Halloween

So, I guess a halloween party in Utah the week before halloween was just not enough for me. I had to dress up some more cause my costume was so totally wicked!!! I reverted back to my teenage years and I went trick-or-treating with my cousins and my aunt. Don't misunderstand here, I really went trick-or-treating. I did not merely go and watch my cousins collect candy, I went with the full desire to get myself lots of candy and have a fun time! I went to every door and grabbed my candy as my cousins laughed at how old I was to be out trick-or-treating with them. One lady at a door said to me, "Are you the dad?" She examined further and said, "no, you're not, before I had time to respond." I replied, "no, I'm their cousin," and we all went away laughing. It was rather amusing. If you think it is a little childish that I was out there, then you will definately think that it was childish of my aunt, who just turned forty, to be out there in her mask also collecting all the candy she could. It was hilarious! She is the size of the kids, so she almost fit in. To further fit in, she would say "thank you" to the people in a very high pitched squeel to conceal her own voice. Occasionally the kids would say something to her and call her mom right as she was collecting the candy and she would hurry and turn around and run along to the next house. In an attempt to also conceal my voice, which is a little harder, I would say "thank you" in the lowest/deepest voice I could manage. I am now eating the rewards of my childishness and I think it feels pretty good. It was a classic night of fun and it sometimes feels good to act a little childish!!! Thats all

Fun times in Salt Lake

I guess I better take this time to blog cause it doesn't look like I'm gonna be doing much of it in the next little while. I have been back in MA for a week now and I have been overloaded with homework to the point that I really miss working full time and having no class. The real work in pharmacy school begins and it shows no signs of letting up until once again I am on rotations next fall. I know that there are people out there who are very studious and always do their homework before class and stay on top of everything all the time. I am NOT one of those people and to be told that I will have to spend five hours a day doing homework just doesn't sit well with me. Usually I would just think this was advise, the advice of the overacheiver but I have come to realize that five hours a day is now my life and that five hours is just enough to get by. Even more would be required if I wanted to reach overacheiver status. I read case after case of made up patients with problems and I read the literature to figure out what is wrong with them and find solutions to help them. All this in an attempt to help me learn and make associations so that in my future career I can remember these bogus cases and apply them. Will it work? I don't know, but I guess it's better than reading a text book. Anyway, that's pretty much the story of my life right now, boring. So, let me show you some of the pics I took while I was in Utah for the past two months...


I went to Las Vegas. Viva Las Vegas

I saw the Bodies exhibit at the Tropicana Casino, which was absolutely incredible!!

Sarah and I posing by the ship at Treasure Island in Las Vegas

I saw my nephews and neice, who are fun and awesome

I dressed up for halloween like a guy from the seventies and Sarah found the greatest costume at Savers so that we could be a rockin couple, retro

I saw a crazy biker on LV BLVD, maybe he was drunk, who knows why he was wearing a costume when it wasn't halloween

Margaritaville was the place to go in LV and people everywhere were dressed in grass skirts and coconuts

I saw mountains again! These are along the drive to Las Vegas

I went to Paris! I only wish!! I guess this is as close as it gets for me until June of 2009!

I saw my mom who dressed up as a pirate for halloween. I love my mom, she's the greatest

Good thing my brother is back from his mission to add some hilariousness to our family. Nacho is doing his delicate pose, hahaha

My sister hosted a halloween party

Even though it's hard to see, this is my little bro and his wife

This is my big bro reading something on our way to LV.

I got to see all my family and some of my closest friends. It was so great! I can't believe how fast it went. I hope the next year can go by just as fast! Love ya all back in Utah and can't wait to visit you again. For those of you in MA, I am glad to be back. I love both my homes!

Welcome Home Shayne

My brother is home from his mission. I'm so happy to have him home. He is the youngest kid, so we have no more missionaries and our family is all home for a little while. I can't believe it's been four years since I got home from my mission! I miss it a lot and I hope I get to go back and visit again soon. It makes me sad everytime I try to speak french and can't remember anything. I also wish that I could somehow make it back to the spiritual level that I had attained while I was there. There is really nothing like a mission!

Word

Word to all my friends in Massachusetts. I miss you and can't wait to hang out again! I will be back just in time for all the halloween parties, so include me in the invites:)

Utah

Besides that it snowed in the mountains yesterday, Utah is fantastic! I've been working hard at my internship and finally feel somewhat proficient at the Walgreens way of life. My parents went to pick up my brother from his mission in Russia and the rest of the family decided to remodel our bathrooms. It has been a huge undertaking and has worn us all out, but it was a great project and it looks great! My brother is home from Russia and he is still the same great kid. I am happy that my family is all at home, at least for a little while and we are having some good times. To welcome Shayne home, we went shooting the tube the next day. It is my favorite activity in Salt Lake, the funnest thing ever!!! I've spent lots of time with Sarah and she is great. So, all-in-all, Utah is treating me quite well.

New Start

My first day at Walgreen's Pharmacy in Taylorsville Utah is officially over. It went okay, I guess. I am reminded how much I hate feeling like I can't do anything. I am pretty good at my job as an intern at CVS and I have six years of experience in the pharmacy, but that doesn't mean much when you go into a new environment. I pretty much felt like an idiot the entire day. I don't know how to use their computer system nor their registers, so I was left to count pills all day (which I am already wicked fast at). I attempted to answer the phone once but I couldn't help the lady cause I had no idea how to navigate the system. I love learning to do things and I especially love knowing that I can do things. Hopefully they will start to teach me a little more or I may go crazy! That is why I think education is so important. If you don't learn how to do things, you are helpless and depend on others for everything. The more you know and the more you can do on your own the better off you are in life. "Only the educated are free!" Educate yourselves!

There's no place like home...

(CLICK, CLICK)...And in a flash I was home. Well, now quite. My day started at 3:00 in the morning, so it was a really long day and several plane rides and then I was home! I love the feeling of getting close to Salt Lake and being totally at peace, knowing that you are home. I love seeing the mountains again! Sarah picked me up at the airport and we went to lunch, which was great. Then we spent the day with my family, hanging out and watching the BYU game and playing lego's with my nephews (I love lego's, its a genious toy). We all went to dinner and then my family went to a session afterwards. What an awesome day. I am so excited to be home for 2 months! It comes at a price, because I will really miss some things about Mass. I start my internship on tuesday and I am really excited to see how it goes with Walgreen's. I am also really excited to catch up with all my friends, its gonna be a fun two months. There is no place like home, and that is the truth.