Ding Dong Ditch

Ryan pulled an all-nighter last night. He has done far too many this semester. He stays up all night and goes to his 8 am class bright and early. We have actually dragged a bed out in the living room, so we can be in the same room when I sleep. Sad, huh?

Well, this afternoon he came home from class, crawled into bed, and fell right to sleep. He had his phone next to him. Sometime during his little nap, he received 5 texts in a row (his phone likes to save up texts and then send them all at once). His text sound is a "ding dong!", kinda like a door bell.

After 5 "ding dongs", Ryan got out of bed, grumbling. He started walking out of the room.

"Ryan, where are you going?"

"I'm answering the door!"

"Uh Ryan, that was your phone not the door. Ryan!! Ryan!"

He was pretty groggy and confused, but finally figured it out. He opened his phone and deleted all the texts without reading them. Oops.

It's a good thing I told him, otherwise he would've gotten to the door and thought someone door bell ditched us.

My New Friend Fred

Yesterday I noticed a lump directly under my chin. It is a pretty big lump--about the size of a quarter.

Today it started hurting when I move my neck and talk...basically when I do anything at all. Luckily I work with lots of trained doctors and nurses, and a doc told me it is nothing to worry about, just an inflamed lymph node that is caused by an infection/bacteria in my mouth/nose area. Weird! I have not had any problems except for mild congestion.

He did say that if it got bigger, I might need to get it removed. Gross.

Times like this I am grateful I work in an ER!

So I wait. In the meantime, I will name my lump Fred and hope he goes away soon.

Love letters...and more

Dear Time,

Pretty please go by a teensy bit faster.
Please.
I really want my hubby back from his 18 credit semester. I really don't like these all nighters he pulls that leaves me alone at night.
Also, I really want summer to come faster.

Thank you,
Julie

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Dear Weather,

Why are you snowing? Do you know it is officially spring now?

Yours truly,
Julie

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Dear Man Who Stole My Food,

That was really rude. Never steal food from a hungry woman.

~That hungry woman

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Dear Hubby,

Thank you for the PB&J sandwich you made me tonight. I especially liked how you bit off the crusts for me. And thank you for being the best husband in the world. I appreciate all you do for me. I love you.

Love,
Your Wifey

Any takers?

Anyone want to clean my house for me?
Please and thank you!

And for all my nerdy friends out there:

Work Poems

At work yesterday, we played a fun little game to pass the time. It's called the Poem game. Someone gives you a random word, and you have to write a poem about it. Sounds pretty simple, right?

My word: Nails.

I'm going to clarify real fast--in my poem, I am referring to these nails:

Not these nails

Ryan thought I meant the latter and proceeded to tell me my poem doesn't make any sense.

Without further ado:

Nails

Nails, Nails
What a wonderful thing to EAT
That is until you realize...
you can't even reach your feet!

I know, I know. I'm a poet, and I didn't even know it...

(Happy Birthday to my best friend, JENNIFER!)

Stalking

This weekend, Ryan and I took our stalking to a new level. I am embarrassed to admit (but not too embarrassed to to blog about) we took almost 2 hours of our Saturday to stalk 8 or so individuals...in the snow. Yes. It was the BYU men's basketball team.

There was a really big basketball game on Saturday. Ryan was really excited and couldn't sleep the night before. He said (and I quote), "It's like Christmas! I am so excited!" Luckily we won.

Ryan made 2 big errors that day.

Error #1: Making me watch the basketball game
Error #2: Looking at a Cougar Board entry from a man that calls himself Glemonade.

Thank you Mr. Glemonade for posting when the Cougars were flying into the Provo airport. I got really excited and insisted that we attend this function. Dorky? I think not. Stalkerish? Maybe.

However, I later found out that someone may have been stalking US. (Not really, but look closely at the video. Can you see Ryan and me?)

Heads Up

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Yes, this really happened at the ER...while I was at work. Once the police realized the guy was gone, you would see everyone occasionally look up at the ceiling wondering if someone was going to crash through. It was a pretty exciting night!

Other news from the life of Ryan and Julie:

We have bought new hair ties and bobby pins for me since the cat has eaten/mutilated/hid/killed every one that I had. Unfortunetly, Ryan does not have the same luxury with his headphones that have met the same fate.

I am excited for Valentine's Day. And I really wish I had red and pink paper to make pretty paper hearts.

Ryan just noticed that my spell check is off, and I don't know how to turn it back on. Please ignore all my misspelled words.

Ryan did the dishes again tonight! Happy day. We have a fun little system going on where Ryan does all the dishes! Just kidding. We switch off doing them. It's pretty awesome.

Did I mention I'm excited for Valentine's Day?