As I sit in my office on this gorgeous Saturday morning I am reminded of soccer and basketball games when I was younger. Every weekend I was either playing in a soccer game, basketball game or both. Afterward I would go home and either have to clean my always messy room (which now that I think about it, I must have ADD or something because I couldn't and still cannot keep things neat and orderly), get ready to go to the mall with my dad and my friends, or get ready to chill with Erin and Adrienne. I look back and long for those days again. You know, the days of little responsibility, no bills, cleaning the house was your only job, and hanging out with your friends was your top priority. Now, my weekends are filled with Saturday Detention, trying to keep an orderly apartment, worrying about if I am going to have a teacher call in sick on Monday morning and only having a few hours on Sunday to relax. Oh, crud! I just remembered I have to prepare a lesson for Young Women tomorrow. I guess I better stop goofing around and get back to work. But I am thinking not right now.
Last weekend I was able to have a little bit of the old days again. My dad's team that he coaches was in Corpus Christi for the weekend participating in a tournament. Since Leland has left for San Francisco earlier that morning and I didn't want to be at home by myself all weekend, I decided I would drive out to Corpus and watch the last game of the tournament which just so happened to be the finals. I was able to talk to some great friends that came for the weekend from EP and sit with someone who sees the game like I do, from a coach's perspective. I actually had someone I could talk to about the game and who would understand what I was saying. I sure hope she finishes with college before Dad has to leave coaching so she can take over the program. I was suppose to take over the program, but the Lord had other plans for me that I think have turned out to be pretty swell. If this girl has the opportunity to take over the program she would rock it! She would do wonderful things for it and carry on the traditions that my dad has been establishing in his ten year reign at that school. I digress. Dad's team won the tournament, but played horribly. Afterwards I went back to the team's hotel, talked with Dad and his assistant coach, Rick about the game I saw and the things that needed to be done to improve and then went to dinner. Every year the team goes to Joe's Crab Shack the last night in town. I was really looking forward to it because I was going to be able to eat shrimp and crab. I have not had that kind of food since Leland and I started dating and I found out he was allergic to shellfish. It was delish! Crab nachos and surf and turf burger, mmmmmm! Dad and i shared our meal and it was perfect. I am now satisfied until the next time Leland goes out of town and I can eat seafood. After dinner I was planning on driving back home, but since dinner didn't end until 10pm I decided I would stay with Dad. When we got back to the hotel Dad and I went for a walk on the beach right outside his hotel. It was chilly and windy, but I didn't care. We walked down to the USS Lexington and the Texas State Aquarium. We talked about soccer some more, then talked about how things were at home, then just had fun walking around the beach and checking out the outer decor of some of the other hotels in the area. It was a pleasant walk. It was really nice being able to see Dad again since I didn't go home for Christmas. It will be another long while until I am able to see my dad. Until then, phone calls will have to suffice. Well, I guess it really is time to stop messing around and get back to work. In the famous words of Billy Madison, "Peace! I'm outta here!"
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
If You Don't Agree. . .
Don't sign the papers. Just a little advice. First, make sure you read everything thoroughly, even if you or your family members have never in the past done anything wrong. Second, if you don't agree with something, don't sign the paper. When you or your family members get into trouble is not the time to say the law is just words on a paper. Is the Constitution just words on a paper? Today's liberals would have you believe that, but it's not. Is the Declaration of Independence just words on a paper? If so, then this great nation we live in still should be under the rule of England. American Revolution or not, we, that live in the, USA should not have the things we have nor the freedoms in which we all have claim. If the laws were just words on paper we would live in total chaos. Wrong would be right and right would be right. There would be no accountability. Anyway, if you don't agree, don't sign.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
C'mon, Really!? Can you. . .
