Meme

Time to rid the first post on this blog of anything stinky, poopy or pukey!

I thought this was a fun one, stolen from Jenni's blog...

Jobs I've gotten paid for:

Bagel Bakery Princess/Queen (after they promoted me to Customer Service Supervisor): This was my first job while I was in high school. It meant very early Saturday hours and lots of free "day-old" bagels. Yum! I was the very best at making the icing for the bagel knots. The worst part was dealing with LOX. Bleck! (Remember the good ole days, Rae?).

Brief stint as a cashier at Drug Emporium. I still remember ringing an old guy (probably just middle-aged but i was 17) up for a box of lambskin condoms. I guess i charged him WAY more than they cost, but how was i to have a clue that the price was wrong??

Park Ranger: Ah, this was a fantastic job. I drove around in a little green pickup truck, policing the many acres of Bull Run Regional Park (wish i could remember how many). Confiscated alcohol. Told people to slow down. Chased people out of the park after dark. Cleaned a lot of bathrooms and emptied a lot of trash. Got to carry a badge and a bottle of pepper spray! HA! I can't believe my parents were OK with this job as it involved closing down the park at night. Making sure the pool and shooting center were locked. Just little old me in a huge park after dark during the summers of my 18th, 19th and 20th years. Very cool.

Summer intern at Lockheed Martin: paid well, office work. It was on K Street in DC so it was fun to ride the Metro in and feel all urban and cool. I did this the remaining summers I was in college.

Too many nursing jobs to mention! i've worked in an OB office for a completely wretched and dishonest OB (only stayed 8 months). Labor and delivery (and the subspecialties of high-risk antepartum, postpartum and maternal fetal medicine) for 6 or 7 years. Outpatient surgery, pain management, high-risk OB home care.

My Guilty Pleasures:

Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Pushing Daisies (fun new one), mindlessly cruising the internet and everyone's blogs, Taco Bell tostadas with lots of mild sauce, Coke from a fountain.

What were likely the 1st things you thought when you saw your significant other for the first time:

He's cute. I like his build. Good energy. Fun. (Actually, the very first time I saw him i thought nothing of him, and he thought nothing of me. Too engrossed in a BYU football game. But 3 months later Fate brought us together again!).

Places I've been on vacation in the US:

North Carolina (Outer Banks)
Virginia (beach)
Maryland (beach)
New York City
Oregon (Doug's family)
Utah (everyone's family)
California
West Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Washington State
Idaho
Nevada (Vegas, baby)
Arizona
New Mexico
I drove back and forth to BYU multiple times and tried to make the most of those road trips, but can't count those states as "vacation."

Places I've been (out of US):

Aruba
Mexico
Canada
Sad. I know. I need to get out more often.

Favorite Foods:

Any kind of chocolate/peanut butter combo
Totino's pizza
Pad thai (anyone know of good pad thai in Colorado Springs???)

Websites I Visit Daily:

All of your blogs
Yahoo
Hotmail

Nicknames I've been called:

Ash
Ashlee-Mashlee
Ash-a-wee (my then 3 yr old niece)
Babaloo
Sometimes Bode calls me "Sister Bell"
"Hey Lady!"
"Ma'am" (when did i go from being a Miss to a Ma'am??)
"B" as in WASSUP B????!!!!!! (private joke but i couldn't resist!)