Memorial Day pranks and fun

Our memorial day was a good one, although it started way too early. At 1 am our doorbell rang and we discovered it had been wrapped courtesy of some of the youth and former youth of our ward. I had worked until midnight, and hadn't gone to bed yet so at least they didn't wake me up. But it was still pretty annoying, especially since they did a good job. We left it alone until morning, which turned out not to be the best decision as the sprinklers in the flower beds ran during the night. The wrapping did give us the opportunity to try a new way we had heard about of cleaning up it up--lighting it on fire. Rachel and I did it, and it was actually pretty cool--although a little unnerving watching the fire creep up the trees. It worked pretty well, and were were able to clean up the majority of the mess (leaving just enough to hopefully deter repeat attacks).

Later that morning, we went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie. We then went over the the McLemores for the evening. We ate, the girls swam and then Greg and I played Ticket to Ride with Mike and Alicia while the girls played Guitar Hero. It was a fun, relaxing day--one that makes me think we need more holidays!

Great changes with my job

We recently bid on new shifts at work, and beginning June 1st I'll have Thursday and Fridays off. I am so excited to actually have a weekend night off! And today I received confirmation that my 30 hr part time shift has been converted to a 20 hr shift. It won't be effective until the next bid in September, but I can't wait to have a 4 hr shift instead of a 6 hr one. My job just keeps getting better!

Cy Creek Prom

Cy Creek Prom was tonight and both Rachel and Melissa attended. Rachel went with Chris White. They had a group of 6 couples who all gathered at Chris' house for pictures. All of the girls were beautiful. 5 of the couples then went to dinner together at Hido Grill & Sushi where their dinner was cooked at their table. They had a great time and thought the chef was amazing.


Prom group

Sushi catch at dinner

Rachel and friends:

Lauren Kennington

Cory Marin

Clarissa McLemore

Melissa went to prom with Erin Martinez, one of her friends, who didn't have a date. Erin was not going to attend, and Melissa told her that that she had so much fun at her prom and that she thought she really should go. So Erin asked if Melissa would go with her. Melissa agreed and they went and had a blast!

Erin & Melissa

Dance Party!

Pretty flowers (which aren't Melissa's)

Rachel and Melissa

SNAP

After Prom, the school sponsors "Senior Night After Prom", an activity where the party goes on all night. This year it was held at Dave and Busters where everyone played games, ate, and participated in drawings for some great prizes. None of them won anything, but they had a great time and came home very, very tired!

Chris counting his winnings

Sisters and friends!

Melissa rides the bull

Joe's wild ride

Here is an account of the wreck Joe took on his bike today:

I had my own roller coaster ride last Friday. We were cutting through a park and going down a steep embankment. I decided I was going to coast down it without braking so I could go fast. I immediately thought, I should brake and then that I should cut straight through the grass, but I ignored those promptings and tried to stay on the sidewalk. Long story short, I hit something and lost my balance. I'm ok, but I put a hole in one of my suit pants and scraped my elbow. So the moral of the story is don't do anything stupid (that's a President Hinckley quote he said to some missionaries) and listen to the Holy Ghost.

It is always good when the Lord protects us even when we ignore the promptings of the spirit. He did tear his pants, but he wasn't hurt--so that is a blessing. That Missionary Mall guarantee just paid off--although I must admit we had to use it a lot sooner into his mission than I had expected. We sent them the picture of the tear, and then sent him a new pair as soon as the had the right size in stock. That a great system!

Now, can you please tell me what is wrong?

I have not felt very good for the last couple of months. Its nothing that is constant, I just go through periods where I feel kind of dizzy, and nauseous. I also get headaches--a lot of times it is more of a pressure on my head than a pain--and occasionally some chest pains --which is usually a sign that I am stressed. Yesterday morning I work up feeling yucky again and finally decided I had had enough. I called the Dr. and made an appointment. After telling the operator my symptoms, she told me that since I was having chest pains I should probably get a friend to drive me the Dr's. Yea right. I live about 3 minutes from the office, there is no way I am going to call and ask someone to take me there when I am pretty sure the chest pains are simply stress related. So I go to the Dr., and tell her my symptoms and how long they have been going on. I also mention that my cholesterol is very high and that I have not been treating it as I should. The Dr. get really big eyes and tells me they need to do an EKG to make sure my heart is ok. No problem. The nurse comes in and sets me up, runs the EKG and then takes the results to the Dr. Dr. comes back, says the EKG looks normal. However, since I have had chest pains today, and have such high cholesterol, I need to go to the hospital and stay overnight so that they can run some blood gas tests to make sure that I am not having a heart attack. She also tells me that they will follow that up with a stress test to make sure that I don't have any blockages in my heart. I ask her when I need to have that done--and she says "now". I tell her that I can't go right now, that I have to get my daughter somewhere first but that I can probably go over around 4:30. She looks stunned and can't believe that I won't go right now. I'm pretty sure I am not having a heart attack, so I tell her I will go today but that I really just need to get a few things done first. She acts like I am crazy and tells me that I'll have to sign a release form stating that I know it is dangerous for me to leave and not go directly to the hospital. She also starts telling me stats about women and heart attacks. OK, fine. When she leaves the room, I called Liane Martin and told her I was at the Dr. and it looked like I wasn't going to make it home in time to get Erin over to Band camp and asked if she could get her for me. She agreed, so when the Dr. came back in I told her that I had made arrangements and could go to the hospital now. She was very relieved and told me that they would get an ambulance to the clinic to take me. WHAT? The hospital is only 5 minutes away--can't I drive myself? NO. I called Greg and tell him what is going on, he asks if he can come take me. So I tell the Dr. that my husband is working 5 minutes away, can't he just come and take me? NO. It is "clinic policy and just too dangerous" because if I have a heart attack on the way, what is he going to do. How annoying! So Greg comes over to the clinic. They bring an ambulance in, put in an IV, attach me to another EKG machine, give me nitroglycerin and take me to the hospital.

Once at the hospital they run more tests, and eventually get me to a room where I will spend the night. I was suppose to work two shifts the following day, and was able to call in and get the early one off and luckily my friend Becky was able to get someone to cover the second one for me. So I have a horrible night's sleep--due to machines and nurses coming to take more blood. In the morning they tell me my blood gases were fine, and that I didn't have a heart attack. Next I get taken for my stress test. They take x-rays of my heart, then they they inject some dye into my IV, have me run on a treadmill until I reach a target heart rate. they then take me back for for x-rays of my heart. This is done so they can see if the blood is flowing properly through all areas of my hear. After I am done they take me back to my room and I get to wait for the results. This seems to take forever! Shortly after my test, an internal medicine Dr. came in and lectured me about my cholesterol levels and how it is critical that I treat it properly with medication, diet and exercise. I agreed and promised to take it seriously. I then waited a few hrs more and then the nurse came in, told me all my tests were normal and sent me home. So I signed some papers, gathered my things together and went home.

So I got home almost exactly 24 hrs after my original appointment. I had be taken by ambulance to the emergency room, and kept over night in the hospital, had multiple tests run, and then told that my cholesterol is way too high but my heart is good. But when I sat down on the coach I realized that I felt exactly like I did when I called the Dr. yesterday. So when does someone tell me what is making me feel sick?