I would be Sleepy... for sure

So, to play off my seven dwarfs title a few days ago I thought I would post what is not new to most of you, but it would sure make me feel better to find someone out there who is the same as me!
Once upon a time.....
I had all intentions of waking up this morning at 6:45 and heading to the pool to swim for some exercises. 6:45 came and went and I stayed in bed. Then at 9:00 (yes 9:00) I woke to someone knocking on my door. I ran down to check who it was and it was just the water tester guy who had already headed across the street. So you would think that I stayed up and got started with my day right? Nope. I went back up stairs and went right back to bed! I slept until 11:00!!!!! How can someone sleep that late? And this is not the first time! Granted I worked all day and went to bed around 1:00am. However, that is 10 hours of sleep! What is wrong with me?
My family all knows this about me because they have had to live with my crankiness and sleepiness. I would like to say that I am no longer rude or mean when woken up. Which I know my family still wont believe because of how awful I was while growing up. But I promise I have changed in that regard. Grumpy has moved. For good :)
My mom's recent medical problems have made me think though. I know that her anemia is not genetic, but I just feel so tired all the time and I wonder if there could be something to that. I had surgery about a year ago and I would think that they would have caught it then if was anemia.
Well, I just thought I would check with some family and friends and get your thoughts. Am I normal? I know it is different when you have children cause you can't sleep till 11:00 but some of you have to have some stories like mine. Right?!?

~The end~

(Happily ever after yet to be determined)

James Taylor

So I was checking out my good friend Lori's blog and I thought that mine was pretty crappy in comparison and I decided to finally take on the task of committing to making mine cute, gosh darn it!!!! I think I did ok. I decided to add some music seeing as how "everyone is doing it!" and then came the task of deciding what music would represent me the best. I went through and browsed a little. I thought of my best friend Kenna and how she got me to listen Tom Petty and I knew I had to add him on there. Then that led me to some Steve Miller band and then I came to James Taylor, who I forgot how much I love! Every single song reminds me of my dad and I know that Nickleback is his favorite band now, but I can't help but think of snuggling up with him on the water bed in our old house in Estacada while he reads a National Geographic and having James Taylor playing softly in the background. It made me wish that I would have played Only One for our father daughter dance at my reception. Then I remembered how much I cried when I danced with dad and I knew that this song would have sent me over the edge. So maybe it was a good thing we kept it to Butterfly Kisses.
After all was said and done and I felt like I had enough songs on my list I took a look at it and realized what a strange soon to be 23 year old I am! My tastes in music certainly don't fit my age with the acception of maybe Cold Play and The Killers. It was at that point that I was ok with not adding Starland Vocal Band to my list as that would have been just the icing on the cake. ( afternoon delight!)
So I hope you enjoy my crazy collection of songs! And who knows maybe you will remember just how much you too love Jimmy Buffett and Rilo Kiley.

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! ...

Well there you have it! If you look closely you can see at the top where it says, YOUR CASHIER TODAY IS Hannah A. And that is that. I have started working at the Commissary and it has been good so far. Actually I was surprised at how easy it is. Right now I am a cashier. There is the possibility that I might become a teller which means I would have more responsibility and what not. Mostly it fills up my time here and that is a good thing. Ben can tell what happens when I have nothing to do. You'd think my house would be spotless and dinner ready at five everyday, but it's the opposite. If I have all day to do something then I take all day to do it and then it usually doesn't get done. Instead, if I keep myself busy then I come home and actually get things done. So I think keeping my days full is a good thing.

Next Update

Well time for an update. I didn't post this earlier because I didn't want to jinx anything, but the process has started so I thought it safe to post. Ben is going through the medical boarding process. We figure it will take at the very least a year or so to complete if he is medically released from the Army. This is actually ok since we will be wanting to go right to school and the new awesome GI bill will not take until August '09. Also I will have completed my Associate and then some. I contacted OSU and they said that my credits will transfer which is a huge relief. Keeps us in your prayers as we start this process. For those who have been praying for my mom and her surgery I just wanted to say thanks! Things went as well as they possible could. She is home now and doing really well.