Change

Nope, this isn't a quip about Obama's 'change' campaign, linking it to the lowering of the US credit rating. (That was a project in the making for the last however many years we've doubled and tripled our national debt and keep printing more paper money to keep the country afloat. Time to actually pay it and lower it. A. LOT. By half and triple. I understand the economics and political aspects of having some debt with other countries, but seriously??)

Nope, this is about me. Just changing a few things in my lifestyle. Little things, but things that make a big difference I think.

Like finding ways to be more productive at home. I am very productive at work. Need to be better about that at home.

I also need to make more time for calling my besties. I've been bad about that. Had a great little talk with Julie tonight. Made me miss hanging out with her and her cute family so bad. I've really missed having regular talks. Definitely needs to be fixed.

Little things. But they make a big deal.

No Good, Very Bad

I get to work.

Very RUDE lady calls minutes later.

Pushy customers.

Thankfully patient patients.

BUSY!

Two patients walk in, phone rings, other employee totally occupied.

All that and more in 3 hours.

Then the afternoon.

Printing, phone calls, sorting, replacing, more printing, teachers, more printing, replacing, running reports, printing, organizing.

Ready for another weekend.

My word, but it was a Monday Monday.

BUT...things are looking a bit cheery for the rest of the week!

I got a Spotify invite FINALLY thanks to my friend Clint! Yay Clint, thanks so much!! They really do have everything on there. INCLUDING a bad recording of the 2000 National High School Honor Orchestra, which I was a member of way back when. The Ravel sounds good, but the Straus and Copland leave much to be desired recording wise...if you look up the CD, listen just to the last track. Not sure how it happened, but it is clearly a terrible recording. We played decent...there are quite a few spots where you cringe it's so out of tune, BUT you can't even appreciate that because the recording itself is just so bad. I find it funny that the recording made it on there, badness and all.

I am going to see the Sound of Music, the musical I tried out for at the beginning of the summer, with a cousin and her friends. Yay!

I also received an invite to attend a masquerade ball. Kind of super excited about this. I have to get a mask. Absolutely required for attendance. :) Yay...good time shall be had by Elizabeth. Need to figure out what to wear, as I really can hardly fit into anything formal I own. We'll see. :) Maybe I'll rent something for the night. I really want something with loads of black lace...I think it would be so much fun!

So despite the Monday of the week, the rest of the week is looking up!

So, for your listening pleasure, and because the rest of this week should be 'some kind of wonderful' please enjoy:

Oh. And the very rude lady? She got a no nonsense talking to by my boss. I was championed! :D Totally made that hour SO much better.

When You Wish...

I wish I might have the means to go to Arizona tomorrow...or even Saturday.

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K, I guess that's a no? :( (imagine the frowny smiley as a pitiful look with a little lower lip action going)

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Well, it was worth a shot.

Mini family reunion going on this weekend in Arizona. AND there will be 5 new cute baby boys involved in this reunion. One of which being my nephew.

Might be throwing a pity party up here. My own fault. Need to make more money. And learned too late that eating out at Sonic every other day is a bit of a strain on the bank account...and on the body...and learned that bills suck. big. time.

I Love Institute

I hope I never grow too old for Institute. But I also don't want to be a creepy old person who shows up to Institute and, well, you know, is creepy around the younger people. So I hope they expand the Institute program as I grow older. And I avoid being creepy.

Every Tuesday night I usually go to Institute. But the moment I first get home from work, the thoughts start pouncing on me...'oh, it's so nice to be home...I don't want to leave until morning.' 'You won't miss much by missing a class, just go next week.' 'There is SO much stuff to do that you haven't done and you have no excuse not to do it. Tuesday night is the night to do it.' 'Seriously Elizabeth, you are 29, you are NOT going to meet Prince Charming tonight.' (that one is my FAVORITE)

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'But it's Institute!'

Yes, that is my battle cry against all the other ones. I just love it. Part of the reason my 4 years at Arizona State were the best of my life was because of that glorious building on campus and the classes I took and the people I met.

The summer class I currently am attending has been team taught; one of the teachers I had during the fall semester last year. Love him, and have come to love the new teacher. Glad I made the decision to attend this summer.

It's amazing when the lesson is just for me. Tonight it was. Made me realize a new perspective on a few things. I am making a turn on a few Gospel related things. It's a great thing.


Just wanted to voice my love for it. Go if you can!!

Allergies??

Well, I took my allergy medication HOURS ago...and this nose thing isn't going away. You know what that means?

Dang it.

I made it SO long without a cold.

Think I am going to take a very hot shower tonight to see if I can't kill it. It will at least make me feel better. And I will take a very large vitamin.

Ah well, all good things must come to an end. Hopefully this is a quickie cold. Hopefully. My immune system hasn't been tested in quite a while, so we shall see.

A Visit

Discovered that a friend of mine was within driving distance from me! She said she hadn't let me know that she was here because she didn't have a car.

Now people, if you really know me, someone not having a car won't keep me from seeing them as long as they are a reasonable distance away and I can afford the trip.

I can TOTALLY handle Salt Lake City right now, any day of the week.

So I drove up, we walked around, saw Churchy things, ate Thai food, and then I drove her back to her peeps place.

I call that a good day.

I must be one of a kind. I know a lot people who won't bother with a trip because it's just too much of a hassle. Time constraints, money constraints, etc.

Me? I will do whatever it takes to see someone I care about...within reason. Sometimes without reason. I love to travel, so that's a plus, and I think seeing a friend and reconnecting is worth more than the gas and time that the trip took out of my life.

Wish there was a job that involved traveling and hanging out with friends all the time. I would have a pretty joyful life experience if there were such a thing.

So There Was This Guy...

I can't tell you how many guys I have said this about in the last few months. There was a guy, small crush ensued, and then he slipped through the cracks.

For example: super hot guy comes in assisting a patient. The patient did not want to get her eyes checked. Super hot guy says, 'here, hold my hand, and I'll help you'. She says 'no'. He replies 'ha, you and every girl in Utah Valley'. It took a lot to not put my hand in his, but since that would have been labelled as super creepy, I held back. And no witty comment from me, just quick giggle and then sent them on their way. Gah!

Or nerdy hot guy (there is a difference between nerdy hot and super hot) who apparently is a member of my ward but no longer attends my ward regularly. We have one amazing conversation and then he pretends I don't exist...this MAY have something to do with a very pretty girl who looks a lot like Idina Menzel but more like another actress who I just can't pinpoint her name who also looks like Idina who he seemed to be acting rather friendly with at institute the last couple of nights.

The winner of the 'So There Was This Guy' awards goes to one particular guy. My latest one in fact. Over 6 feet tall. Red head. Done with school. Year older than me. Witty. Thankfully not gay for the sake of my crush. Charming. Quite handsome. Not too skinny, not too pudgy. NICE arms. AND apparently his name appears on the credits of the last two Harry Potter films. So, successful.

Dadblasted guy lives in LONDON. As in ENGLAND. Great Britain. The Mother Land.

He was only here on vacation. And to torment my daydreams.

Can't. Catch. A. Break.

To make the matters of 'So There Was This Guy' even better, I had this amazingly vivid and somewhat plausible dream about a guy. Who? My ex-fiance. Named Jerkface. Who is very married last I heard. Why couldn't it be the red headed guy?

In other news, I am seriously thinking about going to London for the Olympics next year.

What? I have a friend who is very likely competing in them. Former roommate in fact. Good enough reason to just show up...right?