Down in the Dumps

Some of the test results came back from bloodwork I had done at the doctor's. They called to get my pharmacy phone number so they could immediately call in a prescription for my 'remarkable low vitamin D'.  I was expecting a supplement of 1 or 2,000 units. Yeah, they put me on the maximum of 50,000 units a day to get it up. I guess that's toxic if you take for longer than 3 weeks, so I'll be on it for 21 days and then will go to a lower dosage for my supplement.

Do you know the side effects of low vitamin D?  I looked it up:

- Pain in your muscles and bones

- Low energy levels, chronic fatigue

- Depression or sadness without knowing why
- Memory problems

- Inability to lose weight

Sound familiar?

Busy Time

Since Kim is in town, she came up to spend the night at my place on Thursday along with Karen and Shauna. They wanted to be able to spend two days at the Family History Library without having to drive back and forth to Utah County. I picked them up from the Library and we went and grabbed something to eat and took it back to my place where we talked and played games until midnight. Then Karen and I ended up talking for another hour and a half while in bed.

Friday morning I got up and ready and then made them breakfast. I may have had cereal myself while they had blueberry pancakes and bacon... At work I've been working on a big project that I had to try squeezing in along with a funeral for my previous boss, Bob Dunford's, mother up in Kaysville, and a visit to the office by Amy and Amanda Felix. During the morning I got a phone call from mom saying she missed me and asking me to come down and spend the weekend. So, as soon as work was over I rushed home and packed a bag then headed to PG so I'd be in time to catch an initiatory gathering with her Spanish ward at 6 p.m.

Today mom and I took grandma to the movies and also tried making easter eggs out of sugar. Jenny wanted us to try it out to see if decorating the eggs would be a fun thing we could do this year while the guys went to Priesthood session. It did not work very well...

Rock Star

I walked over to the Lion House to grab some soup for lunch today. While there, four teenagers walked in, and when they saw me, got really excited and said, 'it's Tammy! Tammy! it's Tammy!' Then one of the girls came over and threw her arms around my neck. I had no idea who these kids were, but got them talking for a few minutes and then finally figured it out. Two were cousin Shauna's kids and two were cousin Kim's. Kim is in town this week from Arizona and she came up to SL today to go to the Family History Library. The kids wanted to do baptisms at the Temple and after they finished, had to wait around for Kim to finish up at 6 p.m.

I offered to give them a little tour around so I took them to the top of the COB to look off the observation deck, then walked them below ground over to the Conference Center for them to take a tour there. They liked being able to see everything below ground. They had been so excited to see me though that their reaction made me feel like a rock star!



Extravaganza

For Amy's big 3-0 birthday, we decided (or I suggested and they accepted), a multi-stop birthday tour extravaganza. We started at Sawadee's for a Thai dinner, hit the Sweet Tooth Fairy for dessert, caught a good movie, then finished the night at Hatch's for some hot chocolate...not that I partook there of course. Lots of fun!

Reminiscing on Days Past

While typing a letter at work today, I realized that it was exactly 12 years ago that I returned home from my mission. I am definitely in a different place from where I thought I would be all those years ago, in both good and bad ways. Very glad I still get to use my Spanish though!

In holding with my reminiscent theme, I found this old picture in my closet this morning and thought it was so cute. Easter's coming up again. Maybe I'll go on the hunt with another nephew. (TJ's the one in the picture.)



Cream Soda Fountain

I am obsessed with the Stewart's brand drinks. I love the Key Lime and also the Cream Soda flavors. Today I brought in the Cream Soda to drink at work. It comes in a glass, long-neck bottle. There was some concern that the bottle was shaken while coming in to work so I opened it carefully in case of fizzing. There was no problem so I tilted it back for a swig. Apparently, it was just waiting for some movement because that's when all the foaming and spurting occured. Since I was by my computer and phone, I tried to stop it with my mouth but somhow ended up with it going non-stop up my nose. You know those Neti Pots that are all the rage? I'm going to get that deadly brain amoebe thanks to a Cream Soda nasal cleanse. While I managed to get everything cleaned up, the inside of my nostrils are super sticky and bothering me. Everytime I breathe they start to stick together...plus I keep occasionally have soda drain from my nose. So gross and uncomfortable! But ahhh, that cream soda tastes delicious!

Tired Much?

Apparently my sleep reserve was low because Friday night I went to sleep at a decent hour, woke up nine hours later, got up for a few hours but was too tired to function and went back to bed and slept for another five hours! I forced myself to get up and go to a birthday party for Leisha at Outback in Layton and then spent some time with the Felix's at my place afterward. Then I went to bed at a decent hour again, slept for nine hours, was still exhausted, and ended up staying in bed for the rest of the day and getting a full nine hours of sleep again that night! I think my core reserve should be refreshed now!

Leisha, Diane Matson, and me at Outback