Always, Always.

I love my Mom! She is so great! Today she gave me an early graduation and birthday gift. Something so precious that I would feel like writing about what it is would just betray it from its glory. But I want to thank her. Thank you for always being there for me when I have needed you. I do love you Momma!

Thank you!

Ever And A Day

Yeah. I know. And you prolly know to. I am a clutz. And naturally being that way I have had quite a few injuries through the years. Although, today's injury is not one of those "Josh being Josh" injuries. Nope. Today's injury is somewhat --recurring. For those of you who have known me for several years know that I have had my share of joint...issues. From ankles, to knees. From knees to shoulders. From shoulders to knees...and so on. It just seems like a never-ending problem.

A few months ago Morgan and I decided that we were gonna try to be more active. Which I absolutely LOVE! I love to exercise. So we put together a chart of each day, and what we were gonna do forexercise that day. Our list was amazing! We had running, and swimming, and biking, and hiking, and kayaking, and  a walk-the-dog day! Of all of these exercises, biking was the worst for me. Not that I do not have strong legs or lots of endurance. But that I have TERRIBLE knees! And the fact that I am riding a bike that I got for Christmas about 12 years ago. I love that bike! I really do. But there are a few probkems with it. Mainly the fact that it is incredibly too small for me! Which I believe was the main reason why my knees have started to hurt again.

Morgan and I have started exercising everyday again. We have started to train for a triathalon. Today was run day. I love to run. And if I may brag, I am quite good at running. Since we haven't been too steady with our tri training we have been running 2 laps and then walking 1 lap. And following that pattern until we run the distance we have set. Today however I didn't follow that pattern. Instead I just ran. I ran the whole time. Not because I thought I was cool. Or wanted to show off. But because everytime I would stop, the pain in my knee would just throb! It feels like I am being stabbed my hundreds of little knives in my right knee. It's quite angered at me! Stupid knee!

I need to get back in to the Dr. It seems like I am their best customer...

The Never Ending Math Equation

So, so many.

So, so many.

Today I passed out so, so many applications, and resumes! Agh! Oh well. That is how it happens though right? I fill out applications, and hand out resumes, and I get called in for an interview? Is that right? I thought so. But you know...how often does that happen today? I think that everyone in this whole state now has my resume! I am planning on doing a bunch of follow-up work tomorrow, and pass out even more resumes tomorrow. Hopefully with better results than today. We shall see...

Now At The Last!

Am I too hopefull? Is there such a thing? Probably...but not for me. At least not right now.

Have I ever told you that I love baseball? Because, I LOVE BASEBALL! And currently there is a big battle for playoff spots in Major League Baseball. Have I ever told you that I love baseball?!?!

For a rundown; The New York Yankees are the only team to have won their division and to have secured a spot in the playoffs...lousy Yankees... My team (the most amazing team their could ever be), the Atlanta Braves probably won't win their division. The stupid Phillies probably will take that. BUT, and this is why I am so excited, they are currently only 3.5 games out of taking the Wild Card spot!

Because I am nice I will explain baseball's strange playoff system for those of you who are unfamiliar with it.

There are 2 leagues. The National League, and The American League. In each league there are 3 divisions (the; West, Central, and East). Teams are placed into divisions according to where they are located. For example, the Atlanta Braves are in the East divison. Because they are in the eastern United States. Make sense? The team with the best record in each divison and in both leagues will "win their division" and secure a spot in the playoffs. So accordingly each league will have 3 teams that will be going into the playoffs. But, that leaves an un-even amount of teams. So, the team in each league who has the second best record (not any of the 3 teams who are already in the playoffs) will win the "Wild Card", and earn a spot in the playoffs to play the team with the best record of the other 3. Does that make any sense? I hope so.

So that is why I am so excited for the Braves! They have a very, very good chance to take the Wild Card if they win their remaining 9 games, and other teams lose a few games. I am pretty hopefull. 6 of those 9 games are against the Nationals. And the Nationals have the worst record in baseball. The other 3 are against the Marlins who are also contending with the Braves for the Wild Card. But, my Braves can take it!

The Good Times Are Killing Me.

I hate homework. Wait, let me rephrase that. I HATE HOMEWORK! Yes! That was much better!

However, I must say that I have been quite lucky so far.

I am taking online classes at SUU. One of those classes is English 1010. Yeah, I've taken it before. But...sometimes you have to repeat things... My teacher is Samoan. Which I think is rather humerous. I have a Samoan who had to learn English as his second language teaching my college-level English class.

Anyways, last week I had a three-page essay due about me. But specifically about how either a song, tv show or movie has affected my life for a positive change. I chose to write about the song "The Artist In The Ambulance". If you dont know it, then you should download it off of iTunes. It is such a wonderful song. And me being the music nerd that I am thought it was such a great assignment. Writing about me, and one of my favorite songs!

And then today I had another essay due.I wasn't very thrilled about this. I do enjoy writing very much. But I don't particulary like writing when I HAVE to do it. Does that make any sense? But, my attitude changed quickly once I read the article. You see, it was about something else that I am rather fond of. Any guesses? Oh! Come on! Ohk...I'll just tell ya, BASEBALL! And there aren't very many other things that I could ramble on for 3 pages about so easily than baseball. That is why I say I am lucky.

I am begining to like my teacher more and more each day.

The Fun-ness of Cedar

Yeah, I am sure that I just made that word up. Oh well. I thought that I would post some pictures of this past weekend, and of the past few weeks.

Morgan and I have come to the conclusion that there are SO MANY AMAZING things to do around Cedar City! I love it!

Here's what I am talking about;

The General Lack of Motivation

This is something that I have found to be a problem.

I lack motivation. Thats right. I do. Since 8:30 this morning I have been working relentlessly on trying to find a new job. I have emailed, and submitted so many resumes today its RIDICULOUS! And I am begining to fill a bit burned out now. Which leads me to my problem. The lack of motivation. I have a test for one of my SUU classes due tonight. I haven't started yet. And I need to. It shouldn't be a long or hard test. But I just don't wanna do it! I'M LAZY! Or tired...or whatever. I need to get on it...

Wow...I gave in.

So.

This is the first blog that I have ever wrote. The first. And to be honest, I am not sure of how many more I will write. But for now, I will assume that there will be many! I find that I get so busy with everything else going on that I forget about things like this. And Facebook. And gmail. And hotmail. And homework...you get the point...

To make this post worth reading I suppose I should put in something interesting. How about this:

I passed my "final" final mock surgery today. I say "final" because it is the second time I have done it. I passed the first with one of the top scores in my class. But apparently my teacher wasn't satisfied with that...or thought that it was some sorta strange fluke that I passed. So, while the rest of my classmates are off doing their internship, I am still in school. But, it will be all done this week! Today's score was even better than the last one. So...a fluke again? Oh well. Maybe someday I will be done.

And I also found out that I missed a mandatory training at Heritage. A training that was so important that no one. Let me repeat that, no one bothered to let me know about it. But since I missed it, I can't work again until I make it up. However, the training won't come up again until the middle-end of October. So now that I have found a good job, I won't be able to work it for another month. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. So now I am applying like a madman for any other job that I can find. Dumb. Thats life though right?