really make my job any harder that what it is? Again, for the fourth time this school year, the cops were at the school. This time I did not call them. A parent called the cops before ever knowing what happened to his kid. A 6th grader comes into the front office while I was there to see the nurse. The nurse says, "We've got a biter". I was in a little shock. I looked at the boy's arm and saw a huge bruise. He said that a girl in his class bit him on the arm at lunch. It has been about 30 minutes since the event at lunch even happened. He waited that long to say anything because he didn't notice the bruise until it started hurting. As I am walking back to my office I see a teacher with the student who did the biting. As they are sitting in my office I am getting their statements and asking questions I am wondering why the kid didn't tell any of the adults in the room what had happened. Kids would rather not tell anyone until they realize their parents are going to ask questions about it. The boy asked if he could call his dad and I told him he could. I should have told him no and that I would call his dad, but after everything that was going on that day I was just trying to figure things out and understand what was going on. Before dad even got to the school, he was on the phone with the PD. I didn't find this out until after talking to the girl's mom about the incident. I had to get the little girl and send her to the office to wait until her mom got there and until the police talked to her. After talking to the policeman and telling him about the camera footage he asked to see the footage. I showed him the footage and he counted about 14 or 15 attempts by this little girl to write on the boys face with the pen. Even though the boy was fighting against her to get her to stop she continued and the pen landed a couple of times on his head and around his ear. At one point the boy is able to grab her arm and then she bites him. The officer then informed me that the parents have a good case against the girl if they want to take it to court and it would be a class D misdemeanor. The mom gets to the school and sees the officer and asks what he is doing there. I escort her to my office and let her know what is happening. The officer then takes the girl and her mom into a another room and tells the girl that what she did she can go to juvi for. He then tells her the horrors of juvi. He informs her that if the boy or his family wants to press charges that he will place his handcuffs on her wrists and take her straight to juvi. By this time the girl is just bawling and can't control herself and mom is just beside herself. The boy's parents want to talk to the mom and hash everything out. With the officer present the parents talk to one another and come to an agreement that the boy will not press charges but the girl's family is responsible for the medical bills arising out of this. The boy had a bruise on his arm, there was no blood, no breakage of skin, no damage to anywhere else on his body. I think if the mom of the boy was not there the dad would have called an ambulance, gone to the ER and had the girl's family pay out the ears for this little incident. I have had a run in with the dad before and he is just so unreasonable and will look for any way possible to say that everyone else is out to screw his perfect kid's life. Anyway, ridiculousness. I apologized to the dad for not calling him myself and admitted to my mistake. We all make mistakes and I will admit when I have made a mistake. I think the little girl learned her lesson. I honestly thought she was going to pee her pants during all of this. The officer was good and scared her straight.
I just wish we had a security professional on this campus during the school day until teachers leave. Someone that can work 8am to 6pm. My principal is so big on keeping everyone safe right now that he is upping the amount of duties that teachers are having to do and adding more stress to them that if we had an officer on campus should be taken care of by him. It would also be nice to have him in situations like this so that the PD does not have to get involved. The officer could take care of it. It would have also been nice to have him around with the locker fire. As hard as I try to tell the rest of the admin that we need these things the less they listen to me. I have good ideas and I use the ideas and give credit to those who give me the ideas, but I am rarely listened to. Whatever, I guess that happens when your bosses are Islamic men. I have to get back to some work. Peace!
