time for another update

june

• j graduated from dental school.
• went to la
• dodgers game
• six flags
• cruise with the family
• zip line in jamaica
• scuba diving in grand cayman
• four wheeling in cozumel

july

• b and j wedding
• hail storms for the 4th
• boating

lots of exciting times these past two months. i'm so sick of traveling. working all the time, spending time with r. the wedding was beautiful.

funny thing. i get home from la and drive home from denver, drive to work the next day with my gas light on (it turned on while driving back from denver) go to get gas and the door to my tank is broken. yes i do know how to open the door. yes, it really was broken. that was fun.

life is good.

it is really happening...

i guess it was going to happen eventually, we always wondered who would be the first. one of us kids is getting married. 3 of us made it through our byu education, we surpased the average age to be married and utah and could be considered menace to society. the baby of the family, that is right the youngest of four will be the first to be married. b has met a great girl and they have decided to get married. so congratulations to b and j. i'm really excited for the two of them and the adventures ahead of them.

in other excitement for the family j is graduating in the beginning of june. wow we are really growning up.

i'm currently preparing to take my scuba cerification class, and in the manual it says that it is likely that you will swallow water and choke, but not to worry. is this really how they should introduce people to this class. the whole under water breathing thing, is not natural but to tell them you might choke that is definitely a relief in my mind. i keep having to remind myself that people do this all the time and live to tell about it. maybe once i've done it i will understand but as it currently stands, i don't know that this is really a good idea.

i'm still living the dream working all the time. it amazes me how many things can find to complain about. apparently it is ok to break the law sometimes... as long as people get there meds they don't care what it takes to get it. oh and the lies, they either lost their meds, had them stolen, or the cat magically opened the vial and dumped it the toliet. cats these days. crazy enough i still love the job. sometimes people drive me crazy, but when it is all said and done, i wouldn't trade jobs.

since september

september spent most of my time working. celebrated 26. r brought me flowers before i had to go to work. (r and i made a deal to not get each other birthday presents). bf since 3rd grade had her first baby- cutest thing ever. october. r's birthday. went to utah to visit. utah vs. wyoming blackout football game. novemeber. wicked. thanksgiving in utah. utah vs. byu game. december. started at a new store. christmas. family time in utah. christmas parties. january. new years. nuggets game. shooting guns. february. valentine's day. sledding. ice festival. bingo. watching bball.
most of my time is spent at work, and spending time with r. we try to do fun stuff when we can. but there is a quick update of what i've been up to.

the best parts of my summer.........

in our singles ward for fhe every week they ask an ice breaker question. last week they asked what the best part of the summer was. since i wasn't at fhe, i thought i'd list my favorite things. (and why not update the blog - since i'm so good at that)

* moving to colorado.... i never would have guessed i would move here. i didn't see the draw. in school kept talking about wanting to live in colorado after graduation - i never understood it. crazy how things work out.

* licensed pharmacist.... i was begining to wonder if it would ever happen. after months of trying to register for the licensing exam, i took my tests and they let me be a pharmacist in the state of colorado. it is still weird to tell people at work that i am the pharmacist.

* meeting r..... he told me that this was the best part of my summer, although he did tell me that meeting me was not the best part of his summer. he's made the transition here a lot easier, and a lot more fun.

* cliff jumping..... yes we did go to the middle of nowhere colorado and jump off a cliff into a small pool of water. i was only brave enough to jump off the 25 foot but there were a few brave people (crazies) that jumped from the 85 foot.

* bear lake.... i love that place. it is always a fun time with my family, add in some competitive mini golf, and the boat and amazing water and it doesn't get much better. it was also fun to have r come.

although it seemed to me that i spent a lot of my summer working, it really was a pretty good summer, and i can't complain. too bad it is over :( . ...... i love the summer.

just call me dr.......

it is official. i am now a college graduate. believe it or not, last weekend i walked across the stage, had a few pictures taken and got my diploma. oh how time flies when you are having fun.
i really don't know that i am old enough for this grown up world of working full time. the school thing i could handle. work is still questionable.
time for a new adventure. i move on tuesday, start work on wednesday. nothing like waiting until the last minute. procrastination, got to love it.
it is strange to think that i will get no summer break this year. that is ridiculous. all my buds i got used to seeing everyday for the last four years won't be around me anymore.
strange how life works.
i was even told today how typically only burnettes are smart and i was a blonde with a doctorate..... i guess anything in life is possible.

