You know how I recapped my embarrassing moments? Well this one needs to be added to the list. Of course I’m the lucky kind of person who experiences embarrassing moments at work.

I'm sitting at my desk, waiting for a call, and reading a book on my iPhone. I had my head propped up on my arm while looking down at my phone. As always I'm tired and have to fight back the eyelids of mine that weight 200 lbs. I decided that I should probably adjust to sitting straight up while holding my phone up so I can make a conscious effort NOT to fall asleep. You'd think I'd know by now that this is not effective. I fell asleep and dropped my phone. And where did my phone land? On my face!!! The edge of my phone smacked me right in the nose. This did wake me up. I quickly looked around to make sure no one witnessed the event. Pheww! I'm safe. One might think that I only fall asleep at work every once and a while. Unfortunately this is not the case. It pretty much happens on a daily basis. Don’t think that I fall asleep out of boredom or because I’m a bad employee. I REALLY REALLY try not to. It is like a literal fight between me and my eyelids. I rarely win. Of course it gets much worse than just falling asleep at work. I’ve been known to fall asleep mid-sentence, throw things while asleep, and make noises in my sleep. Seriously if someone started filming these moments of mine it'd make quite the youtube video compilation.

I’m really glad my boss and other supervisors are understanding and don’t fire me for my inability to maintain consciousness.

Since we’re in a new ward we naturally were awaiting the time when the bishop pulls you in and gives you a calling. Oh my favorite. I am not a hugely social person, nor do I have lots of time to do things with my neighbors and ward members. I was going through all the positions I could be called for and thinking about which one I’d want the most. I decided that teaching in Relief Society, Young Women’s or Primary would be frightening and challenging. Being in charge of any major social events would also be a challenge for me. I’m never available, so how would I attend these events, let alone organizing them. I found myself really wishing I had learned to play the piano when my mom was teaching me as a child/teen. Really, that is the best calling. All you do is sit and play the music accurately. No talking to people, no outside of church gatherings, and you’re obviously not going to tell people inaccurate church information. But alas, I thought it was impossible to learn the piano and it definitely wasn’t on my list of priorities. Let’s add that to my list of things I know now that I wish I wouldn’t known then. Anywho, I was really hoping I’d get chorister of some kind. I can lead music, sure can! That’s almost as good as playing the piano. Lol Well, that time came. I was pulled into the office with a member of the Bishopric and I was asked to be…..Nursery leader. I almost busted out in laughter. “Me? Wait, do you mean me? Seriously? Is there someone behind me?” I don’t have kids. Therefore I have no experience with children of any age, let alone 2 year olds. Why the heck would they choose me? Dan has a theory that they chose me because one day the bishop came to ask us a question and I had a bag of Goldfish crackers in my lap. He took one from my bag and thanked me for providing him with a snack. I suppose that might be the cause. Or maybe God knows I’d like kids but don’t think we’re ready so he is providing me with a natural baby deterrent. Either way I’m in the nursery now. We typically have about 16 kids.

After my first day in nursery I realized how much I don’t fit in. Lots of kniving toddlers who are putting things in their mouth, coughing on their hands, running around, crying, and sometimes screaming. Yeah like I know what to do about that. I also had no clue what any of the songs were. This ought to be interesting. I think they got the message wrong. Dan was supposed to be called to nursery….not me. We’ll see how this goes!

When I tell people I want to remain in the medical field but don’t want to be a doctor or pharmacist due to the extensive schooling, they often suggest being a paramedic/EMT. Well first off I make more than most EMTs, I’d rather not have a pay cut. Secondly it seems that I am often the one who needs the emergency medical support, thus it would be hard for me to provide it. Lol Here is a list of all my really awesome attempts to land myself in the hospital or at the “pearly gates.” I find the most recent to be the best.

-Ran into a wall (or possibly a table) as an infant and sliced open my eyebrow. I ended up with stitches. Yup, I have a snazzy little scar and some of the blue stitches in my baby book to prove it.