I just wish we had a security professional on this campus during the school day until teachers leave. Someone that can work 8am to 6pm. My principal is so big on keeping everyone safe right now that he is upping the amount of duties that teachers are having to do and adding more stress to them that if we had an officer on campus should be taken care of by him. It would also be nice to have him in situations like this so that the PD does not have to get involved. The officer could take care of it. It would have also been nice to have him around with the locker fire. As hard as I try to tell the rest of the admin that we need these things the less they listen to me. I have good ideas and I use the ideas and give credit to those who give me the ideas, but I am rarely listened to. Whatever, I guess that happens when your bosses are Islamic men. I have to get back to some work. Peace!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Another First
Yesterday was quite an eventful day at work. I was in my office before classes because I had to make a few phone calls so I wasn't in my normal area when the bell rang for the day to begin. That's when all the trouble started. After I was finished with my phone calls I started my usual walk around the school. Before I could make it halfway down the hall one of my best students runs up to me and tells me there is a really string smoke or gunpowder smell in one of the hallways. When he said what hallway I heard him wrong so I went the long way around to where it really was. As I walked I remembered I was walking by a science room so I stopped in and asked the teacher if she was using a burner for something. She told me know and I continued down my planned path. As I was turning the corner to the hallway I needed to be down one of the students yells, "There's smoke coming from that locker!", then proceeds to open it and smoke filled the area around the locker. I would rather had him not open it since there could have been actual flames, but there wasn't so there was no risk. He was trying to be heroic.
Upon finding out whose locker it was I was able to start the investigation. The victim said who it was in his statement, but I had to find other sources. I still interviewed the original suspect. Upon our first interview the suspect told me that he had entered through the side doors (lie #1), gone into the cafeteria (lie #2) and sat until the bell rang talking with s few other students (lie #3). As I had him writing his statement I was looking at the cameras around the time he said he entered the building. He actually entered through the front entrance and went straight to his locker. After receiving his written statement I talk with my principal. We sat and watched the video together for a few minutes then I went back to my office to continue my interview with the boy. I asked him if there was anything he wanted to change about his statement. He said no and I continued telling him that I know he is lying since I am watching him on the cameras come from the front entrance. Again, anything he wants to change? Again, nothing. After about five minutes of this he decides to change the entrance he came into the school from but nothing else. After spending a whole morning hearing many stories from many people I finally just decided that all the 8th graders were going to spend their DEAR time writing what they did that morning from the time the bell rang to start the day until the time they entered their first period class. I got a lot of kids that wrote what they did from the time they woke up until I came into their classes. It made for some pretty interesting reading.
After DEAR I read through all 75 statements sorting through the ones that looked like they could lead somewhere. The rest of the afternoon I was calling all the students out of class to ask questions regarding their statements. Some kids shed an inkling of light while others were duds. It wasn't until the last group of kids came in that I was able to get some concrete evidence. Three boys came to my office and one boy sat in one of the chairs and immediately raised his hand saying that the suspect told him that he was the one who had done it. I asked him why the confession was not on his statement and he told me because the kid confessed after DEAR as they were standing in line for lunch. He said he asked the suspect what kind of firecracker he had used and the suspect replied that he used some cheap Mexican firecracker. When I asked why he didn't come to me he said he thought that I already knew after reading another student's statement. I had read that statement but wanted more evidence. After speaking with my principal that night he said what we had was enough and to call the suspect's parents.
The following morning I called the parents and told them what I had. They set an appointment to come in at lunch time when they both could get away from work. Thankfully, they did not show up until a little after lunch. I had a pretty good feeling that this was the kid who had done it, but I wanted that last nail - in - the - coffin statement. I wanted someone to come forward with more info. Right after middle school lunch a seventh grader comes to me saying that he found a note on the floor of one of the teacher's rooms and that it had info about yesterday's firecracker. As I was reading the note and came across a part that was saying the suspect told a specific person that he had done it, that person walked into my office. Perfect! I asked the girl what the suspect had said and had her write her statement. As she was signing her statement the suspect's parents showed up. I talked with them about the situation and they told me they had been in Mexico for the holidays and had shot off fireworks. They were highly apologetic and very hurt. They pleaded their case against expulsion but in the end the safety of our students is our number one priority. I spoke with the guilty party and asked him why he lied to me. he said he didn't think I actually had him on camera and that I was bluffing. The sad thing, he showed no remorse, no regret, no fear about what could happen. Hopefully, people now know that they will not get away with a slap on the wrist when they are caught. That kid is gone and it will be the talk of the school for the next few days after vacation. I wish him all the best. Hopefully he has learned from all of this and will not try the same things at his next school. Good luck kid!
