I'm still alive! I swear!

Well, I'm finally feeling better. The plague has passed, and I'm back at school.

I have some exciting news. :] Well... you already know that I was asked to Commencement, but I just bought my dress yesterday. It is a big pink Cinderella dress. I'm absolutely in love with it. It's gorgeous. I would put up a picture, but Bryon isn't allowed to see it. Haha. :] Today I went and bought some comfy shoes to wear.

Tomorrow is Tyson's birthday (HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TYSIE)! He's gonna be the big 23. I bought his present today. Can I just say that it is dang near impossible to shop for that boy? Haha. I have no idea what he wants, so I hope I did okay. *crosses fingers*

That's all for now.

Update from the plague.

Well, it is now Tuesday, and I'm still sick. I went to the doctor yesterday.... let me tell you. It was an adventure. Between the half hour wait, the almost passing out having my blood drawn, the bawl baby fit when they told me I needed a shot, and sitting in between old man creeper and young man creeper waiting for my x-ray... it was not a fun experience.
I went back today... they wanted to give me another shot... and I wanted to tell them where to put that shot... haha, but I just told them I didn't want it, so they prescribed more pills... oh boy.
But hopefully I'm getting better. My cough isn't as constant; I just have a bad fever... I'm like a personal space heater.

On a lighter note though, I got asked to commencement. :] His name is Byron, and he lives in Rigby. Today he drove me to my doctor's appointment and even paid for my prescriptons. haha. And we watched three movies. I told him if he spent too much time with me, I was gonna get him sick, but he told my I'm worth it. haha. It's been nice at least having someone here while I'm sick. Breaks up the day. Haha.

But, I hope to return to school on thursday. *crosses fingers*

That's all for now.

Easter Sunday.

Well, today is Easter.
I am still sick, which is a bummer, but what can you do?
My mom, er... the Easter Bunny, left my a huge bucket of candy.
Haha... I've been kinda snacking on it... I don't want to upset my stomach though. I've been a little more sick than just sore throat.

Ryan had a bunch of relatives over yesterday for an easter egg hunt. I just had to take a picture of Aisha. She's such a cheeser when she's having her picture taken, haha. But she is beautiful none-the-less.

Strep Throat?

Nope, but it sure feels like it.
My throat really started hurting today at school, and I was almost positive it was Strep. I left school early and went to the doctor. They took a test, and it came up negative, but they gave me some antibiotics, and said I should be feeling better by Monday... So, hopefully, they work. That is all. I'll let you know if & when I get better.

Part 2 of Spokane/Birthday Road Trip: Day 1

I guess I'll just pick up where I left off in the last blog.

So, after driving for 8 hours, we finally arrived in Spokane... Well, somehow we became very lost, and were driving all over Spokane on the phone with Kurtis trying to find his apartment. Well, we FINALLY found it. I vowed never to drive IN Spokane again. Haha. Well, it was around 5 by the time we got to his place, so he asked us if we were hungry... Of course we were. So he decided to take us to his work, Pizza Pipeline. On the way there, we stopped at his mom's house and said hi. I wish I could have gotten a picture; she's a very pretty lady. Anyways, when we got to Pizza Pipeline, we went in the back door where the employees are only allowed there were only 2 people working that night, Matt and... Mike? Well, we got to make our own pizza which was pretty cool. We made the Oriental Chicken. It was a mixture of "white sauce", mozzerella cheese, pineapple, cream cheese, and some flavor of chicken. It was THE BEST pizza I've ever had. It was a lot of fun to make it and hang out in the back with those guys. I had a really good time. :]

Here's some pictures of us making it:

Kurtis getting the Dough


Stephanie pushing out the Dough

Kurt rolling out the Dough


Kurt Spinning the Dough


Steph adding the White Sauce


Me adding the Mozzerella


Adding the Cream Cheese and Pineapple


Kurt making the Garlic Crust


Going into the oven


The finish product :]

Here's what NOT to do:

50 Ways To Make Yourself Miserable

1. Compare yourself frequently with others.
2. Belittle yourself.
3. Don’t believe in dreams, you think dreams only happen when you are sleeping.
4. Say yes to everybody and everything.
5. Work in a job you hate.
6. Complain about everything.
7. Complain about everything to your friends.
8. Suspicious of everything.
9. Counting your troubles.
10. Harbor negative thoughts.
11. Trying to please everyone and let everyone walk all over you.
12. Constantly think about the past.
13. Constantly think about the future.
14. Focusing on what you lack.
15. Focusing on what you don’t want.
16. Need others to validate you constantly.
17. Think of everything that can possibly go wrong in your life.
    
