Lachele has a boyfriend!

...and his name is Gym....

I love gym...ha.

I went to the gym today and pumped out a pretty decent weights workout, AND a cardio session. Good Heavens. It was glorious. It didn't even hurt. I did take a T3 prior just as a precaution. I really don't think I needed them.

Tomorrow I'm having dinner with Brett before he flies to Australia (ps. I's slightly sad. I asked him to stay.) and he's still leaving haha! But, I'm still planning a late night sesh.

Can we just go over the fact that I've missed the gym for more than one reason. That other reason is. Hot boys. EVERYWHERE. It was so fun to see a bunch of guys that I've met over the last few semesters while working out there. They thought I fell off the face of the earth. So needless to say some were pretty happy to see me, and I to see them.

Now, that I know I can do it, I'm stoked and will probably not have a life anymore..ha ha

I tried to pump out my weights, and stupidly I grabbed the same weights I was using 8 weeks ago. I made it thru one rep, and had to go down to 10lbs. I feel like a pansy.

Again. I'm happy muscle has memory.

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Remember that one time.....

Remember that one time that I use to love wearing short skirts to church because I had wicked hott calves? Yah me too...

But, today I was late for church cause I was trying to find the longest skirt/dress I had(which the longest came to my knees) to hide my leg.(note that this is not plural). I still have one nice leg, and one that is slightly not nice.

In the last 7 weeks I have lost a lot muscle mass in my thigh and calf resulting in my pride being hurt slightly, because for any of you that know me, know I pride myself on having nice legs, nice hair, and nice eyes. Good thing I didn't get a bad hair cut or stabbed in the eye.

I use to get compliments on my legs all the time. Not so much anymore.. and if you recall my previous post about validation this has been quite concerning for poor little ol' me.

Today I had people walk right behind me, so that when I walked away from a group no one would notice my right leg and how not hott it is.

**Isn't it nice to know that my life is so perfect that all my tragedies have to do with the way I look** <--- please note sarcasm.

Anyways, point is... I miss my nice legs, and I'm glad that muscle has good memory. I'm a full week without my brace, so giving myself the benefit of the doubt I should be good to go(and hott as ever) in 6 weeks. ha.

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I'm my own worst critic

This may or may not come as a complete shock. BUT, I am slightly emotional.

I need validation from other people. Or else I don't feel like I measure up.

When you mix those two things together you get one big mess. AKA-my afternoon.

When I don't get that validation, I get pretty down on myself. This happened earlier today. A situation that didn't really have to be taken the way it was(which wasn't good) was taken poorly...on my part. Sometimes I just need to take a few steps back and realize that not everyone is out to get me. I also need to realize that I don't need other people telling me how awesome/amazing I am(I'm not digging for compliments right now. I promise) for me to know how wicked I am.

This week I'm going to stop reading between the lines,and unless someone tells me straight up that I'm horrible and that they don't want to be with me... I'll just leave it that everyone isn't perfect and they probably didn't mean what they did or said. I'm going to try and do better.

I give this until tomorrow night at 8pm before I start getting down on myself because people don't always worship me. I'm fine the way I am, just because I'm not getting constant praise doesn't mean they don't think I'm awesome, or fun.

Out of the 5 languages of love, I think you can totally tell which one I fall under.

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Part of this stemmed from someone telling me I was boring at 3am, because I was tired and I wasn't hyper or fun. I am fun dang it, but maybe just not at 3am.

Stamps Game....R.S Broadcast

.....and I choose to go to the Relief Society Broadcast instead of the game.

Boy am I glad I did.

I love President Monson. I love the stories he tells.

I loved that Sister Thompson put me in my place. I need to be happy with my current situation, because it's not going to make it go by any faster if I'm grumpy. Tantrums and fits don't really sit well with Heavenly Father.

I may or may not have bawled like a baby during the better part of the broadcast.


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P.S I'm really glad I didn't go to the game, I'm pretty sure the Stamps are getting their butt kicked as we speak.

I didn't know I was in grade 1(but opposite)

So Josh reads my blog. I seriously never talk about this thing. I don't know how so many people know about it. It's not linked to my facebook in anyways either.

He wasn't happy that I was dropping him.

So he beat me to it.Ha.

Good Riddance.

He was texting me last night while I was on my way home from wings, we were chatting about the weekend and how it was fun.

He goes " I think you're a really amazing girl, I had an awesome time with you this weekend, but I really don't think a relationship between us would work"

**Uhh, I don't remember telling him I liked him, or was interested in him...nevermind that I wanted to date him**

I asked him where he got that idea from.

He said "because you were being overly nice to me this weekend"

Well DUH loser, you were being nice to me too. So much for killing them with kindness, I try to be nice and he thinks I'm planning our wedding.

It slightly pissed me off. Not cause I was upset he was peacing out on me before I had the chance to do it to him(however smart move dude.) gotta give ya props for that.

