Pregnant? Or NOT Pregnant? That is the question . . .

Say What!?! Pregnant? Or NOT Pregnant? That is the question I have been getting asked a lot lately by family, friends, and neighbors. Did I gain weight? Do I look pregnant? No, I don't. I think it is more my behavior and habits that have changed that makes people think I am... maybe. Like, how I have to go to the bathroom every hour. But I'm a girl. And I drink like a gallon of water a day. Am I moody? I hope not. Do I cry a lot? No. Do I have morning sickness? No. I've been getting headaches a lot - - but they are sinus/allergy related.

"Do you have something to announce?" That is the question I was asked Sunday night while over at my in-laws house. "Uh . . . I don't think so. Why?" "You just go to the bathroom a lot, we thought maybe you were pregnant."

Ha ha - - I love Seth's family. I think they really want us to have a baby. As long as it's a boy. :)

Oh . . and the answer is . . . NOT pregnant.

Sister Fun!

This weekend, my little sis and her hubby decided to come visit me! . . . and I guess they came to see the rest of the family too. They live in Salt Lake and I hadn't seen her since my wedding.

They arrived in Mesa on Thursday night. Lyndsie, "CW", mom, dad, Seth and I all went out to lunch on Friday afternoon. "CW" really wanted what he called 'jiros'. I was confused, then I realized he meant, gyros (Pronounced: yuros). Ha ha - but he's from Colorado/Utah so we cut him some slack. He claims he was just trying to trick his wife - - sure, sure. :)

After lunch, we went back to my apartment (while Seth went back to work) and we relaxed and watched "Psyche." "CW" played video games until we were bored watching him, and then we went to look at houses.

Seth and I spent the night in Mesa because Lyndsie and "CW" were only going to be in town for 2 full days! Friday and Saturday. Friday was a good day, and Saturday was going to be a good day too.

Saturday morning, Seth and I got pre-qualified to buy a house! The lender came over to my parents house and we talked about finances. He didn't tell us anything we didn't know. But, we are so excited to start making offers on the homes we like.

After we met with the lender, Seth went over to his parents because his brother and family came in town, while my family headed off to Tuscon to visit my older sister, Kaylee, and her family.

I played with my niece, Theresa, for most of the time we were there. She followed me around and wanted me to play with her. It was so cute! It ALMOST made me want to have a baby. Almost . . . Anyway, Theresa and I danced, while my dad gave the nephews piggy-back rides, and the rest of the family talked.

Talked?? Did I say talked? I meant, steal my camera and take photos of themselves.

Ha ha-- if I didn't know they were 8 years apart, I would think they were twins. I think it is safe to say that they did not plan those facial expressions, they just happen to be the same.

Landon was so cute. He wanted me to keep taking pictures with him holding a tire to his face. He was laughing so hard.

We had a lot of fun talking and spending time together. We left at 3:45. We got home 3 hours later. Tuscon is a 2 hour drive. I guess there was an accident. We were stuck on the I-10 for 45 minutes. 30 of those minutes we were just sitting . . stopped. Not moving. So, we found a fun way to pass the time. "CW" and I switched seats (partly because I was complaining how hot it was with the sun shining on me - - what a sweet brother-in-law). We switched in the middle of the freeway. It was kind of fun to get out and walk around on the I-10. We also took pictures of ourselves. We tried to capture our "bored" and "tired" look. I think we did well.

Later that night, we got to talk and hang out some more. They left Sunday morning. It was a fun weekend. I haven't gotten to spend time with my whole family like that in a while. :)

Best Husband Ever!!

Last weekend was so much fun! I got to hang out with my older sister and her kids in Mesa. They are so much fun. But, on Sunday night around 9, I started getting a headache so Seth and I went home and I fell asleep on the coach.

When I woke up, my throat hurt a little. Seth gave me Advil, helped me into bed, and I was out. At about 5 am I woke up with the worst sore throat I have ever had. I was in so much pain and I could feel that I had a fever. I didn't want to wake Seth up so I got up, found a flashlight, and looked at my throat. My tonsils were so swollen and I had blisters all over the right side. It was gross. At 7, I went into our room, woke Seth up and said, "Can you look at my throat? I might need to go to the doctor." He got up and looked in my throat. He said it looked pretty bad, so I made a doctor's appointment.