Upon finding out whose locker it was I was able to start the investigation. The victim said who it was in his statement, but I had to find other sources. I still interviewed the original suspect. Upon our first interview the suspect told me that he had entered through the side doors (lie #1), gone into the cafeteria (lie #2) and sat until the bell rang talking with s few other students (lie #3). As I had him writing his statement I was looking at the cameras around the time he said he entered the building. He actually entered through the front entrance and went straight to his locker. After receiving his written statement I talk with my principal. We sat and watched the video together for a few minutes then I went back to my office to continue my interview with the boy. I asked him if there was anything he wanted to change about his statement. He said no and I continued telling him that I know he is lying since I am watching him on the cameras come from the front entrance. Again, anything he wants to change? Again, nothing. After about five minutes of this he decides to change the entrance he came into the school from but nothing else. After spending a whole morning hearing many stories from many people I finally just decided that all the 8th graders were going to spend their DEAR time writing what they did that morning from the time the bell rang to start the day until the time they entered their first period class. I got a lot of kids that wrote what they did from the time they woke up until I came into their classes. It made for some pretty interesting reading.
After DEAR I read through all 75 statements sorting through the ones that looked like they could lead somewhere. The rest of the afternoon I was calling all the students out of class to ask questions regarding their statements. Some kids shed an inkling of light while others were duds. It wasn't until the last group of kids came in that I was able to get some concrete evidence. Three boys came to my office and one boy sat in one of the chairs and immediately raised his hand saying that the suspect told him that he was the one who had done it. I asked him why the confession was not on his statement and he told me because the kid confessed after DEAR as they were standing in line for lunch. He said he asked the suspect what kind of firecracker he had used and the suspect replied that he used some cheap Mexican firecracker. When I asked why he didn't come to me he said he thought that I already knew after reading another student's statement. I had read that statement but wanted more evidence. After speaking with my principal that night he said what we had was enough and to call the suspect's parents.
The following morning I called the parents and told them what I had. They set an appointment to come in at lunch time when they both could get away from work. Thankfully, they did not show up until a little after lunch. I had a pretty good feeling that this was the kid who had done it, but I wanted that last nail - in - the - coffin statement. I wanted someone to come forward with more info. Right after middle school lunch a seventh grader comes to me saying that he found a note on the floor of one of the teacher's rooms and that it had info about yesterday's firecracker. As I was reading the note and came across a part that was saying the suspect told a specific person that he had done it, that person walked into my office. Perfect! I asked the girl what the suspect had said and had her write her statement. As she was signing her statement the suspect's parents showed up. I talked with them about the situation and they told me they had been in Mexico for the holidays and had shot off fireworks. They were highly apologetic and very hurt. They pleaded their case against expulsion but in the end the safety of our students is our number one priority. I spoke with the guilty party and asked him why he lied to me. he said he didn't think I actually had him on camera and that I was bluffing. The sad thing, he showed no remorse, no regret, no fear about what could happen. Hopefully, people now know that they will not get away with a slap on the wrist when they are caught. That kid is gone and it will be the talk of the school for the next few days after vacation. I wish him all the best. Hopefully he has learned from all of this and will not try the same things at his next school. Good luck kid!
Monday, January 10, 2011
It's Hard Coming Back From Vacation
Before the school week started Leland and I were commenting on how we needed just one more week of vacation. When I was in school I thought the two weeks off was borderline crazy. IN college I thought one month was absolutely ridiculous. Now, two weeks is too short and one month sounds about right. It's funny how we long for the "old" days the older we get.
