One Week to Go

The light at the end of the tunnel is only one week away now. There is only five days left of school and three days of class left, I can't wait. I have had a good second year of teaching, but it is time for a break. I'm one of those crazy teachers that never misses a day. I was able to make my goal of perfect attendance this year, my co-workers think that I'm crazy. My dad is a great example of work ethic, he taught me to go to work every day if at all possible. Once school gets out I won't get too much rest. I'm going to have a very busy month...I will be moving just about as soon as school gets out. (I have the great pleasure of having both of my getting married in June) I have about 10 days to move everything and then I will be going on vacation with my sister to San Diego. I figure I'm not going to want to worry about moving my stuff right as I get back from vacation. It is going to be a good thing that I'm not just sitting around doing nothing when school gets out, but I don't know if I want to be super busy either.

I can see clearly now....

The ULCER is GONE!!!! A month later I'm finally am back to normal. Well as normal as I can be. I got to wear my contacts for the first time in about a month and it felt soooooo good. I don't mind wearing glasses, just not every day. I like to think I lead a some what active life and glasses just get in the way, which is why I love contacts. This was kind of an expensive ordeal, but it could have been much worse and I'm glad to have it behind me.

Eye Update

So my eye is doing much better these days, I went back to the doctor and he said that ulcer is getting much smaller. I was happy to hear that, but it is not gone yet. Then he gave me another eye drop prescription to use on top of the antibiotic eye drops that I'm already using. The hard part is that I still can't wear my contacts until the eye doctor approves. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday, so hopefully I won't have to wear glasses too much longer. I don't mind wearing glasses a couple times a week, but it has been a month now and they are getting on my nerves.

I've Seen Better Days

So I have had a rough couple of weeks. About two weeks ago my left eye started acting strange, including being blood shot and being very sensitive to light, I thought it was some king of allergy. After two weeks of it not going away some of my friends finally convinced me to go to the doctor, where I found out that I have a Corneal Ulcer. I never knew you could get an ulcer in your eye. So Thursday night when I went to the doctor and he put me on antibiotic eye drops that had to be used every two hours until (even in the middle of the night) the ophthalmologist tells me otherwise. I set my alarm to go off every two hours and I didn't do a whole lot of sleeping that night. Friday I went to an ophthalmologist and he confirmed the ulcer, he said it was a pretty bad one, not a severe one, but bad. Then he upped my eye drop dosage to every hour, but I don't have to do it at night now. Then he told me their was a bunch of junk on my eye that was preventing the eye drops from getting to the ulcer and he had to scrap it off my eye. That was an interesting experience to say the least, especially sense he told me it was going to cause my eye to hurt really bad for the next six hours or so. And let me tell you it did hurt, not all the time, but every now and then I would have some severe shooting pain in my eye that would fade after a few minutes. I survived the day and came home and took a nap, since I didn't get much sleep the night before. Last night I went to the movies with some friends and my eye is so sensitive to light that whenever it was a bright scene in the movie I had to close my eyes. I can't wait to have this behind me.

Temple Square in the Spring

I honestly think that one of the most beautiful places in the world during the spring is Temple Square (when construction isn't all over the place like it is now). I don't know how they do it, but Temple Square always has some of the most beautiful flowers. These were in the flower beds along the side of the Tabernacle. I had a meeting in the Tabernacle Saturday morning and I decided to walk around and enjoy the beauty.

This was part of a large flower bed outside the North Visitors Center, they just make me smile.

I haven't gone up to see this statue in several years, as soon as you come into the room you can feel the spirit. I love the statue and the artwork of the sky, I think I could stare at the sky for hours and be happy. But in all it was a really great morning hanging out on Temple Square.

Treat Your Mother Right

Happy Mother's Day!!! I hope one day I can be just like my mother, she has always been a great example to me. So mom--- I love you the most! From coast to coast, from east to west, I love you the best!

Am I in London or Utah?

I saw history today, the Queen's Own Guard (the guys that escort the Queen of England and Bunkingham Palace) was in Utah, and performed for my school. The team is in America because they are a soccer team and they are traveling around the world between training, playing other military soccer teams. They beat the Utah National Guard 10-0 and 8-1 this week. They had some extra time and the National Guard suggested they come to our school because we have a good ROTC program. I heard that they never perform like this is it was really a special treat for us. After the performed a variation of the changing of the guard , they relaxed and allowed us to take to them and take pictures with them. They always look so serious, so it was amazing to get to see them in a relaxed situation. I don't think the students realized how cool this was, but it was for sure a highlight of the school year for me.

I will be honest, I wanted to get a picture with this guy because he was by far the cutest members of the Queen's Own Guard.

I can't believe they let me try on the hat!!!! I couldn't see a thing, the fur came down over my eyes, but it was awesome.

I tried to blend in and fall into rank. I think I look a little out of place. But that guy has a sweet jacket.

I felt bad for these guys, everyone wanted to take pictures with the guys in the fancy uniforms. These guys were really cool, they were looking for the cheerleaders, then they realized how young they were and decided that might not be a good thing.

They performed a variation of the changing of the guard for my school.

Attack of the Swine

Students all over the country are freaking out about the Swine Flu. I guess they have a reason to be worried, I once read that you are exposed to more viruses in a school than any other place you could work. Park City closed schools for a few days due to Swine Flue.... I would like the day off, but I don't want to make up those days in June. My school district has now installed hand sanitizer in every classroom in the district and now janitors have to sanitize the doorknobs of all the classrooms at least once a day. I'm glad they are making an effort, but I would like to point out that 1,500 people die each year from the REGULAR flu and nobody freaks out that. A few people die of the Swine Flu and all of a sudden people are walking around with masks on their faces, or you have Egypt that killed every pig in the entire country, over 350,000, over the fear that they could spread this flu. I do think it is serious, but blowing it out of proportion is not helping the situation, so everyone just wash your hands more often and maybe avoid large crowds of people and RELAX!!!!!