Urban Poly Princess

I noticed they wanted people to apply for Salt Lake City Board member positions. I sooo wanted to do that so I applied for the library board. I know I'm perfect for that position. Not only do they not have a Polynesian there I am ideal because I work at Hill AFB. There is no conflict of interest as a result.

I noticed Helen's message when I rose this morning after 8am. She had a sick baby and couldn't come in today. It was snowing pretty steadily but it has finally stopped. I turned on the curb I couldn't see since it was covered in snow when I got here at 10:05. Luckily no one had come to the library yet. My first patrons arrived when I was trying to figure out how to get my car off the curb.

Since I couldn't figure it out, I asked my first patron to help me push my car. He helped and this guy jumped out of his car to help. He was invaluable and helped me free my car in under 5 minutes. I am grateful for their help. It hasn't been very busy. I can't believe how many patrons I've had already. The computers are very popular.

Now I finished work at 4:30pm but I'm going to sit here and watch the rest of this episode of a Korean Drama -Young Pal.

I just saw my old room mate Elspeth. She lives here at Hill and has 3 adorable children. I remember when she was dating her husband Dan. She has lived in Texas and was briefly in Hawaii. Dan is a doctor. I only know that because she said he was in the hospital in Hawaii. When I told her I hoped everything was alright she told me he was a doctor which explains why he was in the hospital.

Her daughters are adorable. She was my room mate when I lived right by the U.

I just renewed my license which consisted of answering a series of questions and paying a $42.00 fee.

That gives me more time. I want the library to have everything cataloged and for me to have gone through EVERYTHING and thrown out what needs to be tossed. I also want to know how to do my job extremely well before I divide my time in Real Estate. I want to pay off my Orthodontist bill, my tax bills and then these new doctor bills I just made. Bills, bills, bills time to sing Destiny Child's song. in my mind of course, not aloud to everyone at the library.

I feel better because I know how to catalog and there is a mountain of cataloging to be done. We can do it ourselves IF ALL the girls work on it 24-7 for a little while. It is not as daunting as it once seemed. We need to clean out the storage room, get those books labeled, cataloged and on the shelves AND I also need to learn how to order materials AND figure out what my budget is.

Wednesday or any day I work by myself is all about helping patrons and cataloging in-between that time. There must me a commander's call at the theater because ALL my library spaces are taken AND I had to park by the bank. It is almost 12:30 and they are still there. I thought the cars would be gone by now. No such luck.

I just read about Pres. Bednar's recent address to students at BYU-Idaho. It included a warning appropriate to me.

I am glad I let the Sun in here but it is shinning veeery brightly right into my face. Maybe I can get some blinds for the children's room because the Sun is streaming in and it is too much. Now it is 5:50 which means the library closes in 10 minutes which I am veeery happy about. I am thinking we should shred our patron records at the end of the day. I'll get our volunteer Brian to shred these we have sitting in this cabinet on the side of our circulation computers. There is absolutely no need to store this PII.

I will be done soon!!!

Chief Michael Warner came for a tour of the library renovation. He is the Commander based in Ohio over all the Material Command or rather he is the assistant to the lady over everything. The library falls under Material Command. Larry came over to help with the tour as Dale is out sick. I hope he's alright. Chief Hiatt came over along with Chief Gaither. Chief Hiatt said hello and I hugged him. Weird!!! I am such an idiot. I sooo spent too much time as a Lei Greeter and dancer at PCC. The Poly thing came out and he isn't even Poly. I apologized and I felt so stupid. He was nice enough to shrug it off but I'm sure he was thinking what is wrong with this girl.

Larry gave the tour since I don't really know the source of the renovations. Chief Hiatt wanted me to talk more and I will in the future. Helen came in earlier. She was such a big help. Now I have a bunch of books to return to their shelves along with books I am cataloging. We sooo have enough time to do that. I wonder how long Dale will be out sick. It is really calm right now in the library. I am happy.