I called him a dick.

He told me that he was being rather nice by ripping the bandaid off now, rather than playing mystery games for a week.

I wasn't aware that we were playing games period.

I don't like him, I never really have, and I don't really want too. I could name of several reasons why it wouldn't work. So Josh, if you're reading this please comment. I'm interested in knowing where any of what I just said, or how I acted made you think I overly wanted to be with you. Layla and Paige were nice to you too.

I mean I spent the better half of the last day with you with TWO other boys. I didn't even talk to you hardly. Next thing you're going to do is tell me I was trying to make you jealous. ha.

Moral of the story. I feel like I'm in grade 1. Except backwards because when you're mean to a boy they think you like them. But now when I'm nice to a boy he thinks I like him.

Dear Josh,

I'm sorry if you were feeling rejected this weekend, and had to fabricate a story where you THOUGHT I was in love with you to make yourself feel better. However let me clear the air. I am not interested in you. You're too short for me. Anyone who is my height is not my type(rude I know). We have nothing in common. You live 3 hours away, and you sort of annoy me. I spent the better half of Sunday at church with Troy, and at the fireside with Brett. I think I remember seeing you there, but I did not pay any attention to you.

Please take this as my public announcement that I do in NO way, shape or form have any sort of feelings for you. This may be harsh. However last time I was nice to you, you assumed I loved you. So I am being a dick, so you know I am back to my old ways where I do not love you.

I am deleting you out of my phone.

P.S- you gave me a pretty good back massage. I will give you that. Thanks!

You're welcome.

Lachele

I'm that person.

I'm the type of person that makes plans, and the minute something better comes along I try as hard as I can to get out of the previous 'notasfunplans'

Don't you just hate people like me?

Cause I do. I hate people that make plans with me, then cancel to find out they wanted to go and do something else.

This happened last night HOWEVER you'll be happy to know that I have repented and I'm doing better.

Last night I was suppose to go to a movie with Nick, well when I realized that One Tree Hill was on while at the movies I seriously contemplated cancelling. Really I did. I was going to text Nick and tell him until Ashley told me it was rude, and that I'd be a jerk.

Jerk. I don't like being a jerk.

So I didn't cancel. Proud? Me too!

Well, I made the choice not to cancel because of OTH, but then I got a text from Luke, saying Easy A 10pm. Chinook. DONE. I'm SOOOOO THERE!. I'd way rather watch that movie, than the one we were going to go to. So here I was again debating cancelling on Nick to go to a better movie, with someone I know better. Ugh. I'm seriously so rude.

I didn't cancel on Nick OR Luke, I just went to both. I'm tired. 8-9:30, 10-I don't even remember when....in the theatre takes alot outta a girl.

**PS- I didn't get rid of Josh(my textual relationship) and some how ended up picking up another one** I don't know how it happened. I'm going to have to resort to each of them getting a day of the week, so I don't mix up convos like I did last night ever again. Can you say awkward? Cause it was super werid.

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Dear Makers of WOTHonline.com

Dear Makers of the greatest website in the world,


Thank you for thinking of people like me. People who are ditzy and forget that they have perma-plans for ever Tuesday at 9pm and make other plans.

Watchonetreehillonline.com is the GREATEST website ever. I spent my lunch break watching last nights episode. It was awersome, no commercials. It was the only way that I was able to go out last night and enjoy the movies I went too. That's right...movies. Ha I went to two.



Sincerely;

Lachele Daisy Louise Wickens


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I want to blog.

This morning when I woke up I wanted to blog. I don't really have anything to blog about tho.

.So.

- I went to lunch with Kait and Ruthie on Saturday. Kait took the kids to this 'family' day thing at COP. She didn't really know what it was so she just took the kids for some face painting, petting zoo, and fun things. Once she got there she realized it was a fundraiser for a fertility clinic. HA. So, as a present from Ruthie at lunch she gave me a fertility bracelet. *I just got the shivers as I typed that* I will not be needing that anytime soon, however it's a safe place for when I will... ha!

- I met two of the funniest, cutest boys ever on Sunday(wahoo) They're both moving to Australia for a year next week to start a business(boo) just my luck.

- I had so much fun with Layla this weekend. She moved here from Seattle this week and we had a blast all weekend. I'm glad she was around, she kept me pretty sane.

- I'm going to a movie with Nick tonight. I forgot until just now that tonight is One Tree Hill night. I don't have a PVR. I really need this PVR'd so if any of you are reading this and want to PVR it for me, I will make you dinner if you let me come over and watch it. I'm a good cook. Promise.

- I'm only wearing my leg brace half of the time(only to work) and as a result of not wearing it any other time I am constantly on pain medication.

- Now that I know I can do things without my leg brace I am less likely to wear it more regardless of the pain, I'm just probably going to take more medication.

- I drove a motorized scooter at Walmart the other night that Brett made me have because I was such a slow walker.

