Tagged - my first!

Wow...my first tag! Does this mean I am officially a blogger??? Of course I'll do it since it is from Ang...reminds me of our days emailing at LDSH with LDSPATTO & LDSHAYS. *Tear* To fill in most of you - after college I got a job at LDS Hospital in Patient Account Services. I met some of my best friends there - girls I'll be friends with for years to come! We spent many, many hours emailing while on the job - and I'm not exaggerating when I say many! Not to worry - we still got our jobs done :)

Okay so back to the tag...here are the rules: Post these rules on your blog. Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog. List 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current Obsessions/Collections and 3 Random/Surprising facts. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys
Family
Friends
My Job

3 Fears
Snakes & bears
Heights
Never having kids

3 Goals
Run a marathon in 2008 - better get moving!
Become 100% out of debt (no car payment, nothing!)
Go to New Zealand

3 Current Obsessions/Collections
Checking my email several times a day - really at least 4 times (not including work email)
Bath & Body Works products - I have 6 month stock on hand at all times
Making lists - I make a least one a day, very common to have multiple lists. Sometimes for the same thing. I have a pen and paper on my night stand just in case I think of something at night. Yeah - it's weird!

3 Random Surprising Facts (might not be all that random or surprising)
I LOVE eating hot dogs. Chicago style with sauerkraut instead of sweet relish. Mmmm....
I have a scar on one of my fingers that I refer to as my 'Neil Diamond scar' - Ask me later
I broke my collar bone my first (and last) time skiing when I was 15 and every once in a while still have some weird nerve thing that will shoot from my neck down to my hand.

I tag Macy, Donna, SheRoos (who can defer to HeRoos if she chooses), JackieSue & Deborah Dawn.

a lot to say

I have a lot of catching up to do - most of it will have to wait. Less than two weeks before leaving for SD! Crazy but exciting! It is the last week of school which is a little sad. I'll miss all my little kiddos. I have lots to do before the move. Crossing my fingers I get it all done before July 5th. I'm waiting for some pics to update my May adventure. Still working on June's adventure :) This is all very jumbled so I'll just say...stay tuned....

complain, complain

Ugh. I don't like looking for jobs. Anyone want to do it for me? Wish my new adventure didn't require so much work!

Ok, I'm done complaining now.

lessons learned

Last weekend I ignored the long list of things I needed to get done and went down to Zion's National Park with some friends. There were twelve of us that drove down Friday night and camped at Mosquito Cove. It rained all night but despite my doubts, my tent kept 3 of us dry! Early Saturday morning we headed for Telephone Canyon to do some canyoneering. The first rapel was off of a muddy cliff and went down 170 feet. I stood there while the guys set up the ropes wondering how much of a pansy I would look like if I skipped out on the canyoneering and hiked back down. My pride won over and I stayed. I did spend the next 30 minutes checking and rechecking my harness. I examined the stitching wondering if it would hold up & if the carabiner had a crack I was missing. I realized I had to stop obsessing and just do it so after a quick prayer that I wouldn't die I headed down. And it was a L-O-N-G way down.

Lesson #1 came on the first descent: Wear a harness that fits It was painful going all that way in a harness that was too big.

To make a long hike and story a little shorter...the hike took us about 16-17 hours to complete. No one had done this canyon before so we weren't prepared for the little unexpected problems including trying to hike out of the canyon in the dark while wet and cold. Lesson #2: For my own peace of mind next time I'll make sure someone is familiar with the canyon.

After a minor disaster with the condo reservation in St. George I was able to shower at 4:30 Sunday morning and go to sleep in a nice dry bed. Lesson #3: Make sure the reservation & security code to the condo are printed off before the trip (or remind the person who is responsible to do so!)

Overall the trip was pretty good :) All of the people on the trip were great & fun to take on an adventure like this. While the company was fantastic I think next time I take a trip like this it will be with someone I trust with my life....