So we are all familiar with the phrase: "third times a charm," except not so much in my case.
I believe most of you know that around Christmas time, I had a very nasty sinus infection. Upon arriving back in Provo a few days after Christmas, I saw a doctor and he gave me some antibiotics. They kicked in and I felt better for about a month.
Then I got another sinus infection at the middle of March, but this time I was not able to get antibiotics quite as quickly. I finally got some antibiotics at the beginning of April and it took six (6!!!) days for them to work because I had the infection for so long. When they finally did though, HALLELUJAH! The difference was like night and day. I felt so much better... just in time for finals.
Next, the middle of May rolls around and with it, May brings me yet another sinus infection. This is now my third sinus infection in five months and I have no past history of sinus infections. I got in to see the doctor yet again to get some more antibiotics and to get a referral to see a specialist. Though for some reason, he just gave me a referral for the specialist and not the prescription for antibiotics and walked out. Jena actually ended up hooking me up with some antibiotics when I was out in Wisconsin for her medical school graduation (Congratulations again Jena!).
My appointment with the ENT specialist was on Monday, we took a CT scan, and he told me that the first sinus infection never actually went away. Turns out my frontal sinus' are very congested, very thick and very full of mucous. Not good. So he tells me that we are going to treat this very aggressively, extends my antibiotic prescription for four more days (it was already at the customary 10 days), writes me a prescription for some Nasonex, and gives me stuff to do a saline rinse twice a day. Hopefully all of this works and we can get my sinus' cleaned out because I really do not want any more sinus infections (plus then, I would get labeled as having chronic sinus infections).
So you see, sometimes the third time is not a charm.
Saturday, May 29
Saturday, May 22
Team Kits
Our team kits finally came in! We have waited a few months now for our team race kits to come and they finally have!
A few months ago, I joined a bike racing team at my local bike shop here and we all paid for our kits then. They just barely got here as the suppliers were all backed up. Races started back in April but because of work schedules moving around, finishing school, being out of town, etc... I have yet to be able to do one race. However, when I make it back into town after my trip to Great Britain, I will have time to start racing and I am so excited! I am going to do both mountain and road races and it will be fun. I do the races for fun and because I like to bike, just like I did that century back in September because I wanted to.
However, because of how crazy things have been, I have not really been able to ride my bike(s) lately at all and I am looking forward to getting back into the saddle again!
A few months ago, I joined a bike racing team at my local bike shop here and we all paid for our kits then. They just barely got here as the suppliers were all backed up. Races started back in April but because of work schedules moving around, finishing school, being out of town, etc... I have yet to be able to do one race. However, when I make it back into town after my trip to Great Britain, I will have time to start racing and I am so excited! I am going to do both mountain and road races and it will be fun. I do the races for fun and because I like to bike, just like I did that century back in September because I wanted to.
However, because of how crazy things have been, I have not really been able to ride my bike(s) lately at all and I am looking forward to getting back into the saddle again!
Wednesday, March 24
Random Bumper Stickers
So my local bike shop put on a ladies night tonight at their Orem location. During the process of driving home afterwards, I saw the following two bumper stickers:
I only comment on this because this is not something you usually see plastered to a car, especially in Utah... Plus I have always been under the impression that those who lean more towards the pagan side of things don't necessarily broadcast it but keep it more under wraps. But I could be wrong. I am by no means an authority on pagan religions and their do's and don'ts.
Then I saw this bumper sticker:
I find it funny because it is completely random. I know that Robert Jordan has a huge following (I am actually attempting to reread the Wheel of Time series right now... attempting because I am in school full-time and working full-time and as a result, do not have a lot of free time so it is going very slowly...) but you don't usually see a lot of Wheel of Time paraphernalia out there unless you are at a convention, book signing, or something.... Again, I could be totally wrong here. I am not an authority on Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time either.
Another reason, I find this interesting is because of two other recent events concerning this series. First, at the beginning of February, I went up to Rexburg to visit people and one of the guys that I gave a ride up there was reading this series and we ending up talking about it for a bit. Second, sometime in January, I was in the bookstore on campus looking at the most recent release for this series (i.e. reading the flap, etc...) when two guys come up to me and we end up talking about the series and about the co-author. Random. And I find it interesting because I know exactly what the bumper sticker is referring to.
I only comment on this because this is not something you usually see plastered to a car, especially in Utah... Plus I have always been under the impression that those who lean more towards the pagan side of things don't necessarily broadcast it but keep it more under wraps. But I could be wrong. I am by no means an authority on pagan religions and their do's and don'ts.
Then I saw this bumper sticker:
I find it funny because it is completely random. I know that Robert Jordan has a huge following (I am actually attempting to reread the Wheel of Time series right now... attempting because I am in school full-time and working full-time and as a result, do not have a lot of free time so it is going very slowly...) but you don't usually see a lot of Wheel of Time paraphernalia out there unless you are at a convention, book signing, or something.... Again, I could be totally wrong here. I am not an authority on Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time either.
Another reason, I find this interesting is because of two other recent events concerning this series. First, at the beginning of February, I went up to Rexburg to visit people and one of the guys that I gave a ride up there was reading this series and we ending up talking about it for a bit. Second, sometime in January, I was in the bookstore on campus looking at the most recent release for this series (i.e. reading the flap, etc...) when two guys come up to me and we end up talking about the series and about the co-author. Random. And I find it interesting because I know exactly what the bumper sticker is referring to.
