It's been a while...

Because life has been completely insane!

It started 2 days after my last post. I woke up with a really bad stomach ache that went away after about an hour. I went to work and the next day was fine all day. Friday I woke up with a stomachache again, this time worse, that lasted about 2 hours. I had to have Matt come help me finish packing for the Young Adults Retreat we were leaving on that afternoon.

The retreat was absolutely amazing...even though I was sick, seeing how it affected Matt was more than worth what I had to miss because I ended up in bed alot of the time. Sunday it was the worst and I was in bed until we left to go home. Only Advil made it feel better so Sunday driving home I was able to cope but later on that night it got worse so I spent the night at Matt's.

I went home Monday night and the next three mornings it was the same. Woke up at 1:00, 5:00 and 9:00 am to take Advil but at 9 it would be really bad, even the Advil wouldn't kick in until about 11:30 then I would finally be able to fall asleep and I'd sleep until 1:00. I'd basically lay in bed until around 4:00 and then I'd get up and shower and go to either my parent's house or Matt's.

Thursday night I finally went to the dr. and he said I had gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining, caused by anxiety/stress) and gave me medicine. Since then, I've been able to control it with the medicine. I have to watch what I eat (progressively less so as my stomach heals) so that it doesn't aggrivate my stomach until I give it time to completely heal itself. I usually have a slight stomachache in the mornings that goes away in about 30 min. and each day it gets better and better.

That Saturday was Snow Day & we were planning on going to Knotts Berry Farm with the gang but my stomach acted up and Matt came down with a bad cold so we skipped Snow Day :(. I was feeling well enough to go to Knotts so I went without Matt.

Then Sunday, as I was finally feeling way better with my stomach, I woke up with the cold. Sore/scratchy throats, head & body aches, sinuses, stuffy noses, all that good stuff. So I missed another week of work...well 1 1/2 days because I went in for half a day and we had Thanksgiving break.

Thanksgiving was fun...I had a pretty bad sinus headache the first half but some Tylenol and Allegra took care of it and I was able to enjoy myself. I didn't have much of an appetite but that's not that big of a deal. Then Friday we had Thanksgiving at my family's which was fun. Unfortunetly Matt had promised his mom that he'd help her clean out the garage this weekend so he didn't make it.

Saturday I watched the girls while they cleaned the garage then we had a girls day out with my sisters & mom, the tucker girls and danielle and lily and went and saw Enchanted and to Red Robin. We took the girls home and watched some of the Hamel's home videos that we found until about 9 then Jess, Kris, Chelsea, Rachel and I headed back to my apartment for a sisters sleepover.

We were finally getting settled in around 11:30, about to start the movie, when my cell rang. It was Michael calling me to tell me that Matt was in a car accident and that the truck was totalled. So Jess and I raced over (Janna, Aunt Elaine, Uncle Dave, Mike and Michael were already there and Nate and Sam got there right after us). Matt was ok, just really shaken up and had a big bump on his head. I don't think I've ever been that scared in my life. I didn't even feel like I had time to stop and think "Ok, God's in control, it's going to be ok" or pray or anything. I didn't cry, I just was shaking really bad.

He was stopped at a red light in the second lane (next to a the left-hand turn lane) when a car came racing by and last minute decided to turn right from the second lane going the other direction. That car made it but the car behind it didn't. That car plowed right into the front driver-side tire and pushed the truck across both lanes and up into the driveway of the gas station on the corner. After a bunch of confusion getting an ambulance and CHP there, 2 fire trucks, a paramedic and the ambulance arrive. Because Matt said his neck hurt they put him in a brace & strapped him to the back board. I rode with him to the hospital and waited until about 1:15 in the waiting room while Michael & Jess waited for a tow truck and took my car home from the accident scene. We finally got home around 1:30 and I crashed on Michael's futon.

I know people tease me about having been super clingy to Matt when we liked each other, but I don't think I've ever been more clingy in my life than I was yesterday. I cried when I had to go home and then most of the drive home and falling asleep last night...it just scared me so bad, it was so hard to leave him. I'm so thankful that he's not seriously injured; just slight whiplash and some soreness from bumps and bruises. I don't know how my mom's dealt with that numerous times with my dad!!!

Basically my whole month of Novemeber has been a blur. My stomach and our colds are finally clearing up and Matt will probably have to deal with the aches but he's ok. I was thinking this morning how I know that God has some sort of lesson to teach me through all this but it's not really clear what. Maybe it's just that I'm not in control. There was nothing I could do with my stomach, then we had bad colds on top of that, then the accident. I had NO control whatsoever over any of those things. And yet I never struggled with that...wanting control I mean. I struggled with the frustration of missing 2 solid weeks of work because I was feeling so unproductive and I know things have to get done and I feel bad for having someone else have to do them. But I never freaked out because I didn't have control over the situations. Maybe God's showing me my progress...I don't know, I hope I got the point because I'm a little weary of life being so...I don't even know what to call it!