The first week back at school went as smoothly as expected. Kids were still in the holiday daze, so it wasn't too bad for me. The only major event was one sophomore that decided that instead of doing her work she was going to write a story. This was no ordinary story for a sophomore girl. it was an all out gay porno story. Blech! When I was a sophomore I wasn't writing stories while day-dreaming in class, I was writing notes to my friends about how boring Mrs. Lunt's English class was. It's interesting to see the difference between when I was growing up and today's youth. The things that were once taboo are now the norm. When I was in young women I always heard how my generation was the greatest generation and we were saved for this time because of our faithfulness and our strength. I think about it now and believe that my children will be among the greatest of the children on the earth. Things will get worse before they get better and my children will be in the midst of it. I hope that when I do have children I am able to teach them to be strong and be able to outlast the evils of the world. That's still a long way from happening, but hopefully, when it does happen I will be ready to teach.
This past weekend Leland and I went to the US Army All-American Bowl. The game was really boring. In fact, the most excitement I had was peeling my grapefruit and listen to Leland and one of his ref buddies discuss the mechanics of those reffing the game. I think the best part of the game was seeing all the soldiers from Ft. Sam out there. It was a sea of camo in about three or four sections and they were having a great time. They got a wave started that went around the Alamodome about 10 times. It was neat to watch. It was also pretty cool to see those kids that were deciding on where they were going to commit to play college ball make their choice. Those schools are getting some pretty darn good players. The overall experience is neat. It's a great family environment. The best part, no alcohol is sold. Love it! No drunks making themselves look bad. If only the city hadn't drained the river for the annual river cleaning it would have made for a very nice experience for all involved. For some strange reason, the city likes to drain the river when huge, national events are taking place. When people come to San Antonio they want to see two things, the Alamo and the Riverwalk. not much to see but sludge and trash when it's drained and that makes the city look oh so beautiful. I wonder when the city will finally get it through their heads that the best time to empty the river is not when you have big things like the All-American Bowl coming to town. I think it should be drained the first week of February, but I digress.
On Sunday, my ward got a new bishopric. I am a little sad to see the old bishopric go, but I am excited for what the new bishopric is going to do. I don't know how things will change, but I look forward to what happens next. Hopefully this bishopric is stricter on cell phone usage during church and really focuses on the youth. The last bishopric was great, but I don't think they were strict enough on the youth and what their responsibilities are. The youth are good kids, but I thinking we are holding them to the standards as those that are not members of the church. Before I go off on another tangent I better end my writings for the day.
The first week back at school went as smoothly as expected. Kids were still in the holiday daze, so it wasn't too bad for me. The only major event was one sophomore that decided that instead of doing her work she was going to write a story. This was no ordinary story for a sophomore girl. it was an all out gay porno story. Blech! When I was a sophomore I wasn't writing stories while day-dreaming in class, I was writing notes to my friends about how boring Mrs. Lunt's English class was. It's interesting to see the difference between when I was growing up and today's youth. The things that were once taboo are now the norm. When I was in young women I always heard how my generation was the greatest generation and we were saved for this time because of our faithfulness and our strength. I think about it now and believe that my children will be among the greatest of the children on the earth. Things will get worse before they get better and my children will be in the midst of it. I hope that when I do have children I am able to teach them to be strong and be able to outlast the evils of the world. That's still a long way from happening, but hopefully, when it does happen I will be ready to teach.
This past weekend Leland and I went to the US Army All-American Bowl. The game was really boring. In fact, the most excitement I had was peeling my grapefruit and listen to Leland and one of his ref buddies discuss the mechanics of those reffing the game. I think the best part of the game was seeing all the soldiers from Ft. Sam out there. It was a sea of camo in about three or four sections and they were having a great time. They got a wave started that went around the Alamodome about 10 times. It was neat to watch. It was also pretty cool to see those kids that were deciding on where they were going to commit to play college ball make their choice. Those schools are getting some pretty darn good players. The overall experience is neat. It's a great family environment. The best part, no alcohol is sold. Love it! No drunks making themselves look bad. If only the city hadn't drained the river for the annual river cleaning it would have made for a very nice experience for all involved. For some strange reason, the city likes to drain the river when huge, national events are taking place. When people come to San Antonio they want to see two things, the Alamo and the Riverwalk. not much to see but sludge and trash when it's drained and that makes the city look oh so beautiful. I wonder when the city will finally get it through their heads that the best time to empty the river is not when you have big things like the All-American Bowl coming to town. I think it should be drained the first week of February, but I digress.