- I lost my fave necklace.

- I really want some new basketball shoes, but can't justify buying them. Clearly.

- Jaylene comes back from the Yukon sometime this week, and that makes me happy.

- Troy got his mission call(previous post) but I am so excited/sad about it.

- I miss my family.

- I can't wait for thanksgiving.

- I'm going to the gym tonight before I go to the movie with Nick.

- I've actually debated cancelling the movie with Nick tonight if I can't find anyone to PVR- One Tree Hill.

- I need to watch Season 7 OTH so that I stop asking Saren who all the new kids are.

- I really want to move around my room, I need a change.

- I've really loved listening to Christmas music lately.

- Secretly I'm not sad that it's fall, and that it's getting cold.

- I just bought a new tanning lotion. 11x bronzer! I love it!

- I really need a PVR, so I can watch One Tree Hill- Guys, I'm seriously stressed out about this.

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Textual Relations....

ha, okay maybe Mallorie was right.
That does sound slightly wrong. ha.
I love it.
I love texting. I do it all the time. It's one of the easiest and cheapest ways to communicate with my friends from school in the States.
Texting is tricky. You can NOT have a serious convo via texting as one or both parties might not take the text in the right context(which usually opens up a whole new can of problems)
I am a girl. Obviously. I over react. I have been known to take a text or two out of context and blow it completely out of porportion-hence the reason I try not to text late at night. I tend to be more emotional late at night.
At any one given time I am engaged in half a dozen textual convos(on going texts that last all day, for several days) As of right now I have 6 that are of the opposite sex. You try balancing that. I think I have texted the wrong text to more than one guy at one time. *clearly the wrong text* I seem to roll out of it pretty nicely tho.
I remember having a convo with one of my friends about how some people are better off socializing in cyber space and not in real life. Harsh? yes. Bold statement? Yes. Well, this weekend one of my textual relationships came to real life(it's mainly textual because he lives on the coast) but he was here visiting for the weekend, and thought that him and his buddies would look me up. I'm glad they did. I had fun with them. We stayed up late playing 'what if' , making milkshakes, going to football(I watched), making pizzas, watching friends and having sphagetti dinner.
I had a good weekend, got no sleep, but I guess that's why it was so good. Anyways, so Josh(we'll call him Josh) and I bicker. Alot. Now something everyone who knows me, knows ABOUT me is that I am sarcastic. I can dish it. But. I can NOT take it..one bit. Josh, Josh dishes it out and dishes it out hardcore, so when he showed up at my house I half expected that to carry over..but I was rather surprised that it didn't. He was pleasant. However, I realized we have absolutely NOTHING in common when we're not arguing about how amazing I am. ha ha!

Point is, I think I'm going to be dropping my textual relationship with him, and I'm starting to not be able to keep up with all of them and after this weekend I realized he's not high on my priority list. I think I'm going to have to narrow them down even more. By the end of the week I will have my top 3. 3 is a good number isn't it? Now... how do I determine whether or not one of them stays or goes? Is there a textual relationship criteria I should follow to be fair, or do I just pick the 3 most attractive ones? The 3 that give me the most compliments? How should I do this?


Suggestions greatly appreciated.

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Dear Future Husband!

Dear Future Husband,

As you can tell I've been thinking about you alot, and making lists. This one is from a few weeks ago in Relief Society. I found one from about 10 years ago when I was a cute little MiaMaid. I don't have the paper for a picture comparrison, however I remember what was on the list. It was short.

-Tall
-Hott
-Plays sports.

Wow, I was deep. I'm sure you probably would have liked the younger version of me. I was alot less pickier than I am now, and easily impressed. Go figure. I'm sorry I guess girls are like fine wines, they get better with age ;) Lucky you!

I'm not sure if you can read this list(sorry my writing is pretty messy.)Let me recap it for you. It's very important, so please pay attention. Some of these may be negotiable-Actually probably only the Bonus is. I don't like to think of it as being picky, more so this is a list of things that I deserve. :)

-Worthy Priesthood Holder..There's nothing more attractive than a worthy priesthood holder. Please be good.

-Honest... One of the things I love about my Dad, is that he is one of the most honest men that I know.

-Balances me out.. This one can go either way. I sure hope you're patience because I'm not. I'm slightly emotional every now and again, so if you could please be a softie when I need it, and stern when I'm being a brat(which doesn't happen as often anymore) that would be much appreciated.

-Active(Physically and Spiritually)... I am active. I love playing sports. So please can this be something that we share. Also, I would like you to be Spiritually Active. Is this too much to ask? All I want is for you to lead Family Scripture study, Prayer and FHE without me having to ask you to do so.

-This one is almost just as important as being a worthy Priesthood holder. YOU MUST MUST MUST think I am funny.

-You have to love Children because I want atleast 4.

