One Year Later!

It's been so long since my last post but that is the story every time I post. Since the last one, Tylor got a job at Target as a Cashier and part time cart attendant. He is starting summer semester at Weber State in May and he is super excited to start his journey to get his Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

 As for me, I got a job with a Dermatologist at Ogden Clinic and I absolutely LOVE IT! The doctor I work for is so kind and really appreciates what we all do to help him keep the office running smoothly, he also performs what is called MOHS surgery, so I have learned a lot more about surgery and reconstruction. 

He does cosmetic lasers and sees all other dermatological ailments so I get to see a TON of new (sometimes freaky) things. I also started school for spring semester at Weber State and got my first two pre-requisites finished for the nursing program. I applied but didn't get in this time around, as was expected but now I have points for the next time around! We both got new cars, so we can finally both drive to work and not wait on the other to get off to be able to go home.

Things have been going by so fast but great! I guess we will see you in a few months, or years!

Impoverished: deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness

Well, sorry everyone I have barely had a chance to sit down these past couple of months, much less want to touch a computer. I have a lot to update everyone on though!

                First of all, Tylor is done with his extra hours of school to catch up on all of his credits and actually has more than he needs to graduate so he can actually drop FOUR classes! He is super excited to be able to finally have some extra time because since January he was busy from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. going to school, putting in his extra hours and going to work straight after. He has really been a trooper and very determined; one of the many things I love about him. He has also changed his mind...again...about what he wants to study. He has decided, for now at least, that he wants go into Accounting. It took him a while but he finally realized that he loves working with numbers. Which sounds like about the worst punishment to me, but I am glad he found something he knows he will like. So his plan is to go to Weber and get his Bachelor’s degree, he is very excited.

                As for me, I’m sure you all know I finished school and have been having a very difficult time trying to find a job. I thought I almost had one job in Bountiful where they had narrowed it down to two people, me being one of them and I met the doctor and everything but they chose the other person. Well, after about 30 interviews, I finally had an interview at a Podiatry office in Bountiful (a foot doctor) and had the interview where I was told that I was the most qualified he had seen yet and then about 2 weeks later got the call. He would like to offer me the job, it was part time, but I wanted to get out of fast food for heaven sake! Plus, we were planning on moving out there so it was perfect. However, the next day I got a call from my manager from when I did my externship at Ogden Clinic, he offered me a position on the Float Pool at Ogden Clinic, full-time. I was ecstatic! I turned down the part-time job of course but still ended up moving to Bountiful. But it is soo worth it! I love my job, but it is a very demanding job.

Basically, the Float Pool is where they hire about 10 Medical Assistant and Receptionists and whenever someone calls in sick, they call in the Float Pool, but even if no one calls in sick I still go in to work which is nice. I have gone to Neurology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics and mostly Family Practice. There are some easy days, and some hard days because I go to all 7 of the Ogden Clinics wherever they need me. For example, one day I was at the one in Roy, and they called me to go to the one in Farr West, and then about an hour after I got to that one they needed me at the one in South Ogden, it was a CRAZY day! But I do love it! I am hoping to be able to settle down and work for one provider soon, because it is difficult to know how all the different providers at all the different clinics like things done.  But I am on the computer ALL day, which is why when I get home; I don’t even want to touch a keyboard.

Anyway, hopefully I can be better about keeping this blog up, then again I might as well be honest; see you in a few months!

Like a Roller Coaster

I actually have things to catch up on this time, so it might not be as boring as usual!

Tylor is still working hard at school and has decided that after he gets his Associates Degree from Weber he is going to go to the police academy. He's going to be soo sick of school after that he might not even want to go to Recording Arts school! But thats still a few years off at least!

 I got to watch my parents puppies a few weeks ago while they flew out to see my brother, Jeremy graduate from National Guard training and they were so much fun and i wanted to take them home! But my parents are selling them so, I had to leave.

