A little bit of everything

I am so happy! We finally got my laptop fixed! YAY! I'm so grateful! We found this local guy who did it for a pretty good deal. While it was broken I had to do my homework and anything that needed to be done in the cold and lonely back room so needless to say the least amount of time I had to spend back there the better :D
Just to go back a tad bit Christmas and New Years were great. I got lots of lovely purses and presents. I bought Ben a shotgun...he was so surprised he absolutely loved it! It was so fun! We still have yet to go shooting with it though hopefully soon!

I am still working at Intermountain (believe it or not!) I actually really enjoy my job most days and have become quite passionate about health insurance so if you have questions...please ask! It's so interesting and it's amazing the things people don't know are available or what different documents etc. mean. Seriously email me if you have questions about a medial bill or insurance I would Love to help!

Ben is laid off still they told him around the beginning of April things should pick up. He says he is going crazy  at home all day and I don't blame him. 

We are both going to school at SLCC. We are taking Biology and Biology Lab together. I'm taking Chemistry (again) and Ben is taking a math class. If all goes well I'm planning on going to Weber State online starting in the summer. According to my plans I should be all done with prerequisites by the end of this coming fall semester and I'm going to start sending out nursing applications like there is no tomorrow!!! So exciting! 

We are signed up to do the Burley Idaho Spudman Triathlon in July with Mom and Dad Parry. We are doing it as a team so I am swimming (1 mile) Ben is biking (25 miles) and I'm going to run (6 miles). So fun!

Well that's my little update I was just so excited to have my laptop back and I'm home sick from work so I decided to blog. Yeah this winter season I've seriously had a terrible cold once a month. Not happy about that.

New years

2012...not sure where this thought came came from but I keep saying 2012 was a transition year. I don't feel like it was a great year but I feel like a lot happened and now I'm ready for 2013 and ready to make things happen! Looking back I learned so much about myself and how I function. I know 25 years old and I'm just figuring it out :) So where am I at now? We'll I'm still trying to get into a nursing program. I'm working for IHC in the billing department. Ben and I rent a house from my in laws I love to zumba and I'm excited to get fit and healthy in 2013. Ben and I are signed up for a triathlon in July we are doing it as a team its going to be a lot of fun. I should be done with all my nursing pre-reqs in December and ready to apply for nursing school. Its going to be a great year!
P.S. my laptop screen broke the week of finals so I don't get on the computer much. I ended up getting a C- in chemistry I need a C or better for reimbursement and I a C+ for nursing school so I will be retaking that class...joy :)

School Frusteration

So as you may or may not know I have been trying to get into nursing school for a bit... The way that this all came about is a few years back I was going to go to a technical college and get my medical assisting license. Then after talking to multiple people and doing some research I decided to do nursing instead. Ok hold on let me back up...When I graduated high school I wanted to become a dance teacher and open my own studio and maybe even teach at a jr. high or college. Then I decided I didn't need a degree in dance to open my own studio so why not just get a "back up" degree and I've always been extremely interested in the medical field. So back to me deciding to do nursing school so then after some more discussion Ben and I decided that going through the Army ROTC route would be the best way to pursue a nursing degree. If you go back a little on my blog you can read how that unfolded. Anywhoo, I obtained my CNA as part of a nursing school pre-req it was only like a 2 week class totally worth it. Well now just over 2 years since I decided to do nursing I am yet to be in nursing school and it is going to be about another year before I have the pre-reqs done to even apply. So here is my frustration  Chemistry is one of the pre-reqs for nursing. I took it this semester and have taken today off to study for this class because at this point I am not passing and I have a test tomorrow and a final on Tuesday. Now I am back to maybe wanting to do my MA. Not just because of  the Chemistry class but I'm just frustrated all together like what the crap am I doing????

There's my vent and why I haven't been blogging much lately because I'm trying to freaking pass my class!!! 

In other news here is our beautimus Christmas tree. I think we did a pretty good job!