I wore a dress today. I only do that when we have visitors or I have to work in the temple later. I have another free Thursday since they are either cleaning or renovating the temple. It is beautiful outside. NICE!!! I will get home early today. I need my payroll computer to be alright and the accompanying printer to work.

It was slow enough at lunchtime that I was able to eat all my lunch in the back without interruption AND wash my container. I bought a glass container from the Asian store. It has a plastic cover. Things taste better in glass. I am happy with it. I also brought blueberries, raspberries and I still have strawberries I bought almost a week ago now. I also have eclairs in the fridge from that man who just brings them all the time.

I am here by myself until closing in a couple hours. I am going to work a little after hours today. There is so much... ok not really! to put away.

Busy but manageable day at the library!!! I can't wait for it to be over however since I HAVEN'T HAD A BREAK!!! I kept thinking I'd run to the dollar store to buy a hot pad for my toaster oven but it's not like I can leave the library while it's open. No one is here now but, AGAIN - it's not like I can leave. I brought my toaster oven to work. Dale told me it was a safety hazzard and they wouldn't let me have it here so I need to take it back home. He said the microwave is different which is why it is fine instead.

Yesterday I didn't do anything except watch DVDs. I watched an entire season of Extant. I was alright but a little irritated because they actually changed what they aired on television and it became a completely different story-line. I checked it out in the first place so I could catch up with what I missed.

FHE last night was small group meetings and because my last name starts with an -M it was at Katie's house. She has 2 room mates. Funny when I last lived in my own apartment I didn't want ANY room mates and my next room mate will be my husband. Spencer was there since his last name begins with an -M. I enjoyed hearing his thoughts although I didn't talk to him by myself.

It was an unusually slow day at the temple yesterday that I needed. Payroll was sooo annoying. We use floppy disks and when I complained to the person over the NAF financial department he shares my feeling but the people over him who are out-of-state decided at the last-minute NOOOT to change it. For some reason our printer won't print the sheets our payroll lady needs. It is sooo stupid.

I feel like I am in the 80s using a non-windows-based program. I am at Harmon's where I am using their internet. I just looked up David's LinkedIn profile. He hasn't graduated yet. I hope he is well.

I need to line up my broker already. I still feel best about Keller Williams in Midvale. I want William Bustos but I still haven't heard anything from him at all. I never did speak directly to him which annoys the hell out of me. His buyer agent told me she'd forward the information to him but if she did I don't know anything about it. I just looked at January. It is a long weekend with Martin Luther King Day this Monday, a federal holiday meaning I don't work again until Tuesday. Mmmm... long weekends are the best.

I'm grateful for my job which I love. However I need to do everything I need to do to secure my broker. I think the Keller Williams affiliated with William Bustos is how this is going to happen. I also need to write out and send Thank you notes to everyone who attended and made the Library Grand Opening the success it was.

I'm hungry so I'm going to get something to eat and try to figure this out.

My feet are killing me. These shoes are usually fine during the week when I wear them with pants but then with this dress they are killing me. The grand opening was nice and non-threatening. Just the way I like it. I am sooo glad it's done. The library looks amazing. I spilled punch and Latasha from Marketing helped to clean it up quickly. I feel like sleeping now buuut tomorrow is another day and begins with an 8am meeting.


Colonel Jolly didn't make it as he was detained by his boss who I am assuming is visiting. We did wait for him for over 20 minutes. I need to send Thank you notes to all the amazing people who helped.


I ate a couple cookies, some sunflower seeds and I'm going to heat some meatballs or chicken tenders I actually got from the dollar store along with some frozen veggies. Only 2 more hours left of work.

So a PA can be your primary care physician. I don't mind if Daniel is my primary care physician... HOWEVER since the medical center is an urgent care facility I'm not too sure about how much more they could be charging me. He said I was being charged the primary care physician rate.


What I don't like is that Daniel like all doctors and medical care professionals wants to throw medication at my health problems instead of having me make significant diet and exercise changes that I know I am completely capable of doing.


