My Tough Decision

I have been stressed with this decision for a while now.
Remember when I decided that I wanted to get my dental hygiene? Well... my decision was trying to decide whether or not I actually wanted to. Reasons for my dilemma:

Being around it all day and watching what the hygienists do, I was trying to figure out if I would get bored with doing JUST cleanings and sealants ALL day for every patient. I would get bored with perio or regular cleanings. I enjoy doing assisting! I love having lots of different procedures to do during the day. For example, today I did a root canal, 2 extractions, a stainless steel crown, a few fillings and some exams. I love having all that different stuff to do! I don't get bored and I love the variety! I am so happy and content right now with just assisting. I make good money as it is now, I'm not in debt, the only thing I have to pay is my car and I'm more then halfway done with that.

I'm not in debt. Like I said, I only have my car to pay. I would get scared getting $60,000 in debt which I would have to pay back for the next like 20 years or so, and only working for a few years, then stopping and having kids around and then getting into a situation where I wouldn't be able to pay the rest of whatever I couldn't pay off. I would rather stop now, paying $2000 for this semester of school that I would quit then get halfway into school and not liking it, then having to finish and be in all that debt. My parents said they would rather me do it that way too. I was having such a hard time deciding too because I have been building myself up in my mind that I was such a terrible person wanting to quit school already having paid $2000 or more just for this semester. I came to find out from several people that I am not a terrible person for that. Yeah I'm out $2000 but it's better then $60,000!

I didn't talk to anyone about this for a few weeks because I thought maybe it was just a "I don't wanna go to school" mood... but it ended up being for real.

If you are my friend on Facebook, then you already know my decision. For those of you who aren't, here it is....

I am NOT getting my dental hygiene.

I am just going to stay an assistant, because I love it!

Extractions

So for those of you who don't know... I had my Wisdom Teeth extracted this month, my left side at the beginning of the month and my right side just last Thursday! May I just say that I am soooo glad that I don't have anymore that I need to take out! I don't know if I could do the shots for anesthesia again or getting sick on the Lortab. Ugh! Anyways, here are some funny pictures the girls at work shot of me while I was getting these teeth pulled on Thursday.

I look dead. Good old Dr. Ashman! :D

Minda doing the thumbs up! Classic Minda, love that girl!



BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is me smiling after Dr. Ashman numbed me! Kinda scary, I know!

Hahahaha... I debated putting that last picture up on there ;D

I'm also debating if I really want to do my hygiene.... I really just love assisting and the more that I watch the hygienists do their thing at work, I'm worried I'll get bored. I love having a variety of stuff to do everyday and I love keeping busy.... hmmmm.... what do you guys think?

Wisdom Teeth and The Lion King

Ok so... this post is super late for when I told you I was going to put it up. But here it is...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQgwJpuJWc



Sorry I had to put the link up, it wouldn't let me embed the whole movie. It's sooo funny! I peed my pants about 30 times! :D


I went and saw The Lion King on broadway at Capitol Theater with my family, Deb, Linds, Claude, Nash and Dalene on Sunday. It was ssssooooo amazing! Oh my gosh! I loved it! Here are some stills from the internet since I couldn't take pictures there...

Timon and Pumba

Simba and Nala

Opening scene

Rafiki

So much fun! And on Saturday, Parker and Lindsey and I went to Lagoon with Nick! It was such a blast! I had such a great weekend!

27 Years

Today is my parent's 27th anniversary! I am so grateful for my parents and for all the good decisions they have made and for all the hard work that they do for me and my brother, sister, brother-in-law, and my nephews. They have been such great examples, and they have taught us so well and I am very grateful to have been in their lives. I haven't always made things easy for them, but I am so glad that they have stuck by me and have been there for me, even when I didn't want them to be. I love them so so so so much!

Engagement Photo

On their wedding day, 27 years ago. ( Too bad I couldn't find a good picture of both of them with my Dad in his black cowboy hat... BAHAHAHAHA! This'll do. :D)

Today... still in love.

I have another thing that I have been thinking about lately... This picture:

This picture was taken around the end of December or beginning of January, right before Cody left. What is he wearing? If you can't tell... it's my headband that I was wearing that night. We were playing around and being goofy and he had pulled it off my head and was playing with it. Then I took it from him and put it on his head. He let me take this picture. No complaints or objections. He just sat there and smiled while I put it on his head.

