Monday, July 10th 2006
-Woke up around 6:45ish am, got a ride from my neighbor to the stake center. When everybody had arrived and got organized we left for Camp Zarahemla, our campsite. My sister and I drove in Sister Stocking's car. She kind of scares me with her driving, because every time she went to the right in curves and stuff she would go onto the shoulder which was really scary because we drove by a cliff for a while. Before we got to camp (girls camp), everybody went on a hike from the top of one of the mountains to the bottom, following an actual pioneer trail. We had to cross a stream many times and I didn't get my feet wet, (like others) because I didn't want to get blisters. When we stopped for lunch, I split two of my Samoa Girl Scout Cookies in half and gave a piece to Maribah, Kikay, a leader, and another leader. In return the other leader gave me a pudding thing. It was delicious. When we finally got to the end of the trail, everybody rested for a while before heading out onto the dirt road because all the cars had been left at the top of the mountain and the leaders had to shuttle up w/ the cars that had taken those who couldn't hike down. Everybody started hiking along the dirt road because we had told that it was 'not far' until we would hit pavement. I knew better than to believe that because I had driven along the road when some of the girls went up before camp to clean the 'cabins.' (Like sheds really. That was the size of them and the look of them.) So I knew that the road was like 3-4 miles long, but it was everybody walking or nobody walking. So everybody went hiking with little or no water, which I considered a very stupid idea. Hiking with no water in the middle of the day. Luckily we only hiked a mile or two before the leaders picked us up and drove us the rest of the way to camp. When we got to camp (B.U.G.S) we got a snack, and signed in. Then we were separated into our age groups. We were each assigned a bug for each year. 1st year -Caterpillars 2nd- Butterflies 3rd-Bees 4th -Fireflies 5th/6th (jr.leaders) Lady Bug. After decorating our banner everybody went and organized their cabins. My cabin with the Jr. Leaders was the farthest away from the lodge where the food was served, but it stays in the shade all day. The cabins are more like oversized sheds to me but they're nice. There are 2 sizes of cabins one with 12 beds the other with 18 beds (bunkbeds) I slept on the top level on the left side of the door in the middle. Later we had devotional at the camp theater which I nick named the 'concrete steps' because that's all they were. And then went to bed.
Friday, July 14th 2006
- We packed up girls camp today. When we got home we gave out awards for things done at camp.
Thursday, July 10th 2008
-Today has been an awesome day, mainly because I've been hyper all day long. For one thing I woke up about 6:45am and didn't really get back to sleep so I ended up watching the Garbage/truck by at the unearthly time of 7 am. No one should be up and working until at least nine in my opinion. (Lol, and here I am in 2015 consistently starting work before 7am.) Anyway around 11 am the mail came, and I myself received 3 items in the mail. A late birthday card from AT/UB which was nice because I'd never received a card from them before. Next was a bankstatement telling me how much money I had in my account. (it amounted to what I spent to fix my car a couple weeks ago.) And finally, Kikay and I received back our AP Test scores from when we took them in May. Kikay only took one test -World History which she received a 3 in. She's glad she passed. (highest score you can get is 5) (1-2 fail, 3-5 pass)
I took 4 AP Tests. I was confident I'd pass the WorldHistory test and I did! I received a 4! (Kikay and I took the same class, -not same period/teacher- I took it so I could get a history cord. My English Language and English Literature class I was also confident of passing because of the essay portion. I got a 3 in Language and a 4 in Literature! :D 3 tests passed, one more to go. Calculus AB. I basically only took the test on the off chance that I'd do enough things to pass, but my confidence level was low. I struggled all year in Calculus to keep my grades above a B- and I was pretty sure I would not pass. The test was for kicks and giggles and well...Mom paid like $83 so I could take the test, so there was no backing out anyways. (Bad to waste money.) But to my happy surprise I looked and saw that I had got a 5!!
;) Ha. Just kidding.
I received a THREE! :D I am SO HAPPY ESTACTIC HYPER!! I PASSED MY AP CALCULUS TEST!! A year of having to take college math is now history! (I didn't have to take math at all in college. Thanks to this test. ^^ :D lol) I was so happy that I even emailed my teacher Mr. Saltzgiver to tell him the news. He emailed me back saying "Oh Sarah that's great! I don't think there is anyone more deserving to pass. You work your butt off. Great Job!" Needless today that brightened my day further. I always enjoy receiving praise from my teachers especially from this one. :) I did work my butt off in his class, coming in early almost every morning to get help on math problems I didn't understand. And I now I know it all was worth it! I passed the Test! Whoppee!!! Yay me Yay me!! Sooo Happy!