-Treating your mom and sisters with respect. I sure hope you're nice to girls, I would like an awesome example for our sons! Thank you!

-Wants a Temple Marriage. If you don't, well then I guess you don't want to be with me forever, so you don't deserve me. I'll find someone else :)

-Makes me want to be a better person.

-Obedient Missionary(If you went.) My Bishop always told that there is alot to be said about how a guy acted on his mission, and that if he wasn't obedient on his mission, chances are he's more likely to slip up(now I'm not too sure how much of that I believe EXACTLY, but it's a good principle.) As for a mission period. I don't think that it's a requirement that you even went on a mission. Some of the most amazing guys I've ever met haven't gone on missions, and subsequentally some of the biggest douche bags in my life right now are Returned Missionaries. So I will have to get back to you on that one.

BONUS- If you're tall and Cute I won't mind one bit ;)

That's a pretty big list of things to live up to. Who am I to even think that there is a guy out there with all of those qualities that would even want to marry me? Well... I don't know. But, I know that most of these are non negotiable.

Love you Long time!!

<3 Lachele

Haha, I just thought that this was pretty funny when I found it in the back of my day timer, and thought it was even funnier when I was going thru my Young Womans time capsule and found the one I wrote when I was 14. Oh how things have changed. Thank goodness. I've never been one to worry about getting married, I know it will happen, I'm young. This is in no way, shape or form is a declaration that I am looking to get married, and that that's the only thing on my mind. Because, well it's not. I just thought this was funny.

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This boy!

This is a really horrible picture. It's of the back of his head....because there are no other pictures of us on this computer... and all his facebook pics are of him playing football....



Here's a better one of him at his brothers wedding. He's the 2nd from the right. Isn't he cute!?! Ha he's going to kill me if he sees this... HOWEVER, that is my best friend! I just love him! He's amazing, tall, athletic, super cute and a lot of fun!

And the People of HOUSTON TEXAS get to keep him for two years!!! I am so excited. Troy got his call today, and he's going to be going to the Houston Texas East mission, speaking spanish!! He was sooo stoked. He wanted to speak spanish so bad!

A girl in our ward last week came up to him, and they were chatting about missions and she looked him dead in the eye and said he was going to Houston Texas speaking spanish@ Little does she know that she was dead on!

I am beyond excited for this experience he's about to go on. He reports to the MTC Dec 15. I don't know why it's so hard for me to grasp that he's going to be gone in 89 days. That seems like a lot, but it's really not. He withdrew from his classes this week at the university, and so he'll be working full time at the hospital, so hopefully I'll be able to see him more!

I'm so proud of the decision he made to serve a mission, and I know that he will be blessed for it, and I'm already excited for when he gets back.

Congrats...

I love your freakin guts(If you read this) ha

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25 random things

I found this on my facebook, I think that I have posted this before, but it really made me laugh, so I'm reposting it!

1. I sucked my thumb til I was 9

2.I've had 5 cars since I was 16(not cause I'm a bad driver tho) :)

3.I have this white baby blanket that I absolutely can NOT sleep without. I've slept with it every single night of my life...even when I travel... and I just don't care what anyone says anymore

4.I have 12 stitches on my left temple because I cracked my head open when I was 6ish

5.I have natrually nice blemish free skin, I don't use anything, and when I actually do get any sort of zit I cry and my life is over.... its cause I'm not use to it ok.

6.I pretend not to know I have really nice hair, and when people compliment me on it, I always act like I've never heard it before, but I know I do......

7.These are my natrual bright blue eyes.... I don't use contacts, I laugh when people tell me they pay extra to have their eyes look like mine....suckers!

8. I loooooove my family and should really play with them more often!

9.From the time I was 18-23 I had the WORST birthdays ever.....and I always have nightmares about my birthdays sucking....

10.I almost cut my thumb off when I was little. I still have a scar from it.

11. I use to pretend I was buffy the vampire slayer in like grade 5 and I made my dad make wooden stakes, and I put "holy" water in pill viles. I would run down my back alley with melissa and my sister chasing vampires at night during the summer... ha ha....

12. I pretend ALOT/ I'm a good story embellisher....not a liar....embellisher!(sp)

13.I played the clarinet in jr. high and got made fun of.

14. My first car was a 1981 Oldsmobile regalty it was 21 feet long( I swear) it had heated leather seats and a sun roof......"touch of class" We took it to grad in gr.12 and we fit 4 girls with 4 puffy dresses and 4 boys somehow managed to fit in there somehow too....

15. I was never allowed to take said car on the highways because it was so unreliable and would just turn off whenever it wanted to....haha....but I always took it to lethbridge....(sorry mom, don't tell dad) ha ha!!

16. I use to have dress up nights with my friends in highschool and we would dress up like the most randomest things ever and ALWAYS go to safeway....wtf.... ha ha....

17.One random night when I was in grade 11 the night before grad we dressd up, and well.... the next day for grad I couldn't get the make up off..... Clown Lachele.

