I have been out of the blogging scene for several months now, and I have a lot to talk about and not very much time. So the important things first! I met a wonderful, kind, honest, genuine, handsome, serving, patient, sensitive, strong, smart, capable young man names Joseph McKay Smith on December 3rd. We began dating a week later and were engaged on February 21. We are going to get married on June 1st in the Oquirr Mountain temple. He is 22 and recently returned from serving a mission in Kennewick, Washington. He is currently attending SLCC to get his generals out of the way, majoring Business currently but thinking about switching to Psychology. Ultimately he wants to teach seminary! He loves movies, superman, his mission, his family (he has seven sisters and one brother, and 15 nieces and nephews), camping, hiking, backpacking, singing, helping the people he loves, grilling steaks and hamburgers, making breakfast, building and fixing things. He works as a para educator in a self contained special education class and volunteers in my classroom on occasion. We are an excellent fit. He understands me and my heart and loves me completely and unconditionally. I feel that we have been prepared for each other, and I know God loves us both very much to have brought us together.
The pain of past relationships that have not turned out in the ways that I would have liked is still with me, evolving as I move forward, lessening in some ways and creeping up in unexpected frustrating ways. It is worth it all to be where I am doing what I know my Heavenly Father would have me do right now.
That is all for now. I just wanted to document my happiness.
4.28.2013
1.16.2013
A cold winter...
It has been a very cold winter here in Utah. I usually don't complain about winters being cold in UT because I grew up in Iowa, where the wind chill in the winter would be - degrees most of the time. That being said, it has been so cold!
This means we have been watching lots of movies lately. We being my newly acquired roommate Maddie who is the music therapist at the school where I work and one of her many guy friends, Joseph, my favorite guy friend, and occasionally Alexay when dental school hasn't taken over her life.
Maddie just bought a new tv, and it is beautiful. It is a 50 inch plasma tv, and I bought a DVD player that plays Netflix, pandora, and YouTube. It's fun. A couple movies I have seen lately include Strictly Ballroom and Pitch Perfect. Pretty funny movies. I enjoyed them. But I genuinely enjoy most movies. I'm not much of a critic.
I went sledding with Joseph and his nieces and nephews on Saturday. It was really fun! However, the lingering pain of me trying to be young and daring has not been as fun. I borrowed a ten year olds sled, the kind where you hold onto the handles while on your knees and went down a "jump." I landed on my neck and shoulders. It was sore on Sunday and got progressively worse til Tuesday morning I woke up and couldn't move. I literally stayed I'm bed all day yesterday and put heat on my neck... Which was a bad move because apparently I should have iced it instead. The heat made it worse! I went to a chiropractor today and she recommended that I take tomorrow off as well. It makes me feel bad leaving my class, but chances are they are just fine without me. I love my job.
Well, this was just a little update. Pretty boring, but hey I'll take boring any day.
This means we have been watching lots of movies lately. We being my newly acquired roommate Maddie who is the music therapist at the school where I work and one of her many guy friends, Joseph, my favorite guy friend, and occasionally Alexay when dental school hasn't taken over her life.
Maddie just bought a new tv, and it is beautiful. It is a 50 inch plasma tv, and I bought a DVD player that plays Netflix, pandora, and YouTube. It's fun. A couple movies I have seen lately include Strictly Ballroom and Pitch Perfect. Pretty funny movies. I enjoyed them. But I genuinely enjoy most movies. I'm not much of a critic.
I went sledding with Joseph and his nieces and nephews on Saturday. It was really fun! However, the lingering pain of me trying to be young and daring has not been as fun. I borrowed a ten year olds sled, the kind where you hold onto the handles while on your knees and went down a "jump." I landed on my neck and shoulders. It was sore on Sunday and got progressively worse til Tuesday morning I woke up and couldn't move. I literally stayed I'm bed all day yesterday and put heat on my neck... Which was a bad move because apparently I should have iced it instead. The heat made it worse! I went to a chiropractor today and she recommended that I take tomorrow off as well. It makes me feel bad leaving my class, but chances are they are just fine without me. I love my job.
Well, this was just a little update. Pretty boring, but hey I'll take boring any day.
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