surprise

Yesterday Judy went up to Phoenix for her follow-up appt. It went well, and they said that she will need to go in for her second surgery on January 6th for her left leg, and then after she recovers from that they will do surgery on her abdomen. No fun... They don't have a date for the abdomen surgery yet, I think most of it will depend on how quickly she recovers from the one on her leg.

Anywho, Justin and Judy got back to Tucson around the same time that I was getting off work, but they had to run a few errands... I had to finish my Christmas shopping too, so it worked out well. Judy started feeling sick so Justin took her home and then ran out to get a few more things.

When I got home, Justin opened the door and told me that he would have to guide me through the house with my eyes closed since he didn't get a chance to put everything away yet. I hadn't been feeling well so I just sat on the bed and tried to feel better. After a while he came in and told me that I could go out if I needed to, so I grabbed my shoes and purse so I could put them away, and opened the door. I noticed that half of the entertainment center was missing and that we had a new TV! I was shocked... I was upset at first since we had already talked about it and how we didn't have the money for one. He gets a raise in January so he didn't seem concerned about the money at all... He refuses to use it towards my Christmas money, so that's an extra hundred dollars that we weren't planning on around Christmas. He had only spent $100 on it since the student he bought it from was moving back home and had to get rid of it fast. It's a nice TV though, and he got a good deal on it.

He wanted to surprise me with it, and well, it worked. I was very, very, surprised.

kidney stones... good grief!

So in my last post I mentioned that Justin's surgery is this Thursday for his kidney stones. Well, he went in for his pre-op appt yesterday thinking it was just going to be paperwork and whatnot, and they send him to Radiology Limited to get an x-ray. After he gets there they tell him he needs a catscan and then they were going to make him go to Oro Valley for this. He has already missed a lot of work for this and they want him to go waaay out of his way for a catscan that could easily be done right there where he is at? Doesn't make sense to me. Anyway, he tells them that they would have to just do it at a later time because they had just wasted his time and they won't be able to get him in until December 29th for that.

This means that I had to change my time-off... Again. (Originally I had te entire week of Christmas off, but since Justin couldn't get that whole week off I switched it to Thursday and Friday of this week so we could have time off together, and then it turned into surgery dates.) Margaret doesn't really like it when we change time-off and I feel really bad, but I tell her what is going on and that the soonest he would be able to go in for surgery would be January 8th. She let me switch my days off so I would work the rest of this week and be off January 8th and 9th. Those are the last days I can use this comp time before the next semester starts.

We crossed our fingers in hoping that those dates would work out for the surgery, and it turns out that his doctor will be on vacation that entire week. So now I am stuck with two days off that I would prefer to be earlier on so that I can finish getting the house ready for the holidays. The next available appt will be the the 22nd of January since they are already booked the 15th. So the soonest he will be able to be seen would be the 22nd of January and I feel horrible since I don't want him to have to wait that long.

I talked to Margaret again to let her know that the plan has once again changed and that I will no longer be off for his surgery those two days and she tells me to change my schedule back to being off this Thursday and Friday since I have to take the time off or else it will just be time wasted. This means that I will have to dig into my sick time when he actually goes in for his surgery...

Now the question remains... When is this surgery going to happen?

Good Grief!!!

it's been a while...

It's been a while, a LONG WHILE since my last blog... So I figured I would write to hopefully get myself back in the habit. (:

I can't believe that Christmas is only a week away! Time has really flown by this year... We don't have any big plans for the holidays, but Judy is staying with us right now, and my mother will be coming down for Christmas from St. George so it will be nice to have extra company!

Judy got back from the hospital last week and is recovering from her surgery. She is staying over at our place so that we can keep an eye on her and get things for her so she can rest. She is very independant though and tries to do things herself that she really doesn't need to be doing in her recovery stage. We try to tell her to just rest and walk around a little with our help but she still gets up in the dark of the night to get things that Justin or I could help her with. We try to explain to her that that is the whole reason she is staying with us, and that we are there to help her and that we don't want her to get hurt or make her recovery any longer, so hopefully she will heed our advise and call us for help instead of trying to do things on her own when it is pitch black.

Justin is going into surgery on Thursday to have one of his kidney stones removed... (yay! only two more to go after that!!!) It shouldn't be too much fun, and he will need to take it easy like Judy this weekend, so I will get to play Mom and take care of both of them. (:

Hmmm... As for me, I have been up to nothing but work and trying to unpack from our move. Oh, and I read Twilight!!! It was AMAZING! I can't believe I waited that long to read it... So now I am DYING to read the other three. It's really killing me! Especially after reading the teaser to New Moon at the end of Twilight. I finally saw the movie this past weekend, and I must admit, they did a good job, but the book was still WAAAY better! hehe...