On Sunday, my ward got a new bishopric. I am a little sad to see the old bishopric go, but I am excited for what the new bishopric is going to do. I don't know how things will change, but I look forward to what happens next. Hopefully this bishopric is stricter on cell phone usage during church and really focuses on the youth. The last bishopric was great, but I don't think they were strict enough on the youth and what their responsibilities are. The youth are good kids, but I thinking we are holding them to the standards as those that are not members of the church. Before I go off on another tangent I better end my writings for the day.
Monday, January 3, 2011
2010 Year in Review
I have come to find that the year in review is a ton of fun to write. I get to look back on my year and realize how much I have grown and what I have had to overcome. Sometimes what seemed to be the biggest obstacle was only a little thing and those little things turned out to be big turning points. Here it goes:
January:
Started the year as a married woman trying to get use to being called Mrs./Sis. Page.
Basketball season started and the girls were ecstatic. We lost all of the games but had a blast.
Started feeling a scratchy throat which ended up being a major throat infection that abscessed and mono.
February:
Still fighting the mono.
Leland went out of town for a conference for the first time in our short married lives and missed out first Valentine's together. Can't give him any grief about that one since I said he should go to the conference.
Mom came to visit to make sure someone was there as I was still ill. She was mostly there to make sure I took my meds, gross.
Basketball girls won their first basketball game, then lost in the play-offs. But a season of learning was capped off with an awesome banana split party.
March:
My birthday! I turned 28, one more year closer to 30, ouch!
Mono starting to go away, but still really tired after work and everything else.
Spring break at home relaxing and stuff
Soccer season started. Again, lost most games.
April:
Soccer still losing but getting better each game.
Had our first win. It was awesome!
May:
Soccer played in the 3rd/4th place game and lost, but it was another great season. We ended this one with a movie and food afternoon. We really improved and had a great time.
Schoooooooool's out for summer!
June:
Leland and I went on our first real vacation together to Orlando, FL. We went to Disney Epcot and Universal Studios. I realize how much of a goof my husband really is, but loved every minute of it. Also saw family in Tampa, FL. Del and Edna Coll. They are lovely people. Took Leland to Tarpon Springs, FL for the the BEST Greek food ever at Hella's.
Started getting everything ready for Girl's Camp and re-discovered Hobby Lobby. Man, I love that place!
July:
Girl's Camp! It was a blast. It rained most of the week, but that's okay because there was still lots of activities to do and fun to be had. It was also made very clear that I am not creative at all after seeing all the other ward's tables centerpieces.
Leland reffed the state 6 vs. 6 football tournament in College Station. He loved every minute of it.
Went to Utah for the first time in my life. What an experience.
Met the rest of my in-laws. They are a fun and interesting group of people. I love them.
July 4th went to watch the fireworks at Fiesta Texas, but was disappointed when a firework misfired and set off the rest of the show early. I may have been disappointed, but it was pretty funny.
Leland's grant proposal passed! He also turned 30, he's an old man now.
Called to be the 2nd Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency.
Water line to the ice maker in freezer busted flooding the whole apartment.
August:
Promotion to Dean of Discipline. Finally, but it means no more coaching and way more work.
School started back up, yeah!
Leland started teaching seminary and a radiation therapy class at Texas State.
Football season officially began. Which meant Leland was gone quite a bit during the week and weekends.
September:
Leland passed the first part of his board exam!
October:
Halloween! We were minions from Despicable Me. We won a 32 in LCD TV!
Football season is almost over and I am about get my husband back =0)
November:
Football season ends, play-offs begin. Leland is upset every time he doesn't get a play-off assignment.