oh the memories

yesterday as i was hanging with my cute little neighbors in the back yard, my neighbor told nicole and i how it was class picture day. of course i then remembered all the wonderful school pictures i had taken.
one friend in high school would never let me forget my kindergarten picture with my permed hair that was cut to my ears. pretty stylish.
but the real memories that came to me were.....
i remembered a year that we had class pictures taken and it seemed that everyone's complexion was faded out except for two that were right next to each other. so of course us being girls, we said they looked cute together or something along those lines. i remember soon after our teacher said that we should not say that a boy and girl look cute together. seriously take a joke people.
well my bff moved away in the fourth grade and we would visit each others in the summer. one summer we decided to predict the futures of our classmates. of course we were experts at the whole fortune telling thing. so we matched up people in our class, and decided what careers everyone would have and how many kids. we didn't leave anything out. we were pretty proud of our skills. too bad i lost that paper.... i am positive nothing turned out how we predicted but i can only imagine the things that we had come up with. apparently when it comes down to it people who are in the same fourth grade class don't usually end up having a future with other members of your fourth grade class.

since i've been gone........ from omaha

i've had a request for a blog update.... apparently i'm pretty pathetic at it, but sadly it is because my life is not so interetsing. here is what i've been up to......

• finishing up my last rotation at intermountain medical center. i've been working with pharmacists in the heart and lung building
• saw a cabg surgery - it was awesome... pretty sure i could have been a good surgeon
  
• saw part of the lung removed - not so awesome. my dreams of being a surgeon are no more
  
• learned all about meds for the heart
• spent a lot of time with the family. oh what good times when the six of us get together.
• watched a ton of march maddness, i still believe that michigan state could have and should have won

pretty lame isn't it. well some not so fun or cool things was trying to fit all my blongings in my bedroom. yeah you try to fit 4 years of crap accumulation + my bedroom = no chance!! there is no way i was going to pull that one off, so i now live in a partial storage space/bedroom. it is a dream.

but for real.... i miss my pals in omaha, but really life isn't all too bad.

visit from friends

i was instructed to let everyone know that kate, lynette and doug smith stopped by in omaha to visit me last week. well not really omaha we met in lincoln, but still close enough. it was fun to have dinner out here with some friends from back home. thanks for stopping in friends!

i'm growing up

i've done it. i got a job. not just any job, but a real grown up, full time, college degree required job. who would have ever guessed the day would come. i questioned it at sometimes. but all those years of hearing the hard work will pay off, yeah we'll see about that. in a year from now, i'll get back to you on that one.

now that i've accepted the job i realize that was the easy part. i have to find a place to live. i have to move. i have to actually be a grown up with a full time job. not really my dreams coming true. life of a student really isn't that bad. i've actually kind of started getting really good at it. class in the morning, nap in the afternoon, homework at night, favorite tv shows and a little more studying then sleep, and repeat. but you never know this working thing might be kind of fun.

sad news is i'm leaving my home in omaha. that is right it has become a second home to me. my friends here are the greatest. i never thought i'd be this sad to leave, but the idea of not coming back is just not normal. good news is though everyone can always use a good road trip. so they will just have to all head out to visit me.

so that is it, i do have a job to go to once i graduate.

am i really that oblivious

after talking to a good friend, and she asked the question that every single girl loves to hear..... "so are you dating anyone these days?" and i have to once again confirm to her that it is still just me. but it got me to thinking. am i really that oblivious to know when a guy likes me?

i've always been bad at this. i remember in highschool when i heard a friend of me had a crush on me, and you know my reaction.... had i had any idea, i would have been all over that. but unfortunately i was clueless.

fastforward a few years. friends of mine tell me that there are some poor guys out there that want to be more then friends with me, but if you asked me i'd have to be honest and say i do not know what you are talking about. i may joke about it but really, i wouldn't be able to name a single boy who wants to date me. (ok i really do know of one, but that's because he told me so).

i read the book he's just no that into you, but where is the instruction guide to he is just that into you. am i really just oblivious or are am i right in assuming we just friends? maybe i'm just over thinking things. what does it mean if a guy were to do this.....

- a boy starts watching desperate housewives, after you two watch it together
- a boy stays at your apartment until almost 4 am watching tv and talking
- a boy moving just to sit by you on the couch
- a boy wanting to share your blanket with you
- a boy texting you after he gets home from a date with another girl
- a boy bringing you your favorite candy, not once but twice
- a boy telling you he's going to miss you while you're gone
- a boy staying after to talk to you after all your other friends have left
- a boy texting to tell you a show about britney spears is on tv, and texting you through the entire thing like you are watching it together.

ok these are just a few things that have happened lately in my life, one by it self might seem like just a nice jesture, but what if i were to tell you that it was on a couple of guys doing these things. am i missing something here? i hope that i'm not giving these guys the wrong idea.

