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May 22, 2010

Today was the day! I had finally set a day... still didn't feel ready, but at the same time not sure if more studying would really help. I got up early to get ready to go take a test while Ryan was getting ready to run a 5K. It was nice to have the testing center just down the street.

About half-way through the test I realized that I really didn't know a lot of stuff. As I ended the test, I knew that I had not passed and was planning on when to take my test again. I headed out to the main desk to get my score... and I PASSED!!! Yipee!

And the most interesting thing was I got the same exact score as I did on my physics boards :)

I am officially a registered Sonographer!

and looking for a job :D

Provo City 5K

May 1, 2010

We woke up early to get ready and headed down to Provo Tabernacle where the race was to begin. It was a nice over cast day, and started to get a little chilly. We ran into my friend Tavia in the parking lot who was there to cheer on her husband who was running the half-marathon. She took a couple of pictures for us (thanks!).

We headed over to the starting line and waited for the half-marathoners to start, next came the 5K. We lined up and started the race, about a block into the race it started to rain. Then a little while later the rain turned to slush/snow. It wasn't to cold since we were running and able to keep warm. Just a little annoying dripping down your face.

We had a great race and made it in under 35 minutes. Which for me is fabulous! Ryan was wonderful and ran with me the whole time. He was great at keeping a nice steady pace. As we finished and headed back to our car... we realized that our car had been towed.

We had parked in a parking lot near the tabernacle and there weren't any signs in front of the space we parked in. And we figured it was Saturday and the business was closed, we should be fine for an hour or so. Unfortunately we were wrong :( our wallets and cell phones were in the car, so we decided to walk over to the hospital to call. We had made it about half way when we saw some of the half-marathoners and decided to hang out and cheer them on. We were there about 10-15 minutes and saw a few friends. We then headed up state street. We had figured we were fairly close to the towing company by the time we reached the hospital so we would just walk over. We had to back track a little bit to find the front entrance, but were able to get the car back for a small fee. What an expensive lesson!

By the time we had gotten home and stopping in the cold without much of a cool down and stretch we were pretty sore and tired. We had a great day, but glad to be home to rest and recoup.

April

April Update-

So April was super busy, I didn't get a chance to update. This is what has been going on:

Softball started! We have a co-ed softball team that plays in Provo on Friday nights. This is a fun date night for us (especially when we win). It is mostly made up of our family: Ryan, me, KayLynn (Ryan's mom), Robyn, Emily, Jason (my siblings), some friends from 5th floor and a couple other people. We have had a ton of fun so far, winning several games :)

Next, the thing that has kept me busy.... I have been working PRN (as needed/on-call) for Heber Valley Hospital. They are a small hospital and not super busy, because of this they only have one Ultrasound Tech there a day. This has given me some experience, but mostly something to put on a resume. The first part of April, Dixie, our main Ultrasound tech called and asked if I could cover her shifts and call for the next 6 weeks because she was having emergent carpal tunnel surgery (she had waited so long they weren't sure how much damage was done to the nerves and wanted to do the surgery that week). So from the first part of April till almost the end of May I have been working full-time and taking a ton of call (every other week, and every other weekend, plus all my regular Mondays).

And during this same time Ryan has been very busy. He has been working full-time and going to school full-time. Ryan has been taking classes at UVU working on a biology degree, and to cut out a semester of school he decided to take a couple of classes at BYU. Unfortunately the two semesters overlapped by about a week. So during finals at UVU he was starting his first week at BYU.