Any Dream Will Do

Or not do! I had a terrible dream last night. Actually, it wasn't that bad. Well, parts were. I decided to be more positive about planning a wedding. The irony is that the day after this happened, my dad started demanding things of me for the wedding, so I got stressed and am trying to not get upset. Anywho... MY DREAM!! My wedding was planned, and it was going to be perfect. Except it rained so we had the reception in the late Grandparents Bredthauer's basement - and it is teeny! And I stepped on my wedding dress so there was a gaping hole in the front. And I broke plates and cups cuz I'm a klutz, and the cake was lopsided, and... This is the third in the wedding fiasco dream sequence. Luckily, they haven't all been right in a row.

Another odd recurring motif in my dreams of late are penguins. I have no idea why I've been dreaming about penguins, but every night, there is at least one penguin in my dream, sometimes a whole flock of them! Perhaps I'm turning into Mr. Popper and soon will have penguins in my bathtub. That actually wold be really cool (penguins, cool - get it?). If I had a pet penguin, I would definitely bring it to school with me. It would have a cute little leash and waddle behind me, and it would swim laps with me and go running with me. It would also bite people that annoyed me. :D A penguin would definitely be a very cool thing. I don't mean to say anything against Grendel the Gecko or Mark Twain and Squishy the Goldfish, I just can't take them around on a leash with me. Back to the penguins dreams. I looked up a dream interpretation online and searched penguins.

"To see a penguin in your dream, signifies that your problems are not as serious as you may think. It serves as a reminder for you to keep you cool and remain level-headed. Alternatively, a penguin seen in your dream suggests that you are being weighed down by your emotions or by a negative situation. You need to find some balance and inner harmony."

So says the dream interpreter. Perhaps the penguin dreams make sense. All my worries and frustrations with the wedding are not as big as I'm making them into. The part that says that I need to find some inner balance and inner harmony sounds like a good yoga session is in order. Maybe my pet penguins will want to do some yoga with me, too. :D I mean, look at these fellows...they are so stinking cute!Check out those bad boys. They will be my no-nonsense-attack penguins!And how cute! Some people dress up their dogs, but why not give your penguins a sweater!

Exhausted, Yet Feeling Incredibly Athletic

Here I am, heading out for a nice Springtime adventure! Me, my bike, my backpack full of important things, my i-pod, and of course, my helmet. Safety first! The purpose of this adventure was to decide if I want to train for the triathalon coming up.

Today I ran a 5K on campus. Yay running! But I am so confused. Last time in the cemetery when we ran, we only did the perimeter. This run, we ran up and down the rows a few times. So that means that either the last 5K I ran or this one is not truly a 5K. That is why I'm going to blame my 4 minute increase from last time! Gross. I need to run faster. 29:52 is still pretty good, and I haven't run very consistently cuz winter is finally ending. But in the raffle, I won a waterbottle and a t-shirt from last year's triathalon. Now I can trick everyone into thinking that I really have done one. ;)
And then I swam a half mile. I love it. Swimming is so stinking fun. I usually try to swim for an hour, but I only did a half hour today. My goal in the next few weeks is to swim a whole mile! Check out my goggle lines. Ignore my nasty zits. And look at my arms--I am starting to get swimmer muscles! Someday, maybe I will look like that Olympic lady who was old...was her name Dara Tores? I don't remember. I should have flexed for the picture.
Next, I biked up Logan Canyon. It was a beautiful day! That canyon is just gorgeous.
I stopped at Second Dam and had a yummy treat so I wouldn't die of starvation. I burned a lot of calories in my Springtime Adventure Workout! So I had one of my favorites...
ANTS ON A LOG!! This is probably one of my favorite treats ever. Check out the peanut butter all over my plastic wrap? I dropped my piece of celery when I was coating it with peanut butter. It was so tasty. I'm almost out of peanut butter. I can probably only get one more PB&J out of it. Good thing I am going to the store today. Now here is a picture of me eating one of my favorite snacks ever.
So what is the conclusion? Will I do the Balanced Man Triathalon (which women can participate in)? I will try. I did a lot today. I took breaks inbetween modes of exercise. I will have to work on that. And get faster cuz I am really slow at all of those things. Wish me luck and I will keep you posted!

I am an Inside-Out Pig Lizard

You know in Galaxy Quest when they transport the pig lizard and it is inside-out and then it explodes? That is how I feel today. I googled images of that, but all I get is a bunch of pictures of movie posters and one of Hilary Clinton with a caption that she is a lizard.So here is a picture, not the one I want, but hopefully you get the idea. I feel like I'm twitching, steaming meat about to explode.

Why?

Good question. I don't know. I am stressed about something and everything but I can't think of all that I need to get done. I would like to levitate on a poofy cloud and think about nothing. Guys are so lucky to be able to think about nothing. I'm always thinking about something, usually about like five things. Probably when I think the least I'm inputting data or something boring like that. Then I'm thinking about the data, the wedding, and how I'm tired.

But Andrew is awesome. He told me to write all the things down that I need to do and then lay on a couch and relax. He rocks. I hope he doesn't think I'm a lazy head.