Around 2pm I took Kikay to the library so she could check out some books and books on cd. I also installed my wireless mouse to my laptop so now I can fish online (online game with a little practice. And later mom and I cleaned out our Trailblazer and washed the dust from it which turned into us washing off the driveway from all the dirt form dad's planting projects. Later (around 11pm) we went to pick up my Uncle O from the airport because he's staying with us until the family reunion on Saturday.
Monday, July 14th 2008
-Sorry for the depressing thing last night. (I was lamenting about my lack of writing progress and wondering if there would come a point in time where I'd just forget all my stories that I'd been working on.) Anyways, I did take the time to write down some ideas of mine last night. So I feel slightly better today. Even though I managed to waste my day not writing anything -the computer sucks away my will- ;) I at least know not all hope is lost. Today after I started laundry I took Kikay shopping for Mom's birthday. I ended up being her a watch and Kikay bought her a necklace. I'm planning on sneaking into mom's room tonight to give mom a pleasant surprise in the morning. Kikay and I also watched Avatar the Last Airbender for the first time in like a Year. I felt more like cringing at the developing characters. Maybe they'll get better with time. I also finished Artemis Fowl Book 5 today and I wait with baited breath for book 6 as its released tomorrow so I hope I get it tomorrow. The anticipation is nearly killing me.
Friday, July 10th 2009
-I woke up at 5:45 am to get on the computer to talk to UB at work because he had to work til 6pm today. (vacation at their place.) I hugged AT goodbye as she went to work and basically sat in front of the computer with their Dog KandiKane by my side. Eventually I watched TV and drew, but I'm struggling with my drawing. I made dinner of pepperoni crescent rolls, spaghetti with alfredo sauce and corn with the help of AT. Everybody liked everything, but I thought my rolls were too garlicy for some reason. Sat outside with my family watching a storm come in before I headed back downstairs to try -unsuccessfully- to finish my drawing.
Tuesday, July 14th 2009
-Slept in until almost 11 today, basically got up in time to jump into UB's truck with UB and Kikay and head down to Fuel B's (gas station place) with Dad and Meralto tagging along in the trailblazer so that they could fill up with gas and we grabbed a taco pizza (so delicious!) and UB, Kikay and I drove to AT's work and had lunch with her for a bit eating taco pizza. I spent time on the computer and watched more episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender while everyone else watched the 3rd movie of the Lord of the Rings (had no interest for me.) Then when the movie was over the boys went outside to prepare the BBQ for hotdogs and hamburgers while Kikay fried potatoes and I cut veggies. After dinner we went out to the Medicine Circle that had been built last time we were there and 'opened it' otherwise 'blessed' it as a place of peace, meditation, and comfort. After that, we went and had dessert and I took a shower. AT then strongly encouraged me to get a job and go buy a car *sighs* (so tired of that subject) I think I'll be too busy this school year for that though. (2nd year of college was going to start in August) I'm not a fan of having people telling me what to do with steps in my life. Now Kikay nd I are going to video tape an adventure and place a hidden note for AT to find later. It should be fun. ^^
Saturday, July 10th 2010
-Woke up and took a shower before going school shopping with Kikay for new Clothes. We went to Old Navy to get clothes and ended up at Barnes and Noble, before going to Ross and Shopko for more clothes. Then because Mother Dearest loves Chocolate Lovers Shakes form Arctic Circle we went there to get one, and they were having a 'Fryday' (even though it was Saturday) and we got free fries. ^^ woot. Later in the evening we went to Kelly Gibb's 'surprise party' And we managed to arrive just as he was getting home....oops. lol. But it was fun to chat with the neighbors. :)
Wednesday, July 14th 2010
-Went out shopping again looking for Mom's birthday presents. Came home and washed the car. Later Meralto got us Arctic Circle for dinner and I went to a WAMN night but only Jess and Tay were there. I came home to find myself locked out but luckily Mom let me in. :)
Sunday, July 10th 2011
-Spent the day at AT/UBs house doing this and that. When we arrived we helped AT/UB plant a couple of trees that they'd bought yesterday for their yard. Had lunch of Ham Sandwiches before sitting outside and chatting for a bit. We played "Just Dance" a wii game. It was rather fun and I played it off and on through the rest of the day. Made cookies about dinner time for UB as he was cooking hamburgers. We tried to hide them but AT told him. I accidentally "broke" the oven. I pulled on the handle and half of it came loose. Luckily AT was able to fix it.
Thursday, July 14th 2011
-Spent the day "hanging out" and "studying" and at 4 pm went and picked up Justin so his mom could pick him up at our house (cousin) We played a little bit of Dogopoly but his mom and sister showed up an hour earlier than expected. I ended up hurting my knee pretty badly "friend testing" Justin and my left knee hit his left knee so I tired to go to bed to help it feel better.
