Families Are Forever

So quite a lot has happened since my last post. I took my last final April 19 and we left Utah on April 22. Since we drove, the car ride was very long and we got to Minneapolis on April 23, where we met my parents and grandparents. My endowment was in the morning and Josh's parents came that morning. The temple was absolutely amazing! Not really anything like I imagined it would be, but still amazing and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to make those sacred covenants with my Heavenly Father. I'm also so grateful to be able to continually go back to the temple to receive more guidance from Heavenly Father.

Last Saturday, our big day was finally here and Josh and I got married!!!! I'm now a Jasmine Weier and I am so grateful to finally have my sweetheart legally and spiritually attached to me forever! :) We are so grateful for the many family and friends that were able to come down to Nauvoo and join in this wonderful day with us! We were very excited to see all the smiling faces as we walked out of the temple. Josh and I stayed in Nauvoo for a couple of days after the wedding as a sort of semi-honeymoon, then we started to make our way home. We are now in the process of trying to find a car for us. We are attending Jenni's graduation tomorrow night and we are so proud of her! Saturday afternoon is our open house in Marshfield and we are expecting to see a lot of friends and family there to celebrate even more with. We are truly grateful for everyone's support and congratulations and we love you all! :)

Relaxation and Finals!

I know I haven't blogged in awhile! However, 2 weekends ago, the Friday before General Conference, Josh had a mission reunion on campus for his Salt Lake City South Mission. Since he switched to the Central mission through his mission, I guess we get to go to two mission reunions! :) I got to meet his first mission president and his wife, and a bunch of Josh's companions that he served with. It was really cool to get a little glimpse into his mission! President and Sister Miller gave Josh and I a Jordan River Temple ornament for an early wedding gift. We then got a ride up to the Sharps with a friend of Josh's that lives in the area. We spent General Conference weekend with the wonderful Sharp family! The gals went shopping while the boys went to the priesthood session, and then we met them for Mexican dinner afterwards! It was a fun and relaxing weekend! We just love going to their house and relaxing and to really get out of Provo! haha

The picture is (from left to right) Lennie Sharp, a groomsmen of Josh's for the wedding, his son, Ryan Sharp, and of course, my hunny :)

Then, this past weekend, we thought we would take the Frontrunner up to Ogden and Bryce and Amanda picked us up and drove up to Logan for the weekend! They have this cute little apartment, perfect for newlyweds! :) We stayed with them Friday and Saturday, and came home late Saturday night. Friday night, we actually drove up to Idaho and went to a hot springs with them and some friends of theirs. It was really fun and just so fun to catch up and spend time with them...like always :) Josh and I are looking into buying a TV for our apartment for the fall because Bryce works at Best Buy and can get us a good deal, so we're still looking into that at the moment. Saturday, we all slept in (except for Josh because he's usually up at 7:30 or 8 regularly) and then we all played Mario Cart for awhile. haha. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch and then really just relaxed all day. Bryce had to work in the evening so we watched a movie and then went to pick him up from work. Bryce and Amanda were driving us back down to Provo since they were headed to California to visit his family, so it was just a great weekend. Josh and I (more so me) really needed to spend some time with Bryce and Amanda and to just get away from Provo, especially before finals. Logan was really awesome and we've talked about if we were to live in Utah at all, that's definitely where we would want to be! :) It reminded us so much of home!!! It was like Wisconsin with some mountains! haha. 

So now that Josh and I are back and the last week of classes are here, we are busy with getting last minute homework assignments turned in and trying to get ready for finals! My last assignment for the semester is due tomorrow, so I got that done today. I'm pretty much packed already, besides for some clothes for this week and my books to study from! Apparently I'm ready to go home haha. Which, by the way, Josh and I leave for home a week from tomorrow! :) We can't wait! Wish me good luck with finals!

Preparation

Finals are coming up. In fact, we only have 10 more days of class left, then 2 days of exam prep and for me, I'll have 3 days of finals. I have 5 finals to take this semester, but it really shouldn't be too bad. I've started packing lately because this weekend, Josh and I are going to visit the Sharps for Conference weekend and since we're storing some things there for the summer, I started packing a storage bin to take up there this weekend. It feels good to start packing because I'm just ready to be done with school for the year and to get out of here, get married, and start my life with Josh. I'm excited to go back home and see my kiddos, start my jobs again, and start my life with my hunny. Tonight, I am attempting to schedule my appointment with Bishop for my temple recommend! I'm super excited about that.