18. Being jealous easily.
19. Always envy others and never grateful of what you have instead.
20. Imitating others due to lack of self confidence.
21. Lacking self esteem and cause others to dislike you.
22. Think the world revolves around you.
23. Constantly judging others.
24. Absorbing all the bad news in the papers.
25. Junk food is your best companion.
26. Exercise is your worst enemy.
27. Think that things can only go your way.
28. Do not accept others opinion.
29. Lack of sleep.
    
30. Lack of goals.
31. Worry consistently about the sky is falling.
32. Plan but never take action.
33. Fail to plan.
34. Feel that people around you are all jerks.
35. Thinking there is no purpose in living.
36. Being the “If Man”. If my father is the president, then I will be successful. If ____ then I will be _____. (fill in the blanks)
37. Lottery is the only way to success.
38. Try to control everything that you can’t control.
39. Expect to be appreciated.
40. Expect others to be grateful to you.
41. You will not forget about criticism.
42. Hate people around you to be successful.
    
43. Shirk responsibilities.
44. Receive and never give.
45. Do things that are easy.
46. Overwork.
47. Never forgive.
48. Never give your best effort in things you do.
49. Perfectionism.
50. Choosing to be miserable.

Where to begin?

Well, I'm officially 18 now. My parents have successfully raised three children. :]

This last week has been one I will never forget. Stephanie and I left on Sunday for Spokane to see my other best friend Kurtis. It was a loonnnng 8 hour drive, and we had all sorts of weather from sunny, to foggy, to rainy. But, we made it there safely. The trip was way too extensive to post all in one blog so I'll just start with the actual trip there. We left at a little after 10am because we had to take Steph's car to the tire place, because we (luckily) found out that she had a flat tire. We stopped in Dell Montana, Missoula Montana, and finally made it to Spokane. We had a lot of laughs and junk food on the way. Haha. Here is a video that pretty much sums up the trip:

Aisha's First Haircut

I'm a little late posting this, but Aisha got her first haircut last... Thursday or Friday... It's been a long week. Haha. Ryan called me earlier last week and asked me if I would give Aisha her first haircut. Of course I said yes!
Anyways, She was really excited about it BEFORE we actually started cutting her hair. Once we sat her down in the chair, she wasn't so excited. Ryan had to sit next to her the whole time, but luckily, no tears fell, just hair.
She was really well-behaved and we got those pesky bangs out of her eyes, and a few locks for her mom's scrapbook. Here's some pictures from the experience.

Before the Haircut


Unsure about how she feels with those scissors so close to her eyes


Didn't want to let me to get that last piece

Look at that face. :(

A little smile... Finally!


At the end of the haircut, I've decided Aisha is like her Aunt and doesn't like getting her pretty long hair cut. But she's still just as beautiful before, and now she doesn't have long bangs in her eyes.

Because there is nothing going on tonight.

Today has turned out to be pretty boring.

Today at school I had some pretty grumpy and rude clients, so that kinda got me in a downer mood. And the day was going incredibly slow anyways, so that didn't help. Oh well.

I leave for Spokane in 11 days, and I must say, I'm pretty excited about that. :] Also, I turn 18 in 15 days. I am also very excited about that. Haha. I'll be and 'adult,' or something like that.

I got my federal tax return and it was $117. Half of that will be going to savings and half to my birthday trip. I hope I get that much back from state... or more. I'm not picky... haha.

Anyways... Nothing too exciting has happened since my last post... so... yeah.

Girl's Night.

Well, tonight some of us girls at Vogue decided to have a girl's night of laser tag. We did our hair in big crazy hair-dos. Mine was in a mohawk. Haha. It was way fun. I came in third place overall, but my team (Paige and Karri, the pink team) lost miserably to Whitney and Candy's team (the green team). Haha. I don't even want to tell you the score. Haha. Anyways, here are some pictures from the night. :]

My Hair

Whitney's Hair

Paige and I

Whitney

Candy

Karri

Paige

Whitney and I

Whitney. NO ALIENS


Neon Natalie