Starting the job hunt (again). 

Keep your fingers crossed for me, kay?

'Preciate ya!

Sick Day

The stress of busy season caught up to me this past week/weekend. I spent 4 days straight crying on and off. Saturday was the worst. I went maybe 5 hours without crying that day. It was bad. Most of the time I didn't know why I was crying. Which made me cry more. By Saturday night my eyes were so puffy it looked like I had been in a prize fighting match.

Needless to say, Brant was worried about me. Who did he marry? Seriously! I was a crazy woman! He tried everything to make me feel better, but nothing worked. All he could do was hold me while I cried on his shoulder. And take me to get Orange Leaf. And watch Beastly with me. 

Sunday was a little better as I got to talk to my mom. Why is it that just telling your mom that something is wrong and that you're having a horrible time makes you feel better? Almost instantly. It's not like my mom was able to do anything for me from Sweden (other than pray for me - which IS a BIG help). But whatever the reason, soon after I got off Skype with my parents I started to feel better. 

But I still knew I wasn't completely myself. Somehow in the past month I had lost KRISTY. I had been turned into Zombie Kristy and I needed to find the real me again. So after much persuading (yeah right) I convinced Brant to skip work with me on Monday. The original plan was to go camping Sunday night. But when Kacee text me to see if she could come over to see me, I opted for door #2. I hadn't seen my sister since the wedding and knew it'd be good for me to see her. So Brant & I made cookies and hung out with Kacee and her two kids.

On Monday, Brant & I called our bosses and told them we wouldn't be making it in that day. Then we had one of the most wonderful sick days EVER! 

We gathered up our wedding money and headed out to find camping gear. We found me an AWESOME backpack at a steal of a price ($100 off suggested retail value). Brant is a bit jealous of how amazing my pack is and I think I might have to keep it under close watch or he's going to steal it from me. But he did keep saying "this is definitely a GIRL'S pack...it has so many organizing things!" Plus it has a little mirror. Even when we're camping, we have to look good.

Then we headed to Kirkham's. We found sleeping bags that we love (they zip together) & a double wide sleeping pad. Though we found them at Kirkham's first, we looked on Amazon & found them for a whole lot cheaper (we saved about $150)!! They should arrive either this weekend or beginning of next week! Guess we'll have to go camping soon :)

Then we rushed back home to get ready for the main event. Brant took me on a great hike up Adam's canyon in Kaysville to this beautiful waterfall! It was a 3.6 mile hike and took us about 2.5 hours. It was the first time I wore my new hiking boots and they worked great! I didn't have to worry about my feet getting wet when we were trudging through the snow or crossing the icy river. I think I did pretty good on the hike despite the fact that I'm very out of shape and need to do a lot more small hikes and working out at the gym before we do any major backpacking. I only complained once on the whole hike! It was a bit cold at times, but for the most part we didn't even wear our jackets. The coldest part was standing by the waterfall. The wind was super strong & blowing the mist from the waterfall right at us. But it was so pretty up there it was worth standing in the freezing cold for a little while. 

Our day didn't end with the hike - despite the ache in my legs and butt. We weren't home long before we gathered up wedding gifts we wanted to return to Target and all our gift cards and we headed out for some MORE shopping! After a slight panic attack (on my part) at the thought of how much money we were about to spend, we came away with these beauties:

That's right. We got both an XBox Kinect AND a surround sound system (complete with Blue Ray player). Like I said...slight panic attack. Oh, and I got Just Dance 3 for the Kinect. Brant even said he'd play it with me! I can't wait to see him dancing :). Too funny!

Although I may have not been sick with a stomach bug or cold, I was in desperate need of this sick day. I'm so grateful that Brant would take the day off with me and help me regain the real me again. Though I'm back at work today and not really getting much done (hence the blogging), I am OK with it. I'm not stressed like I was last week. I'm happy today. I feel like ME. And I'm counting down the time until I get to go home to Brant and set up our new toy. I've re-learned that I have a life outside of work and I'm going to take full advantage of that life. 

Sometimes I really love being "sick"

Tagged!

Within two days of each other I was tagged by two of my dear friends, so I figured that I better actually do this. And yes...I'm going to answer BOTH sets of questions as it would be unfair to only answer one. So here it goes...

Game rules:

1. Post these rules.

2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.

3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post.

4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them.

5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you've tagged them.

1. I haven't had my natural hair color since probably junior high. There may have been a stint in college when I let my hair grow out & didn't dye it for a while. But it was never 100% natural color since the first time I dyed it.

2. Sometimes I miss having roommates. The fun things that we'd do super late at night. The drama of who likes who. The random dance parties.

3. My right foot is about 1/2 size bigger than my left foot.

4. Every morning I wake up saying that I'm going to eat healthy & then go to the gym after work.

5. Everyday by noon my desire to eat healthy goes out the window & by 5 pm I know that only way I'm going to the gym is if someone drags me there...kicking a screaming the whole way.

