Ship Shape for College

Oh my! I've been wanting to blog so badly for the last two weeks, but I have been so busy preparing for my "extended get away vacation" to Logan. But now it looks as if I'm ship shape for college.

It all began with my warts being removed. It was painful...and oh so disgusting. I will show you!

What a wretched place to have a wart...It's practically healed now!

The next day I went to the eye doctor to get a new perscription for my glasses...I walked away with contacts instead. The switch from glasses to contacts was interesting for me. I've had glasses since I was 8 - I felt so naked and insecure without them! I occasionally still reach up to push my glasses back up the bridge of my nose. I suppose old habits never die. :) But for once in my life I can now wear sunglasses. It's so wonderful!

Then I went to the oral surgeon to have a consultation for my wisdom teeth. I would be getting my lovely teeth extracted on July 23. That was the following week! The anesthetics put me in a complete state of delusion on the day of surgery. I hate that feeling of sleepwalking and not being able to remember a thing; this was fifty times worse. I was put out and woke up 45 minutes later with a wad of gauze packed into my mouth and a few select "items" missing. My family has a few good stories for you. :) We decided that if I were ever to take up drinking, I would be a "dark drunk." I get mean. But the whole procedure went well! I experienced very little pain and didn't hardly swell. In fact, I went to the Pioneer day parade and Jeremiah's the next day! My friends brought me ice cream by the buckets, and I got to lay around for 2 days watching musicals. I was in heaven!

My chin was numb. Right before this picture was taken,
my mom brought me down a glass of water. I missed my mouth.

I had my blood pressure taken four times that week. My wart, my eye exam, my wisdom teeth consultation, and my random drug test. Oh yes. I, Jessica, the part time employee at Redd Roofing, was oh-so-fortunate to be selected as one of the participants in the quarterly random drug test. I'm there one day a week! The receptionist, who has been there for a few years now has yet to be selected. So I got to drive down to IHC Workmed and pee in a cup. It sucked. Don't worry - the results came back negative. No need to rise to alarm.

I began my weeding job sometime amongst all these happenings. I get paid nicely to weed my uncle's 97 year old grandma's yard in Brigham City. She's a wonderfully healthy woman and incredibly nice. Heck, she still drives her car! I will be able to keep this job while I'm in school because it's just over the mountain, so I'm quite pleased with this arrangement. But I will still need to find another job up in college-town Logan. Wish me luck!

The receptionist at work went on vacation to Hawaii for 10 days. (Lucky!) So I was privileged to be able to fill her position while she was away. I was really nervous, but I was able to start figuring things out and got A LOT of help from Becky, the wonderful office manager. Everyone in the office was extremely patient with me. I thank them whole heartedly. I typed letters, filed, got the mail, ran to the bank, answered the phone, etc. Last week I had a hard time remembering how to answer a phone at home. Every time I answered the phone I always began to say, "Redd Roofing Company. This is Jessica." I had the hardest time remembering the simplest of words: "Hello?" I also loved the days I got to run to the bank because of Cameron the bank teller. He was very handsome and charming. Too bad I never had the opportunity to tell him good-bye. *Good-bye!* So I was able to make quite a few extra dollars before heading off to school this week and gain a lot of experience and a new kind of confidence. This opportunity helped me to realize a lot about myself.

I have dubbed this week "college prep week." I finished my book that I had to read and I called all the people that I needed to. I had a few problems finding where my scholarships were floating around, but I got a hold of them just in the knick of time! One of the people I needed to talk to ended up moving to Texas - so that was a joy ride. I went supply shopping for everything yesterday and spent all my gift cards and a lot of money besides that. Living is expensive! I will be leading a poverty stricken life for the next few years of my life, but I am content. I've always known it would be that way. :) But money is oh-so stressful...

I move up this Saturday - August 15. Tomorrow is my packing day. I don't know exactly what to pack, but I'll be ready. I'm really excited! I'm a little nervous, but more excited than anything. I hope to make fast friends and meet up with all of my roommates as they move in throughout the week.

Utah State! Here I come! *Go Aggies!*