GOOD NEWS! I'm getting skinnier. My butt is definitely thinner from the side. That mostly means my abdominal fat is fleeing. But my hips are still huge and my front view is wider than I want it to be, but I have accepted it and actually think it is quite cute now. I'm on the LGN (look good naked) workout plan, actually the HL (healthy lifestyle) workout. I had to have something slightly scandalous in my blog today.

Speaking of fitness... A mini-triatholon is happening April 25. That is one of my goals for this year so maybe I will do it. Can I swim 750 m? Can I ride my bike 20k? Can I run 5k? The answer is yes, but I don't know if I can do it all in a row. Here it is: www.bmtriathalon.com and maybe I'll run/bike/swim it. Where do you find out about upcoming races? I need to know. My other goal is to run a 10k.

Discouragement: the website has ripped looking athletes screaming in pain at the struggle to complete the Balanced Man Triathalon. This image isn't the picture I was talking about....but it still makes me feel discouraged at my atheletic abilities. Well, you have to start somewhere, right?

Spring Break

For Spring Break we drove down to St. George. We being me, Andrew, Melanie, T-roy, and Michaelene.
Here, Melanie and I are entertained at a Chevron bathroom. The air dryers were really powerful so we got under them and blew our mouths full of air!
W went hiking at Zion National Park. We are headed to Angel's Landing.
Me on the edge of a hugely terrifying cliff, trying to look happy about it, next to a dead tree. I'm scared of heights.
Melanie stuck her foot off the edge cuz I was freaking out. Can you see? Over the root you can see the ground -- very far away!A stud using the rope as he climbs to Angel's Landing.

The really scary narrow part coming up. I was pretty sure that I would die. Or that Melanie would die. How would I tell my parents?
As far as we went. We would have gone farther but it was pretty icy. These guys were sliding down the rock face and they had little spikes in their shoes. So we didn't make it all the way to the top.A reward for being brave and making it along with everyone else. :D 11 weeks!
And that, my friends, is Angel's Landing.
Doing some Yoga (warrior 2) at a Zen pool when we were on our way to the Emerald Pools. Then I did downward dog and Andrew was sad he missed seeing my butt sticking out. What a turd.
Here are the love birds. Me and Andrew, and Michaelene and T-roy. Those stinkers think they are so cool just cuz they are getting married 20 days before us. But really, they aren't.
So Melanie tried to jump over a "puddle" and splashed. So I made fun of her. And when I jumped I slipped and hit the rock hard. It was hilarious! I was so wet. I was laughing really hard. It was definitely good for my abs to laugh that hard. Six pack, here I come! But then I got cold. That stunk.
After our long day of hiking, me and Andrew were pooped.

On Sunday we went to Dixie Rock. Andrew and I wanted to explore more, but we had to stay with the group. Check us out in a slit in the rock!



And there we are on top of a rock.

A precious moment captured forever. I love this picture. It is my facebook profile picture.
And we went to the St. George Temple on Sunday. I have never been on the grounds there and it was so beautiful! The flowers were blooming. It was very peaceful. I am excited to go to the Temple soon!



Because we were in St. George, we had to golf. We went to a driving range and hit a few buckets of balls. I must admit that this picture of me is hot.
But not as hot as Andrew! I could have watched him golf all day! He is way handsome and I am madly in love with him!

Melanie golfing (and missing the ball - check it out). Thanks for taking these pictures Mel!

It was a really fun trip. I was glad that I got to spend time with Melanie and Andrew. Unfortuneately, it wasn't very long, and now I'm back in freezing cold Logan.

The accompanying pictures

Here is Andrew in his space suit... LOVE IT! ;)

I'm in love! I'm in love! And I don't care who knows it!

And I quote the movie Elf. It is fantastic. I think Buddy the Elf is hi-larious! Especially when he dances around and jumps across on the crosswalk, and even when he puts maple syrup (bleck) on everything. And I think he copied me in his quote: "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." Except lately, I haven't been singing Christmas songs. It is more like...
AND I-I-I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU-U-U-YA-I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Let me tell you why I'm in love so much. Because I'm madly in love with my fiance! Let me tell you how awesome and absolutely amazing he is!

We went to his house in SLC on Sunday to visit and make his mom (who just had surgery) feel better. Andrew needed to find his toga from 6th grade to take to my family's toga party that evening. He found an old astronaut jumpsuit from 5th grade, and went to try it on. Oh my gosh. The sleeves went to mid arm and the legs to mid calf, and he had a super wedgie. It was so awkward! But so dang funny cuz he was strutting around, posing, and just being a goof ball. I love him! I would post a picture, but his parents took it and that might be embarassing for him. Maybe I'll email his mom and get one anyway; it's not like he checks my blog. I love that he is such a goofball.

I have been a bit of a grump the past two days. Last night after he dropped me off, I went home and then I got a text that read: "Sorry if I kind of pushed you out of the car. I had to poop." Oh my gosh, I almost died laughing. Andrew, I so didn't need to know that! But I laughed and I love that we can be that open with each other.

Continuing on with my grumpiness, all day I have been getting sweet texts from him about how pretty I am, and how much he loves me, and how excited he is to marry me, and that really made me feel happier and less grumpy. Sometimes he is so sweet. :D

Anyway, the point is that I just love Andrew and I feel so blessed that he is in my life and I am so excited to marry him and to get to know all the really weird things about him that his mom won't tell me cuz she doesn't want me to call the wedding off.