That was totally Wicked

Yes, my family was one of the few in the valley to to get tickets to Wicked playing here at the Capitol Theater. And we didn't have to wait in line for 6 hours to get them. We actually got them back in June through a friend of my mom who has season tickets  and was able to purchase them before the general public. This was the second time I saw it. I saw it a year ago in London. And it was just as good here as it was there. I was pretty impressed with this cast. It was fun to see it with my family and especially my sister Bekah. She has wanted to see it for 7 years and finally got to yesterday.
We also went to The Pie up by the U. I heard that it was good and it was. Be careful if you order a large. It's huge

Hurray for Blossoms

It is so much fun to walk around Temple Square in the spring because the flowers are planted and thriving and there are blossoms everywhere. It's fun to just be outside.

I've started a new tradition of running on my lunch break. I go up through memory park to City Creek Canyon. It is super great. Ok, after the first day I was dying a little bit. I discovered there are a few more hills is SLC than there are in WJ. But my body is quickly adjusting and loving it. I don't get as antsy toward the end of the day. And it is so nice to get my workout out of the way so I can get others things done in the evening.

And I have a wo0hoo news! Last week I got a letter telling me that the last $300 of my student loan has been forgiven. Wow. So I am officially done. Just in time to start paying my for graduate school. I haven't succeeded in getting into a program yet but I am not giving up.

Oh BTW Happy Administrative Assistants Day! I had no idea that it was today until my boss surprised me with flowers today. It was totally sweet.

Holi--Festival of Colors

Saturday was a fun day. I went to the The Sri Sri Krishna Temple located clear in American Fork. This big beautiful Hindu Temple out in the middle of Farmer Joe's field. 

And what better way to celebrate the Hindu new year then by throwing colored chalk at each other.

This was the first year that I went to the Festival of Colors. And it was super fun. I was caked in chalk. The music was fun. I dodged the guy who tried to kiss me. I danced and chanted. And I met some great people. 

On the way home my fuel light in my car came on. And I just kept going on faith because I was not about to stop to fill up my car.

My day at work

Checked email, typed a few memos, ran a few things around to be signed, answered phones, resolved issues, saved Davis' butt, ordered a few RMs around, made copies, booked a trip to Peru. It was a full day.

Starting off on the right foot, but wrong shoe‏

What some might see as an omen for a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, I got a laugh out of…all day long. You know those moments where you can either get mad, stomp your foot, and cry or you can choose laugh. I chose to laugh.
Yesterday I had somewhat of a grumpy, irritable day. So I decided that today I was not going to have a repeat. I went to bed early. This morning I didn’t lay in bed thinking about getting up for quite so long so I wouldn’t be as rushed. I wore a pair of my favorite pants. I didn’t have to look too hard for my keys. I got out the door with plenty of time to make the bus. I read a few chapters from the B of M and I finished a chapter in another book I am really enjoying. “Yes,” I thought, “this is going to be a good day.” Then right before I got off the bus I looked down at my feet and I saw…

…And I started cracking up. I laughed all the way to my office. And every time I looked down at my feet throughout the day I laughed again and again. This seriously and surprisingly made my day. I have no idea how it happened, apparently my mind was somewhere else when I put on my shoes this morning. These are the only shoes I have that I have the same shoe in two different colors.
I’ve decided that it’s good to have things like this happen every now and then. And days that aren’t quite so perfect to help you remember not to take yourself or life so seriously. 
What makes this story even better is the fact that it has happened in my family before. Like sister, like sister.  The heels on my shoes are the same size so I wasn’t walking lopsided. Warning to those who like buying brown and black of the same shoe.

paraskavedekatriaphobia‏

On my way to work today I met up with one of my co workers. I asked him how his day was going so far. (It wasn’t even 8 am) He informed that he woke up feeling pretty good, he was happy that it was Friday and the end of the week. And then he went to make himself some coffee and he was all out. Thus began his Friday the 13^th.  I told him it was a bad sign that he should probably just head back home and stay there.

Five facts about Friday the 13^th.

1. Fear of Friday the 13th — one of the most popular myths in science — is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.

2. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals omit Gate 13. (My sister, who works at IHC, said that they have a 13^th floor but they call it the 14^th floor. Same applies with the rooms.)

3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.

4. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12." Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.

5. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number — 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.

Facts come from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29661652/

Read all about it....

I tend to be a bit of a news/info junky. Something I inherited from my mom but has augmented since I've graduated from college. My daily ritual usually goes as follows

Arrive at work—turn on computer

Clock in—Start email

While loading and checking for new mail go hang up coat and fill up water bottles

Glance through new emails and create a to do list

Put To Do list aside

Check out the headlines

There are a couple different sites that I check out regularly—KSL.com for local news, MSNBC.com and Foxnews.com for nation and world. Occasionally I’ll check CNN, NY Times, Des News, and SL Trib.

I have come to recognize the differences in reporting these different sites take. MSNBC tends to be more liberal and give Obama his free campaigning. Foxnews will often have stories that MSNBC conveniently forgets to show because of the negative light it sheds on the current political power. However Foxnews does not always favor conservative.

I’ve learned to pay attention to not only what is said in the articles but how things are said. For example:

From MSNBC: “Obama reverses stem cell policy --Move ends President Bush's limits on using federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research.”

Foxnews on the same topic: Obama Signs Order Lifting Restrictions on Stem Cell Research Funding—A bit more neutral.

What I really get a kick out of is the comments and opinions that people express about the articles. Some are comments are intelligent and legit. Others can be very ignorant and bias. Often times a war of the tongue (or keystrokes) will break loose.

Check this one out

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=5803281&comments=true