18.Amber, Lauren and I got chased by little native kids in Cardston while we were waiting for our football game to start...they chased us into Dairy Queens bathrooms....I still think about that everytime I go to Cardston

19. Lane and I would always go on stalking missions around taber, or just park in the stake center parking lot and talk, then scare ourselves thinking someone was watching us...when really no one was there.

20.I held out hope Santa was real until I was like 13...... ha ha....

21. I've been scuba diving for the last 12 years since I was 12

22.I'm pretty funny when I have people to feed off of.... Saren...Jayci...laura hochstein

23.I use to make up interpretive dancing rountines on the trampoline when I was younger and have preformaces and hold auditions for the kids in the neighbourhood.....there was like 5 of us!

24. I don't know who 80% of my family is, and that makes me really sad..... they could be walking past me anywhere and I wouldn't even know!

25.I'm always getting hurt. There is ALWAYS always something wrong with me.

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Dear Captain Obvious,

Dear Captain Obvious,

I know I am a slow poke, I know that I am slightly gimped. It is hard to walk up that huge hill that my physio told me not to(shhh)however, I still passed you,so yes I am in good shape. Maybe you should just shut up. If the only conversation starter you can seem to think of is about my leg, then maybe you just shouldn't talk to me. I'm okay with that. I'd rather not talk to anyone on that 10 minute walk to work in the morning(that use to take me 4)than be asked stupid questions, and hearing comments like "maybe you shouldn't play with guys if you're going to get hurt". I've been playing sports with guys for as long as I can remember, and this is the first time I've ever gotten hurt. I've been hurt more times playing with girls. Maybe I shouldn't play with girls anymore either! Maybe you should just zip it. ;) If you want to stare... Stare. Just don't make it obvious. I am well aware that there is an over dramatic blue and white brace taking up the better part of my right leg. I know it's there. Trust me. You don't need to make me feel like an alien. mmkai!

With love,

Lachele x<3x<3

Haha, as you can probably tell, I'm getting tired of hearing those phrase come out of peoples mouths. Sometimes I wonder what people are thinking when they talk to me. Now, I'm a very random girl so for me to wonder why people say what they say... should be saying something shouldn't it? I'm okay with people asking me what happened, but I don't need sympathy. If I wanted sympathy I'd call my grandma...and since I don't have one anymore I don't need it!

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I slightly feel violated....

why?

Now before you all go laughing at me, just hear my side of the story.

I was grocery shopping, minding my own business... I went to the register to pay for my food, when the cashiers changed. I looked up and saw a guy in my ward. Nice kid. Don't really know him, but he started ringing thru my food for some odd reason I started feeling violated. Like he was judging me for the things that I had bought. I've never felt like this before, but as he was ringing thru my 4 bananas, my 4 apples, my cilantro, my 'tampons' *sorry about that C* I just felt him judge me. I bought mainly fruits and veggies, some quinoa...so really there was nothing he could judge harshly for.I had all healthy things.

I walked to my jeep, loaded my groceries in the back and got into my vehicle, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I had been violated. I guess buying food is a more personal thing to me than I thought.

Alright... now everyone else can judge me!

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Experience is a MUST!

I was talking to my friend last night, about this horrible experience I had(funny, but horrible) and she looked at me and told me to blog about it. So here I am. Blogging about my misfortune.

A few days ago, I went to see my friend who works in a salon, I needed a few things waxed. Um.. like my eyebrows...and yah..well, anyways. So, I went in, we were chatting and laughing and I was telling her about my latest escapades, and who I was interested in. Before we knew it her next appointment came it and she didn't have time to finish what she had started, and clearly since I wasn't paying her(shhh don't tell her boss) I was just going to have to leave, half waxed. One of the girls she works with offered to finish.

We got talking, and so I asked her how long she had been waxing for.. *just as she applies the wax*

"Oh, this is my first time"

I may or may not have gasped and got nervous for my little life, I usually like someone with a little more experience(she was like the receptionist or something). She applied the little strippy thing, waited a few seconds, and a few seconds more, and maybe even another 79.6 seconds and the RIP! I thought I was going to go thru the ceiling. That was the most painful thing I had ever gone thru- please remember I've been hit by a car, I've busted my knee, I've torn my rotator cuff, and I think this almost trumped all of those.

She applied pressure. Then it started to burn. Like stinging burn. I looked down and my SKIN was gone!! Just gone, it was on the strip she ripped off my body.

Let's just say it's a good thing I have another valid reason for walking so weridly right now, or else I'd have alot more explaining to do. *awkward*

Next time I think I'm going to ask for my waxer's credentials BEFORE she puts any wax near anything of mine.


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Stake Conference!

Calgary Temple


So, I love stake conference.. I don't know why I love it SOO much, but I just do.