I love where I work...

Hiro at Olson & Carrigan dedication picnic...



Staff meeting antics...Ed & Nathan's cherrio tower building contest...

Now I know I'm unique :)

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AHHHHHH!!!!

Last night I came home from my parent's house and walked into my bedroo, flipped the light switch and went to close the blinds when I saw the hugest bug I've ever seen in my life (not caged at the zoo or something). Seriously, my heart hit the ceiling and came back down as I immediatly spun and walked quickly out of the room. It was about 1 1/2 inches long and had antenna's about the same length and it was FAT. So I stood at the bedroom/hall doorway watching it and called Matt...twice...he wasn't answering!! MICHAEL!!!! I called Michael and he answered and turns out Matt was there, his phone just wasn't ringing. As I was calling the bug crawled away from the window sill and behind the curtains into the dark (I had left the light on). After 5 minutes of Matt and Michael laughing at my panic and my insisting that unless one of them came and killed it I would pack up and sleep at their house, Matt came over. Turns out it was a cockroach (the biggest I've ever seen) and probably came in under the bathroom counter (where the termites have been coming in). Matt killed it (he said it was fast...think if I had tried to do it myself!!) and I was a tiny bit paranoid even this morning, but I think it was the only one. I went down to the office and told them that the gap underneath my bathroom counter needs to be closed up because termites and cockroaches are coming in, so hopefully that'll be taken care of soon. I was planning on taking a picture of it but in my relief that Matt got there to kill it I forgot to before he flushed it.

I can't wait till I'm married and don't have to wait the agonizing 15 mintues for Matt to come kill a bug for me :)

Some pictures from this past weekend

This past weekend was fun, but far from relaxing!

Friday we had the Young Adults 2nd Annual Pumpking Carving Contest. My pumpking got 2nd place but it got left in a car and got all fuzzy...I threw it out. Here are some pictures...

Mary & Jessica's cowboyriding a bull

The whole gang!

Me & my pumpkin

Lily & Kaylin had a blast playing together

You can check out http://ghfcyoungadults.blogspot.com/ and my facebook for more pictures.



Saturday was my sister Chelsea's 16th birthday party. We had a Mystery in the Library murder mystery party. I was Snow White, Matt was Huck Finn...etc. Here are some of the fun pictures. Again, check out my facebook for the rest!

Matt as Huck Finn & Austin as Tom Sawyer

Playing with the settings on my new camera

Snow White & Cinderella

Someday my prince will come, for now I'm going with Dracula!

Joan of Arc, Mrs. Elinor Ferrars, Snow White & Alice

And last but not least, my new favorite photograph ever and our attempt to replicate it. It's called Il Bacio by Furman Baldwin and we saw it on the wall at Red Robin and immediately Jess and I knew it was us! :) Michael found it online and we decided to try and recreate it...I think we'll try again sometime NOT in costumes :)

I GOT MY CAMERA!

I'm so excited! Here's the rest of our apartment.

The kitchen from the dining area

So you can see the whole thing

In the kitchen looking towards the living room



The dining area...we have yet to get a table and chairs



The bedroom from the inside

The bedroom from the doorway from the hall

Just inside the door

From the head of the bed, those are my lovely (too short) curtains. The bed will eventually be moved to right under the window but we need to get a headboard first for a reason that's too complicated to explain now.

My desk; eventually we'll paint it black. Oh, and all the stuff on the right isn't junk, it's all my scrapbooking supplies.

(Not very good) pictures of the apartment

So until I get my new camera in the mail, these pictures will have to do. They are only of the bathroom and living room because the other rooms were way too mess to take pictures of :)

The bathroom towards the mirror so you can see all 3 walls.

This is my sink, and all my stuff...I need to get a medicine cabinet for that wall right there on the left.

This is in the living room, taken from inside the front door. The doorway to the left is the hallway to the bathroom straight ahead and the bedroom to the right. Our little baby TV looks so pathetic.

This is taken from the hallway towards the front door. On the left is the bar into the kitchen and the dining area. All those boxes and bags are finally gone! :)

Taken from the same spot, just to show you my beautiful couch o.O

And this is one of my dear little termite friends. I usually find them dead like this one on the bathroom floor or in the bedroom and hallway. They seem to have left but I'm still a bit paranoid.