Well life comes at you fast and if you aren't ready for it... too bad. I typically don't get stressed out, but as of late I have been. I don't even know why, but it started to seem that everything was piling up and wasn't getting done. Responsibilities were getting higher and higher, however nothing was getting done. I have concluded that life sucks. I love my wife and that is the only thing that is keeping me going, yet I feel that I let her down everyday.
I talked to my wise sister and she told me that I needed to turn to the Lord and as cheesy as that sounds, it was true. I was so willing to use the Lord everyday on the mission, but once I got home the desire just left me. Why would I let that happen?
It really started to get me to ponder about myself and where I was at with God and I realized that I needed to step it up. All I want to do right now is complain, but I know that won't help me. Forcing myself to not complain is extremely hard and I almost want to just stop writing, but I know that I need to write to let go of my anger and frustrations.
I had so many to do's in my head and I couldn't get them out so I finally wrote them all down. It was more than 60! SHEESH! No wonder I was stressed! I even took work off yesterday because I was so stressed. I slept for four hours :) The nice thing was that as I was writing all these things down, I realized that I was letting go of my stress. It was so nice.
Monica and a few family members were at a First Aid thing tonight so I came home and went to the books right away. I didn't even really do anything with Zuko. (I feel so bad for him. We don't play with him as much as I want to.)
After doing some homework, I finally did some chargebacks on my credit card because the people we bought the textbooks from still haven't given us a refund. Then I called David to talk about 4x (we made $500 last night starting the robots again!) Monica then called to let me know that she was coming home soon and to make her some food. I made some Clam Chowder, but she didn't like it.
It's starting to get late so I am going to go to bed. I hope that things will look brighter soon.
James
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
January 6th, 2009
Woke up today with Monica saying that her chest hurt. I gave her a blessing and it seems that she is ok now. She hasn’t been coughing and has her energy back. We’ll see tomorrow. I did do sniping trades this morning, but it still was not good today. We are now down to 29k. I can’t believe that this is happening. I am going to be paper trading for the rest of the week.
School was fun, although we got stuck trying to get there. Monica drove and got stuck driving out of the driveway. I had to get out and shovel around the car and then I had to push. At least we made it to our classes.
My first class was Tai Chi. The teacher was late too, but when he came he got started right away. He told us some things about the history of Tai Chi and I think that it’s becoming one of my favorites. The moves were so fluid and smooth, yet very powerful. I would like to do some research and see what I can learn about this martial art. My Pilates teacher was in there and she remembered me. She will also be my powertone and power yoga teacher tomorrow.
I then met up with Monica and ran up four flights of stairs and went to Student Success. I was the only Senior there and instantly I felt confident. We did a couple of get to know you games and I won. The game was bingo, but instead of numbers on a card, it was emotions. I had to go around the room and see what emotion people felt that week and if I got bingo I would get a prize. Well I went to a couple of people in my table and it made a good line. So I then would go up to someone else and say, “Hey did you feel Disgusted at all this week?” They would then say, “Uhh… yeah I think I did earlier this week…” With a wink and a nod I quickly got the bingo and won a bag of dark chocolate M&M’s. I gave them to Monica of course after class.
We then ran to our next class, but not before heating up some chimichangas. We ate them on the way to class. I had organic chemistry and he just went through the syllabus. I just read the chapter while he was talking. I wanted to tell everyone my experience, but I knew that it wasn’t the right time. I’ll put it up on the board or something next week.
After class I walked Monica to her class and then checked the school to see if there was a way to video tape the class. They only asked if I had a disability. Of course I said no, so they told me that they couldn’t. I was disappointed because I can’t afford one right now. Oh well.
I went up to the library to study and saw a banquet going on below me. I got so hungry and tired at the same time that I took a ten minute nap. I was able to finish chapter one and then it was time to meet up with Monica. We then walked to the car and luckily it had been sunny today so all the snow was turning into slush. We drove home and I shoveled the driveway. That was a workout and a half.
