Summer is Here! UGH!

Well summer has officially arrived here in Virginia. I thought last year was bad well that was nothing compared to what the weather has been like so far this year. Yesterday it was 101 with like 100% humidity. Luckily I had to work in an airconditioned hospital. Oh darn.

I am in the midst of my second semester of summer classes. I finished my retake of my spanish 2 class that I failed in the spring. I got an A- the second time around! What a difference a good teacher makes. Right now i am taking my last 2 spanish classes. Yes at the same time. It is very intense but it will be over in 3 weeks and then I never have to take another spanish or foreign language class ever again!

I drove up last Thursday for Greg and Le Annas (sorry if I butchered the spelling) wedding. It was a nice drive even though I was by myself and had to do it all by myself. Also I had a momentary panic that I had left my credit card at one of the gas stations but I found it once I got to RI. It took me about 10 hours to get up to RI. I listened to The Divinci Code on CD. That really helped pass the time. It is a great book. It was really great to see everyone. I wish everyone could have been there. But some people had more important things to do you know like go on cruises or work. Lame excuses if you ask me. Well any way. The wedding was beautiful. I don't think I have anything else to say it was just very beautiful. I am glad that LeAnna is now a part of the crazy Kohl family. I wish them good luck (she will need it living with Greg) and much happiness.

I wish I had pictures but I don't so I guess I can't post any. I am having so much fun with Meredith and Xavier. I get to be the cool aunt that spoils them rotten and then lets the parents deal with the consequences. He he he! Aren't I evil? They are seriously so cute and a lot of fun. Meredith is a handful like Elizabeth said in her blog. You have to watch her like a hawk otherwise she gets into trouble. But she is so cute so you have a hard time being mad at her for very long. And Xavier I could hold all day if I get the chance.

Well recently I was praying that I could somehow get more hours at work because my finances are kind of tight right now and well last week I guess my prayers were answered although I didn't really want them to be answered this way. A coworker of mine got fired and I was asked to fill in for her until they hired someone else. I guess God works in mysterious ways. So I went from working about 16 hours a week to about 40 or so a week. And I'm in school for 5 hours a day too so my life is pretty crazy right now. I may need a vacation after this is all over.

I am starting to work on my applications to optometry school and studying for the OAT. Pray that it all goes well for me. I am hoping to get into the one in Boston. But I am applying to 6 different schools and would be thrilled to get into any of them. I won't know for a while if I get in to any of them. I will post again once they are all in so we can start the acceptance watch. Well class is about to start I better get going. Hope everyone is well. Miss you all.

Remote Area Medical

I had a great time on my trip this past weekend. We arrived around 8 pm Friday night and almost immediately hit the sack. We had to get up dark and early the next day at 5 am. We had to be at the school at 6 am to start seeing patients. These people hadn't been seen by a doctor in probably years. Some desperately needed glasses but couldn't afford them. A lot also needed dental work. There were a bunch of dentists and dental assistants that volunteered their time to help all these people. There were also some doctors and some optometrists that helped out.

I got to work the machine that measures the curvature of the eye. It was way cool. Bethany gets to use that machine everyday at her job. I am so jealous. Then I got to see the other side of vision care. Remote Area Medical has a lens grinding van that makes the glasses right there. I got to help with that. I must have made about 50 pairs of glasses.

I should have pictures soon. I wasnt able to take any pics but some other people did take some so as soon as I get them I will post the pics.

Everything else is good. School is almost over. I am excited for summer vacation.

Life

So yeah I know I haven't posted in forever. I'm sorry. It's basically been the same old same old for me. School and work keeping me busy. I'm still failing spanish. I'm doing ok in my other classes. Finals are coming up very soon. They shouldnt be too bad. I will just be glad when this semester is done. But then I am taking 2 classes this May so school won't be done for the summer until June.

I am going on a trip this weekend to a rural part of Tennessee to volunteer at a big medical clinic type thing. They have them a few times a year in different places to help out with the rural community to provide them with health care. We go and help out where ever we can. Hopefully I will have pictures of it and will post those and the update of the trip when I get back.

Well I have a test I have to take soon and a paper to write that is due tomorrow. Yeah I know I should have done it weeks ago yes I am a procrastinator.

Tahras Wedding

My trip to Utah was very good. I really needed that vacation. Tahras wedding was also very nice. Going to the temple with her was a wonderful experience. I was so happy for her and proud of her for ordering her life so she could get married in the temple.

I know some of you may ask me when I am going to get married and how did I feel about her getting married before me. Here are the answers.