Thanksgiving with my familia in the EP! The day in which we stuff ourselves then sleep. Greatest day ever! (almost)
I didn't run in the Turkey Trot this year. Due to all out exhaustion and illness I decided that running would not be very helpful.
December:
I got sick and puked for the first time from an illness since the third grade. Can we say disgusting?
Leland informed me that his parents are getting divorced. I have a few words to say about that, but I will keep all comments to myself as I do not want to look like the fool in the situation. Let's just say I am not happy with my father-in-law right now.
Alamo Bowl season. Leland brought me along as we greeted the University of Arizona football team, chilled in the hospitality room with Oklahoma States alumni and coaches, and went almost crazy in the players and kids hospitality room. It was a lot of fun. Would I do it again? You betcha!
December 25, Christmas. Relaxed at home and started new traditions with Leland. Christmas Eve was my family's tradition of tamales and yummy dip and crackers. Christmas breakfast was Leland's family tradition of German pancakes, delish! Then dinner with the Carltons.
December 29, only the single greatest day of my life. Leland and I celebrated our 1st anniversary as man and wife. We went to the temple and did a session then went home and relaxed before dinner at Jasmin Thai (my choice) and the Alamo Bowl. OSU won 36-10. It was sweet! I may be an OU fan, but I will root for the Oklahoma teams over the Arizona teams every time.
As an anniversary gift Leland gave me the Biggest Loser Cookbook which I have been wanting for the longest time. Poor guy has to travel allover the city to find it. I gave Leland his favorite box of football cards. He had said earlier in the month that he was not going to buy and cards in the month of December. That's when I knew exactly what I was getting him for our anniversary. He was elated. I love doing things that make him happy. It's fun watching him go into little boy mode with excitement.
New Year's Eve was spent getting the rest of my anniversary gift (a new wedding band since my $13 one is all beat up and lost its white gold covering) and relaxing at home until the clock struck 12. Ed also called. He was only a little drunk at that time.
All in all 2010 was an eventful year. I am excitedly looking forward to what will come in 2011. I have learned a few things this past year that I didn't think I would learn. I learned that 2 people + small space = no bueno. Always turn off the water running to your fridge before leaving for any extended amount of time. Always take the time to tell the ones you love that you love them. No matter how many times you say it it doesn't get boring if you really do feel that way. Drink lots and lots of water every single day. It's true, you can't pick your family but you can choose how you treat them and what you feel about them. Always, always, smile and remember exactly who you are.
January:
Started the year as a married woman trying to get use to being called Mrs./Sis. Page.
Basketball season started and the girls were ecstatic. We lost all of the games but had a blast.
Started feeling a scratchy throat which ended up being a major throat infection that abscessed and mono.
February:
Still fighting the mono.
Leland went out of town for a conference for the first time in our short married lives and missed out first Valentine's together. Can't give him any grief about that one since I said he should go to the conference.
Mom came to visit to make sure someone was there as I was still ill. She was mostly there to make sure I took my meds, gross.
Basketball girls won their first basketball game, then lost in the play-offs. But a season of learning was capped off with an awesome banana split party.
March:
My birthday! I turned 28, one more year closer to 30, ouch!
Mono starting to go away, but still really tired after work and everything else.
Spring break at home relaxing and stuff
Soccer season started. Again, lost most games.
April:
Soccer still losing but getting better each game.
Had our first win. It was awesome!
May:
Soccer played in the 3rd/4th place game and lost, but it was another great season. We ended this one with a movie and food afternoon. We really improved and had a great time.
Schoooooooool's out for summer!
June:
Leland and I went on our first real vacation together to Orlando, FL. We went to Disney Epcot and Universal Studios. I realize how much of a goof my husband really is, but loved every minute of it. Also saw family in Tampa, FL. Del and Edna Coll. They are lovely people. Took Leland to Tarpon Springs, FL for the the BEST Greek food ever at Hella's.