don't you sometimes wish your life could be one of those choose your own adventure books. that when faced with a choice you can either skip to page 84 or go back to page 23. then when you didn't really like the way the story was going you could go back and try again like the first try never really happened. just think of all the the paths you could get yourself off of and start over. oh if life were only so easy. but seriously think about it..... so you decide to take a job and well it wasn't really what you hoped for so rewind and you are back to where you never took the job and you chose option two and no one knows any different. or even better you know those killer jeans or shoes you want, and you are debating to buy them or not. well, if you had the chance to take them for a test drive and if they brought positive results then keep going, but if not then well why waste that money?

yeah i really shouldn't complain my life right now is pretty fabulous. i graduate in a few months.... finally! i have a great family and friends, but you know a little excitement of seeing how my life could be different wouldn't be something i was object to. you know there are a few choices i might want to try over again. the problem is though, what if the other choice turned out to be worst then the first. that would stink to do choice one over again.

so i guess there is no reason to complain, but still don't you ever wonder what it would be like if you could choose to.

utah

six weeks off of school in the middle of the school year what more could a girl ask for? besides the fact that i am trying to move, and trying to pack my stuff to last me for 6 weeks. packing for 6 weeks in 2 suitcases is really not so easy.
the good news is though is that i get to be in utah for 6 weeks and i can not wait.
the bad news it means it will be my last christmas break from school ever, and that means i'm a little closer to having to find a job. boo who really wants to grow up.

summer time catch up

yes, i know i am horrible about updating this thing.... but it is because i can be. so here are the exciting things that have happened to me in the last few months.

• college world series. that's right after 3 years in omaha i finally made it to some games. my parents came out and spent the weekend with me and the three of us went to a game. i also went to a game with a group of friends and we had a bbq on my roof after that. besides the down pour of rain at the beginning the night ended up being pretty fun.
• brady got home! we were able to get the whole heaps family back together for some family fun, which always has to include some kind of competition so we took it to the miniature golf course. not often you see 4 children over 20 years old mini golfing with their parents, but that was us.
• rotation #2 was at walgreens in omaha. not my dream job.... best thing i've heard about walgreens is them described as the pharmacy mafia.. once you start working there it is for life and they are like a huge family trying to take over the pharmacy world... now is that really who you want filling your prescriptions?
• rotation #3 UTAH.... i worked at rite aid. yes i did feel like i joined the competition, but i felt like i switched to the good side. i gave my first immunization at this place and not the highlight of the experience.
• while in utah we got to go to bear lake... always a fun time for the heaps fam. it is almost one long non-stop weekend of competition. but the skiing was fabulous as always. even skiing is a competition to who is the best skier.... this is one competition i am not even a part of.
• i am now on rotation #4 ... that means in 2 weeks i will be half way done with my 4th year... wow time is flying. this is my ambulatory rotation... i'm working at the lincoln va at the anticoagulation clinic. basically what i do is patients come in and i look at their lab values and determine if their coumadin dose needs to be adjusted.

so basically nothing really interesting has happened in my life... so no need to feel left out that it has been so long since my last post. maybe i'll try to start living a more exciting life, and get better at writing posts, but then again i probably won't.

olympic swim trials

ok ok, so this all happened about a month ago but still who would have guessed in omaha. the one time living next to the qwest center has come in handy. who would have guessed that a basketball stadium could be turned into such an amazing swimming venue. needless to say i visited the trials a couple of times before they were over. anyone who has ever swam competitively knows the art of deck changing very well, but changing on a deck of a swimming pool in front of a hundred or so people no big deal, but there was one guy there who didn't shy away from doing it in front of 13,000 people, i guess he didn't want to miss out on anything. the only thing that could have made this a better experience is if i hadn't been such a slacker growing up and had been able to swim.

where in the world??

fourth year pharmacy student, who would of thought i would get this far in life. i tell you that first semester of pharmacy school i felt like i was starting highschool all over again and wondered if i'd ever be a senior - you know the feeling. the best part about being a fourth year besides the fact that i graduate in less then a year is that i am not stuck in a classroom all day. no i'm currently in atlantic, iowa the home of 7,257 iowans. did you ever know there was such a place? yeah me either. it is in fact the coca-cola capital of iowa, so shame on you for not knowing the location. but for those of you who don't know where it is; it is approximately 70 miles east of omaha. yes i do travel about an hour and fifteen minutes everyday to get there and home and believe or not i get there by 8:00 am. i have been working at cass county memorial hospital- ccmh!! i am doing my general hospital rotation there and it has been lots of fun and a whole new experience. the best part about the place though does have to be the people- they are so much fun.

he's just not that into you.......

i'm currently reading he's just not that into you and well what i have learned so far..... while the author continues to build you up and tell you how fabulous and what a great catch you really are, that if a guy is not breaking down your door, showering you with flowers, and constantly keeping his word and showing you how truly in love with you he is, then he's just not that into you. ok so maybe that might be a slight exaggeration, but maybe not.