Work has been really slow lately since it is finals week and everyone is going home for the holidays... I survived an entire semester here at Campus Health, and I am loving it. Well, aside from the fact that you can sometimes feel the sick breathing on you when you are checking them in. hehe... I am very grateful that I haven't gotten sick (aside from the occasional sore throat) from working here yet.

The move went well, and if anyone needs the new address let me know, and I can get it to you! We had someone come out and help us finish the landscaping (we took care of most of it in one Saturday and then realized that we would need more help since the weed whacker we bought was kinda cheap and we had buffle grass that wouldn't budge). Anyways, they told us that we had a bad termite problem that we didn't know about until the day before we moved out of the house. The landlords (which are VERY unprofessional, and I will get into that later...) should have been keeping up with that and with our spider infestation. (yes, it was no longer just a problem, it was much, much worse) We had seen countless black widows in our garage and refused to park in it until it was taken care of, since that isn't very safe... We had seen waaay too many wolf spiders and baby wolf spiders for my liking, not to mention brown recluses, weaving orb spiders, and many others that we couldn't identify. As for the termite problem, just to give an idea as to how bad it was, we had a tunnel coming out of our bedroom wall about 7 feet off of the ground that Justin put a toothpick in and sealed with glue (this was before we knew it was termites). When we were actually moving, we moved one of our boxes that we never unpacked from the previous move and saw dirt on the floor beneath it. There were little holes at the bottom of the box and it was clearly eaten through, and once everything was emptied out, we realized they had eaten even more of the box than we had thought, but stopped at a red folder for some reason. Oh, and my personal favorite... In our computer room behind where we had one of our desks, we saw a little hole near the baseboard and there is a weed growing through it now... How that happened is beyond me.

We moved out on the first. The landlords have stood Justin up for the inspection twice now without telling him that they wouldn't show up... We have called them countless times and left messages so that we can get it taken care of and get our deposit back, and the month is halfway over now. Justin has done some research and found out that we can potentially get double our deposit back at this point. Which is good since they have wronged us in so many ways that I haven't even mentioned. I am just glad to be out of that house and one step closer to getting our own home so we don't have to worry about renting.

Well, I better get going since work is almost over... Take care everyone and I will try to write more often!!!

Catching up some...

I haven't posted anything in a while, so I am going to try to play catch up... In my last post I told you that I got the job at the U of A, and I started that last week. Everyone is very welcoming, helpful, and friendly. There is still a lot to learn but it doesn't seem too difficult, and it is a lot of fun. I found out that they have an amazing tuition reduction program, so I am in the process of applying for Spring semester! Justin said he is going to try to take a class or two that semester as well!

♫ ♬ I will be joining the faculty/staff choir that meets on Mondays & Thursdays from 12-1 starting September 4th, so that will keep me entertained on my lunches! ♫ ♪

♥ Justin took me to Disneyland for my 21st birthday, and I will have pictures up either later today or tomorrow... It was magical!!! ♥

University of Arizona

I got the position at U of A!!! I start right after my trip on August 11th... :)

Random Quiz...

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? 5:15 AM... we had inventory at work

2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? diamonds

3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? WALL-E!!!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? 24, The Office, CSI, Hannah Montana... hehe

5. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? nothing... I know, I'm bad.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Nicole

7. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? spinach

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? too many to pick from! you know better than to ask me that question...

9. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? a pearly white 2001 Chrysler Sebring LXI

10. FAVORITE SANDWICH? Monte Cristo at the Blue Bayou in Disneyland!!!!!!

11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? disloyalty

12. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? anything comfortable

13. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Bora Bora, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Scotland, England, Disneyland...

14. FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I love all ice cream :)

15. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? Hollister

16. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETIRE TO? Cali ♥ I love the beach!

17. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? My 21st, and it hasn't even happened yet! We are going to Disneyland!!!! If it has to be one that has already happened, I would have to say... hmm, I don't know! There have been too many good ones, and I remember each of them very well.

18. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Soccer

19. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS TO? uhm... blogspot???????

20. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A STICK SHIFT? yeah, but I am not very good at it...

21. PERSON YOU MISS THE MOST? Justin, he is at work right now... It's hard enough not seeing him during the day while we are at work, I don't even want to imagine how hard it will be when he is gone for 3 weeks in Maryland!

22. FAVORITE SAYING? Huminuh?

23. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? 8-7-87 yayuh!

24. ARE YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? neither. I used to be more of a night owl, and I guess I still kinda am, but not nearly as much as before...