Started getting everything ready for Girl's Camp and re-discovered Hobby Lobby. Man, I love that place!
July:
Girl's Camp! It was a blast. It rained most of the week, but that's okay because there was still lots of activities to do and fun to be had. It was also made very clear that I am not creative at all after seeing all the other ward's tables centerpieces.
Leland reffed the state 6 vs. 6 football tournament in College Station. He loved every minute of it.
Went to Utah for the first time in my life. What an experience.
Met the rest of my in-laws. They are a fun and interesting group of people. I love them.
July 4th went to watch the fireworks at Fiesta Texas, but was disappointed when a firework misfired and set off the rest of the show early. I may have been disappointed, but it was pretty funny.
Leland's grant proposal passed! He also turned 30, he's an old man now.
Called to be the 2nd Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency.
Water line to the ice maker in freezer busted flooding the whole apartment.
August:
Promotion to Dean of Discipline. Finally, but it means no more coaching and way more work.
School started back up, yeah!
Leland started teaching seminary and a radiation therapy class at Texas State.
Football season officially began. Which meant Leland was gone quite a bit during the week and weekends.
September:
Leland passed the first part of his board exam!
October:
Halloween! We were minions from Despicable Me. We won a 32 in LCD TV!
Football season is almost over and I am about get my husband back =0)
November:
Football season ends, play-offs begin. Leland is upset every time he doesn't get a play-off assignment.
Thanksgiving with my familia in the EP! The day in which we stuff ourselves then sleep. Greatest day ever! (almost)
I didn't run in the Turkey Trot this year. Due to all out exhaustion and illness I decided that running would not be very helpful.
December:
I got sick and puked for the first time from an illness since the third grade. Can we say disgusting?
Leland informed me that his parents are getting divorced. I have a few words to say about that, but I will keep all comments to myself as I do not want to look like the fool in the situation. Let's just say I am not happy with my father-in-law right now.
Alamo Bowl season. Leland brought me along as we greeted the University of Arizona football team, chilled in the hospitality room with Oklahoma States alumni and coaches, and went almost crazy in the players and kids hospitality room. It was a lot of fun. Would I do it again? You betcha!
December 25, Christmas. Relaxed at home and started new traditions with Leland. Christmas Eve was my family's tradition of tamales and yummy dip and crackers. Christmas breakfast was Leland's family tradition of German pancakes, delish! Then dinner with the Carltons.
December 29, only the single greatest day of my life. Leland and I celebrated our 1st anniversary as man and wife. We went to the temple and did a session then went home and relaxed before dinner at Jasmin Thai (my choice) and the Alamo Bowl. OSU won 36-10. It was sweet! I may be an OU fan, but I will root for the Oklahoma teams over the Arizona teams every time.
As an anniversary gift Leland gave me the Biggest Loser Cookbook which I have been wanting for the longest time. Poor guy has to travel allover the city to find it. I gave Leland his favorite box of football cards. He had said earlier in the month that he was not going to buy and cards in the month of December. That's when I knew exactly what I was getting him for our anniversary. He was elated. I love doing things that make him happy. It's fun watching him go into little boy mode with excitement.
New Year's Eve was spent getting the rest of my anniversary gift (a new wedding band since my $13 one is all beat up and lost its white gold covering) and relaxing at home until the clock struck 12. Ed also called. He was only a little drunk at that time.
All in all 2010 was an eventful year. I am excitedly looking forward to what will come in 2011. I have learned a few things this past year that I didn't think I would learn. I learned that 2 people + small space = no bueno. Always turn off the water running to your fridge before leaving for any extended amount of time. Always take the time to tell the ones you love that you love them. No matter how many times you say it it doesn't get boring if you really do feel that way. Drink lots and lots of water every single day. It's true, you can't pick your family but you can choose how you treat them and what you feel about them. Always, always, smile and remember exactly who you are.
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