ST. GEORGE!!!

The original plan was to go camping in Moab, but the wonderful weather over the weekend pursuaded us to head south to Car and Log's grandparents "winter home" in S.G. I have a bunch of pics on Gregor's camera that will come along with our Hawaii pics that I promised so long ago... Next post, I promise!!! Get excited people!!!

2 Months

Yes, I know these are small margins in the grand scheme of things, but today is our 2-month Anniversary! Yea! Another month! I love you more and more everyday, Gregor. Thank you for being you and for loving me back! Here's to Eternity!!!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

I went to practice this morning at 5 am with Gregor. This is what I looked like for the majority of the practice. But, I didn't drown. A small victory. Wahoo.PS. I had my fastest 10k run EVER on Monday. 45.00! Now I gotta do it in an actual race. Can do. Can do.

ME EYE!

UGH! Contact wearers, you feel my pain...Has one of your contacts ever RIPPED in your eye? It hurts like hell and then when you take it out, you're blind in one eye for the rest of the day? AWESOME! My depth perception is sooo off! I'm in class with my students with one eye closed, trying to focus. It probably looks ridiculous. Oh, well. I've already fallen into the "She's kind of a weird teacher" category. No worries.

It's Thursday, again.

Have I mentioned I hate Thursdays? Oh, yeah. I did a post on it last week. Ugh. I hate that I don't get to see my husband from 7:40 am til 10:30 pm, or even be home at all for that matter. I go to work, go run, today I have to go pick up uniforms for my guards, and then go to school early to knock out our final group presentation and then present it in 4-hours worth of class. AHHHHHHH! I WANT TO GO BACK TO KAUAI RIGHT NOW!!! I guess I'd take any vacation...I'm just super burned out of EVERYTHING! K, I'm being super negative...Here are 3 positives for today...
1) Tomorrow's Friday. (Always a good thing)
2) I have an interview for a big girl teaching job tomorrow. Yea!
3) After tonight, I'm taking a whole MONTH off of school. Bigger Yea!

2 more weeks of teaching, last night of school for a while and tomorrow's date night! SWEET!

Happy Mothers Day!

I have the best Mom in the world! She has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Its been such a fun journey growing and learning from her over the years. She has always been there even when I've been a turd and a huge pain in the butt. Thank you, Mom! Not only are you one of the most accomplished musicians I know, you are changing lives on a daily basis for the better. Your students adore you, I was glad I got to see that this weekend. Thank you for teaching me to be a good person, to live life to the fullest and to love without hesitation. Thanks for giving me 5 amazing siblings and helping us to realize how important we are to each other. Thank you for teaching me the Gospel of Jesus Christ and giving me the stepping stones to develop my own testimony. Thank you for loving me, taking care of me, and feeding me and my husband on more than one occasion. Thank you for loving Dad and showing me what it takes to make a marriage successful. You are my Hero/Role Model/Example/Best Friend. I love you forever! Happy Mother's Day!

I also have a lot of love for Kathy, Gregor's mom. Thank you, Ma, for raising the greatest man in the whole world! He is the love of my life! Thank you for your love and for accepting me so readily into the Greiner clan. You are a beautiful, strong and very capable woman. I love you!Aren't they beautiful? These two gorgeous gals are my Moms! Kathy and Shauna.

This is for Zach

Haha! Zach this post is totally for you. Last night in class I successfully used the movie Mean Girls in context. I swear this is probably the iconic movie of our friendship, so I was stoked to use it in a public setting. We were talking about Affirmative Action in class and how it has almost caused reverse discrimination in America. The first thoughts that popped in my head were these from Mean Girls:

Karen Smith (talking to Cady Harren): "...If you're from Africa, why are you white?"
Gretchen Wieners: "Oh my gosh, Karen! You can't just go around asking people why they're white!!!"

I shared my thoughts and my professor actually used it to carry on the discussion. Major points to Betch and Deck! I WILL be watching that movie sometime this weekend just to reminisce! Love ya, Zaaaaaa!

THURSDAY:(

I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE Thursdays. Ugh. Hate 'em. I did NOT want to go to the Junior High today. I did NOT want to go workout. I did NOT want to hurry to eat dinner. And now I really really REALLY do NOT want to be at the U of P sitting in class for the next 4 hours. Ya know what I want to do??? Peace out to Kauai again with my husband. That's it. Go and relish in the beauty of the island, sit on the beach and play in the surf, eat a tropical and yummy dinner, then curl up on a warm bed with a cool fan blowing above and watch the Food Network while snuggling with my Sweetie. Hmmmmm...sounds good.

Hi-de-ho!

This past weekend, the Greiner family needed to get away from Utah county...so we did. To Rexburg, ID. Before ya'll roll your eyes and say that Rexburg is just as bad, if not worse, than Utah county, we have family up there and seeing them was so so so refreshing and worth it for a University of Utah diehard being in BYU-Idaho territory. Erik (Gregor's brother) and Hilary Greiner live up there while Erik is going to school for engineering. Hil's pregnant and has been super sick her whole pregnancy. Sincer Gregor and I are the only family within about 1000 miles, we packed up the car and drove the 4 hours up to Idaho. WHAT A WEEKEND! We got up there and Erik and Hil took us to this hole-in-the-wall diner called Big Juds for burgers. They make these HUGE 1-lb burgers that feed 4 people along with fries, drinks and homemade ice cream. HEAVEN! Seriously, one of the best burgers I've ever had and the bun! Holy crap...amazing! We got home and I wasn't feeling too hot, so I went upstairs and passed out. The next day I was still feeling super crappy, but Hilary was having a "good" day (meaning she wasn't upchucking everything that hit her stomach), so we decided to go for a walk and see what the boys were up to in the Weld Shop. It was pretty cold up there, but we took it in stride and had a good walk. By the time we got home though, I was DONE! I felt so disgustingly sick and exhausted all stinkin' day. Sheesh! The whole point in going up there was to help Hilary and Erik and then I'm the one falling apart. I took a 4-hour nap after Hilary and I made stuffed shells for lunch. That was an adventure in itself, but whatever! We hit up the grocery store after naptime and I just wanted to die the whole time we were there. What is going on with me??? Finally, it hit my head that I'm hypoglycemic and a little anemic and I hadn't eaten any protein all day...so guess what we had for dinner? STEAK! YUM! I'm usually not the biggest fan, but in this case it was amazing and I felt tons better afterward. Sunday, we went to Sacrament meeting with them, left early cuz Hil puked in the rockgarden outside, took a nap, ate an amazing lunch, then headed back down to Utah. Even though I didn't feel super hot the whole time we were there, it was so nice to get away from the stress we've been feeling lately. Gregor was super funny the whole time and I feel rejuvinated fo sho! I love you Erik and Hil! You guys are awesome! Thanks!