Hey Y'all

Hey! I haven't done an update in a while so here ya go..

Lately I have been stressed OUT OF MY MIND. Not necessarily a bad stress but more just busy and kind of crazy with job changes. Life is about to get crazy..at least it is to me. Obviously stress isn't always a good thing but being busy and active actually is healthier for you! Fun fact: People that work every day live longer. One day I will work every day as a mom! That will be nice but still a very BIG job.

I get way more done when I have a tight schedule rather than nothing…usually I will have a long list of things I need to get done but if I don't have work or something I forget to do them..But if I am at work I am thinking about what I need to do when I get home and get it done because I know I will have work the next day so I get it out of the way. Does that make sense? I don't even think that does haha but it made sense in my head.

Recently I just started working with Albion fit! I absolutely love it! It's dangerous working their because their stuff is so cute. If you don't follow them on instagram stop reading for a minute and do that..or if you are a super social media human and probably have your phone while looking at the computer screen at the same time you can do both at once! We sell fitness wear and adorable swim wear! Not to mention we have the cutest MODEST swimsuits. Your days of long hard searching for that cute AND modest swimsuit are over..Seriously this world has come to almost wearing nothing while taking a dip in the pool..Lets stay covered. Go check out albion :).

Hear comes the stressful yet exciting news..I now have a second job as a nanny for the two most amazing kiddos I have ever met! 

So I am now taking on 25-30 hours a week at albion while a nanny on Mondays and Wednesdays ( Some Fridays) from 8am-5pm! Whoohoo! BRING IT ON.

I need to remember one important thing though…I WILL NOT stress myself out..That distracts me from the gospel, my family, and myself..Sometimes I get so absorbed in other peoples needs that I forget to take care of myself..Thats sounds sort of like a good thing but its not..I will be too stressed and worry more about the importance of the job that I am not being myself, smiling, laughing, and not having family time. So I just say that I am not stressed. Sometimes you tell yourself, " Oh my gosh I am so stressed." When really people have it way worse than you do. So I remember my dad who goes to work every day for us, my friends who are going to school right now plus 2 jobs, and the president of the united states ( Yes Obama is probably very stressed too..most of the time when he isn't golfing in hawaii)

The second thing I need to do and what everyone should do when they have a tight schedule is to meditate, exercise, laugh more, and READ YOUR SCRIPTURES!! In the morning before you start your day and at night before you go to bed no matter how late it is..It really does help me.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it..Even if it is 5 minutes in your car before work..Just breathe. Sometimes I will do yoga before I go to work and after work I go and walk around the salt lake temple. I also got a gym membership at the city creek gym so that if I have any time after work I can get some exercise in. Even if its short it really does help.

Also, this is a very big thing.. Instead of getting frustrated with things I am learning to just laugh it off.. Some things will ruin your entire day unless you just decide to shake it off.. ( T swizzle knows) because really its pretty funny. I have laughed at myself so many times this week..Wanna hear about a few?

1. Locked my keys in my car after FHE..After looking for 20 minutes I checked the car and yep there they were right on the driver seat, doors locked. Ahui had to drive me all the way back to daybreak ( 40 minutes away) to get my spare keys and then drive all the way back so that I could get my car and drive back to daybreak once more. I got home at 2 am. But after all of this Ahui and I just had to laugh because really this would happen haha.

2. My girlfriends and I have a big group text every day and we were in a deep conversation as I was getting ready to shower…I got in the shower and I had brought my stupid phone in with me and didn't realize I was texting while under the shower head until I needed to grab the soap and my hands weren't free…Social media fast coming soon? Seriously. But I did laugh at loud that I would do that..Time to unplug!!

3. Got in the shower fully dressed..

4. Struggling to get clothes on one of our mannequins at Albion and I broke off her hand and leg… She looks kind of weird. Don't worry I fixed it..

5. Found a dog at the store and tried to put it in my car because I thought it was lost…then its owners came out and asked what I was doing.. I just started laughing and said wow your dog is so obedient! Sorry I tried to kidnap him!

6. Walked into the gym…Got hungry..Walked out of the gym.

7. Went to my guys house and they didn't have toilet paper so we went to the store and bought a toilet paper role just for me to go to the bathroom at their house..Ugh. Hahaha. But the highlight is I saved all of the other girls going over there later.

So there ya go. My life is about to be pretty hectic..But it is alright. I love my work, I love my family, I love my girlfriends so much that I can't get away from my phone even for a shower, I love these cute kids, and I love life!

Ash

Things that keep me going:

 Pottery throwing! 

 Silly brothers.

 My besties.

 This cute girl.

 My favorite boy

Minutes before I discovered my lost keys.

Ahui trying to set me up with our cousin?? Its fun to be best friends with your family<3