Love Hate Relationships With My Phone

This past week was a little rough from work. I thought i might have to kill someone or something by the end of the week. Let me just share with you a little why. On Sunday i spent an hour and half on the phone trying to explain why I couldn't make a doctors appointment right at the moment one it being 8:30 at night and two a Sunday night. On top of that already receiving about 10 calls in an 8 hr period. Monday I had 7 phone calls and about 10 texts by 10 am and they continued during the day and night. Tuesday I had a 45 min conversation about how i do love my consumers i just need a personal life that was after multiple phone calls and texts. Wed when i got out of class from 10 am to 3:30 I had five missed calls and 14 texts waiting for me to respond. Thursday actually was not to bad because my phone died and it wouldn't charge until about 1 pm then i had a hand full of text and a few phone calls. Then came for the fun i had a fun chat with my consumers about emergencies and texting and phone calls. How they need to stop!!! So i then started not answer my phone until 7 pm then it was off to a 45 min phone call. Friday consisted of an hr phone call about a missing wallet and someone being upset because i didn't have a solution of what to do about it at the time. Lets just say it made for a long week! This is my typical week of phone calls and text and these ones are only from work. I have decided i loath my phone! Every time it rings i pray or hope its not work or someone bugging me about work. So for those of you who feel like i never talk to you on the phone anymore its because i have gotten sick of it. I am to the breaking point! Maybe i should just accidentally run it over or put it on top of my car and forget about it. Maybe flush is down the toilet. So if i don't answer i have a good reason.Yet on  the other hand i enjoy spending time talking to family and friends on my phone. listening to music and keeping up on the latest info. The only problem i see now is other people have started to make comments about how often i am on the phone or how often it goes off. so i guess that's a true sign that something needs to be done

IWA Are you a Mormon?

OK So the past few weeks at IWA we have been talking about goals and talents. One night we made a bucket list which I already had made but i added to it. Last night we talked about talents and I found myself thinking a lot about it for the rest of the night. I was thinking how at times we often don't recognize the talents that we are given or even know the things we do on a daily basis is a talent. We talked about how weeping is a talent and as I thought about this being a talent it made me think about having empathy or understanding for others and really feeling what they are feeling. the girl who shared this as a talent I had no idea was not a cry er and it made me think of an experience with her. We both wept together about a situation in life. After hearing her talk it made me even more appreciate the talk I had with her that night and knowing she actually fully felt the pain I was feeling with me. Then i started to think am I really sharing my talents with others am I living my life the way the lord would want me to live? I guess not I guess that I have a greater calling here on earth and I am not living it to its fullest. Yes no one is perfect but I decided i need to step out of my comfort zone and help those around me. I am not going to sit here and list each on of my talents off or things that can become my talents but I feel that sharing this little bit of info from last night might be a way to help others think about their talents and the blessings that the Lord gives us everyday. So Erin you know who you are this is my tribute to you right now you are Erin you like the sun and you are a Mormon. I am Aimee I like to Laugh and I'm A MORMON.

A Fresh Start

Well this year has started and before we know it 2011 will be gone as fast as it came. I have thought a lot about what i want out of 2011 First off i want no more deaths in the family two in one year was hard enough. I know i don't get a say that's all in the Lords hands but I can wish and pray right. This year i hope to get my tonsils out and have less sickness then last year, i have not started this year out to well since i have been sick since December 26. I would like to find a fun house to live in with my roommates so we can have a dog ( I know one more thing to take care of is all i need). I want to go on a few road trips with friends while i am still single and can run free. I want to get good grades and be successful in school. I want to be better at my job I now have 7 clients instead of 4 this year. I want to spend more time with my family. I want to learn to play the piano and i actually found a teacher now its just making the time to have lessons. I want to be a little more organized. I want to make more time for friends and meeting new people. I let last year go by way to fast I don't regret it at all but i do want to enjoy it a little more. I want to make a difference in other peoples lives one small step at a time. I want to visit all of the temples in Utah. I want to be a better friend and spend more time listening then talking. I want to be the person that people feel like they can come to at anytime or any place and know i will be there for them. I want to treat every moment as if it were my last and be happy about it!

An Update YOu ASK??

