Late night blogging with Bruce. Q&A session but really its me just answering whatever questions I think of. Geez this is a long title.

People have been asking how we are and wanting us to write on the blog. In the spirit of that, I present you with a Q&A.

What am I doing right now?
Writing on the blog from my phone in bed while listening to James Bay's Hold Back The River.

What song am I hooked on lately?
Oddly enough, its Oceans by Coldplay. I keep getting the guitar music in my head. I have been listening to a ton of Coldplay in hype for being close to finally seeing them in concert.

What is going on recently with me?
I am wrapping up the last weeks of my undergrad education. I am also still working at Pocatello Women's Health Clinic as an Administrative Assistant.

I recently suffered from acute pericarditis. It hurt alot. I was almost convinced I was having a heart attack but I am fine and working back up to regular physical activity.

What is my favorite part of my job right now?
Its the people I get to work with and learning new things. I have been very lucky to learn from and work with an amazing staff.

We can step away from work questions.

What am I up to this weekend? Friday I am driving to Boise again for some more networking opportunities and also some job interviews. After that who knows.

What hobby have I picked up recently? My sister in law has redrawn my attention to how awesome some board games can be.

Who do I consider to be my greatest examples or mentors? First person who always comes on this list is my dad. I love and respect that man a great deal. Dad always made a point to give everything your best effort and have confidence that things will work together for your good. It always made me happy to be known as one of Brad's boys.

I really was impacted by counsel from Joseph B Wirthlin when I was younger.
He has some great talks that I still read.

I have the great fortune of learning from people I work with as well.

What are my goals after graduation? Get a job in an organization that can provide me opportunities to advance.
Continue on to get a masters of business administration.
Continue to support my little family and the crazy fun adventures we will have.

Next place I'd like to vacation to? It would probably be Washington D.C. in the spring time.

That is all for now.

Night ya'll.

Puppies

Our silly pups looooove when people come to visit.

Because they are still fairly young, and because company isn't a regular occurrence in our house, their "company manners" are something less than desirable.  Meaning, they jump and get in your face, and don't stop until they are comfortable with the fact that the visitors aren't going anywhere anytime soon...so, at least an hour or two!

Sometimes, we pen them up so that they don't jump on our poor visitors, but then we have to deal with sad puppy faces, and whining.  It's tough being a cute puppy, and not being allowed to share your cuteness with the public!

So in honor of Cooper's 1st birthday later this month, we thought we'd share their cuteness in a jump-free zone!

Something Funny Happened on the way to the Breakroom

Today was a crazy frustrating day at work.  I had multiple students who were combative and persistent past the point of ridiculous, which caused me to shriek at my computer screen more than once when the carefully crafted emails I sent them were returned with increasingly less well crafted retorts questioning my IQ.

These types of days are not my favorite, but thankfully, they aren't a common occurrence, that is to say, they limit themselves to roughly once or twice a week, and usually only happen one student at a time, instead of the 3 I had all at the same time today.

Yes, I know.  This is a trivial issue from my day.  I know people in other professions have much more challenging work days than I do, and I commend them for maintaining their sanity (or at least appearing like they have).

I did have a little ray of sunshine today though.

While performing a function of my job that requires verification of documents provided by students, I went to open the aforementioned document, only to find, not the school transcript that was supposed to be attached to the email sent to me, but instead, a recipe for Shrimp Quesadillas.

I had a good laugh about it as I crafted my email response stating that while the Shrimp Quesadillas are most likely delicious, they will not be able to assist in their request, and that I would, in fact, require a copy of their transcript.

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Okay, I just read the entire post above, and realized that it doesn't sound like me at all.

Well, it does, but not the "me" that normally writes on here...the wording above is very much "work me", which apparently sounds very different than the "me" writing right now.

So there you go, an insight into what happens while I work, and how I talk when I am there.  Take it for what you will!

Let the games begin!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Bruce and I rang the new year in like the party animals we are!  As in...I was asleep on the couch by 10:00, and he was on the laptop filling you in on his internship (yay!)

I did wake briefly at midnight to drink something fizzy, and to kiss my studly husband, but I was more than happy to go to bed immediately afterward.

On New Years Day (since I had the day off work) I took all of the Christmas decor down, and put everything back to how it was before the holidays.  And, as it seems to happen every year on January first, I got a hankering to rearrange the living room furniture.

I am not sure why the first day of the new year seems to be furniture moving day, but it always seems to happen.  So Bruce and I flipped our set up around (he's not a huge fan of me wanting to move the furniture all the time, but he was a trooper), and so far, we like it.

Now I just need to get back into "school mode" after taking a break for the holidays...