6. I'm addicted to Temple Run (game on your phone/iPad/kindle/etc.)

7. I've been having dreams almost every night since I've been married that I'm dating some guy that's not Brant - usually it's an ex or someone I haven't seen/talked to in years. And they usually have something to do with NYC too.

8. I'm REALLY tired right now. As in if I put my head down and closed my eyes I'd be asleep in a matter of minutes (which would be a feat in itself as it normally takes 30-60 minutes for me to fall asleep)

9. I'm both hot and cold right now. I'm cold, but my face is flushed and feels like it's on fire. Oh please oh please don't tell me that I'm getting sick!!!!

10. I want to take time off from real life - for like 3 months - and go do service somewhere. Like Africa. Or South America. 

11. I just threw away a yogurt of mine at work today that was dated Oct. 13, 2011. 

11 Questions from Heather:

1. What is your favorite thing about yourself?

          My hair. It's pretty awesome. It looks good short & long. It's not frizzy. It takes almost no time to do. And it's shiny. I know...be jealous. Haha! JK

2. What would you change if you could?

          My weight. I got a handle on it last summer, but I've let that slip away. I want to be back to where I was (or even past that)

3. Who would you MDK of 3 people we both know?

          Marry: Obvious answer is Brant. But that's dumb/cheesy so he's out of the running. 

          So in that case...I would marry Heather. 

She's pretty awesome and pretty much my best friend.

          Date: Liz. She's a lot of fun. Plus she's a little crazy. And we know that means a good time is to be had ;)

          Kill: I know exactly who I would kill. But I feel mean saying it so I won't. But we both know...

         *OK...what does that say about me that I chose all girls? Or better yet...

          what does that say about our guy friends that they weren't really even in the running? Hahaha!

4. What is your most embarrassing moment?

     This one time at band camp... just kidding! I just really wanted to use that line. 

I don't really get embarrassed when I do stupid things. 

          But I guess there was this one time in high school when we were at a party. I was wearing a pretty tight pair of pants. My friends & I were dancing. 

         I dropped it like it's hot. Dropping it like it's hot + tight pants = pants splitting down the back. 

Oh...did I mention how I was wearing a thong?

5. What is your biggest fear?

Being attacked in the shower or while I'm sleeping. 

6. What is something most people dont know about you? 

It's a dream of mine to sing the National Anthem at a Utah Jazz game.

7. What is your favorite memory?

Getting married to my best friend. Sorry for the cheese.

8. What is your biggest pet peeve?

          I have too many to choose just one. Take your pick between bad {slow, 

           idiotic, annoying} drivers; whistling; loud eaters; clipping your nails in public {work}... 

shall I continue?

9. Who do you look up to most? 

My Mom. I know it's cliche, but it's true. She's a truly amazing woman.

10. What is your favorite song?

          Right now? It's Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean (ft. Ludacris). 

          But it changes pretty much all the time so if you ask me tomorrow it might be something different. 

11. What makes you happy? 

          I think that thing that makes me the happiest is when I make other people happy.

11 Questions from Megan

1. What is your favorite Crayola color and why?

Periwinkle. Not only is it super fun to say, it's such a pretty color. 

2. If you could be anyone else for the day, who would it be and why?

          Blair Waldorf (circa seasons 1-3). She's rich. She's adorable. And she's a bi*^h. Haha!

3. If you could have any dessert right now, what would you eat?

            Pinkberry. I know I can get frozen yogurt here that's probably just as good. 

          But eating Pinkberry means I'm back in NYC walking around probably shopping. It's a package deal.

4. Favorite movie

          No idea. At all! I LOVE movies and therefore do NOT have a favorite. Sorry.

5. Favorite drink

Simply Lemonade - Raspberry Lemonade. Yum!

6. If you were to change your name, what would you change it to?

Princess Consuela Banana Hammock

7. What is your go-to feel better song?

Any song sung by Snow Patrol.

8. I've got a secret. Can you keep it?

Yep! I'm a great secret keeper.

9. Mr. Sun, sun, Mr. Golden sun...(can you finish the rest of these lyrics without Googling them?)

Please shine down on me. (are there more after that?)

10. What is something crazy that you've done before?

Jumped off a 20 foot waterfall in the Swiss Alps. It was AWESOME!

Signs I am in the middle of busy season...

I have dreams every night about some form of accounting. They usually deal with the balance sheet...

I am super irritable.

I'm actually excited for Sundays. At least I don't have to work.

11:00 pm seems really late.

8:00 am seems really early.

I cry over EVERYTHING!

I stop eating real food and instead opt for candy & pretzels & other snack food.

My friends stop asking me to do things because I only respond with "I have to work."

I often walk around like a zombie. Or maybe a person who has been recently attacked by a zombie...

I day dream of getting in my car & disappearing for a few days.

I say (or at least think) "is it April 15, yet?" at least 5 times a day.

The thing I want to do more than anything is sleep.

And I write stupid blog posts about work because all I do is eat, sleep, & breathe accounting for 2 months.

PS...

IS IT APRIL 15th YET?!?!?!