My job...

This post is LONG overdue but I wanted to show our families how much my office changed this past summer. Here is a before picture of our office...
Here is what our office has looked like since August! It's still amazing to me how much better it looks now! It doesn't look like the ghetto anymore! YAY!
The doctors decided it was time to get a better sign with all the other changes.
Anyway, this is where I spend a little more than 9 hours of my day Monday through Friday. I never really blog about work even though some pretty funny stuff happens almost everyday. This is where I hear some of the most interesting things. Really, like when a patient asks me if they need more medicine "dropped" into their glasses because it has worn off. I didn't know what to say the first time someone asked me that. I literally had to hold back the laughter. Almost everyday when we call to remind patients of their appt. they have with us the next day I hear a scripture on somebody's voicemail. My personal favorite was, "If you leave it, I'll receive it, better believe it!" I thought about changing my voicemail to say that. :)

About a month ago I answered the phone and the person on the other line asked to talk to Dr. Powelson so I asked him who it was and he said, "Oh this is Mike Meyers. WAYNE'S WORLD! WAYNE'S WORLD! PARTY ON!" I busted up laughing and he hung up. Some of our patients really say whatever is on their mind also. This last week I was told by a patient that my dimple on my chin is sexy. Zach was jealous until I told him that it was a 50 year old woman who said it. ha ha! I never knew my "butt" chin, as all my friends in high school called it, was "sexy." I didn't know what to say back to her except "thank you, will this be debit or credit?"

I never imagined myself working in a doctor's office, not really my thing. Some days are boring of course, like when all the patients decide not to show up but for the most part we stay fairly busy. I like learning about what Zach is learning at school also. It's fun to be able to talk to him about optometry and actually understand a little bit. Basically I'm just glad that I am able to work right now and have a good job! Oh, and thanks Katie for letting me steal the pics of the office off your blog!

Tagged

So Kirsten tagged me to list 6 random facts about myself. Since I figured out 6 quirks I have pretty fast, I decided to do it. So here goes...

1. I eat the shells of sunflower seeds. I never thought this was weird actually until Zach pointed it out. I just really hate trying to get the seed out and then spit the shell out. Too much effort. Plus, the shell has all the salt!

2. I absolutely cannot stand to have a messy kitchen. Even while I am cooking I will wash dishes. I refuse to let dishes pile up in the sink, and never leave them there over night. Occasionally, Zach will leave a dish in the sink and well my wrath is unleashed. Okay, it's not that bad but it drives me crazy. To go along with this also, I really like washing dishes but absolutely hate drying them. Works out well for Zach huh? Oh, and I really don't care if other peoples kitchens are messy, just mine needs to be clean.

3. This one has to do with cleaning also. I refuse to put my clean laundry in a basket to carry it from the dryer to my bedroom. Why? I know that if I use the basket I won't put the laundry away and it will just sit in the basket for days. So, I just grab all the laundry and carry it to our room, put it on our bed and put it away right then. I know that when we have a house and I have more than 10 steps from my dryer to my bedroom this will probably change, but until then, no basket for me! If you can't tell from #2 and #3 I like things to be done in a certain way.

4. I had braces TWICE in high school. The first time was during my sophomore year for about 9 months I think. When my orthodontist took my braces off the first time he didn't put the permanent retainers on before taking off the braces. In the 10 minutes between not having braces and not having a retainer my teeth shifted. So, I had braces put back on a few months later, but this time it was after I could date...yuck. Luckily, the second time only lasted a few months and he put the permanent retainer on before taking the braces off.

5. I match my perfume to what color my shirt is everyday. Example, if I am wearing a blue shirt I wear cool water perfume because the bottle is blue. If I wear a pink shirt then I wear Pink perfume. Of course I don't have perfume to match every color so if I wear a shirt that I can't match perfectly I choose what ever perfume would match the outfit. I know this is super weird. I have a weird obsession with color coding that doesn't stop at this...

6. I had a hard time thinking of a 6th thing, so I asked Zach and he came up with one right away. My all time favorite sandwich that I make for myself consists of peanut butter, lettuce, and mustard. I've eaten this since I was a kid and still have it about twice a week for lunch. Don't knock it until you've tried it!

I tag...Amy, Becky, Megan, Hailey, Tiff, and Kiera and anyone else who feels like letting everyone know all about your quirks!

SCO's Homecoming

Since SCO doesn't have a football team, Homecoming consists of games, BBQ, and beer. It is definitely a fun filled evening! Zach and I had a lot of fun jousting!

I was so excited that there was a climbing wall! Zach and I both like to rock climb but we haven't been able to forever so it was a lot of fun. You can see in the picture how far ahead I am of Zach! Okay, so he was on the "hard" side and I was doing the intermediate...
We made it!

Anyway, Homecoming was awesome! The BBQ was typical Memphis BBQ, which I have gotten used to. I think we will be BBQ eating experts by the time we leave here.

On a side note, my friend Jana and I went to the Bartlett Festival at Freeman Park yesterday. They had a ferris wheel, live bands, lots of food, a car show, and lots of different businesses had booths trying to get you to buy something. We were at a chiropractor booth and this lady was explaining all the cool things they could do in their office to us and a few other people. They had this thing you could stand on and it told you if you leaned more to the left or right and how you held your shoulders and hips. The lady told two 13 year old girls that if they wanted to do a demonstration they would need to go find a guardian since they were under age. Jana got on the contraption first and after she was done I was about to step on to it when the lady says, "Wait, are you two related?" Jana had a very puzzled look on her face and said "no" while I just looked at her and said, "I'm 23 if that's what your asking..." The lady then says, "Oh okay, you can get on then." After she was done with me we walked away and both busted up laughing. I keep thinking that with every birthday I will somehow look older but it just hasn't happened yet. I still get mistaken for one of the young women in our ward here also. Oh well, hopefully when I'm forty I will look like I'm in my twenties, then it won't irritate me! Plus, the lady didn't tell me anything that our wii fit hasn't already told me...I lean to my left.

Zach's Birthday!

Zach's birthday was on the 9th of September, I am just really slow at posting! I won't tell you how old he is but we are exactly 2 years and 11 months apart! It was really low key this year, but that is how Zach likes it. I made a nice dinner for the two of us and a banana creme pie. Last year, Zach informed me that he doesn't want cake anymore for his future birthdays but pies instead. Anyway, I have the most amazing husband! He is the perfect man for me. It always amazes me how much we have in common but how different we are to keep life interesting. :) Anyway, I'm not as good with words as he is so here are some pictures from his birthday.