Baptism by FIRE!!!

This last week was a crazy one for me because my boss went in to have some tests run on his heart and has found out he has a thing called ''sudden death syndrome".  This means that his heart could just stop working all of a sudden and he would die.  Well, he went in for surgery on Wednesday, last week, and had a defibulator put in.  This is so if his heart does stop beating, he will receive a shock to his heart, to start it back up again.  We all thought he would be back to work this Wednesday, but I just found out that he will be out for the rest of the month.  This means I will be taking over his morning shift and one of our high school students will be locking up the building at night.  I don't know very much about how to fix the problems in the school, or how to order things, or put in work orders to the district, but I am learning a lot and now I need to learn faster.  It gets frustrating at times, but what job doesn't?  My district boss came in to see how I was doing today and told me that he has full confidence in me and knows I will do a great job.  I guess my supervisor, who is the one that is teaching me everything, has told the district boss that I am great, I just need the training.  I have only had one class for training, and that was last week when my supervisor found out I hadn't had any training.  So I think it is definitely safe to say I am being baptized by fire into this job.  I am praying for the snow to stay away for this month because I will have to be to work at 5am to get all the plowing done.  AHHHHH!!!

Blessings!

It seems to me that no matter what you are doing in life the Lord seems to bless either you and/or everyone around you. We were challenged in Relief Society on Sunday to take President Eyring's challenge again and write all the things we are blessed with, and I have noticed not only the things I am blessed with, but also the major blessings that are happening to those I know and love. First, one of my brothers is getting married on the 26th of December. Normally I don't like the girls that my brothers date, but what a blessing. I love this girl!!! She is great and they will be great together. Sorry I can't say who, they would like to announce it, but maybe in a future post. Next my practically sister, Shawna finally had her baby girl on the 7th and she is so cute. Her name is Jenna Noel and she was 10 lbs 3 oz. Big Baby. I love that family. Next is Raina, who was in Howard's grade in school, but I had the same friends, so we hung out a lot and think of her as my sister as well. She just had her first child and it is a boy named Alexander Joseph. She was in labor for about 40 hours, but I am so happy for her and her husband. My blessings are small compared to these, but I am very grateful to know that the Lord is VERY mindful of me and those I love. May God bless each and everyone of you and know that I am praying for your happiness.

Happy Halloween!

It was so fun to be a part of a Halloween party again. I work as a custodian at an elementary school and the office decided that they were dressing up as rock stars and my boss Terry and I had to be included. So for the Halloween parade Annette (principle) was Elvis, Tina (head secretary) was Hannah Montana, her granddaughter was a little punk rocker as well, Tamera (secretary) was Madonna, Laura (secretary) was Kiss, Terry (head custodian) was Michael Jackson, and I was Cher. I have pictures, but I have no idea how to do anything on here except for type because Tawnya hasn't taught me that part yet. :) When I figure that out I will fill this blog with ME! I hung out with some mission buddies and their friends and we didn't have one trick or treater knock on the door. It was so sad that we had to eat the candy ourselves. ;) I do wish I could have seen my nieces and nephew in their costumes, but I know that since they are related to me they were adorable! Holy Moly it is NOVEMBER!

The Waiting Game

Having patience is not always an easy thing.  Trying to figure out what to do with your life, but not knowing what else might come make decisions a lot harder.  Take for instance living situations.  Deciding where to live is a hard thing for someone my age.  Trying to decide whether you should sign your life away in a contract for an apartment, means you are stuck somewhere for at least that long.  Then there is the chance that you won't find a job, or you find to person you want to marry, but you don't live in the same state, you have a job that you are tied to, you can't get out of your contract, and everyone thinks you are rushing to fast.  

Change of subject!  For those of you that don't know, I have gone on my first second date EVER!!! That date turned into a 3rd and 4th as well.  It has made me feel like a whole new person.  I have a lot more confidence in myself and feel like I can do a lot more and am way happier.  I know, me happier, hard to believe.  :)  I may not know whether or not this "relationship" will continue but it has been a blast on the ride.  I would just like to thank the guy for the much needed confidence he has given me.  so THNAK YOU!!!

Do This, Do That, and Have you finished that yet...?

So working at the school has been a ton of fun, but the down fall is... First, I am so good at what I do, that everyone wants me to do their job too. :)  Second, I just got hired as the new custodian and the secretaries I work with in the office asked our principal if they could make a custodian/office worker, just so I could keep doing the work they don't like to do.  The principal said, "No way!" Did I mention I like her.  :)  Third, since I don't really have a life, I do a lot of things for Tawnya and her class.  Mostly grading, passing back homework, making copies, entering grades, fixing things she breaks, and the list goes on.  Don't get me wrong though, I love my job and my life!  

Family Matters

So this week I have had the chance to get back to the roots of my family.  My Uncle Kevin, from my mother's side, passed away and we gathered in Lovell, Wyoming to celebrate his life.  Getting together as a HUGE family shows me how much we are alike.  It brings back the love of the country and the closeness of the family.  We all got together at Grandma's old house, now Geraldine and Kevin's house, to have Geraldine's famous, family scones and we will have a cousins game night tomorrow before Howard, Chris, and I head back down to Utah.  If we could, we would move here in a minute and just forget about all our troubles.  There are really only two maybe three things that are keeping my parents from moving back here.  The first is my grandma.  My  Grandma Spitzenberger is 93, has had many different cancers for the last 20 plus years, lives at home by herself, and is still kicking.  My dad will not move until she passes.  The second is my dad needs to retire so they can afford to just forget about life and have a good time serving the Lord.  Then the third kind of goes along with being able to move.  They have to sell the house, which is a feat in itself.  My mom keeps trying to get me to move home so that I can help get the house ready, but that isn't happening.  At least not at this time in my life.  Well this has been a lesson from Dr. Lauri.  Have pleasant dreams!

My New Blog

Today I thought I would join the fun world of blogging.  Actually Tawnya is forcing me.  She punched me in the arm so many times, I am bruised from shoulder to hand.  I am still trying to work on her anger issues (not to mention, her need to control my life).  On a lighter note, 

I am working at Jordan Hills Elementary, and I pretty much do whatever other people don't get done.  I am applying to grad school to become a school psychologist.  Tawnya has me studying for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in my spare time.