well that's handy!

So when I go running I MUST have music playing, and it MUST be loud. It is quite impossible for me to run while hearing myself struggle for air. Hearing myself being tired always makes me more tired! Well, I have an ipod shuffle that I always used for my runs, and it was great because it is so small. BUT after I got my iPhone it was pretty inconvenient to keep two ipods current. I only really used the shuffle for running, but I used my iPhone for music every other time. It was a hassle to make sure I added my new songs to both devices. Most of the time I would forget to put the songs on my shuffle, and then when I went running I would be bored listening to old music.


Well, when I saw the iPhone armband I told Ben I could really use one of those so I could just take my iPhone running. However, I forgot about it and just kept using my shuffle. SO one day I get home from school and there is the iPhone armband I wanted on the table! Ben had bought it for me! How sweet! See the nifty key holder?? Love that part. Before that, where was I supposed to put my house key?? Genius!

Ever since I got it I have been using it, and I am very happy I got one! It's nice not to have to worry about charging and adding songs to two different ipods. How is it working? Well, I only have one complaint:

1) The iPhone is pretty heavy to be on your arm so when you try and secure it (so it doesn't slide down) you have to put it on kinda tight. It can get uncomfortable. Today on my way home I looked down at my hand because it was hurting and I noticed it was much bigger than my other hand! haha. I suppose the band was cutting off circulation. Whoops! I'm sure running while you have no circulation in your hand doesn't help either!

Here is some of the music I jam out to:

For the running part I need fast, upbeat songs like,

Kyle Andrews- "Sushi"

Bloc Party- "Flux" (I always start out with this one)

Play Radio Play!- "Even Fairytale Characters Would Be Jealous"

All American Rejects- "I Wanna" (I have always loved this band)

When warming up or cooling down I listen to:

Adele- "Chasing Pavements" or "Cold Shoulder" (she is my favorite singer right now)

Sia- "Day Too Soon" (yeah, freaking weird CD cover but her voice is awesome)

I am pretty obsessed with music. Without it, running wouldn't happen for me.

Seriously??....oh well

Wow. I have officially gone through 3 tires in probably 4 months! Seriously??

So ridiculous. Today was my first day back to school after spring break, and after a really hard day at the hospital I walk out in the sweltering heat to find ANOTHER flat tire! However, this is something I have found that is perfect for a husband to take care of! And he always does. It's just annoying.


So here are some puppy pics cause we don't have kids so you get a million dog pictures instead!

See that pink yarn all over the yard?? Yah, that would be "The Destroyer" aka Gus. He stole my brand new hand knitted slippers that someone made me and destroyed them in the back yard. Not cool. He pretty much destroys everything.

Except he's so cute sometimes too! This is me reading in my bed and Gus decided to come lay on my arm. He was pretty much asleep but kept one eye open just in case!

Here is Gus asleep while rocking out. He sleeps in the funniest positions!

Here he is looking quite dead after a long walk!


















Ben loves Gus too even though he threatens his death...

















He is also hard to take pictures with because he is a spaz. He loves to dance with me though. (or just lick my hands the whole time) I can't believe how big he is!

Charlie is funny too. When he's mad at me and I call his name he will only look at me from the corner of his eye. Brat. haha.

He likes Iphones too!

Have you ever seen cuter kids?! I haven't!

PS- I have tried to format this post 10208992832 times and I'm over it. Just deal with it.

Pretty Toes

So my Spring Break got much better! Ben and I did a lot of shopping this weekend, and we hung out with family. My Aunt, Roxanne, and I all got pedicures (my Aunt's treat) and here is the result! My other Aunt also got her toes done and my Mom got her nails done. My toes are the zebra stripes with pink (it looks orange in this picture and Ben says they look more like tiger stripes...whatever).

As I have gotten older I have really come to appreciate family. Family is very important to me, and we hardly ever get to see them because everyone lives so far away. So I always love to be around them when they come. It is always fun!

Spring Break So Far....

Spring Break has been kind of a bummer so far.

It started off great with Mud Room, Shopping, Book Stores, and Friends. BUT then Tuesday afternoon I got home and felt horrible.

So I have been at home drowsy on medicine since then trying to get comfortable and unsick :(

Now although this has stunk there are obvious upsides to this, which are: no school or anything to do with it, no need to excuse myself from watching old movie after old movie, no need getting ready or even decent, freedom to sleep at random times throughout the whole day, reading galore, and Benny bringing me home stuff and doting on me. I have also been playing with my camera and realizing the simple stuff I love about my life, which are:

Strawberry Danish

Anything Turquoise or Polka-Dot and Curly Puppy Doggie Tails

Sweet Love Notes :)

Bobby Pins for Nasty Short Hair and OF COURSE Listening To and Finding Good Music
(Pandora Radio is always awesome)

Making Earrings

Flowers and Funny Pictures Drawn By Friends

Vintage Buttons for Crafts

And Framed Pictures

Well I am feeling much better, and I am checking back into civilization! My Grandma and two Aunts are coming into town today and Ben had the whole weekend off so I am planning on doing fun things the rest of the week! I hope everyone else has had a fabulous spring break!

hmmm it just clicked...

