the grass, luckily it was in a corner where no one else was around and it was a Friday afternoon when no one was on campus. But still! Gross! I hurried straight home with my intense headache getting worse and worse. When I got home I brushed my teeth and rinsed with mouthwash a few times. Then went back to my car and drove to the hospital.

I checked into the hospital with what was expected to be an hour wait. Which I was waiting for a room to open up for me I had to go to the bathroom and throw up again. Finally I was placed in a room. I was in so much pain from both my headache and nausea by this point I wasn't functioning well. Before the doctor got to me I threw up again. Finally he saw me and said he would order some meds to help me out. I was sent to get a scan of my head to make sure everything was ok. When they got me back in the room I was throwing up about every 15 minutes. Originally I thought they would do a scan of my head, see everything was ok, give me a shot and send me home. I was not realizing that this was a much bigger deal than that! So I called my aunt to come help me. I am sooooo lucky to have relatives that live near me! She made it to the hospital and rubbed my neck for me and comforted me. The results from the scan came back clear, and the doctor finally put an IV in me and gave me the real medicines to help me out! Within an hour I was free of pain and nausea, but totally out of it, haha.

We discovered that I had my first migraine ever! Man those things are absolutely miserable! Now when people say that have a migraine I KNOW they are not just complaining they are really going through some intense stuff! I was hospitalized because of a migraine! They think it was caused from a tension headache that built into a migraine. I have been having headaches all day today, too. But I am trying to stay on top of them with medicines so that they don't get out of control and turn into a migraine.

The moral of the story is, TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY! If you have stress or tension in your muscles, invest in massage therapy or physical therapy. Your body needs to be taken care of, because if its not then your aches and pains will become unmanageable.

So that is my excuse for the week! I worked out faithfully Monday and Tuesday, then the rest of the week I was in a lot of pain and not able to get to the gym. Will you guys please forgive me and let me repent next week? Even though next week is finals so I might not do that great then either... I have also slacked on reading my 26 pages of scriptures every day to accomplish some end of the year goals I have. Oh well, I'll just have to play catch up with that too!

I love you all. Hope everything is going well!