St. George Marathon

Well Saturday was the St. George marathon. We headed down Friday around 130pm and met my family down there. We were staying with my aunt who has a huge house! We went to the expo to get our packets it was packed! They had different booths and fun stuff. Select Health had a place to get your sugar and cholesterol checked. I've been told before that I have a tendency to be hypoglycemic which means that my sugar gets really low really quick and its hard to stabilize it. I got my sugar checked and the lady asked me when the last time I ate was. I had basically snacked the whole way down and had some pretzels and Gatorade before we left to the expo. She said that not to be worried but that my sugar would probably be high because of that...guess what it was??? 60. Its supposed to be at least 80...eek! That totally freaked my mom out and she was glad that we had decided to run together. After the expo Mom P, Dad P, Ben and I, and my Aunt Kumja went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. My aunt is hilarious  They gave her this crab dip and she made this funny disgusted face it was so funny! Then we went back to the house and got all of our stuff ready for the race. Then we tried to go to sleep because we had to wake up at 4am ..ugh. We all got up got ready ate some breakfast and drove to the bus pickup. We got on the bus and went for quite a ride up the mountain. Mind you its pretty early in the morning but one girl on our bus talked loudly about her personal life the whole freaking time then... the bus stops and everyone stands up to get off and she looks at my dad and goes to touch his chest and is like "Do you have nipple rings?!" My dad's like excuse me? And this lady behind me is like "Do you always ask such personal questions?! My dad has nib guards because when your running it can make guys really sore and even bleed. My hell some people are insane! Who does that?! Then we get off the bus and it is freezing! Oh my gosh so cold! We had old hoodies and stuff to wear! Then as we are walking we lose my mom and dad. Talk about anxiety attack because I was going to run with my mom. While we were looking for them we found my really good friend who was actually my art teacher in high school and our parents are really good friends its crazy! She helped Ben and I find Mom and Dad P. We waited for an hour and a half two hours for the race to start. They had music playing and it was pretty fun but still freezing.

Starting Line.

Waiting for the race to start.

Freezing and my eyes are closed. Awesome!

Then they announced the race would be starting in about 10 minutes so we went to get lined up. They have what they call "Pacers" If you stay with them you will finish in the amount of time their flag says. Ben,Mom P, and I lined up with the 7 hours pacer. She was the last one and as long as you stayed in front of her they wouldn't kick you off of the race course. Then the race began! Oh this lady that was by my mom and dad said she got her nails done so in case they had to pick her up off the side of the road they would know she wasn't homeless...LOL! Anyways, the beginning of the race its always hard not to go super fast because you want to get out of the crowd and some people are running really fast and all the adrenaline its nuts! Well I lost Ben pretty quick but my mom and I stayed together about a mile or so in we took a bathroom break at one of the porter potties. I was wearing a fuel belt with water bottles on it and a pouch and after we started running again I realized I had lost 2 of my water bottles! Dang! Well from then on it went pretty good my mom and I had an awesome pace and we were making some great time. She kept me entertained by telling me about a book she had read. Around mile 7 there was a humongous hill that we walked it was so intense but then we started running again. We felt great and still had an awesome pace! Around mile the ball of my feet started to hurt and I could feel some hot spots on the sides of my feet. I tried to keep going but then the pain got worse and I began to limp. My mom was getting worried because if you start limping you start hurting other parts of your body By mile 13 I was in tears because of the pain and I did not want to give up I was angry at myself for not training and I really wanted to finish. My mom explained it wasn't worth it to keep going one because of my limping I was slowing down and might not finish in the 7 hours and two if I kept going I would make the injuries worse maybe even permanent so despite serious hesitation and anger I got on the first aid bus. My mom kept going and everyone else finished which is awesome!!! When the bus dropped me off at the finish line I took off my compression socks and I had huge I mean huge water blisters on my feet so I must have stopped at the perfect time. My dad said that he thinks it was the best marathon he has ever ran which is crazy he didn't even train and he went back 4 miles once he finished and ran to the finish with my mom. Everyone was exhausted so we went back to the house took showers and my aunt made us the most amazing lunch/dinner it was perfect! That night we had all bought tickets to Tuachans production of Hairspray. Everyone agreed it was one of the best shows we have ever seen and the enviroment was amazing! All in all it was a fun experience but I will never not train again. I'm hoping to run the Utah Valley Marathon in June of 2013.

Oh wow...

The marathon is less than a week away...oh my goodness. I am quite scared but I'm just going to go have fun and do my best even if I walk the whole damn thing. I just have to remember my mind is the most powerful thing. It's amazing what your body is capable of doing if you don't let your mind pull you down with negativity.

Just another Manic Monday...