-Falling at the B&G club trying to do gymnastics I was clearly not capable of. Yeah I actually ended up riding in the ambulance for this one. I don’t remember a whole lot about this day. Other than the directors asking me what my mom’s new phone number was, the painful head brace that was digging into my skull, the EMTs telling me that if I moved I’d be paralyzed, and the blazingly bright light in the ambulance directly above my head. Or maybe that bright light was the one they refer to people seeing on their way out? HA! Doubt it.

-Heat stroke at girl’s camp. Yeah long hike, no water, plus hot sun equals a very very sick Taysia. Yeah it was pretty bad and I remember being violently sick from it.

-Then there was the time we were carving pumpkins and I stabbed the knife right through my thumb. It was awful. I probably should’ve gone to the hospital, but I don’t like doctors so nope, I toughed it out. I almost passed out when I changed the bandage on it because of the insane amount of pain.

-Oh and I caught my future in-law’s basement on fire. Dan and I were dating at the time and I asked him where he wanted me to fireproof my boots at. He said to do it in their laundry room since it has a cement floor. I completed one pair of boots and moved onto the second. About half way through I heard something click on, looked up and saw the pilot light of the water heater come on. Of course waterproofing is in a spray can and is flammable. I ended up completely surrounded by fire with my socks and pajama bottoms on fire. I’m also the kind of person who acts like a deer-in-the-headlights when something happens. I ran out into the hall and stood there going “fire, fire, fire” through my sobs.

-Now for the awesome event of last week. I was sitting on a call at work staring at the vent part of my computer tower. Now the inner metal track is covered with lint, and it drives me bonkers. I tried to get it off with my fingers and scissors to no avail. So I busted out a paperclip, straightened it out and stuck it in the vent. Now in my mind I was only going to stick it in far enough to clean off the metal track, not any further. Well apparently my arm didn’t understand or I slipped or something, but the paperclip went all the way in. Suddenly a giant zap flies up my arm and into my chest. I screamed. My arm was painfully numb for at least an hour after that. My co-worker’s husband builds computers and his response to the story was “she is lucky, she could’ve died.” Awesome! Go me! I really wasn’t trying to kill myself, I promise!

Needless to say I am a danger to myself, society, and those around me. Thus it would be a horrid idea for me to try and treat those in traumatic, emergency situations. In fact I might need to hire a personal entourage of medical personal to follow me at all times just because I’m such a hazard. Ha! I bet you all want to hang out with me now, huh?

I can blog from my cell phone!!! It is quite a challenge to type such lengthy posts on a phone but I realized if I type it up as an email, I can send it to my phone. Then I can copy and paste it! I'm so smart!! I'm pretty good with technology and even better at finding loop holes. I seem to be great at such less than honorable tasks. Hence why I'm referred to as "the Jedi master of bull****."

That is all

Yeah I’ve slacked off a bit with the posting. Nothing too super awesome has gone on in the past few weeks. Lets see if I can find the time between all these ridiculous calls at work to give you a brief update.

-I made that Chocolate Delight my friend gave me the recipe for, and it is FANTASTIC. I ended up kind of screwing up which resulted in a burn on my finger and a jacked up crust. However it tastes the same, which is amazing.

-We went totally nuts and destroyed all the awful, overgrown bushes in our yard. It took two runs to the dump to get rid of all the green waste. Which by the way, green waste side of city dump is AWFUL. But now we have all this space in our yard. Yay!!!

-Dan came home from Houston and will remain here for a few weeks. Hopefully we can use this time to work on the house and other stuff.

-I’ve consumed the majority of the aforementioned Chocolate Delight. Muffin top? Why yes I have one, and no running isn’t helping. I do love the running though. I keep telling myself that when I get to like 5 miles a day the caloric intake vs. output will balance out and the weight will just fall off. Oh yeah, that is what we call optimistic friends, and yes it was coming from me.

-Speaking of optimism. I think I went a whole day without thinking any negative thoughts about myself. This might be a day worthy of marking on your calendars to remember for all eternity. It is such a rare occurrence the world is probably spinning in the opposite direction now from such an event.

