my redheaded hero

I love her! I can't remember a time when I haven't loved her. I don't even know how I came to love her. I think I was born that way. I think it might even go back farther than that. She's so wonderful. She's been around forever. She's got the best voice I've ever heard. She's a cow girl. I want to be her sometimes, more often than not. She has made 32 albums. She's been in 12 movies. She's been in two Broadway shows-Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific. She is now the most nominated female artist in CMA History. She has written two books. She has had her own TV show. I can listen to her when I'm happy, sad, frustrated, crying, upset, ecstatic, exited, anxious, nervous, worried, and I always feel satisfied. I love dancing and singing to her music in my room, by myself, in front of my mirror! I love watching her show and laughing at her humor. Her concerts are AMAZING!! I have seen her live 4 times! Once on accident! :) Oh, and she does a movie with Patrick Swayze! Why have I lived almost 20 years and never seen this movie? I will be watching it ASAP! I think I will name one of my daughters REBA, or at least a middle name! :)

My most recent Reba encounter! She sang the National Anthem at the NFR this year!

hope

I read this last night. I think it's a good time of year to think about hope. We can hope for things in the next year. And remember the things we hoped for or hoped in this year. I hope that I can learn from the mistakes I made this year. I hope that I won't forget the people I met or the memories I made, the good and the bad. I hope next year brings me new and exciting experiences, opportunities, and people. I hope I continue to do well in school. I hope my new job is everything I want it to be. I have hope in my Savior through his Atonement that everything will work out.

back in scrubs

I got a job here!

twas the night before finals

Twas the night before finals, 
And all through the college, 
The students were praying 
For last minute knowledge. 

Most were quite sleepy, 
But none touched their beds, 
While visions of essays 
Danced in their heads. 

In my own room, 
I had been pacing, 
And dreading exams 
I soon would be facing. 

My roommate was speechless, 
Her nose in her books, 
And my comments to her 
drew unfriendly looks. 

I drained all the dp, 
And got a new liter, 
No longer caring that 
I was about to titter. 

I stared at my notes, 
But my thoughts were muddy, 
My eyes went ablur, 
I just couldn't study. 

"Some pizza might help," 
I said with a shiver, 
But each place I called 
Refused to deliver. 

I'd nearly concluded 
That life was too cruel, 
With futures depending 
On grades had in school. 

When all of a sudden, 
our door opened wide, 
And Patron Saint Put It Off 
Ambled inside. 

His spirit was careless, 
His manner was mellow, 
All of a sudden, 
He started to bellow. 

"On Cliff notes, on Crib Notes 
On last year Exams. 
On Wingit and Slingit 
And Last Minute Crams." 

His message delivered 
he vanished from sight. 
But we heard him laughing 
Outside in the night. 

Your teachers have pegged you 
So just do your best. 
Happy Finals to All 
And to all a Good Test. 


-Anonymous-

Adapted by me

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Ev'rywhere you go;

Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again

With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Toys in ev'ry store

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be

On your own front door.

A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots

Is the wish of Barney and Ben;

Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk

Is the hope of Janice and Jen;

And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Ev'rywhere you go;

There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,

The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow. I

t's beginning to look a lot like Christmas;

Soon the bells will start,

And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing

Right within your heart.

Not as painful as I make it out to be

• Pinnacle
• Issues Paper
• Glycolysis
• Citric Acid Cycle
• Urea Cycle
• Metabolism
• Money
• Waking up
• Going to class
• Running
• Revising
• Grammar
• Presentations
• Stupidity
• Hairy Arms
• Tests

Nobody puts Baby in a corner!

I've recently watched Dirty Dancing for the first time in a very long time. And I forgot how much I absolutely love this movie!! The music has sentimental meaning. My dad and I would sing to the soundtrack together. But my newly resurrected love for this movie got me thinking about how much I love Patrick Swayze. What a man! And then I was thinking about other movies I love that he is in. Ghost, also a wonderful movie, he makes a stellar performance in! Still though, it is Dirty Dancing that tugs at my heartstrings. How I wish I could be Jennifer Gray for a day!

free

Freedom. I quit!

Pinnacle Security this is Courtney

Here I am sitting at work wondering why I am here, but alas I wonder this every time I come to work. Really, it's not that bad of a job. A monkey could do it, but it's not THAT bad. I seem to hate it these days. During the summer I actually enjoyed my job quite a bit. But much has changed since those summer nights. But these fall/winter nights at work I find myself wanting to poke my own eyes out! I sit at a desk, waiting for my phone to ring, but not wanting it to ring for when it rings it is most likely a rude, self-centered, man on the other end. But I answer. "Pinnacle Security this is Courtney. How can I help you?"

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

I really need it to snow. A blanket of white makes everything so magical.