I'm Popeye The Sailor Man

So, for Halloween Greg and I were Popeye and Olive Oyl.  This was probably the most fitting costumes for us together because he has big arms (not really forearms but it still worked haha) and I am long and lanky.  The funny thing was that I came up with this costume just by googling "couples costumes".  Scrolling through the pictures I landed on the picture of Popeye and Olive and started laughing because it was a perfect costume idea.  Also, it was SO easy to put it together because we had a lot of the clothes we just needed to add a few pieces so it was cheep also, which made Greg and I happy :)  Anyways, here are some pictures :)

Now that I look at the pictures I remember that I had to spray my hair completely black and taking a shower was interesting.  Every time I would squeeze the water out of my hair the entire tub would turn black.  I had to wash my hair probably a good 3 or 4 times for it to come out and even then I still had black on my scalp the next day.  Also, it got all over everything if my hair would touch it, I laid down in my bed not thinking and my pillows were black when I got up to shower...oops!

How To Save A Life

I have been taking CPR and First Aid classes for I don't know how long and I had wondered if I would ever need to know this stuff.  The other day at Costco I just about needed it.

I was walking out after I had paid for my items and not happy about how much I had spent, as usual, and I hear people saying someone call 911.  Of course being interested in anything medical I tried to look and see what happend.  A man had collapse on the ground in the middle of the parking lot and was having a seizure.  I saw people were trying to do compressions and breathing on the man after his body gave out because of the seizure.  I ran over there knowing that compressions after a while can wear a person out and asked a Costco employee if the people needed help with compressions and that I know CPR and First Aid.  Luckily as I was asking them the rescue squad pulled up and they took over and I walked out of there way but continued to watch. For the next 10 to 15 min the EMT's were doing compressions, using the defibrillator, and giving oxygen to the man.

I will never know if this man lived or died but because of people having been trained in CPR and First Aid a life can be possibly saved.  I hope anyone who reads this will understand the importance of just knowing the basics on how to help someone in a emergency situation and will go out and receive training.  I know I will for the rest of my life renew my certification as often as necessary.

Change of Plans

So there has been a slight change of plans in my life.  I am going to be taking a year off before grad school.  This decision was made because of my stupidity and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.  Let me explain... So I was planning on taking the GRE in december after Thanksgiving, giving me enough time to study and be ready for the test.  Me being the not so common sense smart person that I am didn't make the connection that I needed to take the test BEFORE I was suppose to apply to the schools (First due date for schools I was applying to is November 1st). SO..... having not studied for the GRE enough and now realizing that I would have to take it the first day available made me realize this is probably not the way I should be doing things.  After many phone calls to my mom... who probably was thinking "make a decision already!!"... we came to the conclusion that I should just work, study, and apply next fall to be admitted (hopefully) for fall of 2012.


This is all really hard for me to come to terms with because I just want to keep going with my life and progress all the time.  Also, as most people know I don't do well with change at all, my mom can attest to that.  Well I am really not as stupid as this mistake portrays so I hope no one thinks less of me! haha.

Well being my senior year at BYU I am finally realizing I have a small, small place in my heart for provo but I am so ready to get out of here! haha.  I am truly ready to start building up my own place and moving on with my life.  I am thinking about moving to North Carolina when I finish school and to try and gain residency there so I have a better chance of getting into UNC and having cheeper tuition :)  Also, I have always really like it down there so I think it would be a great experience.  Not that I don't want to live at home and have most of the food and all of the rent and utilities paid for... but I just think that I need to be on my own and establish myself somewhere.


Well I know I don't write on a blog a lot and I am trying to decide which one to use... too many options and indecisive amanda = not a good thing.  So I probably will use this one because I feel like I have more options that I like so I will keep everyone posted :)  Also, I will add posts from my other blogs to keep it all in one place.  So once I start to figure out how to use this I will update it more often :)

Provo Weekend

So, I went to Provo this past weekend and needless to say I am excited for this up coming year. Who would have thought! My past 2 years have not been what I hoped they would be. My sophomore year was the worst of all of them and I almost transferred to Maryland. It was depressing because I had made many great guy friends and they all went on missions after freshman year and I realized I didn’t make that many good girl friends (other than katie who is a life saver). We did the best we could to have fun which made us closer in the end. Anyways, I am so excited for this year because one, I am going to have an amazing apartment and roommates, two, my sister Maggie is going to be there :) and, three, all my guy friends are coming back off their missions!


When I was out there this past weekend I got to see Diana which was nice because she confirmed it was going to be a good year. She is so enthusiastic about things and that helped me a lot! We had a great time together. Also, she helped me move my stuff out of my old apartment with her friend Brock and my friend Isaac (THANK YOU all it was huge help!). It was actually sad to move out of that apartment officially, there are so many memories in there. If I think about it now it makes me tear up. I am glad to make new memories this coming year but those will always be close to my heart.