As I look back on this night, I think... "What an idiot! I must have been super retarded to put that on his head!" But the more I think about it and think about how he never complained or told me to take it off, I realized how much he must love me to sit there and let me be retarded :P and let me put it on his head. What a patient guy. Sometimes I do wacky stuff like that, just because it is my personality. And that doesn't bug Cody one bit. He loves me for who I am and for how I act... even though sometimes it's crazy. And he loves me enough to let me do these kind of stupid things to him...

After I took this picture, he did this:



He put the headband down on his eyes like that and then told me to take a picture. :D

I love him so so much! What a guy to put up with me... sometimes I wonder what he even sees in me haha! But I love that I love him and I love that he loves me. I can't wait for the day that he comes home and that I can give him a huge huge hug and tell him about everything! I can't wait for the day when I can see him smile again and hear him talk and hear him laugh. I just can't wait to see him again.

I have a good post coming tomorrow! I'm warning though, you may want to be have an extra pair of pants on hand, or be close to a bathroom.... you'll have to wait and see why. :P

Bugged!

Oh my gosh! I'm so bugged! Ok so in my English class, my teacher has an online forum that all of her classes write some of their papers on so she can grade them. But guess what... I can't log into my account! It won't let me on! AND I'M SO BUGGED BY IT BECAUSE IT'S DUE BY MIDNIGHT and there is NO WAY that I am staying up until midnight and wait for this website to send me a password reset! UGH! So if it doesn't work in like twenty minutes... aka 10:30... then I'm sending an email to my teacher with proof that I did write it and that it just wouldn't log me on. Hopefully she's ok with that because she's pretty good with working with you if there are problems somewhere. Anyways...
I need a serious massage. I am so tight in my traps that my shoulders and neck hurt constantly! Not good. I'm so busy that I don't really have time though. Oh well. I'm bugged that I'm tight and need a massage.
I saw the weirdest thing at school today. I pulled up next to a car in the parking lot and guess what was hanging from it's rearview mirror?


Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is a garter hanging from this person's rearview mirror. How weird is that!?!?!?!?! Who would hang their garter from their rearview mirror?!?!?! I mean honestly!

State Fair Pics - All 2 of them

Ok so here are the 2 most random... well the pig one at least... Utah State Fair pics I think anyone will ever see...maybe. :P I took the pig one because it was so funny that the one pig's butt was in the food tray and that his hooves or whatever they are are pretty much going up the other pig's butt. HAHA! And they were sound asleep! Mom couldn't stop laughing... hilarious!


You're probably thinking, "Wait! This isn't a state fair picture!? It's a Lagoon picture!" Yes... the chainsaw guy is from Lagoon, but they were advertising Frightmares at the state fair and so they had two chainsaw guys. This one is sitting where Dad was sitting. He wanted Dad to stand up, and so we all thought that he was gonna do something to Dad, but then he nudges his way inbetween Mom and I and started hitting on Mom! SOO funny! It made me think of the time we went to Universal Studios a few years ago and Beetlejuice was hitting on Mom, but Mom was grossed out then and she wasn't this time, just because she hates Beetlejuice and thought that these guys were hilarious! Anyways, I wanted a picture and so Dad took the pic for us. Look at the random kid in the background BAHAHAHAHA! FUNNY!

P.S. Don't mind the flubbery stomach of mine :P I lost 5 pounds this last month and this month I'm gonna lose 5 more!

State Fair and Cody

My family went to the state fair on Saturday! It was fun! But I haven't uploaded photos yet so I will do that tomorrow for sure! We walked around and looked at all the booths and we walked through all the animal barns (made me wish I lived on a ranch) and then we went to the rodeo. That reminded me what a sucker I am for cowboys! Love cowboys! :D MMMM but I also love rappers too... hm.... that'd be why I'm a cowgirl-gangster. Anyways...

I got some pictures of Cody and one of his baptism's. I believe it's the baptism of the Mom of the lady who sent them to me from his area.

Awww I love my missionary! Anyways, watch for the 2 state fair pics I got tomorrow! ;P