To health and euphoria!

"That's the difference between me and the rest of the world...happiness isn't good enough for me, I demand euphoria!" -Calvin

Friday's are the best...right? They're supposed to be...you know right before the big weekend your itching to get outta the office and have some fun! That's why it was so depressing to go home after work not feeling so hot. By 7 p.m. I could tell the bug was trying to get me. So I put the humidifier in my room and crawled under my down comforter to see if I could outsleep the bug before it caught me. It was to no avail...I got a fever of 103F and couldn't sleep and couldn't breathe very well with my sore throat. I'm not one that usually takes drugs, but I finally gave in at midnight and took some tylenol for the fever hoping I could get some sleep. The drugs helped with the fever, but not the sleeping. Saturday was similar...instead of in bed I spent most of the day in the recliner in the sunshine. The blessed sunshine. Of course that was the day it was 65F out, sigh. I'm sooo excited for spring...I can feel it in the air some days. By Saturday night I'd lost 5 lbs. Perfect weight loss program...NOT RECOMMENDED! Besides I'm sure it was all water weight anyway. Saturday night I got in a fight with my bed. We're still mad at each other. I woke up every 20 minutes...no exaggerating! It was awful...I'd feel like I slept for a good while and would check the clock and just a few minutes had gone by...this kept happening all night. I just couldn't get comfortable. So by Sunday morning I'd had it. My fever was still running high and my throat was worse. I downed some nyquil and had the most heavenly 2-hour sleep. Needless to say I lounged around all day Sunday. I even missed Melanie's enchilada dinner, sadness :( I knew I had to go to work Monday to do payroll to keep the employees happy (me included :) So being somewhat "fuzzy" I drove to work and puttered around there for a couple of hours. That wore me out and so I went back home and slept til this morning! Today I'm feeling great...I have a barking cough and my ears won't pop, but there's not fever or achy muscles, and energy levels seem to be on the rise, woot woot! This whole weekend made me so thankful for my health, and friends. I feel so blessed. George and Sara were so good, taking care of me...making me drinks and rubbing my back. To health and euphoria!

Auntiehood

07 Jan 2008 at 10:27 a.m. Sadie Wayne Melling was born to my brother-in-law, Joe, and sister, Sara Melling. She weighed in at 9.1 lbs and was 20" long! She was SO cute with the chubbiest cheeks. We said she had a case of the "cheek flow" where you couldn't tell where her cheeks end and her shoulders begin :) The delivery went well, but there were complications afterwards with the Rh factor of Sara and Sadie's blood. After a week under the "bili lamp" Sadie was healthy and got to come home. My 2-year-old nephew Kaden has just begun the adventure of potty training. This is one thing I do NOT look forward to with my own kids. There have been a couple accidents, but for the most part he does great and LOVES getting a chocolate after everytime he goes in the potty. I love my two nephews, Kyson & Kaden, and now I have an adorable niece as well. I absolutely LOVE being an auntie :)

Back at it!

Thanks to Aly's help I'm starting the "blog" back up after a long break. I've been checking out eveyone else's blogs and I don't know how you make them so cool...different layouts and formats. I can't seem to get my photos to line up correctly. I still have a lot learn, so please be patient! I did notice that I can add posts and date them whatever I want, so maybe I'll play a little catch up on here. Does a blog count for keeping a journal?

It's been a great year...so much has happened. It's so nice to be done with school. I finally graduated spring '07 with my BS in exercise physiology. After graduation I moved to Cedar City, UT to work for my brother-in-law at Superior Lending. I guess I fall into the statistic that over 50% of college graduates don't work in their field of study (I just made that up, just like 50% of statistics are made up on the spot). I've always wanted to learn about investing and mortgages b/c hopefully I'll have some of both one day! It was the perfect opportunity to work for Joe especially because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Now I'm getting the itch to go back for more schooling...this time to get my BSN and RN, it'd only be 4 more semesters, hmmm.

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Summer in Northern Cali

I spent the summer of 2006 in Crescent City, CA. It was a blissful summer living just a few steps from the ocean and minutes from the planet's tallest trees. Another favorite spot was the Smith River (2nd cleanest river in the U.S.) My nephew Kaden came to visit us twice, which was such a hi-lite :) I worked at Redwood National Park and also on a cement crew!

Tree-hugger - see lil me at the bottom?

Tallest tree on the planet: 379.1 feet

That's more than two Statues of Liberty

stacked on top of each other!

The beautiful Nor-Cal Coast

It was like hiking in fern gully
Grandparents and 7 mo. old Kaden
Mom, Alethea, Lizi
INSIDE a TREE!