He didn't know AND it is much easier than finding a primary care physician from scratch. He prescribed THREE, YES THREE medications for me for high blood pressure, diabetes AND thyroid problems. It should stimulate my metabolism which would be a good thing. I need to call to find out for sure that he faxed my DMV form yesterday.


Tomorrow is the grand opening and I was concerned about the small conference room but I managed to get it in the shape it needs to be in to be good for tomorrow. The library looks fabulous and I am happy with the changes I made AND everyone else seems to be happy with them too.


One of the marketing girls told me how she can print pretty much anything from a collection of pictures with old artists without having to get the copyright. YEAH!!! I am COMPLETELY taking advantage of that opportunity. I can't remember what she said it was called or I'd be there now planning what I'm going to have them print first.


I am sooo happy Dale trusted me enough to decorate as I see fit. I am sooo grateful for this opportunity and it is going to look amazing. He is lucky I love decorating AND that I'm confident in my writing AND speaking. I am actually happy to be the narrator. I just don't want to screw up anyone's name pronunciation.


When I went shopping for my niece I found a cute black and white Chevron dress I am wearing tomorrow. Thursday is our ward temple night. Why did they change it to Thursday? It used to be on Tuesdays. Now I may see everyone there tomorrow. I suppose that's a good thing.


I get to get super-healthy and Zumba-obsessed again BUUUT that's alright because I do love it and eternal progression is fun and my goal anyway. Fitness is just part of it. I'd love to teach Zumba here on base. First things first.

The library looks amazing and everything is falling into place which I like very much. I neglected our conference room however and tomorrow is the last day for me to get it the way I want it to be so I am gathering stuff I have to make it look amazing. I hung most of my pictures in the staff room which is about how I want it to be. There is more to do however and I have my doctor's follow-up appointment.

Spencer was in my Sunday school class looking beautiful and then Uai came in looking beautiful too. How nice to have beautiful boys in my ward!!!

I am going to be so relieved when this Opening is finished. I am working like a dog tomorrow to get it looking the way I want it to look. I wish I could've made my follow-up appointment another day but that is not to be.

I woke up and did everything slower today. I made some musubi AND boiled water before I left home. Today Jose is supposed to come and take away things. He REALLY needs to do that and I am so grateful he is coming. I got through all the new files. Now we just need to make things look great for our opening. Getting rid of those things is the first start.


I really love my job. I got ahold of William Bustos late last night and I am ready to begin working under him as my broker. I didn't think he hired or took agents without real estate experience but the person I spoke to last night said he did. Rebecca Turpin is her name. Time to Google 411 on her too. I want a blue rug for my library. I am going to begin looking online although it is probably too late to get it quickly.


Today Dale and Larry came and moved a lot of the things I wanted moved. It is looking better and better and I can't wait for this to all come together. Tomorrow I am going to do what I can to make the staff area nice. I am glad I came in now. A renovation is just perfect. I am eating lunch now. I am going to make the schedule for the rest of January and then of course February.


We have our microwave and then I am also getting that toaster oven from my mother. Putting everything together is going to take some time but it'll be alright. Time to go back out there!

Yesterday I talked to my boss about what money I have left to budget until the end of October. Payroll is NOOOT going to last that long by continuing to work ALL the hours each of us wants. I get to figure out exactly how that's going to work. I need to do real estate now anyway. This IS what I want and working part time is how I reconciled making 16.75 an hour as the Library Director BECAUSE I was going to work part time. I have been putting in full time hours however recently just to get caught up with my bills. That surprise $220.00 key bill was sooo not appreciated. At least I have a spare now that I found the key when the snow melted.




I need to call Keller Williams in Midvale and put everything in motion to be an active license holder with them AND get their training too. My license expires next month unless I do something. This really was the perfect job for me. I will work 25-30 hours a week AND do my real estate training too. It can be done I just want to get the library into shape physically.


Uai wouldn't sign my paperwork when I FINALLY got ahold of him Sunday after playing phone tag with him the day before. I guess he likes his license or something. However he did help me make an appointment at a clinic he used to work at in Layton.




