I was tagged by my lovely sister-in-law Haley. :)
Here are the rules. I did not write the rules. Someone else wrote them.
1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Ok, here it goes. Good thing my middle name is short!
J....JOYFUL. I love my life. I have a fabulous husband, a safe roof over my head, plenty to eat on the table, the cutest dog, and a great education. All I need is a job, but that will come. I'm a happy person and I enjoy being with my friends and family. Sure, I have my moments (see last post), but overall, I think my life is perfect.
O...OPINIONATED. I have my own opinion on pretty much everything and I don't mind telling people what that is. Sometimes that is a bad thing, but I also think it is a positive thing. At least I don't let people push me around and at least I care to figure out circumstances and facts before I make my own opinion.
Ok...so now I get to tag two other people. I tag Stacy and Beth!! Have at it ladies!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
White Coat
So, I came to post about the things I've been doing that have kept me from my blog and I had taken pictures to post too, but my camera is MIA, so no pics for now. I think Elliott took it to school. I've been so busy with crafts, but I'll post later about those since I have pics.
Today is Elliott's White Coat Ceremony. I've been super excited about this ceremony b/c it's just a fun milestone. The faculty gives him his embroidered lab coat that has his name and "Student Doctor" on it and the optometry sheild patch thing. And after this ceremony, the faculty and those who come to the clinic call him Student Doctor Snyder. I think it is really cool, so I've been so excited, but Elliott informed me that families can't come to the ceremony! WHAT???!!! I'm so upset!! I want to be there; it's kind of a big deal! Elliott said I could sneak in, but I don't want to do that. So now the next best thing is wait for him to come out of the ceremony and take pictures afterward. Their reasoning for not letting families attend is lame too - just because not all the families could be there. Ugh! Well, I CAN be there. I drove 3,000 miles to be here, left my friends and family to come to a foreign place to support my Student Doctor of a husband, and darn it, I want to be there! They let the families be there for the dental and pharmacy lab coat ceremonies, so they should let optometry student's families in too. I guess I'll sneak in, but I hate doing things like that. I'm such a rule-follower. Oh well, now I vented. I'm feeling a little better. Thanks for listening all my blogging friends! :)
Today is Elliott's White Coat Ceremony. I've been super excited about this ceremony b/c it's just a fun milestone. The faculty gives him his embroidered lab coat that has his name and "Student Doctor" on it and the optometry sheild patch thing. And after this ceremony, the faculty and those who come to the clinic call him Student Doctor Snyder. I think it is really cool, so I've been so excited, but Elliott informed me that families can't come to the ceremony! WHAT???!!! I'm so upset!! I want to be there; it's kind of a big deal! Elliott said I could sneak in, but I don't want to do that. So now the next best thing is wait for him to come out of the ceremony and take pictures afterward. Their reasoning for not letting families attend is lame too - just because not all the families could be there. Ugh! Well, I CAN be there. I drove 3,000 miles to be here, left my friends and family to come to a foreign place to support my Student Doctor of a husband, and darn it, I want to be there! They let the families be there for the dental and pharmacy lab coat ceremonies, so they should let optometry student's families in too. I guess I'll sneak in, but I hate doing things like that. I'm such a rule-follower. Oh well, now I vented. I'm feeling a little better. Thanks for listening all my blogging friends! :)
Thursday, August 16, 2007
THANK YOU BETH!!
Elliott got the mail yesterday and came back with a package that was sealed shut with duct tape and resembled a Pringles can. I immediately knew something yummy from Beth had just arrived! We couldn't open it fast enough to get to those savory no-bakes!! YUM!!! Thank you so much, Beth!! I wish you were here to enjoy them with us! It brightened my whole day and made me feel so loved. It couldn't have come at a better time either; I've been pretty homesick lately. Thank you so much!! You're the best!
Monday, August 13, 2007
I'm a slacker, I know!
I know, I know!! I haven't blogged in forever! Sorry! After my bar exam, I read Harry Potter relaxed, went to Universal Studios, and then Annie and Mom and Shelby came to see me, so I've gotten way behind! So much to say...I think I will just make a list:
1. SEPTEMBER 17th AT 2pm: The day and time my bar results are posted. Can't wait. It's torture waiting this long. (And to all of my Nevada bar exam takers, I'm so sorry that you have to wait until October...that bites!) The Florida bar exam is a two day test. The first day is 3 essays in the morning and then 100 multiple choice questions in the afternoon. The second day is the Multi-state portion and is 100 multiple choice questions in the morning and another 100 multiple choice questions in the afternoon. After my first day, I felt great! I was like "Oh, I totally aced this exam, I'm going to pass for sure!" Then came the second day. I was irate when I came out of that test. I didn't feel so hot about it, but then again everyone else around me felt the same way. I think that I have a great chance of passing it though. They average the scores of the two days and in Florida, I have to get a scaled score of 136 or higher in order to pass. I feel confident that I passed, but then again, you just never know. Check back on September 17th around 2:01 and I will let you know how I did!
2. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: We went with our friends Bryce and Brittni. Orlando is about a 3 hour drive from here, so we left Friday afternoon after they got off work. We made it just in the nick of time to make the last session at the Orlando Temple. I was really happy we went. We hadn't been in quite a while, so it was nice to be reminded of our covenants. Then on Saturday morning we went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure (the more roller-coaster-y part of Universal). Our friends had received coupons in the mail, so it was super cheap to go. The parks were really fun, but mostly it was just fun to hang out and not worry about a thing. There was this Men in Black ride where you each had your own gun to shoot aliens while on the ride. Elliott usually beats me in all kinds of video games, but this time I was not going to let him win. I totally beat him! I got like 114,500 points and he only got like 85,000. MUHAHAHA!! I was pretty excited I actually beat him. We stayed the night that night, which was a good thing b/c we were all pooped from being at the parks for 13 hours! We made home with enough time to go get Tink from her "Pet Hotel" and to go to church and teach my little primary class. It was a great time. I'm working on a slide show too.
3. MOM, ANNIE AND SHELBY TRIP: SO MUCH FUN! Oh man, I miss you guys so much already. We had so much fun. First we went shopping at Sawgrass Mills Mall, which is like the 2nd largest mall in America, I believe. It took us two full days of shopping to even cover it! Shelby loved shopping with the girls. She did so good; just slept and laughed and giggled. I found a suit, which I was really happy about because I need one for my upcoming interviews! We all found super buys since Sawgrass is a true outlet too! We had to do some other "Florida" things too though. So we went on this riverboat called the Jungle Queen. We had heard so much about it, so I decided to take them. It was cool. It took down "Millionaire's Row" which is the intercoastal canal that has huge mansions on it that are millionaire's winter vacation homes. Man, someday my "vacation" home will be like that! haha! Must be nice. I also decided it would be cool to have a yacht one day. They are so pretty and it would be fun to just cruise around to various islands on your yacht. Maybe when I become rich and famous... The Jungle Queen let you out at a island that had some caged animals, including monkeys. It stunk, literally. The only cool part about that was there was this alligator show thing, where a crazy guy got in the alligator pit and wrestled with an alligator. Psycho! We also went to Fort Lauderdale South Beach. We didn't have our swimsuits, but we put our feet in and took some pictures. It was fun. Then it was time for them to go. They had a 7:00am flight out of here, so I woke up early and took them to the airport. I was all sad and was wishing for just a few more hours with them. Well...I GOT MY WISH!! haha!! Spirit Airlines is so incompetent that they made several people miss their flights that day. They just wouldn't check people in fast enough even though they were there an hour early. So the next flight to Vegas wasn't until 8:00 that night, so I went back and picked them up, and we had a whole more day! So we went shopping again and just chatted. Shelby got an Elmo doll, and she was so excited about it and hasn't stopped loving on him. Then we got to eat a nice dinner at Olive Garden before I took them back to the airport. It was really a blessing that they stayed that extra day because I had a rough day after they left. I was sad and in a funk and at least it was Saturday so Elliott was home to comfort me. Thanks again for coming you guys! And thanks Papa and Jonathan for letting your girls come see me! I love you guys! (Pictures are also coming for this too)
4. ELLIOTT'S SCHOOL: Elliott officially started optometry school. He'll be a doctor before you know it! He is gone pretty much all day, everyday of the week. It was a good thing that Annie and Mom and Shelby were here for his first week so that I wasn't so lonesome. He is really busy and studies all the time. It's good though. I'm glad he has finally started school; he has always wanted to be an optometrist, so it is nice that he has followed through on his goals and started the last obstacle to getting to his goal.
Well, I think that's the last few weeks in a nutshell. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. I'll be working on the pictures shortly. Love you all!
