Sick Day

I'm sick and took a day off work today. If it had been any other time, I would have gone anyways. Since the Swine Flu is everywhere in the news and everyone is freaking out, I figured I would stay home for my co-workers and customers' sake. What a great time to get sick...right when the swine flu reaches a level five pandemic category. Now everyone at work probably thinks I have the Swine flu and won't want to touch me with a ten foot pole. Yesterday when I was at work I sneezed in front of a customer and he started making pig noises. It was actually pretty funny.

It was nice to relax and be home for a day. My day consisted of reading "The Host" by Stephanie Meyer. I am really enjoying it thus far and highly recommend it. When I went to watch "High School Musical 3" (don't make fun of me) our DVD player wouldn't work! What a bummer. A sick day requires a good movie.

Anyways, I am trying to decide if I am going to go to work tomorrow. I don't have anymore paid time off, I feel good enough to go, but no-one will want snotty nose around. We will see... I don't want any trouble from my co-workers.

Kinda like Motel 6...

Niel is in LA for the next four weeks for a pediatrics rotation. He has to stay in dorms with a roommate. Luckily, he does get to come home on the weekends. Yesterday was his first day and he sent me some pictures from his Iphone of his dorm with the following comments: "No TV?!? What is this crap?"

"This is not cool. I heard this place was seedy, but I didn't think it would be a haunted apartment from the twilight zone."

What a character, I will miss him! Last night he told me that he might be able to come home during the week. We will see how the next four weeks go.

Zefron

I convinced Niel to take me to "17 Again" with Zac Efron on Friday night. Poor guy. But don't feel that bad for him. I go with him to see all of the guy movies he wants to see and unfortunately there are a bunch of those coming out this summer. He has been talking about Origin of Wolverine, Transformers, and some others. I don't make him watch chick movies that often so I figured I had some leverage in this decision. Here is the funny part...as we were walking into the movie theatre we saw some friends who we go to church with. We talked to them briefly and then they asked which movie we were seeing. We replied sheepishly, "ummm 17 again." They thought it was SO funny that Niel had agreed to go with me. Of course they had fun giving Niel a hard time.

Anyways, I really liked the movie. It's surprisingly funny AND Zac Efron did a good job:) Ahem. Niel decided it's funny to call him "Zefron". He said to me after the movie, "You are totally crushing on Zefron!"

We topped off the night with some In-N-Out for dinner. I haven't ever mentioned how much I like In-N-Out and I think it needs to be addressed. It is right up there with Costa Vida. I told Niel the other night that we need to live where there is an In-N-Out. The funny thing is that the first burger or two I tried I thought to myself, "What is the big deal? This doesn't taste much different than other burgers." Well, I was wrong...now I am hooked.

A home on the range?

Monday we received an exciting call from a recruiter telling Niel that Doctor Adams (the doctor Niel had a phone interview with last week) wanted to fly both Niel and I to Pendleton, Oregon for an interview. Dr. Adams owns a private practice and is looking for a PA who would buy into the practice and become his partner. We were both very excited! Pendleton is only an hour from where my sister lives, and about 2 1/2 from where my parents and brother live. A job close to my family AND an opportunity to be Dr. Adam's partner of the practice! The thought of getting a free flight and weekend getaway sounded great, especially since we would probably get to see our family.

Even though it was VERY exciting and flattering to be offered a first interview we decided to turn the opportunity down. Pendleton, Oregon is a small town (12, 000 people) known for its famous rodeo. The closest mall is an hour away and I am pretty sure there isn't even a Target there. Don't get me wrong, I grew up in a town smaller than Pendleton. Quincy's population was 5,000, had two stoplights, and didn't get a McDonald's until I was in Jr. High School. I have grown up in a small and I know what it is like. I loved growing up in Quincy but would not choose to go back and settle there. Niel and I both agree that we would like to live in a bigger city or a suburb of a big city. It is so nice to be able to drive 5-10 minutes to get to Costco, Target, the mall, the movie theatre, major restaurant chains, etc. I love having everything so close and accessible. We decided that Pendelton, OR wasn't the life style suited for us and told the recruiter we wouldn't be coming.

Maybe we should have taken the interview, maybe we might regret it. Hopefully we won't regret it though, hopefully there is something bigger and better out there for the Schurigs:)

There's a new sheriff in town...