I am ok. Seriously. I love Tahra so I am very happy for her and I can't let the fact that I'm not married get in the way of my happiness for her. I am not dating anyone right now so who knows when I will get married. I am trying to focus on finishing school and be very active in church right now and what ever happens happens.

So Utah was fun. I hung out with some friends of mine and had a lot of fun with Bethany and Ryan. Thank you to them for letting me stay at their house. I wish I could have spent more time there. I didn't think I missed Utah until I went back there. Now I am kind of homesick. I definitely don't miss my job there just my friends.

I am back at school and back at work. Both keeping me very busy again this semester. Again having struggles with spanish class. I have a different teacher this time around so maybe that will help me. I am hopefully getting every Sunday off from work now. I do have to work this Sunday of course it's only Super Bowl Sunday! So I am hoping that it will be very slow at work so I can sit and watch the game at work.

GO PATS!!!!!!

I will try to update more often but honestly I am pretty much a boring person and just have the same routine every day so there isn't much to report that's new. Genetics class is almost over so I should finish this up and pay attention to the end.

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!

School is out and I am loving this time off I am having right now. Finals were rough but they are done and I have gotten a couple of my grades in so far. Will post again when I get them all. Work is going great. Winter is the busy time around here. Lots of people coming down with stuff and think they need to go to the ER. Oh well it keeps me employed so that's a good thing I guess. I really do love my job. I know I said that with my last job but this time I really mean it.

Now that school is done I get to spend some more time at home. I love spending time with Elizabeth and Meredith. We finally ate the chicken that Elizabeth wrote about in her blog. I was skeptical just because I watch the chickens running around in the yard everyday and I see the looks in their eyes when you feed them and stuff like that. But honestly once you get over that guess what it tastes like chicken!!!!
Really good chicken as a matter of fact. Elizabeth fried it in this really yummy breading and it tasted fabulous. The best fried chicken I have ever had.

I am looking forward to having a vacation and seeing some of you out in Utah. For those I don't see in Utah I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Julia's Kinda Boring Life

I know it's been a long time since I blogged but honestly not much has been going on in my life. School is almost over so that's good but that also means final are coming up. EEEEEEEK!!!!

I am very nervous for finals this year. Especially in spanish. We have to remember everything we learned this whole semester and do a pronunciation test and an oral report in from of the class. I am so nervous. I also have a big project due in Cell Biology. My teacher assigned us each a different scientific article to read and do a presentation on. I have read mine so many times and have yet to comprehend anything its talking about. I guess I should do some research and talk to my professor. Chemistry is going very well for me. And physics isn't too bad either.

I will be done with my finals on the 12th so I will be able to breathe much easier after that. I will be in Utah for Tahras wedding from dec 28th to Jan 9th. I can't wait to see all of you that will be out there for that happy event.

Speaking of Tahras wedding most of you know that I was asked to be a bridesmaid which I am very excited about. Tahra gave us kind of free reign when picking out our dresses for the event. We went through so many different options. Everytime we thought we got one picked out there was something wrong. It took about aminth to finally pick out a dress that would work for all of of us. So I measured myself and got the dress that fit my measurements. I got the dress in the mail about a week ago and guess what???!!!! IT DOESN'T FIT!!!!! Not even close to the measurements on the stupid size chart. It was about 6 inches too big. There was no way that having the dress altered would work because it would look ridiculous. I was furious. So I called the company and they had me send the dress back so they could fix the problem. I really hope they do fix it because otherwise I won't be able to be in the wedding and I want to be there for Tahra.

So that's the drama in my life. Not much (other than the dress issue). I hope everyone is having a great week and hope to read some updated blogs soon. (sorry no pics Im doing this from work and don't have my camera with me.)

CHICKENS!!!!

So this weekend Spencer and Elizabeth are up in New England on a recruiting trip for the school and I get the responsibility to take care of their chickens. So far so good. They are all still alive and all still in their box but that may change because they are starting to fly a little bit and are almost getting out. They are really cool looking. I can tell they are going to be loud. So maybe I won't feel so guillty eating them if I think they are annnoying. I definitely won't be able to be there when they kill them. They are getting big and they are getting their feathers in on their wings.

Well I must go back to the Red Sox. They are winning game 3 but I don't want to jinx anything. So I'm not gonna post this till after the game. Ok they won so I am posting this. Hope you guys like the pics of the chickens. Am gonna try to post some videos as well but dial-up is too slow to do that so I will try to do it at school or something