This weekend was no exception. The theme of this conference was on the Temple. Alot of the talks focused on how we can prepare to have the Temple in Calgary.

I'm grateful for the Temple, and the fact that I've always lived relatively close to one, and I'm so stoked that there's going to be one in the same city as me. I haven't lived in the same place as a Temple since I lived in Salt Lake and Provo.

I remember when the annoucement was made that Calgary would be getting a Temple, I put my Temple bag in my jeep and was like woohoo, I can go during the week, I can go lots of times a week, I can do all these things, not realizing that it needed to be built. P.S My bag is still in the back of my jeep, and it's been a year and a half since the annoncement. ;) I'm just that excited.

Yesterday, I couldn't stop singing 'I love to see the Temple'.

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few and far between

So I think I've been doing a pretty good job of being happy the last little while.

But now I'm getting frustrated. I've blogged only two other times in the last 6 weeks about how frustrated I am, and then I've gone and deleted them. So, this one will probably stay up long enough for a few to read it, then think I'm some sort of baby.

I've always known how much my life revolves around being active, and playing sports. I forgot about how much I HATED being laid up from the last time I got hurt, remember the last time? I got smashed up in a car one day? Yah that was fun!

Last time you say? HA, yes this happens to me quite a bit. My friend and I figured out that every year on the years ending with 0, and ending with 5 something happens to me and I get hurt. It also seems like I get hurt when I need to learn a lesson. I guess that's Heavenly Fathers way of being funny. I'm blessed with the trial of getting hurt whenever I'm being a brat and need to be straightened up. You'd think I would have learned the first time...but nope. Here I am again. I've learned my lesson. Really, I have. So do you think that tomorrow when I wake up I'll magically be healed and the last 6 weeks won't have happened? or do I need to make a deal with the devil? Because seriously, it's getting to the point where I might start considering it!

I had big plans for 2011...and for turning 25(ugh) and now most of those plans have been changed to nursing a busted leg, and not going on as many vaca's. Rude. Well looks like I'll just have to jam pack everything into the short amount of time after my leg gets better.

Point, is I'm frustrated and done with this busted leg business...
I just want to play football,basketball and volleyball again. Oh ya, I never thought I'd miss training for a triathlon, but I do.

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Elder Scott-Booya!

I love Elder Scott. He's one of my top 3 fave Apostles. Is that allowed? Well if it is, good..if not oh well!

T and I went to the CES Broadcast tonight. He's always such an entertainer. For those of you who didn't see it. Shame on you. And for those of you who did, you'll understand what I am about to say!

He had me laughing from the first time he said 'stupid'. Maybe that's just my immature side coming out, but I laughed.. T not so much. He mainly laughs on the inside he says. He didn't even laugh when we went to see Karate Kid. I couldn't even get him to crack a smile...not even with my witty comments(not that I made many)

We talked about marriage. Of course. What else is new? Anytime I hear an Apostle speak of Marriage it makes me want to run out and get married that very second. Good thing most of these firesides are on Sundays, and the Temple is closed Sundays, cause after a good nights sleep, I always think differently in the morning. (could you imagine, when I do get married for real? Let's hope I don't feel like that the next day) Ugh. See that's my problem. I am soo indecisive and I don't know what I want. You'd think at 24, with a career, good friends, and an awesome family the next train of thought would have me thinking towards marriage. While I want to get married, I still feel too young. I'm not. By many standards I'm on the 'older' side.
Ugh.

Anyways, Enough of that. One of the things that made me smile was the way Elder Scott referred to his wife Sister Scott. When he'd say her name, he'd say it with such love and respect. He spoke of her so highly. It was so amazing. I left that meeting having had a witness testify to me that he is a Man of God. That the things he said were true, and that I need to stop being a brat. I need to make the effort. I need to stop being such a.......I don't even know what to call it, but I need to stop being it.

First, I need to stop being such a space cadet. I know how I need to act, I know what is expected of me, I know what my patriarchal Blessing says. So why am I stalling the inevitable? Oh because I'm a brat. My middle name should officially be changed to Brat, because it's used in conjunction with my name so much already.

Well, this has been a day of thinking. I'm thinking I should probably take care of a few other things first... Like my knee. It's a good excuse to not date and get my heart broken huh? I mean who wants to have a broken knee and heart? ha ha!

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New Season.New Goals.New CLOTHES!!

I love Summer. Swimming. Sun. Patio’s. BBQ’s. Shorts. Swimsuits. Bon Fires. Summer Loves. Snuggling on the Trampoline. Lakes. Boating. Star Gazing. Aloe Vera Lotion. Sunrises. Sunsets.

Those are some of the reasons I love summer. My summer fun was cut short this year, but you better believe I still was able to get most of those things on the list crossed off more than once ;) a few of them a hundred times over!