I told the doctor that I had felt just fine the day before. He asked me all these allergy related questions, looked at my throat and said, "That's gross." I kind of laughed a little, thinking he was joking. But then I looked at his face and he said, "Seriously, it's nasty inside your mouth." Oh. The doctor said it's definitely strep throat and gave me antibiotics to fight the infection. I was shocked! There were no white spots on my tonsils and I haven't been teaching this year so I thought for sure I couldn't get sick. That night was the worst night ever though. I had a fever and the chills and I couldn't swallow my own spit. I even considered just letting myself drool all night so I wouldn't be in pain, but that's gross. I finally got up at 3:30am and looked at my throat. My tonsils were a big sheet of white. Eww. I went and laid on the coach. Much more comfortable. I popped the Advil in my mouth and drifted off to sleep.

Seth was so sweet and took care of me. I hope he doesn't get sick. I have been on antibiotics for more than 24 hours now so I shouldn't be contagious. Last night, Seth went to the store and bought me a ton of soup, fruit to make a smoothie, and potatoes so he could make me mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes were so good! They were creamy and flavorful. And the smoothie was just what I needed. Full of vitamins. He was definitely thinking about what I needed and not what he wanted, which was probably steak.

Today, I feel so much better. Seth decided to work from home today. He made me soup for lunch and we will probably have more mashed potatoes for dinner. Ha ha- but I haven't heard him complain once! I think he likes taking care of me. Or maybe I just like it when he makes me food I can eat. :) I am so lucky to have a husband who takes care of me. He's the best!

Side note: Before I went to my doctor's appointment, I had to take Seth to work because his battery died on his car. When he got home, we went and got a new battery, and he installed it himself. I was very impressed. Also, thanks to my dad who made me a PB&J sandwich that I forced myself to eat so I didn't pass out.

One last note: The maintenance guys came to fix the leak in our hallway. It doesn't drip there anymore! . . . but . . . that's because now it drips in our bathroom right above the sink. A little less annoying, but still annoying.

Still dripping . . .

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" was the cry Seth heard two nights ago at 10:00 pm. "It's dripping again. Great."

We have been dealing with a condensation pan leak for the last twelve days. Our small apartment hallway has been covered with bowls, buckets, and pans to catch the dripping water. It's very difficult to walk down the hallway, but we've come up with a few tricks and know where to step so we don't get wet!



I have gotten to know the maintenance boys real well. I think they have come to our house almost everyday. For sure every day this week. Last week, maybe three times. It is so frustrating because they don't know how to fix the problem. They thought the pan was clogged, so they sucked the water out of it. It still dripped. They tore out the drywall to see if the water was coming from underneath somewhere else. Nope. Still drips. Drips faster actually.



They tore out the old condensation pan and put in a new one. Yea! No more dripping . . . for 12 hours. Then came the "no" cry to Seth. I went to the office first thing in the morning to let them know. They came right over. The maintenance guy said that he could see that the pan was clogged again so he sucked out the water. Yea! No more dripping. But I was tricked before. . . and tricked again because 5 hours later, sure enough, the air conditioning is leaking water.



Sigh. Luckily my maintenance friend is coming this morning to check it. I think he will be surprised, and frustrated. I bet he wishes I would stop calling them to come over, and I wish I could. But, the water is not clean. It's gross, so I will call everyday until it is fixed.

I've been Hacked

Earlier tonight, Seth and I got on my e-mail account to look at an e-mail my dad had sent us. In bright red letters, popped up - your account may have been hacked. We went to the account history and this is what it looked like:

If the activity below doesn't look like yours, change your password immediately.

Unknown Finland (inet.fi:88.192.161.9) Aug 8 (2 days ago)
Unknown Peru (190.233.86.157) 6:32 am (15 hours ago)

Browser * United States (AZ) 10:19 pm (0 minutes ago)
Browser United States (AZ) 9:20 pm (59 minutes ago)
Browser United States (AZ) 9:07 pm (1 hour ago)
Browser United States (AZ) 8:50 pm (1 hour ago)
Browser United States (AZ) 8:48 pm (1.5 hours ago)
Browser United States (AZ) 3:23 pm (6 hours ago)


Hmmm . . . . well the last 6 look normal probably because they are in the United States AND Arizona of all places - which is where I currently live. But . . the top two . . look different. I don't remember making a trip to Finland 2 days ago and Peru yesterday. Let me think . . nope. I'm pretty sure I was in Phoenix on those days. Yep.

I have never been hacked before. Seth and I just spent the last hour changing all the passwords I can think of to all the important websites. Luckily they didn't do anything with my e-mail. Hopefully this won't happen again.

