2011 can't come any faster!

Well 2010 will be a year I will never forget, unfortunately this is not a good thing! At the beginning of the year my grandma (my mom's mom)  had meningitis and had to have brain surgery, so we spent 6 months trying to get her better.  She is on her way to being better so that is a good thing.  Then in July my other grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  She passed away in October.  As you would think things could only go up from here right! WRONG!!!!!!! Just early this morning and I mean early like 2:00 AM, our precious and beloved chihuahua Minnie went to doggy heaven.  We all knew that when she went it would be hard, we just didn't think she would would be the icing on the cake to end a horrible year! She was 12 years old, and up to 2 days ago she was doing just fine! She ate a lot of almonds and was throwing them up. We took her to the vet and they wanted to keep her for the day to do an enema (clean out her colon) and hydrate her.  Well we got to take her home, but I guess her 4 pound body just couldn't take it anymore.  So here's to a way better 2011!!!!!!!!!  Happy New Year Everyone!

I'M A LUMBERJACK!!!!!!!!!!

So last night I got an awesome phone call! So as everyone knows I applied to NAU a couple weeks ago.  My friend had told me when I get accepted they will personally call you.  Well I thought how could they personally call every student they accept? I thought it would just be a recorded phone call saying congrats on being accepted.  Well, last night out of the blue, the phone rings and the caller ID said Northern Arizona University! So of course I answered it and it was a REAL person!!! He told me that I have been ACCEPTED! Woohoo I have one step down! Now all I have to do is apply to the athletic training program and hopefully be accepted into that!

Sunny Side Up Challenge! Can you do it?

So after this weekend I have a new philosophy on life! And I would like to thank the wonderful country artist Martina McBride.  Have you heard her song Sunny Side Up?  Well if not, here are the lyrics...

I still get that feeling I felt when I fell in love with my baby

Everytime he makes me smile

I still see the beautiful in your favorite song on the radio

Turn it up and here we go

Look at everything we have

Baby, it ain't so bad

Today everything is sunny side up
I'm hangin' on to happy and pushin' my luck
You're lookin' at a girl whose lookin' at the world
And no matter what
Sunny side up
Sunny side up
Yeah, yeah

It seems like everybody's way too sad
Come on let's lift each other up
Look at all we have
Baby it ain't so bad

Oh, today everything is sunny side up
I'm hangin' on to happy and pushin' my luck
You're lookin' at a girl whose lookin' at the world
And no matter what
Hey, today everything is sunny side up
I'm hangin' on to happy and pushin' my luck
You're lookin' at a girl whose lookin' at the world
And no matter what
Sunny side up
Sunny side up
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, sunny side up

I still get that feeling I felt when I fell in love with my baby
Everytime he makes me smile

On my way home from school today this song came on my ipod. I think it was a sign! With finals coming up and my last semester in the valley starting in January, I am feeling a little stressed. Ok a little is an understatement! Now after hearing this song, I decided I am going to always look on the sunny side of things.  Yes times may be stressful, but you know what?!?!?!?! They will soon be over!!! So I encourage and challenge everyone to look on the positive side of life and forget all the gloom.  I know its easier said than done, but don't you think the world would be a better place if everyone did this.  So pass this idea along and maybe we can change the world.  And just remember when times are stressful, just think it could always be worse.  Let's all look on the sunny side of life and give smiles to everyone around us.  After all isn't the best gift to give someone, a smile?!?!

Also a little update on my trip to NAU! It was AMAZING!!!!!!!! I can't wait to go to school up there next fall! I did find out that the AT program only accepts 15 people a year! So think happy thoughts with me on getting into the program!
Have a great day everyone! And give your best in everything you do! :)

STRESS you don't really know what it is till college!!!!!

Well the fall semester is coming to an end with only two weeks left. And let me tell you it will be a VERY stressful 2 weeks.  I have a 10 page paper due along with 3 finals! I keep saying only 2 more weeks then I don't have to deal with Chemistry ANYMORE, or my horrible anatomy teacher! But to be honest I could really use two more weeks added on or more hours in a day to get everything done!!!!! Last week there was only 3 days of school thanks to Thanksgiving break! And man did I need a break, but I couldn't have been more busy for those 3 days.  2 tests and 1 speech kept me on my toes! Then of course on Tuesday night I come down with a 100 degree fever! So the 4 day weekend finally came and I had a great time with family and just relaxing! Now for this week, I have to finish my 10 page paper (that I just started today, I know I was a big huge procrastinator on that) and study for anatomy! All along my parents and I are heading up to NAU this weekend to talk to someone from the Athletic Training program and take a tour of the campus!!!!!!! I just can't wait for that, it will be a nice break.  So that is kind of a quick update, there will be a more extensive post after this weekend and I will get some cool pictures put up!  All you college students good luck on finals!!!!!!!