We ate a small bowl of cereal and then Monica had to run off to work. I tried to workout, but then my home teacher called. I couldn’t finish the workout in time so I just went back to the computer and got the finances worked out on Quicken.
Young Men’s was starting soon so I decided to use the Honda, but then realized that the tire was flat. I started to walk and the Stoffers stopped and gave me a ride. They are so nice. We had a little planning meeting and ate pizza. Afterwards we played basketball. At first I didn’t really want to, but then Brother Soper told me to be on one side and he would be on the other. I couldn’t argue, so I played. It was SO fun! I loved it! Once the girls were done with their activity, they joined us. While I was trying to get the girls to play I started to harass Aimee Burton and Tara McCaig. Aimee was being sassy and started to snap her fingers in a Z formation so I was like, “WHAT?! Don’t make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, head rotation; shut up girl you’ve just been dissed!” (Yeah I learned that from Monica’s coworker. It is one of the most hilarious things). All the girls just busted up laughing.
I finally got home and found a package had been delivered. It was a power supply for Blake’s computer that blew up last year. Now I’ll be able to fix it. I have to remember to send in the rebate.
Well, way passed my bed time. It’s 10pm
School was fun, although we got stuck trying to get there. Monica drove and got stuck driving out of the driveway. I had to get out and shovel around the car and then I had to push. At least we made it to our classes.
My first class was Tai Chi. The teacher was late too, but when he came he got started right away. He told us some things about the history of Tai Chi and I think that it’s becoming one of my favorites. The moves were so fluid and smooth, yet very powerful. I would like to do some research and see what I can learn about this martial art. My Pilates teacher was in there and she remembered me. She will also be my powertone and power yoga teacher tomorrow.
I then met up with Monica and ran up four flights of stairs and went to Student Success. I was the only Senior there and instantly I felt confident. We did a couple of get to know you games and I won. The game was bingo, but instead of numbers on a card, it was emotions. I had to go around the room and see what emotion people felt that week and if I got bingo I would get a prize. Well I went to a couple of people in my table and it made a good line. So I then would go up to someone else and say, “Hey did you feel Disgusted at all this week?” They would then say, “Uhh… yeah I think I did earlier this week…” With a wink and a nod I quickly got the bingo and won a bag of dark chocolate M&M’s. I gave them to Monica of course after class.
We then ran to our next class, but not before heating up some chimichangas. We ate them on the way to class. I had organic chemistry and he just went through the syllabus. I just read the chapter while he was talking. I wanted to tell everyone my experience, but I knew that it wasn’t the right time. I’ll put it up on the board or something next week.
After class I walked Monica to her class and then checked the school to see if there was a way to video tape the class. They only asked if I had a disability. Of course I said no, so they told me that they couldn’t. I was disappointed because I can’t afford one right now. Oh well.
I went up to the library to study and saw a banquet going on below me. I got so hungry and tired at the same time that I took a ten minute nap. I was able to finish chapter one and then it was time to meet up with Monica. We then walked to the car and luckily it had been sunny today so all the snow was turning into slush. We drove home and I shoveled the driveway. That was a workout and a half.
We ate a small bowl of cereal and then Monica had to run off to work. I tried to workout, but then my home teacher called. I couldn’t finish the workout in time so I just went back to the computer and got the finances worked out on Quicken.
Young Men’s was starting soon so I decided to use the Honda, but then realized that the tire was flat. I started to walk and the Stoffers stopped and gave me a ride. They are so nice. We had a little planning meeting and ate pizza. Afterwards we played basketball. At first I didn’t really want to, but then Brother Soper told me to be on one side and he would be on the other. I couldn’t argue, so I played. It was SO fun! I loved it! Once the girls were done with their activity, they joined us. While I was trying to get the girls to play I started to harass Aimee Burton and Tara McCaig. Aimee was being sassy and started to snap her fingers in a Z formation so I was like, “WHAT?! Don’t make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, head rotation; shut up girl you’ve just been dissed!” (Yeah I learned that from Monica’s coworker. It is one of the most hilarious things). All the girls just busted up laughing.
