Well Hello Winter

After months of kind of pretending to be winter, mother nature has finally sent actual winter. The only problem is I am now ready for it to be spring. March 1st is the not the time for the biggest snow storm we've seen this winter. March 1st is the time I start thinking about how soon I will be able to wear sandals again.
Not to mention winter and my commute are not friends. On Wednesday it took me an hour and half to get home because it was snowing and the wind was blowing and the roads were a mess. I, however would honestly take that over driving to work this morning. The roads were wet from the melting snow but not wet enough to make windshield wipers effective, just wet enough that you have to clean your window every 5 seconds or you won't be able to see. Which brings me to the other problem, it is very sunny today and the wet roads combined with the glare of the sun make it almost impossible to tell if you are driving in one lane or two. Add the construction nonsense on top that and it is a miracle there weren't a million accidents.
I can only hope winter's late arrival will also mean a short stay and pretty soon I can blog about how I love spring time!

Just Go Away

Today is the third day in a row I have had a headache. Monday I didn't get said headache until about 5:30 p.m. so I took some Advil and finished my shift at work no problem. Tuesday the headache started around 1 p.m. not wanting to be a drug addict I didn't take any medicine until just before I left work an hour early because my head hurt so bad. Today the headache started on my drive to work about 9:00 a.m. after I had already taken two tylenol as a preventative method. I very seriously considered turning around and calling in sick but the two interviews I had scheduled and two stories I had to write deterred me. Now sitting at work staring at the blinding light of my computer screen I really wish I had just gone home.
I don't know why I am getting these headaches. I am fully hydrated, I am eating healthier than I have in months and I am working out. I go to bed tired each night and feel like I am sleeping well. I had my eyes checked recently so I know my glasses are out of date. I am not experiencing any significant stress that I can think of but still my head is hurting.
I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it I just want the headaches to just go away.

So True

I read this on a friends facebook page today and I had to share, it is so true.

"Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. So laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change. Love deeply and forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you're sad, love what you got and always remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret. People change and things go wrong but always remember life goes on."

Wahoo!

I have been doing my workout and diet plan for a whole week now and as of this morning I have lost 3 pounds! I am so excited. It is great to have worked hard and to see that hard work paying off. Today I made all my snacks and lunches for next week so the diet will be easy. All I have to do in the morning is grab my containers and head out the door! No need to measure anything or decide what I am going to eat because it is all ready to go!
In other news my beat at the Daily Herald is expanding! I will now be covering UVU in addition to Health and BYU issues. I am actually excited because there are many days that I feel like I should be doing more work and I struggle to find stories so I am looking forward to having more to write about!

Sometimes You Just Have To Be Mean

In life and definitely in Journalism there are sometimes that it is necessary to be a little mean, sometimes you have to be downright bitchy to get your point across. This happened to me today. Probably a week and half ago a man called me telling me his son, who is in the custody of DCFS, has severe asthma and that anytime he is around any kind of pet dander, smoke or other irritants he has a severe attack. He proceeded to tell me he got rids of his dogs, changed the carpet in his house, repainted, stopped smoking and a number of other things to keep his child from having an asthma attack during visits but the attacks kept happening. Come to find out the child's case worker has a dog and she is the one causing the attacks. So he wanted me to write a story about how DCFS was doing nothing about it and he son was getting sick because of it. I wanted to do a story but then his doctor wouldn't speak and then his lawyer wouldn't talk and then when his lawyer did talk gave up very little information. Finally I spoke with a man from DCFS he said that if this man was to bring a doctors note saying his son's health was in danger they would switch the case worker but the man hadn't done that yet. So there is really nothing to write about here. Still the man has called me three times today. He asked "How hard is it to get a story in the paper?" I responded, "There is nothing for me to write about, you haven't done what they asked so therefore this is your problem and there is nothing I can do about it." He still called and left me another message with a number to call his doctor. I called him back and said, "Listen, DCFS has said they will change your case worker if you provide a doctor's note. Until you do that and DCFS still refuses I cannot help you." I thought he got the message. I wasn't speaking in a friendly tone and this was the third time I had said the same thing, but no. He called AGAIN!! I had gone the bathroom and missed it (dang I know) so I called him back and it went straight to voicemail this is what I said, "I advise you call DCFS and find out what they need you to do. If and when you have done those things and they still refuse to switch your case worker contact me again and I can get something in the paper. In the meantime I have other stories to write and other people to help, so unless there is a new development please don't call me again."
A little bitchy? Yes. Absolutely necessary? Yes. It isn't my fault he didn't get the point the first 3 times he called today.

4 months

It is crazy how fast time flies! Today is exactly 4 months until the wedding. I can't believe it, it honestly seems like just yesterday that it was still more than a year away. I am getting excited. I think I found some shoes to wear and in two weeks John and I get to go to Millennial Falls to pick all of our flowers, food, centerpieces and decorations. All of my bridesmaids have picked their dresses, my sisters all have something to wear, McKenna has a flower girl dress and my mom has a dress to wear, so needless to say things are moving along nicely. Before you know it I will be back on here posting about how it is only a week away!!

A Long Ways to Go

I thought was doing really well with training for the Ragnar but running a 10k yesterday made me realize I am not nearly as far along as I thought I was. The 10k was HARD!! I didn't expect it to be easy but it was much harder than I thought too. I know part of the problem is I never run outside for training and running outside versus running on the treadmill is so much different. Yesterday during the run I kept getting calf cramps and I had to walk a lot!! My pace was about 30 seconds slower than I thought it would. So needless to say I have a lot of work to do. But I remembered why I like running races, it is really fun to cross that finish line with everyone cheering. It is such an adrenaline rush.