Spencer was looking great Sunday HOWEVER after talking to my cousin Lulu who made me think about my Poly roots a lot, Uai threw me for a loop. Arranging all that stuff with him AND spending time talking to him that one day made me appreciate his qualities. He isn't fine, definitely not gorgeous or pretty BUT like Spencer he is charismatic, extremely intelligent, has a nice smile AND is a leader. He took Spencer's place when he was released as Elder's Quorum president.


I know Uai's sister, mother and many of his first cousins are my cousins too. His mother is a Tuaone which is a big family. After living in Logan I was sure I wouldn't marry someone Poly. It is why I'm attending the Mid singles ward. I have tried specifically not to get to know Uai better. I purposely kept him at a distance but although my relationship with Spencer was finally where I wanted it to be, I need to get to know Uai better first now. I don't like him yet but I'm going to quit just eliminating him because he doesn't fit my recent ideas or plans.


I really like that he's a PA. The highest paying Master degree is very legit. Spencer is a software engineer who creates games for a living. Not too shabby either. Uai may not want to get to know me better but I need to at least be normal with him and not avoid him for nothing.

No I'm not nervous I just want everything to be as clean and organized as I want before or when it happens on the 13th. I need to get with someone to go over what has to be included to satisfy protocol. I am excited and I can't wait actually. I just wish I could get this damn medical form filled out so I can focus completely on the opening - this is the month I need to sign up with a broker too. I think Keller Williams in Midvale is it if they'll take me with my limited schedule. My license expires next month so I don't have a choice.

I keep calling that Tongan PA in my ward to see if he can complete my medical form for me. I don't want him to do anything illegal or anything it is just that my last medical visit was in Logan with my doctor there under the insurance through Stevens-Henager College. I don't want to have to travel to Logan just to get this filled out and the clinics are all closed on Saturdays. I will probably have to do this on Monday. I didn't want to take Metformin after I read things about it. I wanted to change my diet and exercise... WHICH I DID.

UNTIL I was depressed about my state of unemployment and watched marathon television series. When my bishop suggested I join the accelerated job search I wasn't really ready. I didn't want to do anything actually. AJS was the best thing I did however and led to me figuring out I had a record. It wasn't until that was cleared that I got my job at Hill AFB. I never would've agreed to that pay if I had been at the start of my job search. It was because I was desperate that I took it. At the same time I am very grateful for it. I love being over the entire library and I intend to do whatever it takes to make it successful.

Employee behavior has surprised me in not a good way. I like my girls for the most part. I dislike that I found that stash of files AFTER I cleaned out a great deal of them already. I  have been thinking about improvements I'm going to make so it is truly clean and functional. There is much to do and I'm sooo starting Monday. If I can't get Uai to fill out my Driver's license paperwork I'm not sure what to do next.

Alright I do know it just sucks. I just need to find a new primary care physician to sign my papers that it's alright for me to drive despite my diabetic condition. I don't intend to take metformin EVER again. I just plan to work out again. It worked before. It'll work again.

Spencer was looking nice at our New Year's Eve dance. I wonder if Cara told him I like his characteristics because before I kept trying to talk to him but he'd blow me off. Now he tells me if he thinks I look nice. I like his spirit and he is hysterical too, brilliant and I think his family has a history in the church which I love. He is a cutie although I wouldn't call him fine or pretty. I'm glad he attended. There was another cutie I went out of my way to ask to dance with me.

He turned out to be Spencer's old room mate. What are the chances? He is tall and fine and way too thin. Spencer is way too thin too but I don't think he's as tall as his room mate. I saw Lulu there too. She is here for the holidays and leaves tomorrow back to Hawaii. I saw my Spanish realtor friend Carlos and Cara my RS president. I had fun.

I have all these ideas running through my head about organizing and getting rid of things at the library. I have a rash and papercuts on my hands which I don't like from going through sooo many old files and paperwork.