The Joys of My Job

Everyday I encounter the beauty that is community swimming pools. Oh yes, string bikinis, men with horrible back hair, people angry about pretzels... I work at the SLCo Draper Pool on South Mountain at the ticket window and registration office. Working with people daily can get VERY interesting. My favorite thing is all the questions I get asked. The valid, and the... not so valid :)

So for your entertainment...

SILLY QUESTIONS I HAVE BEEN ASKED AT WORK

Does your facility have a swimming pool?

Do I need stitches?

Do you know where my dad is?

Can I use the phone?

Did YOU change the price? (No...)

Why would you change the price? (I said I didn't!)

You mean I have to use my credit card because you changed the price? (I give up)

Who did I just call?

Why did I call you? (really???!)

Can I use the phone?

Can my daughter pee on the grass? (my favorite)

How did you know that my daughter peed on the grass?

You mean she has to use the public bathroom?

Can I use the phone?

No one came to my daughter's birthday party here, can I get a refund?

Your closed????

Can I use the phone?

Is that poop in the pool?

How much does it cost? (note that out prices are posted right in front of the customers face)

Can I use the phone?

Oh, it isn't free? (once they had already just walked in)

Can I use the phone?

Why are the pretzels so expensive?

Can I use the phone?

Can I use the phone?

Can I use the phone?

Water+Water+Water+Water = . . .

Say hello to my best friend...

As many of you might know Jennie, Mom, and I have been on a diet as of late. 1 week to be exact. This diet deal is requiring us to drink lots and lots of water almost constantly. Thus, for the past week, the sentence used most often in our houshold is. "I have to pee". We cannot even get through a full movie without stopping at least 4 times for a potty break. I used to go maybe 3 times a day max and yesterday alone I went 12 times... 12 times! Its kind of ridiculous. But I guess it adds some personal comic relief to the over-used and blunt phrase that is often labeled as TMI.

SOAR. Go Aggies!

So yesterday I went up to Utah State for something called SOAR. Its a new student orientation. I learned all about whats available to me, my major, and got a feel for the campus. It was a really fun thing.

I registered for all my classes while I was there also, here's a peek at my classes!
Music Theory I
Keyboard Harmony
Aural Skills I
Piano Pedigogy Practicum

Psychological Statistics

Humanities

University Choral

...Sounds like fun eh?! I'm really excited. I also got to look at my dorm room for Fall and I'm just glad to report it has a pretty good sized closet :) Here's a picture of the layout of my living space.

So I have to admit that the best thing about this trip was the great deal that I got at the USU Bookstore. There they were selling MacBook laptops for a hugely discounted price of $850. With that they would give you a free iPod Touch and hp printer.... umm wow! So we totally did it :) I'm so excited. Technically I had to buy the iPod and then they will send me a full rebate on it. So virtually it IS free. But Wowzah! That was a good deal. And I had a lot of fun at SOAR!

I HAD to put this on... so funny. Thanks Sarah :)

Sunday's Spiritual Thought

Today's topic for my spiritual thought is Patriarchal Blessings. I pulled mine out today and studied it intensely. There are some incredible blessings that I am promised and also many warnings given in it. I feel like I need to express the deep blessing that this document is in my life. I have gained a testimony of turning to it in hard times and letting it help me get through them. It has also helped me become determined to be the best I can be so I can recieve all the beautiful blessings promised. I always hear people talk about how their blessing can have different messages and significance at different points in there life. I have found this to be incredibly true with mine as well. Everytime I read it, although it isn't terribly long, I find something new and some deeper truth that applies very personally to me. I have a testimony that Patriarchs are called of God to give us this amazing and personal gift. Patriarchal Blessings are one of the many evidences we have that our Heavenly Father knows each of us and our circumstances on a very personal level. I encourage you that if you haven't recently read your blessing to do so. It will help and inspire you no matter what is happening in your life. I am grateful for what mine has taught me and hope, from the bottom of my heart, to live up to the expectation it holds for me to fulfill a God-led life on this earth.