-We are loving our new ward. There isn’t one kind of family that is more dominant than the others in our ward. We have new families, newly empty nesters, a few “nearly dead,” and anything in between. It is actually quite nice. Our bishop is hilarious, young, used to play video games and has 7 kids. Hopefully he isn’t reading this right now, if he is “Hi Bishop!” I’m actually kind of excited. Although I dread the already pending calling (I am NOT social) and the recently handed out visiting teaching assignments. Do I really have to talk to people? People I don’t know? Have you lost your mind?

-I’m going to attempt to grow a bonsai tree at work. I’m feeling a bit confident in the plant growing category since I rocked the tomatoes and watermelon (please disregard the mention of all my failing attempts at such plants).

-I also realized that telling ANYONE of my attempts to be more positive was a horrid idea. Of course now everyone feels the need to tell me when I’m not being positive. “remember you’re trying to be positive” or “that doesn’t sound very positive” Seriously people no one is perfect ALL the time. I’m gonna have a few bad moments. Not to mention I’m just barely working on this, it will not happen over night. No, it won’t.

-Statistics=Boring Yes, I love math. I’m nerdy like that. I think I just enjoy knowing I’m awesome enough to understand something so complex that a lot of people can’t wrap their head around. How’s that for an ego? Well this Stats class is melting my brain, literally. The teacher is awesome, super hilarious. Thank Heavens because the U is notorious for math professors who can’t speak English. I’m hoping the class will get a bit more challenging. Doing basic algebra for a whole semester might cause me to lose my mind. Although, the easy A is awesome.

I think that is about all. Maybe I'll return with some more.

Yes I've decided to carry my FB status post over to my blog. I feel this is an issue that needs to be addressed. I've been working towards being a more positive, uplifting person. My life has been overrun with trials lately and I've realized that I need to work more on myself, for that's all one really can do. In this more positive Taysia time I've learned something very important that hits on the topic of judging others. I realized that I have NO place judging others when I myself have so many imperfections that need to be worked on. I read a daily quote that truly captured this theory:

Not only did I recently discover that I enjoyed running but hiking as well. I think hiking has the greatness of being surrounded by nature of camping and the comfort of city living. I hate the idea of camping because I cant shower and everyone ends up smelling disgusting. However I still want to enjoy nature, and this is where hiking comes in. I can enjoy the beauty of the earth then return home to my clean bed and fantastic shower! Ah, isn't it great? I've been dying to hike more but unfortunately it is quite a challenge when you're a girl and it probably isn't safe to go alone. Oh why don't I take my husband? Not! See Dan and I have this thing where we agree on....nothing. We literally have only a handful of things in common. Otherwise you can guarantee we'll be the complete opposite. If I love it, he'll hate it. This is how we are with hiking and camping. He loves camping and hates hiking. I love hiking but find camping to be no good. Thus my ability to hike has been a bit limited. Fortunately I have a friend who enjoys hiking, but getting our schedules to coordinate is another thing. On Friday we managed to hike Donut Falls after I got off work. We weren't able to get all the way up to the top due to it being a bit too dark. Then on Saturday we hiked Rattlesnake Gulch which is part of the Pipeline trail. It was a lot of fun, although very strenuous in the beginning. Although I've worked up to being able to run double almost triple what I could a month ago, I found myself panting with my toosh burning. But the view was magnificent and the friends were great! I think I'm evolving into a better version of me, but unfortunately this new me doesn't share any common pleasures with my husband. I'm enjoying finding new friends and being social. I'm also overcoming my social anxieties. Look at me go!

Wow I had no clue today was going to be such a whacked out day. Of course I got home from work and went running. After that I decided to figure out what was causing the weird smell in the ferret room. I discovered Suki's stash of food (food storage I suppose) and figured that it was the cause. Then I decided to clean the Easter egg bin in their room. This is a 30 gallon tote full of Easter eggs that the ferrets roam around in. They absolutely love it, but it needs to be cleaned. Which of course is like a massive job. Afterwards I cleaned the cage pans. Now I have the room cleaned and go to make their food. Then I loose my balance and spill the food all over the floor.... GREAT!!!! I sigh and shrug it off. I must be making some kind of progress since I didn't have a breakdown, instead I laughed.

