SO the problems are ALMOST OVER!

Here is what has been going on, sadly I have to catch up a lot!!

So, the last time I posted was... A while ago. I have a season pass to Disneyland, YAY!! I got it when we went for Alex's Birthday! It was Fantastic to go and know that I can come back! So we went and I was able to see it through the eyes of a child which hasn't happened for a really long time. It was amazing to be so excited about everything. To see the characters, to see the rides and the shows, to see them all as if they were all real. He was so excited, he kept yelling out their names, and he picked where we went.

Then my best friend in Utah came down and stayed with me for 5 days. I was SO happy to have her come down, my mom came to the airport to pick her up with me. We got to go to Disneyland on Wednesday and go on the FAST rides. Surprisingly California Adventure had drained their lake and they were working on some new light show that is going to start next year in the spring and took out a few of the rides that are on the lake too.
We also went on Toy Story Mania, which by the way is SO much fun! And we then toured the Tortilla factory, and went over to Disney and spent the rest of the day there after lunch. We DID go to Build-A-Bear and built each other a stuffed animal and dressed them and all. (So my idea, I know, I am a nerd at times. But it was fun! And we have something nice!) I got a Snow White Bear, and she got a Belle Koala. VERY CUTE!

So we spent that time there, and I had to work sadly the rest of the time. But luckily we didn't have to spend ALL our time left at my job. We bought the Twilight Movie, we hung out, and laughed and talked just like old times. It really made me miss her. And then I took her to the airport on Sunday. It was SO hard to let her go back to Utah, because she is such a wonderful friend. But I did what I had to, and it was nice to have some time with my friend.

I have also helped my sister with sewing some clothes for her daughter. She is making 2 dresses, a skirt, and my mom made her some pajamas. My mother also made her a dress, so my niece will have 3 dresses when all is said and done. But the funny thing, the pajamas are HUGE on her. She is SO petite, and the pajamas are absolutely too big. It looks really funny, but she also looks VERY cute!

I am currently working with my brother on trying to get my computer to work, and getting my programs back on it for the designs I am doing, and getting the internet back on it so I can post more of what I am working on. I have a LOT Of stuff to do when I get the internet back, so my sister will not have to worry about me using her system any more. I AM SO grateful that she is letting me use her computer and internet.

Work is good, things are going well. I have regular clients now, and I have people referring which is always a pleasure. And I have a lot of headaches, but I am working on solving that as well. So all in all, it's a good life.

I am working on gettine more friends out here, I need to get more involved with the singles. I don't want to, really. They are VERY immature, and very annoying. But It's something I need to do, darn it. Just got to swallow my pride, open up, and say Hi. You never know, someone may be waiting for me just around the corner right?

My brother is amazing!

He got on my computer, and got my files off it! He is absolutely amazing! I can't believe he was able to do that for me. YAY!! So I am able to get a kit off that I worked SO hard on! YAY!! So happy about that! It will be up to show you soon, but I have to get some finishing touches on it.

So much has happened...

So I guess I should start with the MOST important one...

I KILLED MY COMPUTER!!! (Cries)

What happened is that I was working on some kits for the scrap booking thing, and it suddenly froze. It has been having problems with freezing lately, and programs not opening like it should, and so I thought it was just nothing. I thought I needed to restart it.

Well.... I held down the power button, and it went off. I pushed it again, thinking I had taken care of the problem to have a big, blue screen come up saying that Windows had an error and was stopped from running to protect my computer. I thought, hey no big deal. I had run a virus scan that same day, and nothing came up. SO I did what it said, and tried to run it in safe mode. Same problem. So I tried again, and tried again, and again, and again. Every time doing something different, trying to get it to come back up. And nothing worked!!!! I was so sad.

I called my dad, and he said to unplug it, and let it sit for a bit. So I did just that. And still, no dice. So I did everything that I could think of, and nothing. I called my uncle, couldn't get him on the phone. Called my dad again, and nothing.

So my brother got me in touch with a friend in Oregon whom is a computer genius. He heard the error, and knew EXACTLY what had happened. What happened is I CRASHED WINDOWS!!!

I crashed the OPERATING SYSTEM!!! The hard drive should be fine, but the operating system is scrapped. I have to get the recovery disk from my father to get it re-installed, and PRAY that everything is still on my computer. If anything else, I won't wipe the drive. I will take it out, and send it to my brother's friend to get everything off of it.

And it turns out, it wasn't my fault. It was something that can take 6 months or more to happen, and I got it from my family about 3 months ago. So that's not my fault! Laughs. But it is still something that happened to me, and still I don't have the portable hard drive that I need to back up all my files. My music is mostly off of it, but my pictures, that's what I want more than anything. And my videos. That would be nice to have on there too. Gosh, I just have the best of luck don't I?