I've been on a Harry Potter kick lately...I've watched 4 Harry Potter movies in the past couple of days. haha. Oh well. I have pretty much all of my homework done for this entire week already, which is kind of ridiculous. I have a joined paper with a classmate due next Thursday, but that shouldn't be too hard. I took my third math test today and I think it went pretty well. I won't know my score for a couple of weeks until after my teacher grades them. Fun times. I'm bored now, but I'll try to blog more often the last couple of weeks of school.

Life of a College Student

Hello all! My mother once taught me never to say aloud the words, "I'm bored." I did once when I was younger and she immediately responded with a list of chores that I could do in the house or in the garden. No thank you! :) However, it feels slightly ironic that I would be bored being a college student. Isn't there something I could (or should) be studying? Isn't there homework that I'm missing that I forgot about?

Nope! I've searched and searched for missing homework that I'm forgetting, but I can't find anymore! Hence, a big reason why I'm blogging right now! Anyways, Meggie let me borrow her Kindle to read the second and third books of the Divergent series, so I started the second book "Insurgent" this morning and I'm already 7 chapters into it. Otherwise, I noticed the movie "Turbo" just became available on Netflix so I thought I'd watch that tonight. I can probably even do both! Gasp! :)

Homework for the entire next week of school is almost done! I almost want to save some of it for next week when Josh has to work at night, otherwise I'll really be bored out of my mind. Only 18 more days of class left of the semester, then 2 days of exam prep, and about 3 or 4 days of finals, and then I'm on my way home! Woo! I can't believe how fast the semester has flown by!

Remi...finally

After a bunch of phone calls this morning before and after class, they finally figured out the order renewal for Remicade for me so I was able to get it today! Great news!!! Even greater news was that Amber was working today!!!! The best news yet you ask? Amber got my IV in in just one poke!!! UNO!!! I really can't remember the last time that's happened! :) They got me all hooked up and we were out of there by 4:30! They must put me on a faster drip or something because I didn't get hooked up to my meds until almost 3, so it only took about an hour and a half, rather when I'm home, it takes about 2 and a half. So it definitely was quick and painless today...thank the heavens! Heavenly Father was definitely looking out for me today and He must have known that I have had enough of the doctors for a little while cuz my foot hasn't been hurting too bad tonight. I couldn't even walk on it this morning or last night. Dr. Josh Weier fixed me up last night with an icepack and some tender loving care. :) Back story on the foot, the heel of my left foot starting hurting when I walked on Thursday night. It wasn't too painful, but last night it was throbbing and yesterday and today I couldn't put any pressure/weight on it whatsoever! This afternoon though the pain started going away and tonight I can walk on it just fine. Hopefully it stays that way because my mother puts it, "You have too many ailments!" And as my wonderful fiance puts it, "You're a hot mess!" or "You're falling apart!" haha. I think I'm done with the doctors for the rest of the semester...hopefully. I've had enough doctor visits to last me awhile. Speaking of the rash on my hands, it hasn't really changed at all. I'm supposed to wait a week to see if it goes away, but I haven't noticed too much of a change yet. We'll see.

By the way, Happy St. Patty's Day! I wore my "Pinch Me and I'll Punch You" shirt today so I was definitely all wonderfully festive! I didn't get pinched either! :) Except for Josh, but I gave him a love tap on the arm and a kiss. I hope you all got to see the wonderful Facebook post made by Mr. Kason Man today wishing you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day! He mentioned getting to come to Auntie Rufie's wedding if he stays healthy! Yay! So grateful that he has been doing so much better. He is such a smiley little boy too! Jeana sends me lots of pictures so I don't miss home too much of him just smiling and giggling! :)

Oh the happiness...

To top off this wonderful (sarcasm) week, my apartment, especially my kitchen is always a mess. Josh worked last night and I didn't have much homework so I did the dishes, cleaned off the counters and table and bleached everything. It was spotless when I was done. Tonight, you could walk into the kitchen and not even know I had just cleaned it last night. The table is a complete mess with food all over it. The sink is full of dishes with food caked on because my people don't rinse their dishes. I really don't mind dishes in the sink, but I can't stand having to scrub caked-on food off the dishes before I can put them in the dishwasher. It really is not that hard to rinse off your dishes after you're done. And it's really not that hard to clean up after yourself in the kitchen. We are living in a small apartment with 6 girls in here.