So, as sad as I am to say goodbye to Summer, I am welcoming the fall with open arms(mainly because it’s felt like fall here for a few weeks) so I might as well embrace it. I’m in love with Fall. With the Colors. With the cool crisp air. Layering my clothes. With snuggling on the Tramp when it’s freezing under 1000 blankets. I’m in love with seeing my breath when I breath. Football games. Having my nose and toes freezing while the rest of my body is warm. Hot Chocolate.

I’ve never been good with long term goals. I need to be able to see some sort of result, or reward in my near future or my goals fizzle out fast. ,and with me things tend to go in every direction I CAN’T imagine so I can never prepare for them. Every seasonal change, is a time to revamp my goals for the upcoming ‘semester’.

-Take an institute class. I was suppose to graduate like two years ago, however when I found out I was going to graduate I stopped going(therefore not receiving enough credits to graduate) and I just haven’t had time to take one since. Sad huh.

**That’s as far as I’ve gotten so far. I think it’s a pretty good start**

Hmmm, I just got really excited for layering my clothes, and for hot chocolate with marshmallows and cuddling in the cold. Is it bad that I want fall to come even faster?


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CLS Lady

At work I have to sometimes call for test results on patients after I book lab for them prior to us seeing them, so I spend a fair amount of time on the phone with CLS(Calgary Lab Services) I usually talk to the same few people all the time, so we’ll banter back and forth a little making small talk. Well this one lady A who is sooo sweet always makes convo with me. She realized she hadn’t talked to me for three weeks in August(cause I was off work with my knee injury) and asked me if I was on vaca. I told her what happened, she told me I was crazy.. We were talking and she was telling me about it then out of the blue she asks if I have facebook? She asked if she could add me so she could put a name to the face, and so I could check out her pics if I wanted.. ha ha I told her to add me and this was the following convo we had.

A-Don’t be alarmed if an old woman is adding you.
Me- You’re not that old like 35?(she sounds so young)
A-Ha, no 49. I had kids that are 21 and 25.
Me- Well, I’m 24.
A-Shut the front door, really? I have a son you should meet, check out my fb if you think he’s cute I’ll hook you up!!

Great, so what do I do? Ha ha. If he’s not cute(not that that’s the only deciding factor) and I don’t want to go out with him will she be offended? I didn’t want to tell her that I have rules about dates and that I don’t do blind dates, and I just don’t go out with guys that I don’t know anything about (because my time is valuable;). She’d think I’m a jerk(which I guess I am, so I deserve it right) I should just tell her I’m really werid, and never have anything in common with guys and that he probably wouldn’t like me. HA. I haven’t really met many guys that think it’s soooo *hot* that a girl loves sports as much as he does. So if any of you know a guy that likes a girl that loves sports, and is athletic send him my way ;) ha

So, what do I do? Do I add her and check out her son? Or do I just pretend I never go on facebook and when she asks me if I’ve added her I say I just haven’t been on yet, or do I just say I’m not interested in her son, and have it be wicked awkward when I call to get test results on my patients?


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Hypochondriac much?

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a pretty big hypochondriac and I became even more so after I started working at the Cancer Centre. I use to be so worried that I had every type of Cancer, and as I would go thru referrals and would compare what that person had, to things that I had, and I automatically assumed that meant I had cancer. Trust me, some of the Doc’s I work with would run in the opposite direction when they saw me cause I was just out of control.

Now I know I’ve blogged about some people that I work with before. But this was just too funny to pass up! I was talking to one of the girls I work with and she had this all natural organic lip balm, and we were commenting on it and then the tangent begun! She loves watching Dr. Oz and Dr. Oz told her that she should stop wearing lipstick and un organic lip balms because there was just sooo much petroleum in them(true) so she dropped everything she was doing to go buy some organic stuff(true P fashion). Straight faced as she could looked at us and was all “with all the lipstick the average American wears they’re consuming 7lbs of gas a year” HA! I just love this girl. When we argued that she sits in traffic for HOURS a week breathing in gas she really had nothing to say. ;)

-Then she was talking about how she wanted to start wearing a facemask EVERYWHERE she went because she read somewhere that when you take a breath it will travel once around the world and you’ll breath it back in a year later- Then she would take a breath and say “I breathed this in a year ago” haha and she did that like 4 times.

-THEN(there’s more) she was reading a study once about breast milk and about how women who lives in seclusion and women that live in the city have the same toxin levels in their milk, so that really there is no point to living a secluded lifestyle cause there were no benefits….(cause clearly she wants more kids and this is a huge concern for her)

-Lastly, she switched to a liquid foundation because Dr. Ox said that loose mineral make up is really bad for the lungs, and it will give you cancer(what doesn’t give you cancer these days). He compared it to a person who works with mixing concrete and how they’re more likely to get cancer because of all of the concrete powder they breath in. I didn’t know mineral make up was like cement but apparently it is ;) Good thing I don’t wear foundation! Guess I won’t get lung cancer because of my awesome skin! Thanks mom and dad ;) ha ha

I can’t imagine not having P in out dept. She is seriously one of the funniest people ever! The things that come out of her mouth are jaw dropping. I learned a lot from her today.