25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 8 & a half to 9

26. PETS? a fish that thinks he is a dog... We call him Twitch :)

27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I will be leaving for Disneyland in 21 days... :)

28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? it depends on what age you ask me at... I wanted to be a marine biologist, a teacher, a singer, an actress, a mom, and so much more! Like I said, it really just depends on when you asked me...

29. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? sleepy, but fantabulous...

30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? pixi stix, peeps, and anything chocolate!!!

31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? *White Lilies* & *Dendrobium Orchids stem dyed blue*

32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? 8-7-08... We are going to Disneyland!!! :)

33. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Marissa Nicole (Booth) Hassie

34. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Poetically Pathetic by Amber Pacific

35. LAST THING YOU ATE? wedding cake

36. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? of course!!!

37. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? any shade of blue

38. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? There are clouds all around Tucson, but none over it. I think that they are going to gang up on Tucson and have a big thunderstorm party a little later this afternoon...

39. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? Sprite mixed with blue lemonade koolaid... ♥

40. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Blue Bayou

41. SIBLINGS? Gavin (pretty much 19), McCall 12, Abby 10

42. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? September 7th... Our sealing anniversary :)

43. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? my imagination!!!

44. SUMMER OR WINTER? depends... I like Tucson winters but I wish that we got at least one week of snow, because I like snow when it isn't bitter cold outside... and I like summer everywhere for the most part. I have gotten used to the unusually hot Tucson summers, and they are not always as dry as people make them out to be because monsoon season tends to make it a little more humid...

45. HUGS OR KISSES? both ♥


46. COFFEE OR TEA? no thank you.

47. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? chocolate

48. DO YOU CHECK TO SEE IF FRIENDS COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG? yuppers

49. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? the other day... I saw a spider

50. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? nothing

51. WHO IS THE LONGEST FRIEND YOU'VE HAD? Alex Howard

52. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT? you bet... Justin is living proof!

53. FAVORITE SMELL? Justin when he is wearing Acqua Di Gio or Armani Code ♥

54. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55. SALTY OR SWEET? depends on my mood... right now? sweet.

56. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY CHAIN? three

57. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? 2 months. before that 2 years...

58. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Sunday

59. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? Provo, North Ogden, Appleton, Tucson, Provo, Rexburg, Tucson... so 5

60. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? yeah

61. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE...

MOVIE: Surf's Up, Beauty & the Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings

ACTOR: Johnny Depp

ACTRESS: Kiera Knightley

MUSICAL: Phantom of the Opera & Les Miserables

SONG:

BAND: don't really have one... I like all kinds of music

COLOR: blue

ANIMAL: penguin

VACATION: all of them...

HOLIDAY: Christmas

NUMBER: 7

FOOD: it's a toss-up between Hawaiian Haystacks and Cheesy Chicken

62: WHAT IS YOUR DREAM...

JOB: stay at home mom ♥

CAR: silver or black jetta :)

PLACE TO HAVE A VACATION HOME: on the beach in Cali

63. BIGGEST REGRET: not having more than two bagels earlier... I am kinda hungry!

64. FIRST LOVE: Justin Hassie

65. FIRST RIDE YOU GO ON AT DISNEYLAND: usually it's Indiana Jones or Pirates of the Caribbean... I don't know why, but we almost always head to Adventureland first

66. FIRST CAR: a green Chrysler Cirrus

67. FIRST DRINK: milk

68. BRAVEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE: killed a spider by myself!!! :) (it was ant size...)

69. CRAZIEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE: rolled around in water puddles for dignity and high fives at Youth Conference...

70. TELL US A SECRET: I am almost certain that I got the receptionist position at the University of Arizona and that I start in two weeks!!! I will know more tomorrow after they do my reference checks... :) Keep ya posted!

♥ Our First Anniversary ♥

Yesterday was our first anniversary as a married couple! Justin has to work from 7-2 so I stayed home and ran errands until he got off... We finally got the 6 disposable cameras that were on each of the tables at the reception developed. All of the pictures were grainy, but there were some that still looked good. Here are a few of them...

Once he got home from work we went to see Wall E (which was very good by the way) and then we went to dinner at P.F. Changs (which was also very good!) and exchanged gifts there... I got him Armani Code (really nice cologne), a $40 gift card to Sticks-N-Strings (a music store that sells guitars, drums, etc..), seasons 2 & 3 of The Office, Andromeda Strain, and some really yummy gum. He gave me Enchanted, 101 Dalmations, and an ablsolutely gorgeous star necklace!!! (: It was a wonderful anniversary! ♥