Acid Reflex

In the past week I have been awaken at night and not able to go back to sleep. Last night it happend for the 3rd time. I have had enough, I am not a fan of waking up at night in pain. About an hour after I go to sleep I wake up with pain at the bottom of my sternum with lower stomach pain, feeling nauseated and going from hot to cold. NOT a fun experiance. The first night after about an hour I called my fiance, Jt being at the end of my rope that night. Not really knowing what I was calling him for at 2 A.M. He came over that night trying anything that might make me feel better. Making me drink water, putting a cool rag on my forhead (one would think I was about to die or something). He ended up laying on my floor until I feel alseep and sleeping noramally.
The 2nd time it happend the pain was not as bad as the first time but enough that I could not sleep. This time it was about 1 A.M. that Jt came over. Not knowing what more to do he made me take sleeping pills so that I can at least get some sleep that night. Jt took me for a short car ride (I felt a bit like a child being driven to sleep). Although it really did not do much good I got home and feel asleep on the living room floor.
Last night, the 3rd night it started again. This time it was about 12:30 A.M. Again Jt came over trying to help, even though niether one of use know what was going on. At about 2 A.M. I finally had Jt call my sister Aubree (why I never thought about calling her before I don't know) she is the nurse in the family. After talking with her and a few others today it has been decided that I have Acid Reflex. Who knew, I have never had so much as heartburn so I wouldn't have known what any of it felt like.
I sure hope its only Acid Reflex, I really don't want to go to the hospital if it is something else. This I can handle, I think, I hope. I really don't want another late night of no sleep. I really don't need to be waking Jt up and having him come over everytime. I love him for trying to take care of me and just being here for me. We both need our sleep though so I hope that there is no more major problems.

Las Vegas

Vegas is so much fun. Warm weather, great friends, and lets not forget the mass amounts of people watching. Lisie, me and Kara. It was Lisie's first time and like most people loved it. Walking around Las Vegas is so much fun. To be able to get away for the weekend is always fantastic.

We had a great hotel and so much fun doing the rides on the stratishpere. I wish there was a job for me where I would be able to travel. That would be a dream come true.

Canyoneering

This past weekend was fall break. Thank goodness for fall break. I needed to get away from school for a few days. Erica and I drove down to Cedar City, where we were able to stay at her boyfriends parents house. Friday we went to Zions National Park and canyoneered keyhole. Oh man that was cold. We wore a wet suit and still froze. There was one section that we had to scale the walls so that we didn't walk on a dead deer that had fallen through the canyon walls. It was pretty nasty. We camped there that night. I love camping, although it was really windy. Saturday we canyoneered Pine Creek which was five hours of repelling down canyon walls and swimming through pools of water. We had to wear 2 wet suits, and a wet suit jacket. I could barelly move. Hiking back out was way fun. There was no "real" trail just a lot of jumping over boulders. It was great.

I was not ready to come. Altough my body was. I was so tired after spending the weekend in Southern Utah.

Ghana

I have just found out that I have a great opportunity to go to Africa, Ghana to be more specific. There is a group going from UVU, with the community health program. Its not official yet. I sure am doing everything I can to be one of the ones that gets to go. My sister Jenny is also going to go. It will be I huge and exciting trip. I mean come on, 5 weeks in Ghana through July. I cannot not tell you how excited I am. Now that I may be going, nothing else seems to measure up to its excitment. Its going to be a long 8 and a half months. Now I have to continue with school, work and fundraising.