My Not New, But Improved Blog

Well considering that I've just begun to try and figure out this blogging thing I'm not that great at it yet. Plus it is pretty much required to talk about yourself, something I'm not the best at. I can talk about the stupid dramas of life, but I don't tell many people about the trials I've been facing while I grow up. I'm a very private person. I don't just volunteer that information, however if someone were to ask me something specifically I'm more than willing to explain. So I guess I'm trying to explain that I will probably hint on things I'm currently going through but more than that, you'll just have to ask me in private.

As you've probably noticed, I've kinda updated my blog and added my family profiles and changed the name. It comes from my favorite quote, "Some people think sunshine is happiness but they have never danced in the rain." Now we can all admit to loving dancing in the rain but this quote has a deeper meaning, it's basically saying that we can all find joy in the journey, to see the good in every situation, to be happy even when everything around us seems to be falling apart. This quote is similar to another famous quote, "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." However I like my quote better because (1) I heard it first and (2) it has two meanings while this quote just has the one caparison.


(Photo by Barb Bergeson, wording by Sarah Matheson)

The reason I put my favorite quote as my blog title is because it has been my constant goal to find the good in everyone and everything. I also have learned to dance in the rain as I've struggled with Ulcerative Colitis since November 2007. It's a trial that has taught me a lot about myself and how to help others through their trials. I have seen God's hand in my life through the past two years and seen the reasons some things happened even if I didn't want them to happen that way. He has helped me when I couldn't finish my school work because it was too late and I have to get enough sleep. He has made arrangements for me in my social, academic, and work life to be able to keep moving forward when it was hard to take even one more step. I am truly grateful for this trial in my life, it has taught me so much. It isn't what I planned for myself, it is better.

My New Job!

I have been looking for a job since my last job ended in May and I've learned the hard way about this job market. I was picky at first when I was searching then as time went on and money got tight my standards of a job got lower and lower. (I think that this is one of the few times in life that this is ok to do :D haha.) However, there was still one standard that stood true: NO FAST FOOD!

Well one day when my mom, sister, and I were running errands, my sister and I decided to start collecting applications. Well my mom saw a Red Hanger Cleaner and jokingly said that I should apply there... well I did! I sat in the parking lot and filled it out and then turned it in that day. Well the next day (it just happened to be my birthday) I got a call from Red Hanger but I was at a doctor's appointment so I couldn't answer. Luckily the lady left a message and told me that they had a job offer they wanted to run by me and to call her back. When I did she wanted to interview me at 2:30 later that day. I ran home, showered, and looked presentable and met with her. Well Penny was impressed with me and set up an interview with the manager at the store I would be working at. It was at 9:00 am the next morning. I am not a morning person but I could sacrifice for a job haha. Well Krystal interviewed me and called Penny, handed me the phone and Penny said that Krystal wanted to hire me! I later found out that I would be trained the week after on Wednesday and Thursday then work in the store for the first time on Friday and Saturday.

Well I've worked at Red Hanger for a week now and am loving it so far. I've made new friends. One guy who worked with me on my first day in the store... he's funny, I was kinda slow that day... sorry Josh! But I've worked with this awesome girl Sherie for the past 4 times I've worked... I'm replacing her. It makes me sad because we hit it off so very well! When we've been bored at work with NOTHING AT ALL TO DO... we've played cards... until we started running out of games to play. But today we did something different... we took pictures of each other "working" haha SOOO funny! (I'd post them to this blog, but I'm not that good at it yet. Maybe I'll try later.) She's transferring to a different store that is closer to her home.

I'm off for the weekend and I have a VERY EVENTFUL weekend planned. I'm throwing a birthday party for myself on Thursday, I get to tend my FAVORITE little boy during the day on Friday then receptions and parties to go to that night, and on Saturday my friend is getting baptised (Morgan!) and my ward is going boating, and my friend is getting married, a ZETA date night, a bridal shower... and I'm pretty sure that I've forgotten A LOT!

I hope to get the hang of this blogging thing. I guess we'll see won't we? haha