I finally got home and found a package had been delivered. It was a power supply for Blake’s computer that blew up last year. Now I’ll be able to fix it. I have to remember to send in the rebate.
Well, way passed my bed time. It’s 10pm
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
January 6th, 2009
SNOW!! There was snow everywhere today in Orem. I woke up bright and early to snipe with Vicky and there was a ton of snow on the ground. Crazy thing was that my sniping program wasn’t working! I was able to find out that it was a DNS problem and had to shovel my way to Mom and Dad’s home to hard reboot the server (I couldn’t log on remotely). It took awhile, but I finally got on to sniping for the day.
Sniping was very hard today for everyone in the group. I lost Paladin about two thousand dollars. David last night made some great trades though and brought in about $400. I was very impressed. The robot also did well. The man who calls the trades is from Ireland (his name is Frank) and was sick today. I felt very sorry for him as he lost everyone several pips and he was sick. I hope that he feels better tomorrow.
I was happy that I stuck with my schedule today. I was able to eat very healthy and on time. I met my goal! I also did Cardio X from P90X. I know it has only been my second day, but I am very excited that I am doing this.
Monica scared me today with a text while I was sniping in the morning. She told me that she threw up. I am worried about her because she gets sick very easily and when she does get sick, she stays sick for about two weeks. I am going to take her to the doctor tomorrow. The little honyok, she still wanted to go to work and I even picked up the phone to call her boss, but she insisted that she go. She is such a hard worker. I cleared out the driveway of the snow and luckily we had the car in the garage cause from the time that I went to Lambert2 there was already another five or so inches! It was coming down hard.
I continued to work on the foreign exchange to make sure that it was ready for when I went to school tomorrow and it was giving me several problems. I was able to finally get it so that it was easy to setup. I have both Paladin and MHOP’s automated platforms on Dad’s desktop and I have the sniper one for both on my computer. This will free me up so that I can have my own pairs up and not bother the robots. I also bought the sniper program today and the directional robot for Paladin. Hopefully this will help us out some more. I can’t stand to see another two thousand loss. We are already eight thousand in the hole.
Monica was able to get home a little early today. Her boss’s husband broke his ankle so her boss had to leave early or else Monica would have left early. The poor girl slept and tried to stay up here in the conservatory to keep me company, but her back started to hurt and she had to go back downstairs. I did make her some great food though and I think that brightened her spirits. I love that girl. Who knows… maybe she is pregnant?
Sniping was very hard today for everyone in the group. I lost Paladin about two thousand dollars. David last night made some great trades though and brought in about $400. I was very impressed. The robot also did well. The man who calls the trades is from Ireland (his name is Frank) and was sick today. I felt very sorry for him as he lost everyone several pips and he was sick. I hope that he feels better tomorrow.
I was happy that I stuck with my schedule today. I was able to eat very healthy and on time. I met my goal! I also did Cardio X from P90X. I know it has only been my second day, but I am very excited that I am doing this.
Monica scared me today with a text while I was sniping in the morning. She told me that she threw up. I am worried about her because she gets sick very easily and when she does get sick, she stays sick for about two weeks. I am going to take her to the doctor tomorrow. The little honyok, she still wanted to go to work and I even picked up the phone to call her boss, but she insisted that she go. She is such a hard worker. I cleared out the driveway of the snow and luckily we had the car in the garage cause from the time that I went to Lambert2 there was already another five or so inches! It was coming down hard.
I continued to work on the foreign exchange to make sure that it was ready for when I went to school tomorrow and it was giving me several problems. I was able to finally get it so that it was easy to setup. I have both Paladin and MHOP’s automated platforms on Dad’s desktop and I have the sniper one for both on my computer. This will free me up so that I can have my own pairs up and not bother the robots. I also bought the sniper program today and the directional robot for Paladin. Hopefully this will help us out some more. I can’t stand to see another two thousand loss. We are already eight thousand in the hole.