Tuesday, July 10th 2012
-I ended up moving to the couch to sleep after Pepper woke me up the first time because my other dog Sadie had gone to the bathroom, and even after cleaning it up my room stunk and I didn't want to have to breathe in the smell anymore. I went to the dentist where they said I had a small cavity that they needed to fix. Hung out until the mail came and with it was Kikay's birthday present to me. My Totally Missing the Point (a blog) T-shirt. :D We packed up and drove back to Orem after that and I hung out with Kikay and we both went Fencing. It was my first time doing Epee. I didn't like it much. You have to hit on the point and I struggle to do that, especially when fencing my sister. She didn't let me touch her which was crushing especially since she took no mercy and hit super hard a couple times. I think she wanted to feel better after not fencing for 2 weeks, but I wish she didn't take out her frustration on me. We went to the Neffies afterwards and watched Harry Potter 3 and gave out presents.
Saturday, July 14th 2012
-Slept in til nearly 1pm. Went and saw The Amazing Spiderman with the Neffie Kids. IT was good but my eyes have been hurting since that point because we were close to the front. Had dinner at chuck-a-rama with them and watched a movie -Harry Potter 5- before coming home.
Wednesday, July 10th 2013
-Strangely enough, I slept well last night. I don't recall stirring until my alarm went off. It was a fun day. Mother dearest and I had a morning excursion (we're on a cruise) going to a musher's camp and dogsledding excursion. IT was surprisingly a bright and sunshiny day! (usually its cloudy in Alaska) It got warm enough to even take off my coat. :D But not til after the sled dogs. We took a tour bus out to the middle of nowhere, up in the mountains. There are 250 or so dogs up there. Not really Huskies, those dogs are apparently slow, but more of mixed breeds bred to run faster. It was super loud. The dogs would bark like the entire time. They love to run for sure though! I twas an adventure to get up there like 800 feet straight up. :D Not my favorite thing to go up a narrow roads with an ede off one or both sides, totally nerve wracking. I don't like it, but I managed to stay calm and enjoy it. I nay case we got to ride around a loop with the dogs pulling a golf cart sort of thing. (so much fun and all too short.) Loved it! And afterwards we got to see some puppies!! Awww!! I didn't want to leave them. But left them we did because I had another shore excursion to go to...2 hours later. Since I had time to kill I did a quick run up and down town to get the free gifts from various stores before doing an even quicker loop around town to see if there was anything I wanted. Nothing caught my eye beyond a 'Russian doll' thing that was painted different wolves. :D I met up with Kikay to go on our glass blowing excursion. She had a demo tour of it while I got the golden tour (meaning I could make my own glass blown object) I picked out the colors and helped to hold the rod when I made my little glass orb knickknack. :D I didn't get to see the product finished though. :( It had to cool and they would ship it to us. Y_Y awww. (I did get it, love it, still have it, unbroken -so far) Talked to a cute guy from Hawaii before I met back up with Kikay and we had dinner on the ship and went to a magic show and a death by chocolate buffet after that. :)
Sunday, July 14th 2013
-I felt better this morning, still had basically everything I did last night, minus the headache though that lurked in the background for a lot of our journey home. My main bother was that my ears would keep clogging up. >.< I'm not even sure if they're unclogged now though my main symptoms of a runny/stuffy nose and coughing is what is making me feel unwell. Mostly coughing. Had a bit of a scare on the drive home in that we got news from my Aunt G, that Grandpa Dirchi had blacked out this morning and fallen to the floor. So they took him to the hospital. :S Right now everything is Normal, and Grandpa is back home recuperating. Still that was a worrisome couple of hours. We dropped by Taco Bell for dinner and came home where I was finally able to reconnect with the internet after not having it for 10 days lol. I had 57 messages awaiting me and a lot of blogs to catch up on. I also introduced mom and dad to BBC's Sherlock. :)
Thursday, July 10th 2014
-Its so weird, I'm so sore and tired...and I don't feel like I did anything really to feel this way. I mean I woke up before my alarm -easy enough to do when work doesn't start until 10am. I got into work and Special Coworker had finished the bedding part of bedding changes. >.< (he should have been completely done by 10.) Thankfully Kaylee came in at 10 as well so I had her open the floor while I opened the back rooms. She took forever to do those tasks....though admittedly it was only her second time doing so, but I'm pretty sure she picked up and handled every single animal she could. (not something to do at work...speed. speed is key. We have to get the animals ready for the customers, not play with them ourselves.) I showed her how to pull dead fish and feed fish as well as clean out the cricket containers. My first Coworker finally finished his task of bedding changes at 11 with some help from me and left. I had Kaylee do other tasks until she left at 2. Discovered today via my manager that my other coworker Adam, had put in his two weeks notice. (it actually never took effect, he continued working with us before mysteriously disappearing at New Years) This was both good and bad news as he is rather lazy with tasks and I would love to get a closer that would actually close the department properly. But bad because my manager said I might have to take on the night shifts for a while. (booooo) I admit I was less than pleased about this. Though I hope it doesn't come to pass as Sirch stated he needs me as an opener. :D Maybe we can get Ali or Aleccyia to work the night shifts. Who knows. We'll see. I finished my shift helping customers and came home feeling thoroughly pummeled. Everywhere aches like I spent the day playing sports or something. I don't know if its a reaction to stress, or something else, but its weird.