SO this is my weekend. Besides being an EMOTIONAL WREAK and crying A LOT, having my computer die, and work not being as busy as I would like, it has been pretty uneventful!

I am typing this on my sister's computer, and so VERY grateful that she is letting me use it.

And my best friend from Utah is coming to visit me, I am so very excited! 1 week and 3 days until she is here!!! YAY!!!

Updates

`Sorry, I know it has been a while. So here is what I have been up to lately:

1) Work has been crazy! So many people want me to come in, so I have been living there lately. Fun huh?

2) I have another cold, I just got over one and it seems to have come back or another one piggy backed on the first one. Joy of Joys.

3) I have started digital designs for digital scrapbookers. I have a million and a half ideas for kits, the problem is getting them on the computer to look like what I have in my head. Sigh.

4) I have been trying to help my sister in the mornings. That means I get up at 7:30. I know, it's not that early to most people but to me it is!

5) I have been going to church, and had a breakthrough today. I was more myself, laughing and happy than I have been in a while. It felt really good. I think I shocked a LOT of people as to how open I was about my opinions, but they have to get to know me sooner or later. I just wasn't afraid to speak up when I wanted to.

6) I had participated in a health fair, and that was an experience. Free Massage Samples... Hmm... Let's just say I don't want to be doing that again anytime soon.

7) I did my laundry, finally. Now I need to put it away. I am always really bad at that part. I need to get better at it.

8) I am moving on with boys, and I am noticing the cute ones in my ward. I don't see the point in holding on when someone isn't interested in the fact you haven't tried to contact them in over a month. So... On to someone more deserving. And I will tell you, one boy in my ward is... OH MAN!! So cute! :D

That's about all for now. I am working on getting a scrapbook kit up that I designed, called Tre's Chic! So look for that in the next few days on Sunshiny Daze Designs.

I am a designer!

Hey everyone, I am going to ask you all a huge favor.

Tonight I am going to be putting up a link for a digital scrapbook kit that I had help design. Please go to my other blog, and get it if you want it. I have worked very hard on it. Please please PLEASE!!

Thanks, love and hugs. I have to go to set up my room for my next massage... But here is the link for my design blog!

Sunshiny Daze Designs

So it's done!

I am officially licensed for the City. I have my license being mailed to my house, and then I can start going Full Time at my job! Horray! I still have to talk to my boss and hammer out schedules and when it's all going to start taking off.

Just had to share my good news! Will share more when more comes up!

SO exhasted.

So I feel like I just ran a marathon for 3 days straight. I Had to work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Spa. We were running our Valentines Package, and it was a ZOO!! I had 7 massages on Friday, 5 Saturday, and 7 on Sunday, plus getting robes, food, and escorting people to where they need to be. Something the MANAGER should have been doing.... But we will touch on that later.

I know, you are probably thinking "What's so tiring about massages?" Well, nothing unless you are the one giving them. And think about this for a minute... They weren't all just soft, Swedish massages. I had to do Deep Tissue, I had to do Stone, Aromatherapy, Medley (which mixes all of them together) and I had to do Trigger Point Therapy, with some Acupressure mixed in. I know, that's all Greek. But just think about being a Disneyland, where all you do is walk around. You can't sit down, can't take a break, don't have time to eat, and you can't get a drink of water because there is too much to do. And when you DO get a break, it's for maybe 5 minutes while someone does something you need them to do before you take them where they need to be. So you drink as much as you can, eat what you can, and run again.

My arms feel like they should be rubber. My legs and lower back are screaming at me each time I try to move. The BEST part about the whole thing was the chair I used for the feet massage and the neck. It wouldn't adjust, so it was all the way up extended for the seat, and when you sit on it, it sinks down so you are all the way at the bottom where it is for SHORT people. So, you have to use your quads and hamstrings to stop it from sinking so fast it pops and makes your client wonder what you are going to use to beat them with... (Kidding. I only beat a client in Deep Tissue, and that's with Elbows.... THEY LOVE IT!) as you are trying to be relaxing and not too stressed with the massage.

So I just stood up, ya... Don't know if I will be doing a lot of that today. But for some reason, I need to go out and get some bills paid before the craziness that is this job takes over again. Serious cricks in the neck and shoulders... Sounds like this massage Therapist can use a massage.

So when you are getting upset, thinking everything is just too hard, just think of this.... You could be me this weekend. Nightmare doesn't begin to describe what it was. But my checkbook is grateful for the work. Just please, let's not cram 2 weeks worth of work into 3 days again.