Keep your fingers crossed!

   
   So the first of October I "accidentally" applied to NAU haha.  Some of you may be thinking "Wait accidentally, but I thought she wanted to go there?" Well I do! It's just that the application process for transfer students was sooooooo easy!  All I had to do was put in my information then hit send, and send them my MCC and High school transcripts. Oh and start paying them before I am even accepted, let the expensive education begin!  So I did all of this and sent my transcripts online.  My high school transcripts were sent through Docufide. Well I got an email saying they were sent, then another saying NAU had received them.  A couple weeks later I got a letter from NAU, I was so excited I thought it was an acceptance letter.  Uhm... actually it was a letter saying they had not received my high school transcripts.  So I called the number on the letter, and the guy said they would get someone on it.  I guess they are still looking for someone to help... haha.  It's ok though I went to Mountain View today and got my transcripts and they are now heading up to NAU via snail mail.  So hopefully I will hear soon! 

     Another reason to keep your fingers crossed with me! I am starting my application process for the Athletic Training Education Program! I have started asking for many "GOOD" letters of recommendation (Thank you Matt Blackburn for that piece of advise :) ).   I have emailed some of the professors that are in charge of the program to see if I can come and talk to them before I finalize my decision to go up there.  Don't worry I've pretty much had this decided since like 8th grade.  So please keep your fingers crossed that I get into NAU, get to talk with someone from the program, and get into the program! If I don't get in for some odd reason, I have decided to apply for the Disney PAID Internship!  I shall keep you updated! :)

CRAZY WEEKEND!

    As many of you may know I work for the City of Mesa as a lifeguard, swim instructor, and a head coach.  This past weekend though, I got to add yet another job title to my list... janitor!  This weekend was the high school state swim meet! It started on Thursday and lasted until Saturday.  So this is how the weekend went!  On Thursday I got to work just to help clean up after the day, luckily we had a few kids from one high school that had to help us clean because they decided to pull a prank on their freshman and vandalize their home pool.  Smart I know, why would you vandalize your own pool!? Needless to say, we got done pretty fast! Then came Friday, I headed right over to Kino when I got done with school.  We put up a rotation (which was the easiest rotation ever because everyone knows how to swim!) and on our breaks we had to go check trashes and put toilet paper in the bathrooms.  So Thursday night again was not as bad, the kids came back to help, but since Thursday was the smaller schools there was not as much trash.  

   Then there was Saturday, yesterday, I don't think I have ever seen so many people in my life! I got there and had to park in the baseball fields behind the school!  This was after I had to deal with children who had sugar for breakfast and didn't want to listen to me in lessons! So the day followed the same time-line as the day before, rotate, trash, toilet paper.  Then came after the meet!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!! I have never seen so much trash in my life.  Our hoodlums came during the meet and helped get some trash cans emptied, then left because it was homecoming! Which is fine because what could take us 20 minutes took them 45 minutes.  So after the meet we started picking up trash around the bleachers and in the team areas! Luckily for some reason we had a shopping cart, and we used a big red cart provided by maintenance to put trash bags on and take them to the dumpster.  Well by the time we were done the dumpster was full and there were about 50-75 trash bags that could not fit in the dumpster.  So by that time it was like 7:45, and we still had to do the bathrooms! So we did the bathrooms and got out of there by 9:00 pm! 

     Needless to say, I am kind of sore today! But I had an awesome weekend with some awesome people!!!!!! I would do it all again in a heartbeat! Plus it helps that I got paid for it all :)

My First Blog!

So this is my very first blog post! Well technically like my third... I had to have a blog for a computer class but it was with a different site and I only put one sentence each time.  So really this is my first non-forced blog post haha.  I decided I would start one because I have seen some of my friends' blogs and it seems like a great way to let everyone know what is going on in your life!  I have really enjoyed reading some of them, so I thought "hmm... why don't I start one, it looks like fun."  So here it is my blog.  I will try to keep up with it as my life goes on through college and hopefully throughout my career.  I hope everyone enjoys my blog :)