A Sad Realization

So Brian and I have come to the realization that Marley needs a new home. She has severe seperation anxiety, not normal puppy being left anxiety but real seperation anxiety. For example today I went to class for 1 hour, Brian was home with her the whole time. And when I came home she would not let me leave her sight. I went to the bathroom and she threw herself against the door and cried. Example two, I took the garbage out and in the course of 1 min she had frantically scratched at the carpet in front of the door. So she will be going to new home where she is NEVER alone not even for 2 hours. A girl that I work with boyfriend we think is going to take her, he is home all day and works nights, at which point she is home while Marley sleeps. Sigh, it is sad but hopefully this will be better for her and less stress on her poor little puppy brain.

A Post for Mom

You are not too ADHD for a cruise and you asked what do you do on the boat. Silly mom. There is tons to do! It depends on what cruise line you do. Some have ice skating ranks, or shows, or games like shuffle board, and they all have swimming pools. And you only spend 2 days on the boat. The point is to relax, so yes read a book. Then the other days you are off the boat seeing cool stuff like Mayan ruins. And if you think a week is too long, try like a 3 or 5 day cruise. Oh and you eat really well, and its all paid for so when you go to dinner at night it doesn't matter what you order. See its perfect. I know I know relaxing is hard. you want to go and do and see ALL the time but it is okay to sit by a pool and read, or go see a movie... they even have LDS cruises where you can got to seminars and stuff. I think a cruise would be perfect

A Post for Mom

I should blog...

But about what? Lets see... I am going on a cruise. Okay not just me but Brian and I are going on a cruise. We got a killer deal on both airfare and the cruise. The week of May 17th are will be in the Caribbean. We get to go to the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Belize, and the Isle of something. The coolest part about this is that while in Belize or Mexico (we can choose) we are going to go see Mayan Ruins! I am so excited. May can not come soon enough. The only downside to a cruise, is tanning. See I don;t want to burn the first day and then be miserable all week, so I have resigned myself to having to go tanning prior to the cruise. I hate the idea of tanning. The whole concept seems awkward and hot and claustraphobic to me. But I will do it so that I dont turn into a lobster while on the cruise. I am very excited!

Parenting 101

Today while taking Marley for a walk I hear this crying as we turn the corner to walk down the street. About 3/4 of the way down on the otherside of the road I see a little boy he can't be older than 4 standing outside this house crying, trying to get in what is obviously a locked door. Keep in mind that it is snowing/raining ice pretty heavily, I have on my big coat with the hood up and am still freezing. So I stop to see if this little boy gets into his house, I wait and wait (for a good 2 min) and no one comes to the door. There were cars in the driveway but I think maybe no one is home, maybe this little boy is confused, who knows, so I cross the street and go to stand at the bottom of the porch stairs. The little boy, still hysterical, turns to look at me. So I tell him my name is Kelsey, this is my dog Marley, and ask him if he lives there. He turns around and continues to cry and try to get in the house. At this point I notice, he has no shoes on. It is raining ice/snowing I am freezing and this 4 year old is standing outside for what is now turning into 5 min with no shoes on and a t-shirt. So I keep trying to get him to calm down enough to tell me what has happened I am also determined not to leave until we figure out what is going on. As we approach the 10 min mark I am about to walk up the stairs and knock on the door myself, when it opens and a very angry looking mother opens the door and pulls her son in. I explain that I had heard him crying and trying to get in and with no shoes or coat in this weather didn't want to leave him outside not knowing if he was okay. She responds with, "Just a little timeout" and shuts the door. Just a little timeout? Okay now I know that I am not a parent, but first of all if you are going to lock your 4 year old out of the house in the front yard dressed the way he was you run the risk of people getting concerned and stopping. 2nd a timeout is like sitting on a chair, or a rug, or the stairs not being locked out of the house. I would also understand if she had sent him outside, til she was ready to deal with him but at least give him shoes and a coat, or if it had been nice outside. And lastly, don't lock him out for almost 10 min. I was really grumpy, I hadn't touched her kid, I had intentionally kept my distance, grr. I don't know maybe I am overreacting. All I do know is this, if I did that at work I would get fired, and 10 min is a really long time out for a four year old.