Monica was able to get home a little early today. Her boss’s husband broke his ankle so her boss had to leave early or else Monica would have left early. The poor girl slept and tried to stay up here in the conservatory to keep me company, but her back started to hurt and she had to go back downstairs. I did make her some great food though and I think that brightened her spirits. I love that girl. Who knows… maybe she is pregnant?
Monday, January 5, 2009
1-05-2009
I am finally starting my journal again! YAY!! I feel bad that I haven’t written a journal since the mission. I figured that I really couldn’t go back in time and tell you everything that happened, I will just start from today.
I woke up at 5:30am to snipe with Vicky and had a hard session in the foreign market. We ended up losing today. There is always tomorrow. I talked with a few people after the room closed about the robots and they were going to go live today. I figured that I should too. Don, the creator of the robot, sent out a new update today too. He had his first bad month on Dec 2008. He talked about how you can look at the daily candle and if it’s changed, then to open up a new chart. I was already doing that, so it’s not new to me.
I was also able to get my schedule figured out with school. I failed organic chemistry last semester, so I have to take it over. I am also doing four PE classes; Aikido, Kenpo Karate, Powertone and Yoga. I’ll have to study extra hard in organic chemistry to make sure I pass it. I have to pass that one and then take an accelerated organic chemistry 2 at BYU in the summer. Once I pass both of those, I’ll be able to go to Life West Chiropractic.
I did my first day of P90X, Chest and Back. It was really hard as I haven’t really done any sort of workout for awhile. I did ok though. I couldn’t finish the ab ripper afterwards though. I am hoping that I’ll be able to schedule not only my workouts, but also my timing of when to eat. I am thinking of something like the following for a daily meal plan:
| Time | Type | Food |
| 5:00am | Breakfast | Oatmeal |
| 8:00am | Snack | Hardboiled egg |
| 11:00am | Lunch | Chicken Salad |
| 2:00pm | Snack | V8 Drink |
| 5:00pm | Dinner | Steamed veggies and chicken |
We’ll see how I do.
Monica and I went to go shopping and first went to Target. We had to return a scrapbooking plastic carrying case I got her. We then went to Roberts and bought some paper for her. We did see a vinyl printer for about $400. Monica really wants it. We’ll see if we can afford that. I would really like to get her a laser printer too, but that’s about $20,000. We then went to Jamba Juice and I got an aloha pineapple. I think it’s so funny how when I was younger I HATED pineapple. Now you can’t keep it away from me. We then went to Harmon’s to deposit Monica’s check from Kiddie Kandids and the extra money given to us from our student loans. After that we went to Costco and bought some chicken and tried out all of the food samples J.
We arrived home around 3pm and took a nap for three hours! It was so nice! We got up and soon Aubrie called us and wanted to come over with Archie, Sarah and Brian (Sarah’s boyfriend). It was a lot of fun to reminisce the past. I showed them both Lambert homes and the invitation we made for Blake and Aubrie.
It’s still snowing outside. It’s snowed very heavily today. I think about 6 inches at least. We have needed this snow. I am glad that it’s here.
They soon left and we started to listen to Alma 15 together. I love being able to talk about spiritual things with my wife. She has grown so much since she has been baptized. People in the ward have talked to Mom, Dad and I how impressed they are with her being a recent convert. She is a born leader and helps out the Beehives a lot.
Well I am excited to go to school and start this new schedule. I hope that we make a ton of money with these robots and sniper room. I hope to weigh 183lbs. and get A’s and B’s in school.
Friday, June 20, 2008
GAMES
I just played Warcraft 3 tower defense with my wife!!! NO WAY!!! Yeah she called me a nerd, but who was with me playing? AH HA! Yeah sure it was I that was telling her what to do and how to plan it all out, but come on! She was a good sport though. Thank you honey :)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Jobs
Life has been pretty crazy as of late. I have been trying to work two jobs and be a husband at the same time. We have been doing ok, till we went to church. The callings came. I home teach three families and am in charge of the Deacons. Monica is in charge of the Beehives. We soon realized that time was not on our side. I had to quit one job.
