8-Legged Terror

So my dear, sweet husband is helping me with my fear of spiders. I have found one in the garage and two in the house this past weekend - which is unacceptable. I guess there are a lot of spiders in Farmington and nobody told me or I seriously may have reconsidered our location. So yesterday we bought a Fogger and spray. We are going to fog the house and it'll kill any bugs inside. Then we are going to spray the doorways with the insecticide so none will come in. Sorry little guys, you are NOT welcome in my house - ever. I don't know how I survived my mission. Actually, I do. I prayed every morning (seriously) that as long as I was obedient, I wouldn't see a spider, especially the ones the size of my face. We were graced with one in our apartment once, but I huddled in a corner under a sheet while the new hermana (thanks Shannon!) was introduced to Ecuador and it's living creatures with a can of Raid and a match. The only proof I have of such an encounter was a picture that makes me throw up in my mouth. I also pull it out to show people and get sympathy. :) So if you soon come to our house, it'll be bug bombed and spider-free.

We also survived 18 legs of terror in nursery this past Sunday. We had 9 little kids and three adults wrangling them all in. They were actually really good. We had a couple meltdowns since we're the new people and are still strangers, but one little girl is being taught bilingual so it was fun to speak Spanish to her and she eventually calmed down. She only speaks Spanish to me now, good thing I know what the words are! They are adorable, precious little kids though. When two were sad and screaming, a sweet little boy came up and said, "Happy" to them, trying to cheer them up. My heart melted. He may have read ahead in the lesson book because that's what our lesson was on, being happy! They also called a picture of President Monson, "Jesus" but it was a nice try. We'll work on that one. And who knew that Ring Around the Rosies is such a big hit! We had fun and I enjoy getting to see their little personalities and hang out with them for 2 hours each Sunday even though it's exhausting. So far, it's been a really effective birth control. :) Our talks went well too. And now it's all over! Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!

Hail to the Chief

My dad got a job!! He'll start as CEO of a credit union in Provo on June 1. I'm really excited for him. It'll be a challenge to turn the credit union around, but if anyone can do it, my dad can. He has the experience and leadership to do so and he's finally living his dream of being a CEO. Awesome! The commute to Provo probably won't be so fun, but at least he's employed and it seems like a really good fit for him. And they WANT him. I'm super proud of him and happy that stress of umemployment is off of him.

So after months of speculation, I finally (officially) found out that my co-worker is gay. Now, I have no problem with this, but I guess there is this whole ettiquete when someone comes out to you that I had no idea about. I've known gay people, etc. but have never had some one come out to me. It makes me feel good that he trusts me enough to finally share this information with me. After numerous comments about guy's shoes, he's been opening up about cute guys we'll see on the street and I asked him about a horrible date he had and referred to his date as a him - confirmed. So I guess you're supposed to acknowledge that he's gay and not play it off like I did. It's just like a girl telling me, I like boys, so I just ignored the information and went on my business. I haven't treated him any differently so that's why I didn't acknowledge or make a big deal out of it. All these things I am learning.

I'm Craving Memorial Day like a Moth Craves Light

I knew last week was going to be a hard week and it's over! The only downside of being on salary so far was that I had to work Saturday with no overtime pay. My co-worker decided to plan a career fair at our campus in American Fork then said it was my event and I had to do it. We actually had a really good turnout on Friday - 40 people, which we weren't expecting. We had a radio remote on Saturday and expected a whole bunch of people, especially since we were giving away David Archuleta tickets (I get to go too!), but we only had SEVEN people the whole day! It was awful. At least we had music and a Wii for a few hours while the station was there. So it was not a fun way to spend my Saturday. Dallin and I did go to the Real game that night and Red Rcok for the dine-o-round where I discovered a live ladybug in my salad, which I almost ate. YUCK!

But I did have a big lesson this week. Thursday was super busy. Work was nuts and I had to set up a display at the South Towne Expo Center and set up for our American Fork event. I came home, cooked dinner, did the dishes, cleaned all three bathrooms, threw in a load of laundry and went to a bridal shower, all before 7 o'clock. I'm not saying this to toot my horn by any means, but it was a lesson that I need to relax. It's ok if the bathrooms wait, or the dishes. We were having company and I wanted everything to be nice and clean but I always put off the later in favor of the NOW's. And when the later's come, there is always another NOW and I could run myself into the ground if I wanted. So as an experiment, when I left for work on Saturday, I left the bed unmade. It was really hard to do and I consciously had to talk myself away from making it, but my wonderful husband made it later so I came home to a nice, organized, clean house.

We were also discovered in our ward yesterday. We were called as the jr. nursery leaders (there are 2 nurseries). We have the 18-24 month olds. They are so stinkin' cute but a handful because they are so little. There are 12 of them, including a set of twins. I'm really excited for it. We have play time, then lesson time, coloring time, snack time and singing time. I think Dallin was a lot less enchanted after one little boy cried hysterically the whole time. I tried to befriend a couple of them and they are smart and really great kids. We also got asked to speak in church on Sunday. I'm only ok with it because then we'll be off that list and it's Memorial Day weekend so hopefully a lot of people are out of town, and most of our branch leaves after Sacrament anyway.

So that's our little update!

5K a Day

I ran the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday with 18,000 other people in downtown Salt Lake City. This is the second year I have ran it and it was so much fun being able to run it with Andy, Brian, Greg, Suz, Mary and Allie. Somehow I got left in the dust and when I hit the mile marker in 8 minutes, I knew I was going much faster than the pace I needed to set. So I slowed it down and eventually caught up to Greg. It was so fun to run the rest of the way with him. It kept me motivated and he said it kept him going too.

It really is amazing to be surrounded by so many people united for one cause. It's the biggest grass roots movement in the world and they said they are anticipating a cure for breast cancer in the next 10 years. Isn't that amazing?! My mom would like to forget that part of her life, but I think I convinced her next year to celebrate her life and how that trial made her a better person and be apart of that sisterhood of survivors. We ran in celebration of her!

I'm happy to say my knees held up quite well. I was a little sore the rest of the weekend from pounding the pavement. I did treat myself to a nice pedicure afterward though. :) I started physical therapy today and my pelvis is rotated so they say it's an easy fix and I'll be as good as new. I will not be posting any pictures of me running as to not scare any small children.

Also, I had a great Mother's Day with the best mom and mother-in-law in the whole world! We got to talk to my brother-in-law on a mission in Argentina and it was so inspiring to hear how enthusiastic and happy he is. Brought back all sorts of memories from a long, long time ago. (I've been home 4 1/2 years people! Can you believe it?) But I'm so glad to be surrounded by such incredible women who are such great examples to me. They make me better and I hope I can be half of what they are.

Bee's Knees

So you probably don't care, but for the sake of those who get sore knees running, I thought I'd post this to help out. I went to the Sports Medicine doctor this week and I am slightly knock-kneed. This is pretty common in women since we have wider pelvises so our legs come in at a V. I also walk on the insides of my feet to compensate for this. I don't have a large space between my knee cap and joint so the cartilage is rubbing causing my pain. So the cure is to strength my quads which will hopefully straighten my kneecaps back out and thus cure the pain. My quads used to be ripped, no wonder it never hurt when I ran before. Now they're not, I wonder when that happened...?