through reading this i have been reflecting on my life, i have made a few discoveries, like you know maybe that guy just wasn't that into me or maybe i just wasn't into that guy, no more explanation is needed then that.

i have also realized some other great qualities that i have that are probably really not that great. you know the girl that when she first meets a guy always says the dumbest possible thing. or the girl that rambles constantly when they get nervous. yeah i think i am a wonderful mixture of the two. oh and what's better is i'm sure i think i am funnier then i really am. haha yeah life is good.

getting home....

so i spent the past weekend in san diego, a nice break from omaha.....until it came time to go home. i got to the airport super early (like 4 hours early. did you know they won't let you check in your baggage more then 4 hours before your flight?) unfortunately i was unable to get on an earlier flight, so i was stuck spending the afternoon in the san diego airport. suprisingly i used most of the time wisely and did some of the school work i had missed while away. as it got closer to my departure time my flight became delayed 2 HOURS!!! now since omaha is the happening place it is, there was only one flight from denver that could get me home that night. the only problem was i now needed to just be in denver. i felt like i was living in one of those choose your own adventure books. here were the options i was given. option 1. try to get on the flight (of course i'd be on stand by) that was leaving to denver that would get me to denver 5 minutes before the flight to omaha left and maybe make the connecting flight and maybe not. if i missed my connecting flight i'd be stuck in denver until 9:30 the next evening, unless i could get on an earlier flight, there was a possibility of getting on the 7 am flight the next morning but that just depended if it filled up before then. that choices left a lot up to chance. option 2. i could hang out in san diego for two hours more and just book the 7am flight from denver right then. or option 3. i could take a 7:30 pm flight to chicago and then catch a 6 am flight to be back in omaha by 7:30 am just with enough time to get home and change for my 9 am class.
well i took my chances and went with option 1. i made it on to the flight to denver and we made our connecting flight. after i got on the plane i realized my luggage probably wouldn't. not so bad you'd think except my apartment keys were in my suitcase, my phone charger in my suit case (yes, my phone was on the last bar). so i called my roommate who just so happened to be coming back to omaha that night also to tell her i needed her to let me in the apartment. her flight was supposed to get in at 12:30am just a half hour after mine. i thought my luck had turned around until i got a voicemail from her explaining that her flight had been delayed 2 hours! wow was luck on my side. good news is though our door buzzer goes to my cell phone so i was able to get into my building. but don't worry i did sit against my door reading a book for about two hours hoping my phone would last long enough to know when my roommate got there to let me in. it was around 3 am that i got into bed that night. did i pick the best option? who knows but one thing is forsure i've never been so excited to be back in omaha.

my not so exciting life

while home over christmas break, my mom kindly told me that my life was not near as exciting as other blogs she has seen. unfortunately i believe that is right, either that or she just doesn't find me as funny as i like to think i am.
since we are 3 weeks into 2008.... i figure it is about time to list my good, bad and ugly of 2007 which may hopefully prove i am not really that dull.
the good
1. spending a week in hawaii with nicole
2. puka dog
3. finishing half marathon
4. spending time in san francisco
5. being home for the summer
the bad
1. finding out i have popliteal entrapment (i cut the circulation to my leg off when i run)
2. stress fracture in my foot
3. having to have compartment testing
the ugly
1. "the fall"
2. the countless hours i spent studying

ok so my life is pretty pathetic- i am a student who spends way too much time studying, who is obviously a walking disaster (but one is a genetic defect!) and my my only excitement in life mostly happens when i leave nebraska. but don't give up on me yet..... one day something exciting will happen in my life, but until then my life continues to consist of school, sleeping and looking for my next vacation.
besides 2008 is just starting this year could be my year.

finals

who in their right mind thought finals were a good idea? they obviously forgot to ask my opinion. after 11 semesters of finals you'd think i'd be a pro, haha the jokes on you. to me it is like survival of the fittest again, who can stay up the longest studying and still function as a normal human being. when taking finals at byu you'd think a new ride at an amusment park had opened....waiting in line to take a test, talk about good times. now finals is like going back in civilization to a time when no one showered or shaved, or even changed their clothes for atleast 3 days, but don't worry as soon as finals are done everyone jumps into the shower only because they have a little time to kill before the bars officially open for the day. does life get much better? the best thing about finals however though is that you have finished and that high you get can not be duplicated. you feel like you can take on the world, only to sit down to figure out what to do first and the next thing you know it is atleast 3 hours later, were you really that tired? so basically i have one more semester behind, me and the even better news would be that i only have one more semester of tests.... there really is an end to this madness.

The new and improved Heaps House

My mom decided that after 20 years it was time for her to give the house a make over. It started with new granite counter tops through out the house and now...... she has knocked down a wall to combine the family room and living room so she is prepared for those big family parties she hopes to have one day.

So here is the room just waiting for new carpet and a new TV cabinet.