OK so this update is way past due! I feel that I have so much to say and tell i don't even know where to start. So i guess with the bucket list. Well this summer i checked two more things off my bucket list and yes i am working on a few others. #4 Go Back To Brazil! Yes i did it! and i went back before i had even been home for a year. It was amazing and worth every penny. I spent the whole month of July visiting my areas on my mission and also spent sometime in Sao Paulo. i was able to see my sister at heart get married in the temple she was the sister i trained in the mission and i was one of her maid or honors and also got to be her escort in the temple. What a neat experience this was! i can only imagine what true mothers feel. All i know is once i sat in the escorts chair tears came to my eyes as i watched someone so special to me make covenants with the Lord and her spouse. I was able to go to a vineyard and see a few really cute little towns i had never seen before also. I spent many countless hours visiting and chatting with some converts on the mission and visiting old companions. It was a trip i will never forget. Oh yes i also got robbed at knife point which was interesting all in itself. It happened all so quickly and I was a little shocked afterwards, it does make for an exciting trip. I also missed my flight from Sao Paulo to Porto Alergre so had to catch the next fligth later that afternoon and with a little extra cost! But it worked out and was good. #33 Go a month without shaving my legs and this one i actually went six weeks and they looked awesome!! but sad to say i decided not to take a pic to share with everyone on this one..maybe next time. So that was the month of July. When i got back from my trip things got kinda crazy at home. First my car broke down so what did i do? Bought a new one! Its a black KIA Rio and i love it! Seems to be working well and fits my personality or so i think. Grandma Ward was not doing so well and she now gets to be with the love of her life Grandpa Ward. What a bitter sweet time it was for our family. It was not easy to tell her goodbye but it was for the best and it was what she has wanted for so long, but with the passing of grandma came a new baby boy Gaven my sister had a cute cute baby and from the moment i saw him i fell in love with him and i got to play mom while she came up to visit and i loved every min of it! I could not get enough of the cutie! The month of Aug also included finding out once again my Aunt has cancer which is hard on my family, but she is such an amazing women and just keeps pushing forward with a positive attitude. She really is amazing! School then started and it was back to the real world or books and classes.
Well now we need a current update...Well i am still in Logan still going to school, still working as a Res manger at NES and for the most part i love it. I changed majors to FCHD i am taking institute i am in IWA and i am a FHE Mom life is good! I feel so very blessed and i am happy with where i am right now. Nope no boy friend for those who might be wondering no i have no given up either i am just taking things slow and putting it in the Lords hands it will happen when the time is right. I moved apartments and live with two other girls and they are awesome we really have a fun time together when we get to spend time together. I am enjoying my job it really is a blessing working with people who have disabilities i learn and grow from them everyday! Yes at times it is hard and stressful but i would not change it for the world right now. i am honestly just counting my blessings and looking forward to each and everyday!

Brasil!

Well i did it! i made it back to Brazil! And i didn't die almost but it didn't happen. So whats new right now i am chilling with the sisters in one of the areas where i served Santa Cruz Do Sul. Its crazy how much spending time with them makes me miss the mission. but its time to start a new chapter in life so think this trip will help close the last.I mean it has been one year already in aug. Things are going well. I have been able to see a few people i care alot about and figured out that Brazilians like to move from house to house more then they like to change their underwear. But such is life. This past month has been a blast and is going by way to fast! I just hope that the rest of my trip goes well and then when i get home things wont be to crazy.

Check a few

Well the homeless only lasted two weeks because I once again was sick and also the sleeping on the ground was not that much fun! Well I did get to do a few more things on my list this summer. I milked a cow, got a tattoo, pushed 50 handicap buttons and did it in 41 mins. So just a few more to go....

How about Homeless

So the school year is coming to an end.. Yes once again wow how time is going by! Well for those of you who don't know i am staying in good old Logan! Yep i just cant get enough of it i guess. In July i am headed to Brazil for the month and the rest of my summer will consist of playing in the sun and working. I have two weeks until i move out but nope still do not have a home or a place to call home. Which i am kinda excited about for a few reasons
1. no rent
2. no utilities
3. check off one of the bucket list
4. Time to be wild in the wild
5. camping all summer long

Yeah so that's my plans. To live out of my car and to be homeless for the summer! We will see how long i will last!