Today I caught two guys stealing fuel at our company's CFN station. They had stolen their boss's CFN card (a credit card for fuel) and were filling up multiple gas jugs. I pulled up, noticed the suspicious activity, and jotted down their license plate number. Then I got out of the car and acted casual. After filling up my sweet ride, I went back into the office to report the incident and it happened to be one of our customers. We cancelled their CFN card, got video footage, and reported their license plate numbers...busted suckers!

Those bad boys are going down and they don't even know it. They thought the little brunette girl didn't have a clue. Wrong...don't underestimate my capabilities.

It's a Fifties Sock Hop!

“Sock Hop Diner”

Friday, May 1, 2009

6:30pm

Colton LDS church building

$5.00 per plate


Fifties Floorshow

Hoola Hoop Contest

Bake Sale

The young women of the LDS church will be hosting a fifties sock-hop themed fundraiser to earn money to attend girls camp. The last couple of weeks the girls have been learning 50's songs to sing including an Elvis number! They are also learning a 50's swing dance to perform. We will have great music, a hoola hoop contest, dancing, and an amazing bake sale. You can even show up in fifties attire if you would like! This night is going to be SO much fun and you won't want to miss it! What a great date night/family night for everyone filled with food and entertainment! Mark your calendars, invite all your family and friends, and come enjoy a fun night out! Everyone is invited! If you want tickets leave me a comment or give me a call.

Some good stuff

Besides Niel hurting his back while working out and a few other setbacks (ahem), we had a pretty good week. Here are a few of last week's highlights.

1. We went to our favorite self-serve frozen yogurt place Ohana's. I think we are addicted.

2. Watched Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. We both really liked it and would highly recommend seeing it. We might even consider buying it, and we hardly ever buy movies. 3. I went to the gym three times and it felt great! I'm not necessarily hoping to lose weight, but I would really like to get into good shape, ya know look hot:)

4. Niel got a phone call interview with a Doctor in Pendleton, Oregon! This was such exciting news, mostly because it made things seem real...that he could actually get a job and start working as a PA at the end of the year. Before then, it didn't seem real for some reason. It seemed like a distant dream. Even though nothing may come of it, it was still exciting for us!

Schurig Pest Control

I woke up at 6:30 a.m. on my Saturday morning to be at a "mandatory" company training from 8-10:30 a.m. that actually went until 11:30 a.m. At the meeting my suspicions were confirmed that the company laptop I bring home every several weeks when I am on call is infested with cockroaches. Yeah-I didn't even know that was possible. I won't discuss the details of the story because honestly, I don't even want to remember the details. I am SO disgusted and disturbed by the whole ordeal. To my knowledge roaches don't exist in Washington or Utah, or at least I never saw any. Unfortunately, roaches like warmer climates and DO exist in California. SO...since this roach infested laptop has been at MY house this past week, there is a good chance that we have some cockroaches in our apartment that ventured out from the laptop.

When I got home from the training I spent the whole afternoon doing a deep clean which included pulling out the stove and fridge, sweeping, and scrubbing till not even a single crumb could be found for a freakin' roach. I decided to be extra safe by purchasing two methods of roach killers: the roach traps AND the roach bug spray. I sprayed EVERYWHERE until I was lightheaded, dizzy, and ready to pass out from the fumes. I was extra careful to set out 12 traps between our little kitchen and bathroom. If there are any more roaches those suckers have no chance for survival. Once I fumigated the house and found myself very dizzy, we left the apartment with no plan except one thing was clear: we were leaving our fumigated living space and going somewhere, anywhere, anyplace but the stinky apartment. FYI: If roach spray claims to be "citrus scent", that is a straight-up lie.

Ya want to know what made today worse? It was beautiful, sunny, and 85 degrees today and I wanted to be at the beach SO bad. I had been thinking about it all week but I couldn't find anyone who could go with me.

Ok, moving on. This is the point when my day turns around a bit. We got out of the house, drove to Rancho Cucamonga and had dinner at Red Robin. Understandably, I didn't have much of an appetite so I just ordered a smoothy and snacked on Niel's food. It was the most delicious smoothy I have ever tasted but I can't remember what it was called. Something to do with Hawaii. Then we walked around the Victoria Gardens mall, which is a beautiful outdoor mall. We stopped at Borders books and read while a gentlemen serenaded us with love songs while playing the piano.

Our evening got my mind off the nasty critters except for the fact that I kept feeling like critters were crawling on me (don't worry, there weren't any actually on me). I know that there are worse things in life than cockroaches, but I am seriously traumatized by the whole ordeal and hope to never see a roach in my life again!