Wednesday, February 24
An A++
So, this semester in my Advanced Financial Analysis class, we have to do a bunch of case analysis'. This time in particular, we had to defend/ explain our answer for a question we were randomly assigned to. The company we were looking at this time was MCI and the theoretical question that we got to "defend" our answer for was what kind of financing option would we recommend the CEO take after our analysis and with the options of: 1) $500 million in bonds, 2) $500 in common stock, and 3) $500 million in convertible bonds that were callable after 5 years. After our analysis, we picked the $500 million in convertible bonds.
Side note: We were assigned groups for group work in all our classes for the semester and they are the same for every class. So I have this guy in my group, who I knew from before when I took Stats my first semester at BYU, who has a really bad habit of always thinking he is right even when the numbers prove he is wrong and we tell him a 1,001 ways he is wrong. We also have gotten to the point where we kind of ignore, for the most part, whatever he says because usually he is wrong anyways. Is that really bad?
Anyways, without boring you with all the details, when we were explaining why we chose the $500 million in convertible bonds, he kept trying to go off on his tangent that we had shot down multiple times already and we had not included at all in our analysis. Our professor was like "okay" in that way where you are not really too sure about a person or not. So I spoke up and started explaining why we had chosen the $500 million convertible bonds and afterwards my professor said "you get an A+ for the day." A few more questions later and this group member trying to go off on his tangents again several times (even after our teacher telling him that he should just stick with me because I was right), he goes off again. So I just start talking and explain another aspect of why we chose it and then my teacher said "you definitely get an A++ for the day." And then he says again to this group member "you should stick with Jessica."
Score! Then when the next group was defending their answer for the same question we answered, they said "well, we chose that option (the $500 million convertible bonds) because Jessica is right." My teacher replied, "yes, Jessica is right but why else did you chose it?..." Anyways, it just made me feel good inside that I knew what I was talking about and it was on a topic that I really could not have told you too much about before this semester. Plus, it was just funny that my teacher kept telling this group member of mine to stick with my answer because I was right.
So I got an A++ in that class for the day! Not that it really counts for anything but still....
Side note: We were assigned groups for group work in all our classes for the semester and they are the same for every class. So I have this guy in my group, who I knew from before when I took Stats my first semester at BYU, who has a really bad habit of always thinking he is right even when the numbers prove he is wrong and we tell him a 1,001 ways he is wrong. We also have gotten to the point where we kind of ignore, for the most part, whatever he says because usually he is wrong anyways. Is that really bad?
Anyways, without boring you with all the details, when we were explaining why we chose the $500 million in convertible bonds, he kept trying to go off on his tangent that we had shot down multiple times already and we had not included at all in our analysis. Our professor was like "okay" in that way where you are not really too sure about a person or not. So I spoke up and started explaining why we had chosen the $500 million convertible bonds and afterwards my professor said "you get an A+ for the day." A few more questions later and this group member trying to go off on his tangents again several times (even after our teacher telling him that he should just stick with me because I was right), he goes off again. So I just start talking and explain another aspect of why we chose it and then my teacher said "you definitely get an A++ for the day." And then he says again to this group member "you should stick with Jessica."
Score! Then when the next group was defending their answer for the same question we answered, they said "well, we chose that option (the $500 million convertible bonds) because Jessica is right." My teacher replied, "yes, Jessica is right but why else did you chose it?..." Anyways, it just made me feel good inside that I knew what I was talking about and it was on a topic that I really could not have told you too much about before this semester. Plus, it was just funny that my teacher kept telling this group member of mine to stick with my answer because I was right.
So I got an A++ in that class for the day! Not that it really counts for anything but still....
Friday, January 1
New Year's Fun
I spent New Year's Eve with Jamie, Rob, and their family up in Bountiful and of course we had loads of fun. We ate lots of snacks, drank some Martinelli's,
and watched a few movies. We were going to play some games too but somehow we never made it that far...
After getting some much needed sleep that night (I am still fighting a sinus infection and working full-time was definitely not helping me get over it), we all went sledding! First we headed over to the stake center as there is a pretty decent hill there, however, a ward had the same idea we did. Off to the next spot... We found a hill at a park and spent some quality time getting to know that hill. Everybody went down the hill (even Jamie! I have pictorial proof!) and had tons of fun! Brandon and Sean even went down a hill and off a wall onto the snow below!
Alauna and Natalia getting ready to go down the hill.
Sean tried multiple times to master this hill.
Coming back up the hill with Rob giving Alauna and Natalia a ride back up the hill.
Natalia not quite making it on her own.
Brandon
After getting some much needed sleep that night (I am still fighting a sinus infection and working full-time was definitely not helping me get over it), we all went sledding! First we headed over to the stake center as there is a pretty decent hill there, however, a ward had the same idea we did. Off to the next spot... We found a hill at a park and spent some quality time getting to know that hill. Everybody went down the hill (even Jamie! I have pictorial proof!) and had tons of fun! Brandon and Sean even went down a hill and off a wall onto the snow below!
Brandon going off the wall.
Alauna and Natalia getting ready to go down the hill.
Jamie going down the hill with Rob and Natalia cheering her on.
Sean tried multiple times to master this hill.
Coming back up the hill with Rob giving Alauna and Natalia a ride back up the hill.
Natalia not quite making it on her own.
Brandon
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