Have you ever had an account hacked?

Six Flags -- A Scary Adventure

Last week, Seth and I decided to go to Six Flags with my parents. I had never been to Six Flags (Magic Mountain) before, although I tried one time last year. My friends and I got together early one morning - drove all night to CA, rode into the parking lot, and was turned away being told that Six Flags was closed that day due to a rain storm. The kicker was - - it wasn't raining. It had been raining earlier that morning, but had already pretty much died down by the time we got there. Anyway, I finally got to go for my first time last week. It was an . . . interesting experience. I can't really describe the experience in words, so hopefully the pictures will do justice.

We got something called a "Flash Pass" (because it was July and really busy). This "tamagachi" looking thing practically got us to the front of every line AND they gave us wrist bands so we could ride all the rides TWICE. I love roller coasters and I thought that was a pretty good deal. You just stay on the ride, show them your wrist band, and they send you off on the ride a second time. I would recommend this pass to anyone who goes in the summer. It sure beats standing in a 3 hour line for a 20 second ride.

The first ride we went on was mild. It is called Colossus. The roller coaster was wooden and just went up and down a lot. I kind of felt nauseous after riding the ride TWICE.


The next ride we went on was Scream. I thought that ride was a lot of fun, but it went upside down one too many times. My mom and I sat out while the boys went on their second run. It was getting a little too hot for us by that time so we went on a water ride. This simple log ride turned out to be one of my favorite rides. We got soaked!

Seth was drenched by the second run (mostly because I sat in front and he sat behind me and on the last drop I ducked and all the water washed over my head and into his lap -- hehehe). :)

The water felt nice because it was a hot day. We felt refreshed and ready for the next ride - - Goliath.

This ride was fun - - but made me really sick. There is a huge drop that takes your breath away and an inside loop that made my vision go black. It would have been a lot more fun if I didn't almost black out. I think after that ride we were feeling all bleh, so we went and ate lunch. Six Flags does not have the best food. But we all felt better after we ate. So . . . we headed over to BATMAN the ride.
We were all nervous and excited for this ride. We went on our first run. I was shaking so bad when it was over, but it was a lot of fun. I looked over at my mom and she said, "I think I could do that again!" Alright, I thought. If everyone else is doing it. . . .
After our 2nd time around, I could tell that my mom had made a big mistake. We got off and she had to go sit down. We rested and drank lots of water and cooled off. When she felt a little better, we went on a more mild ride - Ninja. This ride swoops in the trees. I think this was our second mistake. The motion of sweeping back and forth through the trees made my mom even more sick. When we got off we rested again and my mom thew up in the bathroom.

After she threw up, she felt so much better, but she was done with the roller coaster rides for that day. By that time, there were only 3 rides we really wanted to go on, so we decided we would go on them and then go out to a nice dinner and be done for the day. The next ride we headed over to was Tatsu.















This ride was intense. I was tired and hungry and we had been standing in line for 25 minutes and I lost it. So, the ride is really high and you sit in a chair and then they tip the chair forward so you're facing the ground. The whole ride is done while you face the ground. I am scared of heights and was trying to be brave, but right as we got up there, I stated crying. It's a little embarrassing, but it happened. Seth and my dad kept saying, "You don't have to ride this one." but I told myself I would try everything at least once. So I stopped my tears and forced myself to get on the ride. Once we started going I realized how high we were and we kept climbing higher and higher, and Seth said, "you should close your eyes and I'll tell you when you can open them." Well, I don't remember him ever telling me to open them and the times I did, I wish I hadn't. When the ride was finally over, I remember bursting into even bigger hysterical tears because I was so scared and happy I could get off the ride.

This is not the best picture . . but up close you would see me bawling, and Seth and my dad trying to comfort me. They really wanted to go on the ride a second time but what were they suppose to do with me. "Hey, you stand there by yourself and try to stop crying while we go on this one again." Hmm . . . so they got off with me and after I started walking on the ground again, I felt better.

We walked over to the SUPERMAN ride. After Tatsu, I felt like any ride I went on would be a piece of cake. We rode Superman twice.

This ride was one of my favorites, except the line is ridiculously long for a 5 second ride.
The last ride we went on was APOCALYPSE.
It was fast, fun, and safe. It was a great ride to end the day on.

I enjoyed spending time with my husband and parents, but I think next time we we'll go to Disneyland.