all the iphone pictures i took since friday.

hey blog world!

did y'all miss me yesterday? (say yes, please, i need the validation today.)

i'm dealing with some health stuff again this week, so i can't guarantee that i'll have much for you to read, but i'll do my best. 

and now, in an attempt to entertain and inform, i present a series i call....

all the iphone pictures i took since friday

ha. HA! it's cute that my nike app thinks my body would let me run 5 miles right now. even if i didn't feel like my mid-section were exploding, i'm way behind on running goals and nowhere near able to handle this run. real cute, nike.

we had our first utah bonfire of the spring season on saturday night! and for all you pretentious haterz that think bringing a guitar to pass around as everyone sits around the bonfire is too mainstream or cliche....sorry, but i don't care. that ish is fun and classic and will never get old.

the bench is a boat. obviously the bench is a boat. this is typical 2 a.m. behavior in #classic204.

i really like cats, but i'm allergic. so i will wear them instead.

lamb of god practice selfie. come see the show!

yesterday alyssa and i realized that this ENTIRE  MONTH IS PI/PIE MONTH. 3/14. GUYS. THIS IS HUGE.

the second i started tweeting about my body hating me again, jbabs was all over bringing me treats. and this was a hella good cinnamon roll.

thank you for enjoying that incredibly exciting artistic display of my life. as soon as my body quits freaking out i'm gonna go out and a fabulous adventure to make this blog a little more exciting. i'm losing momentum and creativity over here. maybe i should download tinder again?

the limit does not exist.

well hello, blogging humans!
what a crazy week! with everything going on last week, i had to neglect the blog and email completely and just focus on getting better.

here's what happened:
tuesday i had the worst headache of my life (this coming from a person who gets chronic migraines). it was also my 4th day straight of a fever that wouldn't stop, and i couldn't stand up without my vision going white. i had two friends come give me a priesthood blessing, and after that i felt well enough to get some sleep and take myself to the doctor wednesday morning.

wednesday my hemoglobin level was 6.3 (normal is 12-16), so my doctor told me to go straight to the hospital and get a blood transfusion. i had joked earlier in the week about being hospitalized for anemia.....and that is exactly what happened.




i got two units of blood transfused, and i could literally see my face regaining color the longer i sat in that bed. after about 5 hours in the hospital, i started saying things like "blood is nature's lipstick". that's when i knew i was ready to be home.

that night people were really nice and they brought me ice cream and flowers and pizza and candy. and then we watched the bachelor wedding because necessary.


dq cookie dough blizzard. i'm a simple woman, but i have good taste.

thursday they checked my hemoglobin again to find that it had risen to 9.9, which was better, but still pretty anemic. i was told to skip class and work the rest of the week and stay home to rest. not mad about it one bit. then i got some ultrasounds which gave me the good news that i don't have any tumors. yay!
my home teachers brought me lunch, and i started watching sherlock, which was a great suggestion from tons of you on twitter, but really isn't helping me keep my heart rate down like i'm supposed to. thanks a lot, guys.


friday they took some blood for testing. seems a little counter intuitive considering i don't have enough of it to begin with. but it's for science. so.
i re-read mockingjay and spent the whole weekend snuggly buggly in the cave. ('the cave' is the name of my favorite blanket. roll with it kthxbye.)


just this morning they called and prescribed some medication that should help regulate my hormones and my blood count, so i should be back to normal in no time. i'm back to work and class today because i can't afford to miss any more, even though my hemoglobin level is still a little bit low. i still feel a bit light-headed if i stand up too fast, and i haven't made it through a day without a nap yet, but i'm taking it easy and being careful with myself, and my blood count should be back to normal soon.

thank you all so much for the kind emails and comments and tweets! each one really does mean a lot. i have way too many people praying for me and thinking kind thoughts. :) y'all are the best.

and now i will leave you with this...
the number of times that i have said the words 'uterus' and 'hemoglobin' this week: