letters for dayssss

Last Wednesday I had a bunch of friends go into the MTC and I wrote some of them a quick note wishing them luck on their first days. As a result... HALF the mail belonged to me today! :)

missionary mail is just so cool.
All are doing pretty well too if
any of you were wondering :)

I scheduled my appointment to get my wisdom teeth taken out. Sooner is better than later, and I especially wanted it taken care of before HE gets here in July. 38 days! but really, who's counting?

oh right. me. hehehe!

Today I went over to Carol's to help clean and we worked on re-organizing the girls' toy bins. Ummmmm, my kids are NOT having toys I've decided. Are any of you guys guilty of having that ONE drawer/counter/room that you're just terrified of because it just COLLECTS STUFF? (Don't feel bad... our family is!) Well... these girls had about 3 bins full of the most random assortment of toys. Countless numbers of barbie/polly-pocket shoes and outfits, rings, necklaces, doll clothes, McDonald's toys (curse those things...) craft projects, talking phones/microwaves/cameras/ovens, musical instruments, baby doll accessories, little pet shop sets, and who knows what else. Chloe and Safiya are usually REALLY good at putting things back EXACTLY where they got them (I'm pretty sure they inherited the Decker OCD gene) but they had a couple of friends come over earlier last week and things got put back wherever after they were done. Carol's parents also don't have any other grandchildren, so C&S get a lot of gifts from them. Regardless, I was impressed by the amount of STUFF that needed to be sorted through and it kind of got me thinking: WHAT IS THE POINT OF POSSESSIONS? We all live... and then we all die, leaving our THINGS behind and making others have to go through them. Obviously there are nostalgic reasons for the things that we keep; I remember thinking as I was going through my own STUFF before I left for college, "holy moly... what am I going to do with THIS?" Things that I used to think I couldn't live without I haven't seen in years and I'm doing just fine. (Actually, not gonna lie... I'm still hardcore missing my baby blanket. That fabric was SMOOTH man...) Anyways, it's now become one of my personal goals to live a clutter free life.

Well, at least until McDonald's spoils my kids and gives them some 'clutterizing' goodies. I'm pretty sure I'll be singing a different tune then!

time is a funny thing-
an odd paradox
it's endless
yet there's never enough of it.












weird.

unexpected happenings.

Who just gets heat exhaustion these days? I mean seriously? I am a 19-year-old WOMAN and henceforth should be invincible correct???
no. not right.


Yesterday dad, mom and I went on an 80 minute run in which time I ran about 7.5 miles. Cool story right? Yeah I thought so. It's the furthest I've ever run for crying out loud! So I got back home feeling uber peppy and ready to take on life. As a family we went out to the garden to weed out "the redwoods" which had established themselves there for the winter, so that we could start tilling the ground to begin the Decker Farm.
Did I mention that yesterday's high was about 78*???
After a couple hours of weeding we decide it's time for lunch so we all pile up to hit up Subway and McDonald's (for their delicious real fruit smoothies of course!) Right about the time we hit the McDonald's drive thru I start to get the blind spot thing again.


Oh hey ps: I really don't think I posted this update! A couple of weeks ago I went in to our General Practitioners office to explain the weird things that were going on with my body (if you can recall, the numbing, vision loss, metallic tongue, dizziness etc. episode that happened a couple times last semester). Mom and I had originally thought that it might be due to an iron deficiency because she has similar symptoms and that's what the doctor told her. Anyways, so I went in and got some blood work done. That test came back just fine, so it wasn't an iron issue. The Dr. said that my symptoms seem to be classic migraine symptoms, which are sometimes triggered by excessive physical exercise, lack of sleep, or even some foods. (At which point he hands me a piece of paper with all of these "trigger foods" including: avocados, bananas, cheddar cheeses, chocolate, doughnuts, ice cream, peanut butter, pizza, prepared meats, spinach, vanilla, yogurt, and cola beverages. AKA my entire college diet). In the end he prescribes me a medication that supposed to dissolve under my tongue and if taken at the very first signs of the migraine (namely the vision loss) then it should abort the other symptoms.


Ok so with that past experience now told we can continue. So here I am sitting in the drive thru thinking that I'm getting another migraine so I rush back home, take the medication and go to sleep for 2 hours. Well when I wake up I literally am so dizzy that I couldn't tell where the ceiling was. I crawled off my bed, upstairs to the bathroom because *ahem... being dizzy has BAD side effects for me.... and then I get dad. That's when the numbness started to happen and travel up my right arm towards my diaphragm. Once it hit my diaphragm though it kinda felt like I couldn't breathe fully so I started to panic probably a bit too much. That's about that time we went to the emergency room.
Once at the emergency room they hooked me up to an IV, which I can now fairly say that I do NOT like since I had never had to have that before. They took out some blood to test my blood levels, injected me with some anti-nausea/pain medication and ran me through a urinalysis. (ps: I'm not pregnant! If there ever was any doubts before haha) 
Long story short.... the Dr. at the ER said that he doesn't think my symptoms describe migraines... he thinks they are more characteristic of anxiety issues which is slightly ironic too me. However, he did say that anxiety probably isn't what sent me to the ER; that was just straight up heat exhaustion.
It's all just frustrating because now I'm a lot more timid about pushing myself because I really do NOT want to have go through another episode like that again. Avoiding another IV injection would be LOVELY if I do say so myself.
So yes, here's to the unexpected! I'm just thankful for Dr's and nurses who put a ton of time into their professions so that when over confident women (such as myself) push their limits a bit too far and end up sick,  they can get better asap :)




oh and random thought... I've decided that if all of Hogwarts used Facebook, then Harry wouldn't have had to go through the embarrassment of asking Cho Chang to the ball (in the 4th book) and then finding out she was already going with Cedric. Cho probably would've updated her status saying something to the effect of "I'm so excited to be going to the Ball with Cedric!!", Harry would've read this, and embarrassment would've been avoided.
There's probably a lot that would've been much different if Hogwarts used Facebook.... just food for thought!

A Day for THE Mother

I didn't know how exactly I would dedicate a post to the awesome person who is my mother. I mean, I could list off all of her wonderful mothering techniques, talk about special moments that we have had or share a funny experience or two- but I've decided not to do that. I'm not out to prove how my mom is so amazing. She just is.
Anyways, mom really loves the Tulip fields that are up in Northern Washington and she really likes the beach, so for mother's day we loaded up the RV and took her to both places.

Side note: ISN'T THIS ADORABLE?!?!

Not only was it a very PERFECT Washington weather day, mom thoroughly enjoyed herself and I got to become reacquainted with my deep abiding love for the natural beauty my state houses. You all should come visit someday.

a day in the life

I don't remember ever having my days so full of barbies, kittens, pink, princesses, bunnies, butterfly's, sparkles, pull-ups, naps, blankies, car seats, buckles and small socks in my life!

I really love these girls though :)

So other than nannying I've done hardly anything. My movie collection is growing (as in it actually exists now. gotta love Wal-Mart/Target $5 DVD's!) I'm living out of my suitcase still due to some room re-adjustments. That's not too bad though. I've been applying for jobs (Banana Republic, Gap... thinking about Target). Skyping Mr. Incredible a ton, much to my sister's annoyance. I'm actually flying back down to Provo at the end of the month! I'm spending Memorial weekend there! SO EXCITED.
And THAT is the update for the 2nd week of summer. It's been rockin'. ROCKIN' I tell you.

this was just too rich

So I finally went running in Washington. It was mahvelous! I actually went with mom and dad (they're training for their Ragnar Relay in July) and afterwards we were stretching in the front room. Dad had turned off the lights and was playing relaxing "zen" music while we stretched.

Alyssa walked in and said: "Wow, all we need are some candles and some incense burning!"

Mom says: "Ummm, if you burn incense in this house you will be kicked out. I HATE the smell of incense!"

Me (being smart.... trying to be smart) says: "Mom, you like potpourri but not incense, how does THAT work out?"

Mom: "Incense smells like flowery marijuana Jess".

Me: "OH"

Alyssa: "So.... the wise men gave the baby Jesus marijuana at Christmas?!"

Me: "Lysa... that was FRANKINCENSE, not incense"

Like I said.... this was just too rich to go un-posted :)

summer?

Day 5 of being home for the summer. AND I already want to go back.
It's not that Enumclaw is bad at all (well... when it SNOWS IN FREAKING APRIL it is...)

THIS ^ is the first picture of my summer 2011 album.
SAD

it's just that the freedom isn't here anymore.
or the people.
or the roommates
or the things to do
.... or the freedom.
It's 9:05pm as I write this and I have absolutely NOTHING to do. Literally nothing. And the worst part is that I'm not even doing nothing with somebody. I'm doing nothing ALL BY MYSELF. Doing nothing with a roommate or a friend is so much more fun than chilling by yourself.
The weird part is that life in Provo continues to move on without me. Friends still have crazy 24 marathons, roommates, classes. LIVES. While my life continues somewhere else, it's hard to see how much fun they're having.
WHERE IS MY FUN?

Enough ranting Jess, it's not becoming.

ANYWAYS I've been nannying since Monday for my Aunt Carol (http://sccsdecker.blogspot.com), watching her adorable daughters Chloe and Safiya. Yesterday Safiya woke up and said "Jessica! I dreamed of a pink popsicle!" Me being really witty said "Oh, what a sweet dream!" (I then remembered that 2 year olds don't get puns). Chloe chimed in right after 'fiya "I.... I.... I dreamed of EVERY color popsicle Jessica!"
Don't you remember the weird competitions you had with your siblings?
I was reading a book to Chloe about the story of Jesus' birth and after reading about the gifts the wise men brought to Him I said "Chloe, what gift would you give to baby Jesus?" Without hesitating she said "A popsicle. I think he'd really like that!"
Apparently these kids LOVE popsicles.

oh hey and ps: babysitting is the best form of birth control.