Yay, yay, yay!!!

The postings this week have been scarce because I've been busy! Good busy. Like hanging out with a great man busy. Fun. ...Insert HUGE grin...

So this weekend will be a fabulous weekend. And I have no worries setting such high expectations...

Tonight I'm going to the temple! That is always a wonderful experience.

I get to take a mini road trip to Salt Lake City! (like a 6 hour drive) and I'm driving by myself which means lots of Sarah time. yay!!

I get to see my best friends from college Amy Jo and Emily, both of whom I haven't seen in FOREVER! It is Amy Jo's last Sunday before she leaves to serve a mission in Argentina and she is speaking in her family's old home ward there in Salt Lake.

I promise to take lots of pictures. Or at least, I promise to try to remember to take lots of pictures.

Falling...

So this post is the result of a boring Sunday evening with a camera and a little life reflection...

One of my greatest fears is falling. When I was younger (like, 12 or 13) we climbed a ladder to shovel snow off the roof of the shed and when we were done I couldn't get down the ladder. I sat up there for a while. And I don't actually remember how I got down (maybe I blocked it from my memory).

As much as I fear falling, there are many things I do fall for...

#1 I fall for sleeping in. Almost every morning. I will never learn.



#2 I fall for stupid tricks. I am a little bit gullible.

#3 I fall for boys. Nuff said. ;)

These are all things I kinda like falling for.

I like to sleep in. No, that is a lie. I love it. I also like my personality, blonde moments and all. And I like romance.

I'm learning that falling might not always be all that bad.

Happy new week, everyone!!

Lovin the Love!

Its been a long and busy week. Here are the highlights:

Date with Larin Monday night. I looked cute. He brought me flowers. We danced. Ate good food. It was fun.

Monday I had 7 new kids start in my class. It went well. At least on Monday. And Tuesday. By Friday we were struggling though. By week three we'll have our routine down again.

Staff meeting for work Wednesday night. Enough said.

Thursday night was missionary blitz. Always fun!

Friday we had a Valentine's party at work. My kids got hyped on sugar and then half of them got the runs. Yay! But on the plus side, we had fun. And my kids brought me lots of Valentines Day Chocolate!

Friday night (tonight) Brett, Larin, and I went to eat some yummy food and then we went back to their place where I played pool for the first time. And then we went to watch a movie at our friend Amber's house.

Tomorrow? The guys are going to take a look at my brakes. And hopefully get them fixed. And then its girls movie night with Melissa. With a possible dinner with Larin before. We shall see.

Out of Gas and Anticipations.

Today I experienced a first. While returning to work after my lunch break, my car ran out of gas. Luckily:
#1 Even though I was on a big and busy street, I was able to cross 1 lane of traffic, a suicide lane, and then another 3 lanes of traffic to stop on a small side street. Opposed to dying while waiting at the majorly busy intersection I was feet from. That woulda stunk even more!
#2 I was literally around the block from work at that point.
#3 It was light outside.
#4 There was a gas station nearby.
#5 My boss and I are in a good place right now so she didn't freak out.
#6 It was kinda raining, so I didn't stand out AS much when I put up my hood trying to disguise the fact that I was a young caucasion woman walking by myself.
#7 I knew how to work one of those little tiny gas can thingies (only $3) thanks to my lawn mowing days.

Monday will be a fun day. Here is why...
1. Monday I will have fourteen children enrolled in my class. That is five new children. All starting in my room in one day. Thank goodness I will now have an assistant teacher. Yay!
2. Monday is pay day. I need money.
3. Monday night I get to go on a date with a really great guy. Not just a wow, he's really hot guy. But a cute AND really good guy. And I get to dress up all cute and stuff.

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy my weekend. Yay, Yay, YAY!!!

Sarah is Happy.

So...
between getting to listen to Elder Perry address the YSAs here in Vegas and instruct the ward missionaries on Sunday (hooray for spiritual highs), being able to breathe again as my head cold is going away, my coccyx only hurting when I sit straight on it or bend over or lift something, having Larin ask me to go to our ward's Valentine's Day Formal with him, having Bud invite me to go to dinner with him tonight, Grey's Anatomy being on tonight, and tomorrow bein' FRIDAY...

It has been an awesome week. And Sarah is Happy.

I think as a way to motivate myself this weekend, I shall be arranging a before and after post illustrating the cleaning of my bedroom. Maybe. We shall see...

Excitingness!

So last weekend I got to go SNOWBOARDING at Brianhead in Utah. So fun! We stayed at my friend Melissa's cabin just outside of Cedar City. There were like 25 people that went on the trip but the cabin was more like a winter home, so we all fit comfortably! It was fun to see lots of stars and build a fire and eat yummy food and have boys help keep us warm. Fantastic times!

Please note that Larin in the top right is holding a red plastic cup of ORANGE JUICE. Even though it looks a little like he's drunk and toasting the camera.

I'd only been snowboarding once before, but the last time I went my friend Josh had started to teach me how to carve so I was super excited to master that on this visit. Unfortunately, Sarah + Ski lifts = falling. Every time. I have never not fallen. But the first time off the lift I slammed my tailbone hard on the ice at the top (it was a warm day). Lindsay was kind enough to get a picture of me recovering after. Yes, I am holding my bum.

Needless to say this fall ruined my trip and I only made it down the slope twice. And maybe I cried that many times too. I did still have a fun time and my friends did a great job of helping me feel better. Love them!


Overall it was an AWESOME trip and tons of fun. I'm so lucky to live in a place where there are lots of fun people my age who are also looking for good and clean things to do.
Also exciting...

It is the beginning of February and its been like 70 degrees out.

I was offered a JOB with Compass Behavioral Health. I'm still deliberating.

...and I finally posted again... YAY!!!

The picture below is quite deceiving. You may think this area is clean and quite sanitary. And I can promise you it is. (I would know since I'm the one who gets to clean and disinfect it after each use.) But this picture of the diaper changing area in my classroom does not capture the permanent stench permeating the area. And the multiple air fresheners we've tried just don't do the trick. Sad. Especially since I spend probably 1/3 of my time in this area. Any ideas?!? And no, the window you see does not actually open. Not even a little crack. That would solve my problem.

Other things worth noting in this picture... the wonderful artwork displayed on the wall. I believe they were painting a picture of... nope, I don't remember. Also, please note the chair. This chair serves 2 purposes. #1 Its nice to sit in when changing diapers rather than having to lift them onto the table. Yay for changing diapers with the kids standing up! #2 My not 'time-out', but 'relaxation chair'. In other words, when I'm trying to get through 10 diapers and potty checks, any child running around my classroom dumping all the toys, hitting their friends, or doing something else dangerous (such as climbing on the shelves) who doesn't listen to my words reminding them what their body should be doing; they get to sit in that lovely chair.

Why is Sarah telling us such unnecessary details about her diapering routine?!?

DRUMROLL PLEASE...

My #1 underwear pooper and toy throwing and cussing little angel is moving and tomorrow will be his last day. My room will be less smelly, more quiet, and this chair will be less frequently occupied during diaper changing. And maybe I won't pull out as much of my hair. His moving isn't something we should celebrate, but since another child just so happens to be celebrating their birthday, I figured we'd throw a double celebration. HOORAY!




Speaking of food, Rashida found my lunch today entertaining. I found it yummy. What do you think? The Soda was a 99c splurge... the eyes on the smiley face are what remained of my PB&J sandwich and the mouth is the sliced banana I dipped in my chocolate pudding. Also note the high fashion blue polo and khaki uniform.