Good Times

Recently have been getting fairly impatient with my fellow bloggers. I noticed that nobody seems to update their blog anymore. I expressed my concerns to Zack, and he pointed out that I have been neglecting my little blog just as badly as everybody else. So, i figured it was time that I update it. Now the rest of you have to too. :)

So here what we have been up too here in Cheyenne: The weather has been improving. Sometimes. The daily snow has turned into daily rain, but every once in a while we get days full of sunshine and are just BEAUTIFUL. A couple of Saturday's ago was one of these days. Me and Zack had a fun day at the park including playing volleyball, frisbee, a picnic, and we even flew kites. The few pictures that I managed to snap were less than flattering of either of us, so you get the picture of the picnic basket instead.

And then there was Easter. It was rough not being able to celebrate easter with our families, but we tried to make the best of it. We dyed easter eggs and hid a few of our own for the other person to find. Below are pictures of our little easter egg hunt:

Oh, and what would Easter Sunday be without an inspiring Sunday at Church?
Behold the actual dying of the eggs themselves. That was probably my favorite part.

Overall, it was pretty good Easter. I guess life in Cheyenne is growing on me after all. :)

The Epitome of Wyoming

First Term...Check!

Yes, I made it through my very first term of hygiene school! As long as it has already felt, I can't believe that I am already 1/4 of the way done! :)

Hey look: its me, its me!! I have now seen officially 7 patients. And I must say that there is something enthralling about hearing you instrument go "scrape" and seeing a piece of calculus come flying 3 feet into the air. Its fun. :)
I don't know why I posted this picture. I can't figure out how to delete it now that its already posted either. But yes, and Zack is here! I am no longer all by my lonesome in Wyoming. We have spent the last week trying to find him a job and an apartment, but turns out its way harder than I thought it would be. The first apartment we thought would be fantastic: until we found out it had bedbugs. The next apartment we found reeked like cigarette smoke. Last night me and Zack came up with a plan: If he doesn't get a job and an apartment within the next week, he will go back to Cali. Cross your fingers with us! We have been having lots of fun while he is here though. We are too poor to eat out lots, so we make yummy creations in my kitchen, have fun with the accessories at the mall (hence the above pictures) and we have recently become a little bit interested in the show Glee. Its nice having my best friend back. :)
Bring on term 2!

Dinosaurs Anyone?

So last week was my Spring Break! I got to go back to Utah, it was so good to be home! :) I forgot how busy Utah is. Despite the craziness, I still had a blast. For Monday-Thursday I just hung out with my family. Then on Friday Zack came. We watched this little beauty:

I must say...not my best movie choice. I was annoyed with the ending, but I think its one of those movies that everybody should see just so that they can say that they have seen it.

Then Saturday me and Zack decided to go to Thanksgiving Point. Me and Zack decided to educate ourselves and go to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. We were both surprisingly impressed. They had lots of really cool dinosaurs. I wanted to upload all of my pictures because I have quite a few really cool ones, but I got tired of uploading only 5 at a time. Here are some of our pictures:















After we were done with our Dino fun we headed down to Provo and saw old friends, ate delicious food, watched silly movies, etc. Overall, it was a great weekend. :)

Call Me Miss Paranoid

So I don't really know exactly whats gotten into me, but recently I have become one of the most paranoid people on the planet. There is always something that I am worried about and I cant seem to stop it. Something which has been a constant worry for about the last month:
Thats right. Check out this piece of work. Beings that I live in the basement, I am coming across ALOT of these. They aren't your typical little spiders. These little babies are FAST and can built webs like you wouldn't believe. Unfortunately, they have also taken a liking to my little basement. The problem is, these things scare the crap out of me. When I come across one, it takes me about 15 min before I can even regain muscle function...let alone kill it. Recently there was in the corner of my bedroom where my bed is. I called Zack with a major panic attack. By the time he convinced me to get the vacuum and bring it down the stairs, it was gone. What did I do? Unlike the normal person who would forget about it and go to bed, I slept on the couch in the TV room...and lets face it...that means no sleep at all. This spider thing is a problem.
Also, these are my groovy little dental hygiene instruments. I was really enjoying working with them until I found out about Practicums. Practicums begin....tomorrow. Basically what is is 3 instructors stand over the top of you as you work on a fake patient and if you do it wrong then you fail. If you do it wrong 3 times, you get kicked out of the program. For those of you who think removing calculus is an easy task...thing again. To pass I must have the following: ergonomics, the right working end (which believe it or not IS a challenge) straight wrist, only forearm movement, while keeping my fingers glued together, while rolling the instrument around the corners of the teeth, while keeping the instrument in line with the long axis of the tooth, while maintain your fulcrum, while using your mirror. And i swear...it's way harder than it sounds. To get an idea of what its like, try jumping up and down on one foot while patting your head and rubbing your stomach while saying the ABCs backwards. I am so paranoid about failing that I am having dreams about it. Wish me luck tomorrow! :)

Also, today i found something in my car that looked just like a Cigarette Butt. When I saw it I immediately assumed that somebody was smoking in my car and dropped it. Why do i jump to these ridiculous conclusions? Nobody in there right mind would want anything to do with my car...there is nobody dropping their cell phone or cigarette butt. I blame my paranoia on my mother.
I also am paranoid that whenever I see a sketchy man that he is going to jump/and or kill me. Are they scary? Yes. Are they going to try to attack me in the middle of the Wal Mart parking lot? probably not. This is definitely something that I need to get over because there alot of these figures in Cheyenne.

Anyway, at least Zack keeps me going. Despite my ridiculous worries, he sticks with me. Our belated Valentines was a blast and I am so glad that I have this boy. :) AND...he moves here in about about 1 more month. Somehow, i feel like that will solve most of my problems. Well....the spider problem anyway. :)

Happy...Valentines Day?

Well...normally I would have blogged about my amazing Valentines Day due to a night of romance, delcious dinners, chick flicks, and presents. Unfortuantely that was not that. What did I do? I sat in my room all night and studied for my Dental Hygiene Principals and Preventive Dentistry classes. I guess it comes with having your boyfriend live 9 hours away right?
But dont worry, he is coming again this weekend and we will just have to have a belated Valentines Day!

Other than that, I really don't have alot to blog about. I guess the highlight of my week was that I thought my car was broken into last sunday. I found a random cell phone on the back seat of my car. This was strange because beings i have no friends here, i definately haven't been giving rides. Baffeled, I immediately jumped to the assumption I was a victim of an attempted robbery, and the culprit was stupid enough to leave their cell phone. I found this terrifying, but mostly hillarious. After calling my mom and dad, they told me to hang up with them immediately and call the cops ASAP. After some investigation, turns out it was my Teachers phone who had given me a ride home in my car because i was too sick to drive on the friday 2 days before. I guess the joke was on me.
However, how it ended up on my back seat is still a mystery.

Personally, I think the stupid criminal makes a better story. Maybe I should stick with that one.

He came, He came!

After one of the longest weeks of my life, Zack came for my birthday! It was so good to see him and we really had a blast! I didn't get very many pictures, but here is what I have.

For my birthday, Zack took me to one of my favorite restaurants, Texas Roadhouse! Yum!

It was a great weekend!

Also, it has reached an all-time low of -35 degrees here. It hasn't been this low in Cheyenne since 1888! In the meantime, I am mooching off rides from lucky individuals who get to park in the garage.