Texas Road House

Brian's sister gave a gift card to Texas Roadhouse for Christmas. Brian works all day to day so we decided rather than battling the crowds of people going out tonight we would go out on Thursday, Brian's day off. It was so nice to just get away from Cedar. We went to St George and saw Brian's aunt and uncle and our friends Jay and Julie before going to dinner. It was tasty. We go the valentines special and it came with a catus blossom appetizer. I am not usually a fan of eating onions but the blossom was really good. I hope everyone has a good Valentines day, single or not.
I am falling asleep so Im going to stop for now

20 things I learned in college... outside the classroom

This post is inspired by a recent post on my friend Alli's blog. So here goes 20 things I have learned in college not in a classroom

1: 2 people fit in a twin bed, after about 3 nights you adjust and are actually really comfortable

2: When you have roommates that drink Saturday night don't plan on showering Sunday morning, they will have thrown up in the shower

3: At 4 am there are no cops on the road between Las Vegas and Cedar City, so you can drive over 100 and be just fine

4: Random day trips with your friends, solve all the worlds problems

5: If you want a boy to ask you out, bring him In and Out Burger

6: Don't tell your roommates you plan on wearing sweatpants on a date, they will lock all your clothes in another room except for the 1 outfit they pick out.

7: Puppies are cute but a house-trained dog is better

8: Getting married is the greatest thing in the world, sitting home alone while your husband is at work isn't

9: Midnight trips to Denny's for cheescake are worth loosing sleep over

10: Being narcoleptic may sound cool but it isn't

11: Trust your gut instinct... its usually right

12: Just cause your married doesn't mean that girls nights aren't necessary

13: People will surprise you, usually in a good way

14: Getting to talk to your Mom as a friend, and wanting to cancel plans with people your age to hang out with her is one of the coolest things ever.

15: Bouncing checks is worse then bouncing a debit card

16: A person cannot live on Top Romen, and PBJ only.

17: Don't tell people you think in movement rather than words... they will think you are crazy.

18: Going for a walk is a great stress reliever

19: Every lesson, and talk you ever heard on dating was a waste of time. (Unless taught by Angela Bennett or Anne Bills cause then it wasn't really on dating)

20: Just when you think you have your life plan all in place the Lord tweeks it, and life is better than you ever thought it would be.

Stupid People

Stupid people really bother me. Okay not all stupid people just certain stupid people. Mostly stupid people who are given any ounce of authority. Like take my English professor... we are supposed to be working on critically, and logically thinking about/discussing topics. Yesterday in class we were supposed to be having class discussion on certain topics. The first was if Torture should be allowed. I managed to keep my mouth closed while rather than non-biasedly leading a discussion our ex-marine teacher refused to hear any arguments against torture. I resisted the urge to play devils advocate. I didn't pull out the Law Dictionary definition of torture (yes i know it). I didn't whip out ex debate arguments. I sat on my hands. BUT the next topic was whether or not community service hours should be a requirement for college graduation. I tried so hard to keep my mouth shut... but I couldn't. Having been the student representive on the commitee that is trying to implement service learning at SUU, and for the statewide organization to promote service on college campuses, having read pages, and pages of research. I couldn't do it. I gave up raising my hand, I gave up letting my professor finish a sentence. The only thing I didn't give up doing was flowing. Which is basically a nerdy debate thing where you track your argument, and your opponents on paper so you know that you have defended all of your points and attacked theirs. Im sure my class thinks Im crazy. But my professor was being stupid. He had no real arguments and I thought it was ridiculous that he was facilitating the discussion but un able to keep his un-educated mouth shut.