March 16th

There's actually probably more going on than I think, so let me just start writing.

Some of my favorite things recently that have been going on was actually literally just minutes ago. I have a lot of spanish-speaking people who come into my office. So I've taken it upon myself to learn the basics to be able to direct them. So I've been Google-Translating and asking my spanish-speaking coworkers and I just recently used it to help someone!!

"Hasta Pasillo (Up the hallway) Izquierda (Left) Cuarto Dos Tres Cero (Room 2-3-0)"

And then two ladies just came in who I couldn't. -_- Google Translate only goes so far I suppose. But hey! Win some, lose some!

Lets see... Currently trying to milk Spriggan dry of all the songs he wrote so we can do it without him when he leaves in two weeks... Also have D&D tonight. I'm DMing and my style just very little consciously includes combat, which I'm sorry for, but I like story.

Last night I had an awesome date night with Atlantean! We went to King Buffet in Taylorsville, which I thought was going to be much more expensive than it was (I thought atleast 18.00, but it was 12.50 a person!) and it was possibly one of the best buffets I have ever experienced! I've been there before with my friend Kappa (he and his Chinese class actually introduced me to it) and I really think Atlantean liked it. I know I like it, and especially the price. Good food. Would highly recommend. Even though we're kind of kicking ourselves for not grabbing a business card (We always do with these asian restaurants we've been trying)
After that we went to Barnes and Noble to try and find us a model. I had an idea for a date to build kind of a sheet metal model. After looking with no success, I asked a employee and they totally showed me to an obscure place with the exact thing we were looking for - and it was totally well-priced! I was shocked! Two in a row! and to top it off - we found a 2$ clearance box where EVERYTHING in it was 2$. Atlantean bought a Magik set with models that I kind of pushed him to buy since I like the ideas of using models in D&D (even though we haven't yet) and I got a Pocket Drug Guide for Nurses (which I used THIS morning when a friend on Facebook was concerned about the prescription she had just got from her doctor) and a notebook that has a pretty "Just Start" scrawled appropriately on it, since we've been wanting a notebook to record our finances in. Godsend, seriously. I feel like that date was a steal and we got so much fun stuff.
When we got home, Atlantean just crashed. We had stayed up late two nights ago and he felt like it was finally catching up to him. We watched two episodes of Trigun and he was feeling a little better, so we attempted to start on the model. I tell you what, no matter how small the tabs or how many times his items broke, he would make noise, but he never truly got frustrated. It was a ferris wheel, and when we discovered we had to make 40 little ferris carriages each with four tabs of their own, we decided to take a break from it for a while. I played fiddle/guitar/banjo music while we did it. I like that style :) Atleast for a while.

Oh! We bought the tickets to my birthday extravaganza! I decided for my GOLDEN birthday (turning 21 - and on the 21st! Big birthday) as poor as we are, we can't go to Ireland like I wanted. So I took one of my biggest bucket -list items and are going to go swim with stingrays at SeaQuest Aquarium! :D We are also going to have fish pedicures! It's not Ireland - but it was still 117$ and I'm excited! Atlantean is a little scared of fish (ironic with his name) but he said he was still excited, and was more nervous of fish that looked like sharks - which stingrays are not.

The other night, I settled down after Atlantean had gone to school and began watching Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, but as I texted my mom about my activity, she and my dad insisted that they would send my brother over to take me over to their house so I could watch the "right" one - the televised play version. I did enjoy it. But I realized I watched Sweeney Todd for the first time ... on Pie Day.

Also - the reason I haven't updated in a while is because my boss covered for me while I went and got some snacks in the break room and she saw that I was posting, and she said, "This needs to happen on a personal computer. People have gotten fired for this." So now I have to bring my laptop every time I wanna post. So I might become more infrequent.

That's kinda all I want to say at the moment. Currently enjoying Clan of the Cave Bear, Night Fire as my two novels (one I keep at home, the other I keep at work) and the books I have recently been gleaning knowledge off of have been Hobby Farms magazines (I want sheep, ducks and one tan pig) and The White House - an Illustrated Tour. Learning a lot actually. Also recently finally compiled all my accruing interests which have been piling up in my feed. Just wanted them written down somewhere.

Ooh! Wait! There is also vague talk of my dad and his friend starting a company in which I could be a valuable asset! And a friend of mine who now works at a different school, said there might be a job for me where she works in the fall. It's still walkable, but I think it pays less. We'll have to see.

Oh.. right... and I have a vague fear I might be pregnant. Now I don't know why I saved this for last, but this is extremely intimate information and I kind of keep this blog private for a reason, it's more of a journal. But I have been off birth control because it made me moody, uncomfortable and gain weight. Not great stuff. Atlantean and I have been using protection a lot (there was once I can remember that we were pretty sure I was infertile  depending on my period). But we've also noticed my period only started when I was on hormones, and I tend to just ... not have a period when I'm not. Up at USU, I think I had it very rarely. I think there might be something wrong with my uterus, though I'm scared to find out what. But this morning, while walking to work, I suddenly got really panicked about the whole thing. What if I was? How many things would I have to give up for how long?? For just a moment, it seemed unbearable. But I have to find out before April 6th, or atleast before my family leaves to Rome, since I would like to surprise them with the news when they get back. I'm still scared though.

~Nymph