I took my test to be a Registered Medical Assistant on October 2nd. And I passed with a 90 percent!! (you have to get a 70 to pass) I'm so happy I scored so well because I had been out of school for 6 weeks when I took it. So, this week will be 7 weeks since I took my test so my certificate should be here any day now!

We're still looking at apartments in the Layton Area and might even be getting a house with one of my brothers hopefully! It all depends on my next topic:

I applied at the Bountiful IHC and got an interview and I had such a good feeling about this job for some reason that I studied ALL WEEK! I admit, I studied more for this interview than I have ever studied for a test (even the AMT) and the interview went SO great! They said I would hear from them in about a week, but I got a call the next day to interview with the doctor. So I went in for that and the doctor was so nice! I felt so comfortable there and really felt like I belonged there. So I'm just waiting for the call!! 

On Tuesday night, we found a little bunny in our backyard, he is so cute, so we made a little house for (since he wouldn't let me catch him) and left some food out there. He disappears during the day but always shows up at night so we decided he is our good luck rabbit.

Last week, Tylor's sister, Mariah and I went to volunteer at this thing one of my friends helps with called a Mock Disaster. They take you into a warehouse and put makeup on you and give you a role to play as victims in a mock natural disaster. So after you find a place to lay and scream for help, they send in the CERT team to find and rescue you so they can have some practice for real disasters. It was so fun, we laid on the ground and screamed for help while the lights flickered and then went out. After a while the crews came in to rescue us but we had to keep in character so they took us out in stretchers and bandaged us up in the triage area. Mariah's injury was an impalement on her leg and forehead, and I had third degree burns on my face, neck and arm. It was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again!

Also, my best friend and sister-in-law, Kathryn got remarried last week to a great guy and the wedding was beautiful, the only catch was the guy she married has 4 boys, so they have 6 kids altogether! There is one for each year from 5 to 10. So, Zack is 5, Katelyn 6, Skylar 7, Ian 8, Brody 9, and Seth 10. Tylor and I offered to sit at the kids table to help keep them behaved and it was out of control! After Kathryn and Thomas danced together all the kids got on the stage and danced with blown up pool toys shaped like guitars and microphones, it was super cute. I know Kathryn will be so happy but I told her she has to make an excuse to come visit me now that she lives in even further away from us. Until next time!

One Step Down, 500 More To Go

Okay, well it’s obviously been a while but now that I know someone is actually reading this, I guess I will try a little harder to keep up on it (Thanks Ashley!)

 I finished my externship at Ogden Clinic and I absolutely LOVED it. The people I worked with were so great and I learned a TON! I was so nervous my first day but before I knew it I was doing vitals, then I was rooming patients, and in a flash I was giving shots, making appointments, and even removing sutures ALONE! Some of my favorite things to do were assist with the minor surgeries we had some ingrown toenails, MRSA cysts, and sutures.

 I felt like I could work there forever but before I knew it,  it was over, and I made a lot of friends there that I will miss but hopefully I can find a place at Ogden Clinic to work. I have been applying anywhere I can because 5 years in fast food is just too long for me! I’ll be graduating October 29^th and hopefully have a job by then since I have been out of school for 7 weeks now.

Tylor is doing great in school and has almost all A’s. He is planning on going to Weber State fall semester of next year after graduation to get his Associate’s degree while I go into Nursing. He is super excited to graduate and is counting down the days. He has taken some time off of work to focus on school and loves having some free time (finally).

I put up some new songs that we like to jam to in the car together so enjoy! Our 2 year anniversary is next Friday and we were hoping to have a fun date planned, but going to school doesn’t exactly save you money. So it will probably be one spent at home like last year. But as long as we are together it will be great! We can’t believe it has been 2 years already and before we know it we will be married and starting our family.

Until next time!

Tylor and Brianna: Episode I - Conquering the World

This might be the happiest blog I have posted in a long time, YAY! 