Hope that song is stuck in your head now :D So I probably shouldn't post this on my blog because who knows who can get on the internet and stalk the things I post about but whatev. Ben has been working graves the past week and he's working them again this week. His work is rotating everyone because they don't have an actual grave shift person. This situation makes me more on edge than normal partially because I think I have separation anxiety and I watch way too many CSI type shows so me sleeping home alone at night does not mean I actually get a ton of sleep. We do have Duke though which is nice except I think he would come and hide under the bed if someone broke in but I pretend that he will protect me. I'm rambling here but  it's been one of those days. I tell myself everyday to be grateful though that at least I get to see Ben and at least he has a job ya know trying to be all positive. Anywhoo...they gave him last night off which kinda sucks because I have to go to work on Monday so it didn't really give us a lot of time together. This morning I woke up late and I put on my dress which I thought was a skirt when I bought it by the way and put on my sandals realizing I had Chem lab after work no sandals allowed so put on my boots that have wholes in them because I'm very picky when I buy new clothing items and it has to be exactly what I was thinking in my head so I don't have new boots yet. Anyways wearing boots it's 80 degrees outside. Don't get any breakfast packed luckily I have a box full of granola bars at work. At work I had to deal with 2 crazy customers/patients who don't really understand how bills work. That's actually a lot for one day. Most patients are very nice and get why they need to pay and just pay it. Anyways, Monday's are stressful because I get done with work around 515pm and I have chem lab at 530pm. My teacher is really cool and doesn't mind me being late but I don't like it. Plus I didn't have time to pick up my goggles and I was freaking out that I wouldn't be allowed to do the lab but she had extras. Well, after I pick up my goggles from the bin this girl in my class is like "oh crap are we supposed to have goggles" and this girl in my group looks at her and says "gosh don't you listen jeez. uh yeah you have to buy your own goggles." Oh wow someone took their biz natch pills this morning. Then we are talking about nursing and our jobs and the one girls says she works with IHC in the pathology lab and the other girl (the rude one) says she's a CNA with St. Marks. They ask me what I do and I say billing office for IHC. Rude girl says well don't you have any nursing experience and I say yeah I did the CNA for a while but I'm happy with this job I get paid more and I don't have to deal with crazy patients. Rude girl says "well then maybe you shouldn't be a nurse."  And I'm thinking maybe she should shut her trap because my sugar is starting to get very low, I'm tired, I miss my husband and Hi I'm sorry do you know anything about me??? Grr...it made me so angry. She's not even like a girl right out of high school either she's like late 20's maybe even early 30's. Then....we start talking about different nursing school programs and apparently she is an expert on them. Oh man... this is my vent. I will not let her get to me. She's Krazy! So excited that today is almost over. And please excuse my grammatical errors in this post they are not my priority :D

Morgan's Wedding, Ohio Trip and what the heck we are doing Now!

Morgan (my lil sis) became Mrs. Heywood on June 31st. They got married in the Bountiful Temple it was a fun, crazy beautiful day. 

The famdamily! From left top: Jason, Spencer, Morgan, Mom P, Dad P, Trevor Ava.
Bottom left: Karlie, Josslyn, Ben, Me, Amy, Savannah.

Morgan and I getting our groove on!

Telling funny stories at their rehearsal dinner.

Ben, Me and Ava getting ready to party!

My brother Jason had some training during the month of June so Karlie and Josslyn hung out here in Utah and we got to spend time with them.

Joss and I. I was in my workout clothes and she wanted to wear my  headband. I love this pic of us!

On August 15th Ben, Me, Mom P and Dad P headed out to Ohio for Savannah's first birthday! We flew standby so to make it work we flew from SLC to Long Beach to NYC to Pittsburgh and then drove to Ohio :D

The Fam at the pavillion we had the birthday party at. It started pouring rain and the BBQ's were outside which is why the guys are soaked.

Savannah showing me here balloons.

Ben is still working at Staker Parson still likes it most days... I am now working for IHC...again. Yes... count   'em. Since I left IHC in March I've been to 1800 contacts, Spectrum Academy, MCA,  A Step Forward Home Health. Crazy. Stressful. I've been working with my counselor and looking back obviously it was a traumatic experience for me that through my whole "plan" for a loop. I went back to work to early and freaked out and really ended up missing my job. Well I love IHC's benefits and came to realize that they are a great company even though some of their management kind of screwed it up with me. I'm not a CNA currently with them I work in their billing office on the self pay team. I actually really like it. The people are great. Its a great schedule for school and I get all the great benefits and it pays more than a CNA...crazy. Also, last minute like last night I decided to sign up for school this semester because my finanacial aid went through and I got a grant. So I'm taking Chem online, a Chem lab once a week, and a workout class in the morning. Yeah we have a crazy random life... Love it!