It was a hard decision to make as I was making good money now and we could finally start to realize our dreams of vacations and such. We'll, God had another plan for us. We prayed really hard and cried a ton, but we soon decided to quit iTOK and keep Firstline Voice. My heart just wasn't in iTOK.
It was tough to talk with my boss and tell him that I decided to quit. I figured that I would tell him first that I had to do it to take care of my Mom. If that didn't work then I would tell him that I needed more time with my wife. If that didn't work then I would tell him that I didn't feel I was getting paid as much as I thought I should have... but he saw through that. He finally asked, "Is your heart with iTOK and do you want to be a part of it?" I finally had to say no. It was the hardest thing I have done. I felt like I was letting them down.
I was talking with a coworker and told him, "It's like I went to the mission president and said, 'I know that I told you guys that I was going to serve for two years, but I think that it's in my best interest to quit.'"
Well, once it was all over I was finally able to breathe and calm down. I felt lifted and happy again. I would be able to go home and see my dear wife. I will now be able to go to scout camp and mutual. I would have loved having more money, but this is the time for memories... not money.
Thank you God and Monica
It was a hard decision to make as I was making good money now and we could finally start to realize our dreams of vacations and such. We'll, God had another plan for us. We prayed really hard and cried a ton, but we soon decided to quit iTOK and keep Firstline Voice. My heart just wasn't in iTOK.
It was tough to talk with my boss and tell him that I decided to quit. I figured that I would tell him first that I had to do it to take care of my Mom. If that didn't work then I would tell him that I needed more time with my wife. If that didn't work then I would tell him that I didn't feel I was getting paid as much as I thought I should have... but he saw through that. He finally asked, "Is your heart with iTOK and do you want to be a part of it?" I finally had to say no. It was the hardest thing I have done. I felt like I was letting them down.
I was talking with a coworker and told him, "It's like I went to the mission president and said, 'I know that I told you guys that I was going to serve for two years, but I think that it's in my best interest to quit.'"
Well, once it was all over I was finally able to breathe and calm down. I felt lifted and happy again. I would be able to go home and see my dear wife. I will now be able to go to scout camp and mutual. I would have loved having more money, but this is the time for memories... not money.
Thank you God and Monica
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
11 Days Left
Time is going fast. Yesterday we were able to get most of the invitations sent out. We were worried that we weren't going to be able to send them out in time, but thanks to Vicky and her kids we were able to get 95% of them out. THANKS VICK AND KIDS!!!
We watched Karate Kid with the Hoppers and in the end I yelled for joy as he kicked the guy in the face with the famous crane stance. We then watched Big Fish and fell asleep. :)
After we fell asleep, Nick came home and told us that his car broke down and that he was extremely sick. I was too tired to even know what was going on, but I hope that he'll be ok.
Monica and I are excited that we have new phones too. We are starting to play texting games between each other, playing a game like Ab Lib. We have laughed more often because of it.
Firstline Voice is moving to SLC and I might get a job at Directpointe, but we are still unsure of what is going to happen.
We are still looking for scooters, if you know of any, PLEASE TELL US!! :) hehe
Today we are going to buy Monica's dress for the temple and also get some more invitations out. We already talked with the caterer yesterday and things are looking great.
We watched Karate Kid with the Hoppers and in the end I yelled for joy as he kicked the guy in the face with the famous crane stance. We then watched Big Fish and fell asleep. :)
After we fell asleep, Nick came home and told us that his car broke down and that he was extremely sick. I was too tired to even know what was going on, but I hope that he'll be ok.
Monica and I are excited that we have new phones too. We are starting to play texting games between each other, playing a game like Ab Lib. We have laughed more often because of it.
Firstline Voice is moving to SLC and I might get a job at Directpointe, but we are still unsure of what is going to happen.
We are still looking for scooters, if you know of any, PLEASE TELL US!! :) hehe
Today we are going to buy Monica's dress for the temple and also get some more invitations out. We already talked with the caterer yesterday and things are looking great.
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