Ok so the other night Ben and I were watching TV at his parent's house and I saw an actor (can't remember who) on TV and made the comment "oh he's really cute!" Now, I don't usually say this because I hate when people do that when their significant other is in the room, but I really thought he was cute! Of course Ben was like "whatever, he's gay!" I would have thought nothing of it but Ben's Mom said....I'll tell you in a minute or you can guess it:

So here's my point: I never thought I had a 'type.' You know when you were younger and people would always say "he's not my type." I have never really thought about it so after that TV incident I started running through my childhood crushes:

John Mayer. Not the loser guy that he is now, but when he first became famous. When he very first came out with a CD I bought it, and I had his picture up on my wall. I was going to marry John Mayer. This is more what he looked like when I had a crush on him:

Oh, and since I brought up singers my favorite NSYNC member was JC and my favorite Backstreet Boy was Kevin.

The next person I had up on my wall...or actually my closet door was Orlando Bloom:

After Orlando I had a definite Michael Vartan year. He was in Alias and Never Been Kissed and I was going to marry him too. (I still might be in love with him) haha:

And then tonight Ben and I were watching a new show called "Better Off Ted" and this guy is the main character, and once again I was like "Wow, what a nice looking guy!"

So if you haven't figured it out yet Ben's Mom said:"No he's not ugly. Nat just has good taste! That guy looks just like you Ben!" So I looked again and realized...that guy did look like Ben! BEN IS MY TYPE!! I love skinny, dark hair boys...only if they are named Ben though :) My days of dreaming about John and Orlando have been over since the day I met Ben, but it was funny to finally realize that. I never go for the big muscly blondie. Isn't he cute?!

I GOT MINE! :)

Totally random post, but I thought it was funny.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't get much cuter than this!

I took some baby pictures recently, and this little gal is just the cutest baby EVER!I had a lot of fun with these pictures! What a great family!

Job

Funny thing happened this week:

I worked on a floor I really liked, I talked to the Nurse Manager, and I got a job there!!

Crazy how all that happened in a week, but I am super glad I finally know what I'm doing after graduation! It is in the ICU, and so I'm super excited about that! It is really fast pace and definately something I want to do. Funny how stuff works out! So come June I will be a RN working in the ICU! FINALLY! :)

Also tomorow is my last day of school until SPRING BREAK! Life is good.

Prego Pictures (not of me...a friend)

I took some pregnancy pictures recently for a friend. She knew exactly what shots she wanted so it was pretty easy for me because I didn't have to worry about what to take. I just had to worry about how they turned out. haha. This one is probably my favorite. I have seen pictures like this before, but I didn't know if I could pull it off. She said she liked them so I guess that is all that matters. :)

Also--I found out at about 9:30 last night that I didn't get the job! I guess that just wasn't the right thing for me to be doing right now. It's funny because right before I went to the interview I said a little prayer that I get this job ONLY if it is what the Lord thinks I should be doing. (see previous post about me trying harder to accept the will of the Lord) So after I found out that I didn't get the job everyone was trying to be sympathetic and say "well 9 people interviewed and they only picked 3" or "there are a ton of other good nursing jobs," BUT the point I'm trying to make is I am completely OK with it. I honestly believe that I didn't get that job for a reason, and I am totally happy today despite it. I also received a LDS gem email full of "don't despair, have hope" quotes this morning. haha. Funny how things like that happen!

Maybe some time soon I will be posing for prego pictures?? haha.

Hypochondria

Yep, that's right. You read the title of my post correctly. Hypochondria. It's what I have.

A hypochondriac means a person who has a preoccupation with body functions and the interpretation of normal body sensations or minor abnormalities as severe medical diagnoses. [could you tell I looked that one up just in case someone didn't know what that meant?]

Anyways, because I am a hypochondriac I have thought I had a brain tumor (this one multiple times), skin cancer, lupus (courtesy of my Mom, haha), thyroid problems, type 1 diabetes, bipolar, and as of late a DVT (deep vein thrombosis)....nursing school doesn't help the situation. Most of our lectures consist of talking about everything that could possibly go wrong in the human body! I am definitely not the full blown hypochondriac who is always at the doctor and obsessed thinking that something is wrong with them! And I am never truly convinced I have these health problems, but it always gets me wondering! It is just funny how when people explain symptoms to me I start to think I have them too! haha.

So the other day I was talking to my friend at lunch about how she had a DVT a few years back. A DVT is a blood clot that forms in veins and usually happens in the legs. We have learned about DVTs in class and so I knew all the signs and symptoms for it (intense pain, swelling, heat). She also said that after a while it started getting harder for her to breathe (which can be a sign that the clots have moved into circulation to your lungs). Well, after her story we went on with the day, but later that night I started have pretty intense pain in my leg! I was complaining to Ben about how bad my leg hurt (which was probably just from running around the hospital all day), and that I thought it was swollen. Ben just started laughing at me when I told him I had a DVT because I suddenly remembered the other day when it was hard for me to breathe as well. So that night I layed in my bed assessing my leg thinking "what if I really do have a DVT!?!" Well, of course the pain was gone the next morning and I am healthy again!
SO,I don't know about anyone else, but my family and friends think I am a hypochondriac. I like to think I am just cautious! heh. I also convince myself that others around me have major medical problems too. Even my dogs have had something really wrong with them....that ended up being nothing. :)

PS--I haven't found out about the job yet...I am still waiting...uugghhh.