I met some great people that weekend that were friends of Diana’s and it shows that the complex has a great group of people. Well, I go back out in a little over a week and I can’t wait. Even though I love my family and being close to them I am getting kinda bored at home and I am ready to go back to school and start a new year. :)

Summer Back Home

So, I have been home in Maryland since April 21st and I have started an internship at Schrier Physical Therapy.  I have learned a lot since I have started working there.  I have learned how to read the charts and know what exercises the therapist want the patients to do.  That is the most important and useful thing I have learned thus far because I need to know what to teach the patients and make sure they are doing the correct activity.  I also learned how to set up the e-stim which is not too hard I just need to know where they muscles are (I still need to re-study all of them!).  I love the people I work with they are great and easy to get along with.  This place is very different from the first place I worked at though.  The first place was more therapist-patient oriented where this place sometimes I am with the patient, sometimes they already know their stretches, or the therapist takes them for one on one time.

I tried to get a job at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda and that was an interesting experience for me.  First of all I have never really had a formal interview so I tried to prepare as best as I knew how.  This was obviously not how everyone else prepared.  Lets just say that I looked like I was in the scene from Legally Blonde where Elle Woods went into her first class with her cute little outfit, notebook, and fuzzy pen.  I waited with everyone else in my khaki pants, floral blazer, striped notebook, and forgot my resume which I had to print there on regular printer paper.  Everyone was there in their nice suits and portfolios.  At that point I was hoping it was my to my advantage that I stood out like a sore thumb!  Well we went into the interview process and it was group interviews in four different “stations” and they asked questions to the group and you had to speak up and answer.  In the end two people from different departments came up to talk to me after the interview and put me on their list.  Unfortunately I didn’t get the job because they needed full time positions and I already had established the internship.  So right now I am not employed which I am not a fan of but I am willing to babysit or do almost anything at this point (yes please call me to put your garbage cans out when you are out of town!)

Well since I have all this free time on my hands I am down at the beach with my family for my grandfather’s 70th birthday and my aunt Juliane’s birthday as well.  It has been fun and a good time because I haven’t seen Geoff, Juliane and the girls in a while and don’t get to see them as much as other family. It hasn’t been the best weather down her but today was very nice and being on the beach was great.  Tomorrow is the last day down here for the weekend and I am hoping it is a good day again because I don’t know they next time I will be down.

Well for the rest of my life during the summer I have online classes, studying for the GRE, and applying to graduate school.  Sounds like a whole lot of fun! haha :)

Long Flights, Crazy Taxis, Checking In

Well, finally got here to St. Thomas but is was a long hike. I really didn't get much sleep last night and had to wake up this morning early to finish packing which is something I never like to do. Well we go to the the airport and on the first flight I slept through the whole thing which was really nice. Then, the next flight I stayed up and just ate snacks and read my book. When we were all ready to deplane all the lights went out so you could not see anything... I am glad that they stayed on during the plane ride or I would have freaked out. I already have a fear of flying and that would have just make it ten time worse! Well we got of the plane and then the taxi ride was interesting to say the least. He took for ever to get going and he packed the van full. Then he was driving so slow! So we drove through this sketchy neighbor hood to drop of some lady which was random but whatever I guess. Then he didn't realize that people wanted to be dropped off at different places so he was getting frustrated and he passed peoples destinations or was asking what do you want me to do! Um... drop us off at the right places! I have never liked taxis, I know that is kind of mean but they are really mean! well we finally arrived at the right spot and it took a while to check in cause they couldn't find our reservation. It was because my mom had already checked in or something. well we are here and it is a nice place and I will try to make the best of it but I do really miss home and all these crazy situations didn't make it help. Well I hope everyone has a good thanksgiving.

Hi-ya Mama

So this weekend was really nice to have my mom here. I had been really unorganized pretty much this whole semester and it was starting to get to me. So my mom came out here to finally get it organized and I feel extremely better. I feel like I can get my work done and actually find things in my room! Well my roommates are sick and I am trying to avoid catching anything before I go home for thanksgiving break. So I have been taking airborne (it is so gross!), drinking lots of water and washing my hands a lot. Well besides getting through this week I am excited to go home even if I'm not going to have a real thanksgiving :( I know I should be excited to go to St. Thomas but I am a very traditional girl and I really don't like change. Also, I was looking forward to see all my high school friends and Justin (I will get to see him a little so I am happy about that) because they all come back the day I leave. Oh well... Anyways I am very excited to just be home because fall in Maryland is one of my favorite things because of all the colors, smells, and much more.

Well I have a lot of studying before I go home but I am starting to really like this but I have no idea what any of the features are...Jenny I might need some help :)