So much for frequent updating...

Well let's see a busy week...

Monday: Work has been insane since the person I was shadowing left...I am supposed to cover for him while he is gone...however he left me no documents, no directions and basically left without saying anything. So, I have been leaning on fellow coworkers to help me out. They have been pretty helpful but I still feel lost. I had to teach religious ed after work...I got a list of my kids and their parents' names. This one little girl that is always hyper and never listens only had her mom listed...so I thought "great, typical single mother with no time for the kid." Well we were talking about feelings today. (I am happy, this is a happy face.) There was an exercise where we asked the kids who they told their feelings too. This little girl got sad. I went over and asked what was wrong and she told me she missed her daddy. (Thinking he lived somewhere else, I asked where he was.) She told me he was in heaven and that he was shot when they lived in Texas. I felt like a schmuck because I was thinking that this little girl was like she was because she was growing up in the typical single mother household. The rest of the class was pretty rough.

Tuesday:

I was stressed from work and I went riding. Well when I tied the horse to the trailer, the lady that owns both the horses tied another horse to the trailer. I was not paying attention to what the other horse was doing because a) not my job b) I was too busy trying to deal with my own psychopath. Well, the other horse chewed the velvet on my brand new helmet. I have worn this helmet 2xs and there is now a 6 inch gash in it. I was livid!!!! But I played it off like it was nothing and that I wasn't mad. Then the horse that I was supposed to ride freaked out at nothing...he just broke away from the trailer and then ate grass. I was so mad...there was no way he was going to get away with that. So, while I was nervous about getting on a spastic horse, I did...and then I proceeded to kick the crap out of him. Almost as soon as I got on he acted like he was going to buck (he did the tell tale chin tuck) and so I ripped on the reins (which since I don't use a bit...didn't have quite the severity I would have liked) but it did keep him from bucking. I rode out my aggression and the lady didn' t say anything. She doesn't really have control of her horses...and I feel bad about saying it...but its true.

Wednesday: I went to PT again. PT is the wing training that the military people have to go to and the civilians are encouraged to go to. It is a bunch of running, sit-ups, push ups and such. It is so draining! I get my butt kicked every time I go, but it is a good workout. Well last week we played dodgeball and this week we played ultimate frisbee. It is a lot of fun...but these military guys get so intense about their games!!

Wednesday night I had to go to a stupid child molestation class. It was such a waste of time...I know the Catholic church has to cover their butts...but seriously if I was a child molester some deacon telling me not to molest children is not going to change anything.

Thursday: I decided to try a spinning class. Oh my sore!! That class was really hard! I thought it would just be a bike ride with music...nope it was tough! But since I get paid to work out...and I hate deciding what to do when I work out...I figure I will take that class.

Saturday: I trail rode again. The horse was behaving for the most part. If we can just stop him from doing his little jig when we try to tack him up.

A side note: I love the hypocrisy that is mormon culture...I know strict crazy Mormons that will abstain from alcohol and coffee...and then order an iced tea at a restaurant...or eat a snickers bar...y'all news flash to you...that has caffeine too!!

I also started watching Big Love (that HBO series). I had never seen it...and I must say...it is a pretty accurate portrayal of life out here.

Getting ready for another week and Brandon to come visit!

That is all!

A long overdue update

Wow, I guess people do read this...I should keep up the funny then! Then I am going to turn it into a publishing company so, like Jessica Cutler, I too can make 500,000 dollars. Although she's a dirty politician whore...and I'm not.

So, what has been going on? The past few weeks at work have been a blur...between the non payday fridays off and federal holidays...I feel like I have been off more than on. Which is kind of awesome...not going to lie. I found out that at the beginning of next month I get to go to Anaheim for some kick off meeting. I have never been to California...so it should be a good time. (And there will be no Mormons driving.) I might even get to go to Clearwater at the beginning of December...so Florida in the beginning of December sounds like a good gig to me.


I recently got roped into singing in the choir at church. The way I look at it...if I go to the Catholic church...I won't run into Mormons. So I teach some kindergartners...that's cool. Then I had to go to some conference for the whole teaching kids thing...and at this conference I run into this guy that sings in our choir. I asked him if they needed any french horns...cause I kind of want to play my horn again, in any capacity. He said that there might be but there was definitely room in the chorus. So I showed up the next Sunday and just joined right in. The chorus director said that he might write some horn music for me...which would be awesome! But until I play the horn I will sing in the chorus. I haven't sang since my Jesus Christ Superstar days...but whatever. The next thing I know I am being put in between 2 altos because I apparently have good pitch and I sing out....that's sad. When I am the best alto...that's sad. But the chorus actually sounds good...so I don't know. I am apparently one of the few that can read music and find a pitch by looking at the note (thank you 11 years of horn playing!) So I am doing that now as well.

I also got antsy to ride horses again. So I published an ad on KSL.com to find a horse to ride. I figured that there are a lot of horses out here...there has to be someone that needs a horse ridden. Well there is a horse that needs riding and he is 10 miles from my house. Apparently the woman that owns him is scared of him. He is an ex racehorse and he is fast. But he is also really old...so he isn't that bad. Well at least not yet. I rode him for an hour one day and then we went on a 3.5 hour trail ride on Antelope Island. That is some gorgeous trail riding out there. He behaved really well other than the little jig he was doing when we started out. I also was not nearly as sore as I anticipated. The woman was just glad to have him ridden and to have someone to go riding with...so, it looks like I have a horse to ride now...so I am way busy. But that's ok...if I am way busy it keeps me from missing things so much.

I don't know if there is anything else major to update. I think I need to make time every other day to write in this...because I'll remember more detail then.

That is all.