I just can't  wait to get married and next year, Josh and I will have our own apartment. I won't have to label my food, I won't have to clean up after anybody but Josh and I. And if there is a mess, I can just blame Josh and tell him to clean it up. Josh and I are very similar in the fact that we both do our dishes right after we're done using them. And we're similar in the fact that we absolutely can't stand it when the kitchen is a mess. His roommates have been driving him crazy the past month. None of them do anything whatsoever to keep their apartment even remotely clean. I don't like going over there because it's always dirty and it's smells like teenage boy body odor.

50 days.....50 days and then I get to marry Josh :) Also, there's only 22 days of school left. This school year has gone by fast. It's already the middle of March! Can't wait!

Remicade Mishap

Uh oh! I'm feeling a rant coming on! Sorry for the negativeness of this post, but I just have to let some steam off. Today was a really crappy day. I knew I had my Remicade infusion today so I've been stressing all week about it. Every time I get my infusion here in Utah something goes wrong. The first time, it took 5 pokes and 4 different nurses to finally get my IV in. The second time, something went wrong between my doctor out here and the infusion center and they didn't have my order for my meds so I had to make a dozen phone calls to get it straightened out. I've been trying to hydrate all week long just so they could get my IV in today. I get there, get checked in, request a certain nurse that is really good, and then the receptionist calls me back to the front desk and tells me that they don't have my Remicade order so they can't give it to me. I'm due this week for my meds and they can't give it to me. Every year, on January 1, my doctor has to renew my Remicade order with the infusion center. Well this past January, something happened with our insurance that my nurse called me about and they had to get all straightened out and I specifically asked about them renewing my order on my meds because I knew it had to be done. My nurse, Dr. Bodily's assistant, assured me that Dr. Bodily had just approved it and that I was all set to go for my March infusion. Well apparently not because I had to reschedule to go back on Monday to get my infusion! So Josh and I leave the clinic and I immediately call my mom in tears. I already stress out about getting Remi out here because something always goes wrong! And now I'm due for Remi and they can't give it to me because someone screwed something up! I know I'm in the adult world now of medicine and not in Pediatrics anymore, but I shouldn't have to hold anybody's hand to get my meds ordered for me! And the office even assured me that I was all set for my appointment today and that was a complete lie. I'm just so frustrated! Oh and the icing on the cake? Dr. Bodily and his assistant aren't in the office today, so I couldn't just call them and have them fax the order over because they weren't there. So now I have to make some calls bright and early Monday morning to make sure that when I go to the infusion center Monday at 2 pm, my Remi order is there and ready for me.
I've been on Remicade for going on 7 years! I've been getting Remicade out here in Utah at the same doctors office for 2 years; you'd think they could get it right. Nothing goes wrong when I get Remi back home! Lately, I've started hating the fact that I'm on Remicade. They can never get my IV in my arm without at least 2 pokes every time. I have so many calluses built up on my veins that they just can't get the needle in. I stress out so much every time I know I have to go because I know they're aren't going to get the needle in. I'm just so ready to be off this medication. I know I should be grateful for it and most of the time, I am. I am grateful that the doctors were able to give it to me and that it was able to work for me. I've been flare-up free for almost 7 years! I just don't know if I can do this anymore. There has got to be a better way to control Crohn's.

If today wasn't bad enough, last night I was in the BYU Urgent Care. Last week Sunday, I started birth control and on Tuesday I noticed a rash on my hands. I waited to see if it was just a rash and if it would go away. Well it didn't. It hasn't spread or gotten worse, but it hasn't gotten better either. So last night I went into Urgent Care and they told me to stop the birth control and she thought it had something to do with the fact that I was on Remicade. I think I'm just having an allergic reaction to this specific brand of birth control, but we'll see. For now, I've stopped the birth control and have to wait and see if the rash goes away. If not, I have to go back in and see a dermatologist. And if it does go away, I have to go back in and try another brand of birth control to see if I react to that. This week has just been busy and long and stressful. Today was no different besides the fact that I got to have lunch (Costa Vida) with my hunny and after I was upset about the appointment today, he sat with me and held me while I cried and vented to him. What a great boy! :)