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Surprises!

I HATE surprises.

With a passion.

I hate surprises more than I hate clowns or lawn knomes.(any anyone who knows me knows that's alot)

I had a funny conversation with a friend who is having a baby and she loves surprises so natrually she doesn't want to find out the sex of her baby. I think she's crazy. I hate surprises and I hate not being prepared. So not finding out the sex of my baby(that I am clearly not having anytime soon) will kill me.

When I was little my parents would have to hide my christmas and birthday presents at my grandparents house because I would search everywhere to find them. Any with my name on them would be sneakily opened a little bit by the 'cat's claw' and I'd just so HAPPEN to notice what it was. That dang cat would only every open my presents, and I'd get blamed for it ;) geez. It got to the point where my parents would bring everyone elses presents out before and mine out at the last minute. Now that I'm older and more mature(obviously) I can handle staying away from the Christmas tree when I go home for Christmas... NOT! The first thing I do is go under the tree and see what has my name on it(not because I want to know how many presents I have) I just hate surprises and want to know what I got. I just hate surprises. I hate having a surprise to keep from other people. I can't keep anything in. I have a HUGE surprise that I've been sworn to secrecy that I wouldn't share until the time is right and it's starting to become too much to handle. Good thing I only have to wait until Friday.

Do you like surprises? What is the biggest surprise you've ever ruined either by blabbing or finding something you weren't supose to?

I have a DANG good surprised look for when I actually already know the surprise. I'll show it to you one day!

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True Fashion....

In true fashion I fell off the blog wagon this week. I've been busy, and honestly after the emotional rollercoaster of a week I had last week I just didn't feel like updating anyone on anything, and really no one cares about my knee anymore!

Updates:

-I went to the gym for the first time in 4 weeks on Saturday. It was the best 90 minutes I've spent in the last month.

-I watched a few football games!

-Started Physio(cried from physio)

-I played with Ruthie, read books, and played cake boss(look to my facebook for pictures of that)

-I went on a non date date( I had a debate with someone this week, he kept questioning why it wasn't a date, and it was really hard to tell him over text, it just made me look like a snot.) I don't go on dates with guys I don't know. I need some sort of relationship with them(whether it's a 5 min convo to ensure I will have something in common with him, or I've known him for a year) I don't consider it a date unless I know him. That dreaded 'D' word adds a little too much pressure(usually on his part) PLUS, if you go back and read some of my other blog posts you'll know that I have bad experiences going on dates with people I don't know. All my friends tell me not to be so picky, and to enjoy a free meal... I just have to tell them that I don't like wasting my time, and I'm not that hard up for food that I can't go buy my own meal(which makes me sound like a jerk) then they ask me if I wonder why I'm not married! Good thing Elder Oaks and I go way back and his talk in 2004 was for everyone but me!

-I'm going to the cornmaze tomorrow night with one of my friends and I'm so excited to hang out with him! YAY!

-I was at work like 15 minutes ago and I was talking to this lady that works in another dept who is hilarious(Hi Pina ;)) and she casually mentioned that she started reading my blog, and that she reads some blogs that I follow. She read Mormon Bachelor Pad, and I immediately started laughing because well, anyone who has read that knows it's not actually accurate when depicting young mormons, close but not quite haha. So now she probably thinks I snog lots, and have like 43234643 boyfriends. I just thought it was really funny.

-I've had some pretty redic comments made to me in the last few days, that I just wanted to share. AND. I'm kind of looking for props because rather than being a girl and skipping the compliment and soaking up the insult... I took the compliment and laughed about the insult ;) The first one was on Sunday at church I was just being a goof ball and this guy came up to me...I knew him but not enough to expect this come out of his mouth.

"Lachele it's a good thing you're cute, cause you're werid"
-Thank you for thinking I'm cute! I like to think that I try. That's the compliment I took. HOWEVER, the old Lachele could have taken the following out as an insult
"You're werid"-quite obvious
"cute"- One of my friends told me that when he calls a girl cute, it's the nice way of saying she's not good looking enough for 'pretty' or 'beautiful' so really this guy could think that I'm not good looking enough for anything other than cute!

Then Ruthie, bless that little beauties soul says this to me before I left last night(May I remind you I had baked a cake with her, let her decorate it, cleaned up the sprinkle disaster of 2011,read princess books to her and cuddled with her ALL day long) says to me "Auntie Lachele, you're pretty but not very cool"
Now, I stopped listening to her after she said I am pretty.
The old Lachele would have been sad that a 5 year old didn't think she was cool, and tried to make plans to take her to the zoo, and to the park, and on a date. However I just laughed at her, and left.

Haha, those are just two of the funny things that have happened to me this last week.

What is something funny that's happened to you this week?

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