Tylor registered today to finish up his senior year and got his schedule. He will be taking two Math classes, Guitar, Symphonic Band, English, Physics, Gold’s Gym, and Digital Media.

 He is SO excited to finish up and I am very proud of him for working so hard to get where he is today. It kills me to see him excited because he used to dread going to school, but I am so happy that he is excited now! We started doing some school shopping for him, and his wonderful dad is helping us, we are so grateful to have our dads in our lives! He is still working ALOT but hopefully he won’t have to soon. :)

 Brianna I just finished my CNA program and finished up my clinicals today. We went to Pine View Transitional Rehab in South Ogden and it was so great! The people there are so great and the patients were fantastic! I have to admit, even though I was only there for 4 days, I felt a little sad about leaving them, because they were all so sweet and I got to know them pretty well. 

I had an interview last week at Ogden Clinic for my Medical Assisting externship, and they only picked one person from my class...ME! I am SO excited! I start on August 16th and there is even someone that used to go to my school that works there so hopefully I can work with her! My awesome sister in law gave me some of her old scrubs to wear for it and I just can't believe I am finally here! I thought I would never make it because I was stressing so horribly about work and school but I did it! And it's finally paying off! I am so grateful that we are where we are in life right now! 

It's times like these that we really stop to think about how amazing life is. How things can work out, and you don’t even know it yet...it's just so crazy I can’t even begin to describe how I feel. I am just so overjoyed at how Heavenly Father is helping us with everything and helping us realize our true potential.

One Year, Nine Months!!!!

Today, Tylor and I have been together for one entire year and nine months!!! And it has gone by so fast!! So, I have been thinking about all that has happened the whole time we have been together…

Months 1-4 (October-February): Tylor and I are completely in love and can barely be without each other. Our first date was great! And when we went out for my 18^th birthday we had a blast! And for Valentine’s Day he went all out. 

He gave me a huge gift bag, complete with body washes, chocolate, a glass rose, more chocolate, a beautiful card, a teddy bear, a manicure kit…the works! All topped off with a bouquet of 13 balloons.

Months 5-7 (March-May): We are living together by now, (how we got there is another story, for another time) and we are learning how to be smart with our money, and to not drive each other CRAZY, we loved staying up late playing video games and going out together, even just to walk around a store we had no money to spend in.

Months 8-12 (June-October): I graduated high school, with my sweetheart there to support me every step of the way. We spent the summer together and had TONS of fun! We went swimming, to the arcade, bought new books and read together, and got buy one get one free snow cones almost every day. I applied for school and Tylor started his junior year. Our one year anniversary was spent at home and we had fun playing games and watching movies. And Tylor turned 17 on October 30^th.

One Year-Now (November-July): We had our second Christmas together and I turned 19. Tylor worked his little butt off and finished up his junior year and began working at his old job. He works hard to support us and I appreciate him more and more every day. He found a college he wants to go to and we are preparing to move sometime in the next 2 years.

 I quit my old job and started at a new one. I am still in school and will graduate in October as a Registered Medical Assistant, Registered Phlebotomy Technician, and a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Overall, it has been the best year and nine months of my life! (And hopefully his too!) But, that’s not to say we didn’t have some hard times to work through because we have had more than our fair share, but the only thing that matters is that we have gotten through it and we are still getting through it, and that we are doing it together, and that’s what really matters.

Our Mission

 Tylor decided that it would be a better choice for us not to move to Florida, because he found an even better school in Arizona! YAY! He has now applied for the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS) We are looking forward to moving there and it's not quite as scary as moving across the country :) He will be starting his Senior year this fall and he is as excited as ever to graduate!

As for me, I am almost done with school for Medical Assisting, so for the next 6 weeks I will be going to school from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to also finish the Certified Nursing Assistant program so that I will be done with both in 6 weeks just in time for my extern ship.

So, we just keep moving along, despite all those against us, because WE know we are going to make it and no one can stop us!!