Nostalgia

Today, my old roommate and good friend Natalie Graham got married.  She looked beautiful and it was a beautiful ceremony and reception.

One of the nice things was seeing all my old friends from Turnberry.  It has been awhile since we were last together.  As we sat together and reminisced about old times we talked about funny quotes, funny situations, what we are all up to now, how we should get together more and all the great memories we have.  It kind of made me sad because I realized how fun that time in my life was and how may great people I hung out with.  It made me miss all of them. 

As I got to think about it more I realize that life moves on.  People move, they get married, start school, change jobs, have children, get busy with church, have life changing events, and grow as people.  If we all stayed where we were we cannot progress.  Life moves on.  It is sad because you can never go back to those times where you had the best moments and the most fun.  I think the time with those friends were some of my best.

My other thought is wow I have great memories with amazing people who have touched my life.  I can't wait to see what other great times are ahead and what other memories I will make with old and new friends.  I don't want to focus on the past but look to the future.

Here are some Turnberry friend pictures.

Tiffany Finley, Todd Kohler, Me, Heidi Shepherd, Natalie Williams (Graham), Brook Smith (Bodell), Melissa McOmie, Brett Valdez, Dyana Valdez (Martin), and Nettie Martin

The Girls
Brooke Preece, Me, Melissa McOmie, Natalie Williams (Graham), Brooke Smith (Bodell), Kaleigh Udy, Heidi Shepherd, and Tiffany Finley

Top 10 Things I Learned From My First Emergency Room Visit

10.  I cry when I really don't feel good.
            It wasn't until I started crying from my side hurting that I knew I was in trouble.

9.  I have no modesty.
            I always knew I didn't care what people saw but now I know that if I am in pain I really don't care.

8.  It is hard to find a vein to put in an IV.
            I ended up getting poked 3 times in order to find a vein to put in the IV.  This does not include all the time it took to find the veins to even poke.  Look at the pictures of my hands below.

7.  People in Utah County are really nice.
            Everyone at the hospital took great care of me.  They explained everything clearly and wanted to make sure I felt better.

6.  My body is not normal.
            Okay I am not normal in general but all my tests were just off.

5.  I worry about things.
            I am sitting in pain in the hospital and I am worried about how I didn't make it to my cousin's boys football games and work.

4.  I have a great reaction to drugs.
            Most of this knowledge comes from when I got my wisdom teeth out but I do get very happy on drugs.

3.  My parents are wonderful.
           I knew this already but just have to say how amazing they are.  My dad took me to the hospital and helped me get over all the needle pokes.  My mom when I got home put me to bed.   Then they both took care of me the next few days

2.   I know how many fingers it takes to make myself throw up.
           When I first got sick I just wanted to throw up so I stuck 2 fingers down my throat.

1. I know my drug of choice.
            During my stay they gave me some drugs which the nurse compared to heroine.  Then when I was getting another test done they had to give me morphine.  I like heroine.  It makes me happy and euphoric.

 Left Hand - Bruises after 3 days

Right Hand - Bruises after 4 days