1. SEPTEMBER 17th AT 2pm: The day and time my bar results are posted. Can't wait. It's torture waiting this long. (And to all of my Nevada bar exam takers, I'm so sorry that you have to wait until October...that bites!) The Florida bar exam is a two day test. The first day is 3 essays in the morning and then 100 multiple choice questions in the afternoon. The second day is the Multi-state portion and is 100 multiple choice questions in the morning and another 100 multiple choice questions in the afternoon. After my first day, I felt great! I was like "Oh, I totally aced this exam, I'm going to pass for sure!" Then came the second day. I was irate when I came out of that test. I didn't feel so hot about it, but then again everyone else around me felt the same way. I think that I have a great chance of passing it though. They average the scores of the two days and in Florida, I have to get a scaled score of 136 or higher in order to pass. I feel confident that I passed, but then again, you just never know. Check back on September 17th around 2:01 and I will let you know how I did!
2. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: We went with our friends Bryce and Brittni. Orlando is about a 3 hour drive from here, so we left Friday afternoon after they got off work. We made it just in the nick of time to make the last session at the Orlando Temple. I was really happy we went. We hadn't been in quite a while, so it was nice to be reminded of our covenants. Then on Saturday morning we went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure (the more roller-coaster-y part of Universal). Our friends had received coupons in the mail, so it was super cheap to go. The parks were really fun, but mostly it was just fun to hang out and not worry about a thing. There was this Men in Black ride where you each had your own gun to shoot aliens while on the ride. Elliott usually beats me in all kinds of video games, but this time I was not going to let him win. I totally beat him! I got like 114,500 points and he only got like 85,000. MUHAHAHA!! I was pretty excited I actually beat him. We stayed the night that night, which was a good thing b/c we were all pooped from being at the parks for 13 hours! We made home with enough time to go get Tink from her "Pet Hotel" and to go to church and teach my little primary class. It was a great time. I'm working on a slide show too.
3. MOM, ANNIE AND SHELBY TRIP: SO MUCH FUN! Oh man, I miss you guys so much already. We had so much fun. First we went shopping at Sawgrass Mills Mall, which is like the 2nd largest mall in America, I believe. It took us two full days of shopping to even cover it! Shelby loved shopping with the girls. She did so good; just slept and laughed and giggled. I found a suit, which I was really happy about because I need one for my upcoming interviews! We all found super buys since Sawgrass is a true outlet too! We had to do some other "Florida" things too though. So we went on this riverboat called the Jungle Queen. We had heard so much about it, so I decided to take them. It was cool. It took down "Millionaire's Row" which is the intercoastal canal that has huge mansions on it that are millionaire's winter vacation homes. Man, someday my "vacation" home will be like that! haha! Must be nice. I also decided it would be cool to have a yacht one day. They are so pretty and it would be fun to just cruise around to various islands on your yacht. Maybe when I become rich and famous... The Jungle Queen let you out at a island that had some caged animals, including monkeys. It stunk, literally. The only cool part about that was there was this alligator show thing, where a crazy guy got in the alligator pit and wrestled with an alligator. Psycho! We also went to Fort Lauderdale South Beach. We didn't have our swimsuits, but we put our feet in and took some pictures. It was fun. Then it was time for them to go. They had a 7:00am flight out of here, so I woke up early and took them to the airport. I was all sad and was wishing for just a few more hours with them. Well...I GOT MY WISH!! haha!! Spirit Airlines is so incompetent that they made several people miss their flights that day. They just wouldn't check people in fast enough even though they were there an hour early. So the next flight to Vegas wasn't until 8:00 that night, so I went back and picked them up, and we had a whole more day! So we went shopping again and just chatted. Shelby got an Elmo doll, and she was so excited about it and hasn't stopped loving on him. Then we got to eat a nice dinner at Olive Garden before I took them back to the airport. It was really a blessing that they stayed that extra day because I had a rough day after they left. I was sad and in a funk and at least it was Saturday so Elliott was home to comfort me. Thanks again for coming you guys! And thanks Papa and Jonathan for letting your girls come see me! I love you guys! (Pictures are also coming for this too)
4. ELLIOTT'S SCHOOL: Elliott officially started optometry school. He'll be a doctor before you know it! He is gone pretty much all day, everyday of the week. It was a good thing that Annie and Mom and Shelby were here for his first week so that I wasn't so lonesome. He is really busy and studies all the time. It's good though. I'm glad he has finally started school; he has always wanted to be an optometrist, so it is nice that he has followed through on his goals and started the last obstacle to getting to his goal.
Well, I think that's the last few weeks in a nutshell. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. I'll be working on the pictures shortly. Love you all!
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