Here I am!

Blogging in my free time, what is this?  Don't get too confused, just because I am blogging doesn't mean I have free time, it just means I am still alive. :)  I have been so busy it seems since about May 26th.  The week before that I was in Nauvoo with my parents and had a lot of fun.  I was able to go to the Temple and do some family names, from baptisms to sealings.  What a blessing!  Then on May 26th, I started Massage Therapy school part-time at night.  so I have been working during the day and going to school at night.  My classes are Monday thru Thursday, 7 to 10:30pm so I don't get much time for anything else.  Luckily, I like my job, for the most part. 

I got my very own massage table, but I haven't even used it yet.  I told my roommate I would give her a massage this weekend.  I absolutely love school.  I was really worried about anatomy, but it turns out it is my favorite class, however, I like most of my classes.  I am almost done with the first semester, so a lot of homework is getting handed out which doesn't give me a lot of time for anything else.  I was really trying to get out there with the activities in my ward, but since most of them are at night during the week, I can't really make it. 

I have made a goal to have 100% attendance at school, so there are no excuses why I don't learn the material.  I also want to get a 4.000 GPA, so we will just have to see how that goes for me as time moves on.  This is a 1 year program, so I should stop being busy at the end of May 2010.  I hope you all don't miss me until then.

Last week, I was able to go to Billings, Montana and see my sister, Brother-in-law, Niece, and Nephew all sealed together.  What a wonderful experience that was, and of course I cried like a baby.  Hey, What else did you expect from me. :)  Then the next day was the 4th, which was awesome, I spent it with all my cousins in Wyoming.  The only thing that was missing was tubing with the Bators.  Then I had to come back to reality for work and I have never been so mad at the alarm than I have this week.  I don't really have any right to complain, because I know other people get up like this everyday, but dang, I am tired!!!  I can't wait until I can sleep in before I have to go to work.  Only two more weeks.  Wahoo!

Just call me Alexios

It all started last year when a boy in Ms. Bator's class asked if my name was Valencia.  We had the class convinced that I was Valencia, until this year when I became the Janitor.  They saw me sign the bathroom checklist as Lauri and discovered my real name.  Well it has come time to be called my "Real" name once again.  Ms. Bator a.k.a. Tawnya was supposed to have a student named Alexios, so we decided to tell her whole class that I have decided to go by my real name, Alexios, instead of my nickname, Lauri.  At first they all laughed, which hurt my feelings, but then they were all convinced.  My "real" name is now spreading around the school as they call out for Alexios to come clean-up or fix different things.  I was even called for a "Caught doing good" today by me "real" name, Alexios Spitzenberger.  I am going to keep the name until I have everyone calling me by it, even if it takes the entire time I work here. :)

I also want to say HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!  I cannot believe how fast time flies.  I have only know you for 25 years, but they have flown by.  I can't wait to spend the next 25 years of my life flying with you!  I love you and I will see you soon!!!

"Idol/Getting out there!"

You are reading about the next "American Idol"!! Okay well not really, actually I am just the "West Jordan/Jordan Hills Idol" You see, there is this girl at school that teaches fourth grade, her name is Tiffany. She really wants to be BFF's with Tawnya and I, but we are working up to that part. So two Saturdays ago, we hung out together which made us "F's", a.k.a. Friends, but then she invited us to a Karaoke party on Friday where I was crowned the "Idol" of the night. It was so much fun, so needless to say, we are now "BF's" with Tiffany.

On Saturday I went to a movie night at friends house. He is from my ward and we watched "Ghostbusters". Apparently there is more than one because we watched the first one and I only knew about the second one. Anyway, it was pretty fun because the girl to guy ratio was great. there were three of us girls and eight guys. One girl and one guy were a couple, but it was fun just to sit and talk to everyone after the movie. We totally talked about the awkward moments at the end of dates and what guys and girls mean when they end the date. From guys, a hand shake is obviously a "no chance at a second date". Apparently, it is the girls responsibility to hug the guy if she is interested in another date, and never go 100% on a kiss, it is always 90/10, but you can decide who does which part.

The guys are going shooting this Saturday and invited all three of us girls to go with them. I think it could be fun, so I will probably go with them.