It is Practically Mid-Week. Hot Diggity Dog!

Hi. It is 10 p.m. I am not new to this blogging. I have been blogging for about two years. Well, actually I take breaks every once in a while. I think my fingers would get tired if I were to blog continuously.

I am tired. I just graded a million papers. I think I should get paid per paper, don't you think?

I rode my bike in the canyon today. It was fun.

Did I mention that I got sunburned yesterday? Yeah and it rained most of the day. Who would think you would need sunscreen when it is cold and damp? I also got stung by a bee. Thank heavens I am not allergic to bees like I am peanuts. The sting was right on the palm of my hand. What an annoying place.

Have I mentioned I like my new couch? It is comfy. I am sitting on it right this minute. I will not be sitting on it in ten minutes because I will be lying in my bed. I don't like the bed nearly as much as the couch, but it will do pig!

The Office Season Four came out on DVD today. I really want to buy it. If I were to have the money to buy it, I would buy the one that comes with a t-shirt and a Q&A with the cast. I am a little obsessed with The Office. I even read a website/blog about the show everyday. If you want to be obsessed it is at officetally.com

Well, I think the randomness is now out of my mind and the tiredness is setting in strong. I am off to sleep. I hope you are having a nice moment wherever you may be!

Sheepdog Championships at Soldier Hollow

It has been a great three day weekend. I am tired because I was so busy this weekend. I should go to bed right after this. It is actually pretty early for me to be blogging. 9:30.

Today was awesome. I got to go watch sheepdogs at work in Midway, Utah. Besides a couple of storm cells rolling through and making me frozen and wet, it was a fun day. I really love to watch these cute dogs run around and herd sheep. It is an amazing spectacle. The food is also amazing. I got to eat a lamb brat. Yum. Not only did i get to see sheep herded, but I also got to eat one. Yipee! I am glad to be a carnivore!

I am not very descriptive. Tired, tired, tired. I am now going to bed. Night!

Corn and Church. A blog of Cs.

I love corn. I didn't love it as much yesterday as I cut and cut and cut it off the cobs in order to help my friend, Moo, and her family with their corn harvest. I did feel productive and helpful though, which is always an added bonus. I was also able to take 10 cups of corn to freeze and a dozen cobs. This corn really does taste fabulous. The kind you find in the grocery store is not nearly as neat. This stuff is fresh and fabulous. Okay enough about corn and onto the 2nd C, Church

Church today was interesting for me. I have been going back and forth on my decision on where to go now that I am over the ripe old age of 30 and have not found a mate, which in Mormondome means you may no longer enjoy the wonderfulness of singles wards. (These are congregations of single people aged 18-30, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Mormondome) Single people above the age of 30 are encouraged then to attend a family ward. Here is the thing with family wards in Provo, Utah: there are a lot of babies(real young "adults") who have babies. This sometimes is hard for a single person over thirty to be around because contrary to world belief, some people in their thirties may not be choosing to be single and not having a family. I happen to be one of these people who would rather be parenting than not. Anyway, it is kind weird to go to these family wards and be one of the sole single people who has not reaped the complete joy of getting married and having small children. The people there are still nice, but when the first question out of their mouth may be "Where is your husband?" it just hits the single soul a bit hard. I am glad that I attended the family ward I should be going to today because I have now reached the decision to not be Mormon anymore. JUST KIDDING! In Provo there is this funny singles ward that actually lets people over 30 attend. Some of the people at this ward are socially awkward and you can see there are reasons they have not been married yet, but there are some normal people there too who have just blossomed late. I fall into the last category! So, I think I need to just get to it and become a full member of the older single adult ward. Even though I may feel a little weird there and maybe even a little awkward, it pales into comparison to the loneliness I felt as I sat in church today. It is weird that you can be in a room with over a hundred people and feel completely alone. Weird.

Please do not get me wrong, I really do love my life. I have so many blessings in my life and I get to do so many fun things. I am just feeling that biological clock ticking these days and I really do desire companionship that can only come from a married relationship. I also believe that being single is much better than say marrying somebody completely wrong for me and who may in fact be scary and do things that would ruin my life. I have seen too many of my friends "jump" into marriage with the wrong people and have their lives ripped apart. I would rather be single my entire life than to be miserable with the wrong person. Aw, look how much Alice has grown over the years!

Anybody want to go to the Olympics with me in London in 2010? I don't think I can do it alone! :) That was a random question by the way. I am kind a random person.

Sometimes even in real life I feel random. I think conversation I have with friends is sometimes that way because basically I do much of the talking and they may not feel the need to talk so I randomly go on and on. Kind like my blogs I guess!

Well, I am off to see some of my favorite people in Salt Lake. They are some of my favorite people in the world as well..hehe. It will be a treat! Later.

The Couch of Wonder

Happy end of the week to you. Happy three-day weekend, as well. I am pretty excited to have three days to relax. Well, kinda relax that is. I will be busy, busy, busy!

I love my new couch. I have already had two nice naps on it. Wonderful. Too bad I now don't have enough room in my apartment. I think something is going to have to go and it might be the beloved bean bag chair. I figure I am 31 and it might just be time to be over the whole bean bag thing! I think the money would definitely go to the Wii fund!

I really am enjoying my students. It is so very weird how a good attitude really can change the whole experience of anything. I really am trying to stay positive and actually get to know each student more. That makes a big difference. My Leadership class pretty much thinks I am crazy, but I really feel we are closer than we have been. They are big Juniors this year. I really want to help them get their acts together in order to graduate next year. Too bad the reality is that about half of them will not make it to their Senior year. That really makes me sad and I hope we can change that.

I have been filled with a little rage the past few days. Last night at softball I called one of the players on the other team a butt and then a horse's patoot. (I really did use those very words!) Today, I lost patience with a few of my students. Poor things. They really can't do anything about me and my rage when it comes. I did cool down eventually and had a pretty good afternoon.

Tonight, Janette and I got dinner and then watched The Office. We are catching her up for when the new season starts in a few weeks. I am excited to have another friend to watch with each Thursday. It is even an added bonus that she has an awesome huge flat screen. And no, I am not her friend just for her TV.

Up for the weekend: 1. Harvesting corn down in Delta 2. Laugh show of Timpanogos Storytelling Festival 3. Visit Morgan who is up from Vegas 4. Sheepdog championships in Midway. I am a little busy, like I said.

Tired

I am just partying too much at night.  This is how I party:  I sit in front of the TV and watch What I Like About You until 11:30.  Then I sleep at 11:45.  Not enough sleep.  Dragging already today.  I am excited for the long weekend except for the fact that I have booked myself.  I am doing something pretty much every minute of the weekend.  Sad day for me and resting and cleaning. :(

I had a crazy dream about aliens.  You should ask me about it sometime.  It was crazy.

Well, off to make yet another PowerPoint for my Health class.  Thrilling!