I hate how our blog is really like the most boring thing ever. We all know I could go on for days about the awesomness of my four legged, furry children but I know that most people don't even care about our pets. It probably gets pretty tiring for others who don't love pets like we do. However our ferrets are about the most exciting thing in our lives; thus we are left with little to write to you all about... For today we are going to try our hand at something more entertaining than ferret chat or ramblings about who knows what. Let's get to know me! Yay! Because you're all just dying to know me inside and out, right? Thought so! So here's some random facts about me:

I have a friend/acquaintance from high school who is absolutely hilarious. Her blog is a guaranteed laugh. She recently posted a list of her most embarrassing moments. I decided I needed to do a list because I experienced the world's most embarrassing moment ever...period.

I've worked at the same place for four years this November. Honestly I've only had three jobs so it's not like I have a history of job hopping or anything. Thus it is no surprise I've been at this place (I plan on not mentioning the actual company since I'd rather not have bomb threats like our other office) for quite some time, despite how frustrating it can be at times. I'm not a huge fan of talking to doctor's offices all day. I'd rather just read their hilarious faxes and know that when I deny their request they can't yell directly at me. On the bright side I've found that my job has taught me a TON of things. Name a medication and I can not only tell you what it is used for, other drugs similar to it, the dosage forms and strengths. There's some medications I know more about than others. Obviously I do not know much about hospital medications or things used most commonly in children. I deal mostly with the elderly, name a heart medication or something for diabetes, arthritis, high cholesterol, etc. and I am very likely to know far too much about it. Anywho the other thing I've learned in my four years at *********** is that just because they're a doctor or pharmacist does not mean they are smart. In fact, quite the opposite. Most doctor's are cocky and do not know nearly as much as they think they do. Here's a list of my favorite things I've encountered while talking to the supposed educational folk of our society:

It seems like I'm always beginning my posts with an apology for the delay between posts, and of course this one is no different. I'd probably blog more if I could do it while at work. I can view blogs on my work computer but alas the oppressive man that is a corporate company will not allow me to log in. The company has this really fantastic set up where if you open up an "inappropriate" webpage they send information to some department within the company that keeps track of all the naughty sites you're trying to access, while throwing up a huge sign on your screen to let you know you were caught not working. Oh well, it cannot be avoided, it happens to the best of us. At least I'm being flagged for logging into blogger instead of surfing the web for porn right? I seem to have a lot of downtime at work and it would be great if I could use that downtime to entertain family and friends (or the lack thereof). However it is not meant to be, so there is my lengthy justification as to why I have not posted anything here.

Bottom Porch
Upstairs Bathroom
Master Bedroom (yeah that color's changing asap)
Kitchen
Upstairs Living Room
Front of House

Ferrets are obligate carnivores. Basically they have zero ability to process vegetables, carbohydrates, and fruits. Typically people feed their ferrets kibble. Which is an okay diet. If the owner reads the nutritional info on the kibble they can find pretty decent kibbles. Our kids are currently on a mixture of three kibbles, most of them are top quality. However kibble has a lot of setbacks, it damages the ferrets' teeth overtime and often times they contain an unhealthy amount of carbohydrates. Although many ferrets live long healthy lives on kibble but there are a lot of medical complications that could've been prevented had the ferret not been on kibble. The best diet for a ferret is a raw diet or natural diet. There is the option of commercial raw which is raw food made into freeze dried patties (kind of like astronaut/space food) and there is the option of actual raw meat. I've decided that it would be best to add some raw food to our kids' diets. For now I'm going to just do the dinner meals as raw. The rest of the day will be their regular kibble. The advantages to raw also include better teeth, less potty time, less smell, it's easier to find, cheaper, and more mentally stimulating for them. Well I started the raw introduction tonight and they didn't even notice the raw chicken pieces in their food. hehe Hopefully it continues to go well. Although I'm positive I'll get a ton of judgement and ridicule for doing this. Oh well, they'll be healthier and less like to get periodontal disease and insulinoma. Wish us luck!!!!