Monday, July 14th 2014
- Work was a bit of a relief today. Mostly because everything got done! :D I did cats and birds while Kaylee opened the rest of the department. We managed to get done by 11! Which was awesome because it feels like it's been a couple of weeks since that's happened. There was a bit of a 'vibe' going on at work though because my Special coworker was there, on register. And I could practically feel his eyes watching me and Kaylee's movements. He wasn't too happy to be stuck on the register apparently. Poor kid. But it may be for the best I think. Everyone's tolerance for him is getting rather thin, especially in my department. Because things keep breaking/disappearing. My special coworker is seeking to try and get into the department full time, but because I am full time he can't obtain that position. He seeks to replace me, but that's not going to happen. (and it didn't.) Honestly we're trying to get this coworker out of the department, hence why he was cashiering today. We're 'cross training' him to allow another to come into the department. In any case Kaylee thinks I have a 'magic touch' because anything she struggles in doing/opening/closing I can do easily. Lol I think its just me 'knowing' the 'secret' of how to open the things since I've been here for nearly 2 years. In any case after work I dropped off some boxes to Kikay so she could pack before she, me and Ashley went to lunch at KFC because I wanted to try their $5 fill up meal deal they were having. Definitely fills you up. lol. Got home and realized I'd gotten a call from Tay, so I called her back and....bad news. Y_Y at the moment it looks like she doesn't have the finance to be able to move down. (she didn't, so I ended up in apt with strangers. :( and one of the worst years ever as apt living goes. Basically as bad as my second year of college.) Ended up chatting with Mom for a bit afterwards, Meralto had built the family a new deck for the front yard and today the roofing guys came to reshingle the roof, replace siding on the garage and add in a roof to our back porch (that collapsed like a decade ago after a particularly heavy snow storm) Its apparently going to take a couple of weeks to do...and it hasn't started off well. The workers ended up killing half the grass putting black plastic down and also broke the central air unit by covering that up -without telling us... so it ran and ran until it broke- Yikes. hopefully it will be resolved soon!
Friday, July 10th 2015
-I went into work at 730 this morning, an hour later than I was originally scheduled to try and shave some time off my overhours. (I only managed an hour shaved off with 3 hours of overtime worked. oops.) Thankfully my coworker came in at 8 this morning so we were able to get done with all our opening tasks but fish and crickets when the store opened. We worked on our fish shipment and soon afterwards I got a call from my apartment complex saying that my friends hadn't signed their lease last night. >.< -Because one needed to move in earlier than what was being allowed on the computer, and the other was having trouble seeing the pages needed, so they just came in today to make it easier. The stress levels got bad enough for me, worried that I wouldn't get into the apt I wanted to get into, that I ended up buying a soda at work -which is rare for me to do. It didn't help that like 5 random scavenger hunt groups came into the store right in the middle of our lunch time rush, so I was busy with customers, and they were trying to get me to help them first so they could 'stay ahead of the other teams.' ha. No. Customers come first. Especially PAYING customers. You have to wait until its your turn. I came home and changed clothes before heading over to the office to meet with Jess and Tay. And officially. They're going to be my roommates! Woot!! ^^ Plus I got one of my Ghost Roommates to move out earlier because Jess took over her contract. Yes again! After they left I went and spent waaaaay too much on groceries (hadn't been shopping in like 2 weeks.) before coming back home to decompress and eat food. :D
Tuesday, July 14th 2015
- Had work early this morning, and thankfully, my coworker actually showed up. I was half worried she wouldn't because a different coworker didn't show up yesterday leaving me to open the entire department by myself. >.<. But in she came, so we were able to get the department opened pretty close to after opening. At least everything but fish really. I worked on back room cleaning while my coworker Am. did cats and the floor. We worked on Tanks, and setting out our new reptiles, as well as working with our new goldfish shipment and cricket shipments. I did Betta water changes as well, managing to get everything done before I left. Thankfully it wasn't too busy throughout the morning so things got done. :) Sirch came into the store on his day off to give us fresh cat litter scoops that he found elsewhere for $1 for our cat cages, as well as a box of starbursts for me. ^^ Awww. Why? Because I'd opened the department by myself yesterday. Woot! Candy! :D After work I came home and crashed for a couple of hours before working on blogging and such while watching Anastasia. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the Day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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