Thank you for calling Massage Envy, Not Carl's Jr.

I work at Massage Envy. Its a great job, can't complain...well I could and I will, but only about one thing. It is one of my responsibilities to answer the phone. I answer the same way every time, "Thank you for calling Massage Envy in West Jordan, this is Grace." (except one time I forgot I was at work and just said "Hello" and the conversation was kind of awkward after that). So we occasionally get calls from people who think they're calling Carl's Jr. Their number is listed as ours in the directory. Its quite annoying. Obviously people do not listen to the introduction we give when we answer the phone, or else they would know that we are not the ones who messed up their order. We just do massage. You wouldn't believe how many calls we get telling us they just went through our drive thru and are upset with what they got. I've had people carry on for several minutes yelling at us for the bad service or food or whatever. Of course I tried stopping them, I don't like listening to them complain, but they were quite persistent. Once I am able to tell them that they have to wrong number, they are usually embarrassed, and either apologize or just hang up.

All these calls are complaints, but wouldn't it be nice if someone did call to say thank you for the delicious Six Dollar Burger they received. Not going to happen. I feel bad for who ever answers the phones at Carl's Jr. They actually have to deal with these angry people. As for me I let them vent some of their frustration and after they've hung up, just laugh.

My 25

1.I am in love with the mountains, especially the Wasatch Front. I don't think I could ever move away from them.

2. Astronomy is fascinating to me. I would love to join a star gazing club and have nerdy guys points out all the constellations to me.

3.I took piano lessons for 8 years, stopped about a year ago. I love playing, but mostly just play hymns and such.

4.My favorite teachers have always been guys: Mr. Edwards, Shute, Bustin, Banks, Rand, Barton, Titus, Hemming , except my kindergarten and first grade teacher Mrs. Harmon, she'll always be #1.

5.I traveled to 9 different countries in one year. (2007) I went seven countries in Europe (including Vatican City, and yes that counts) on a three week tour, went to Canada with my family and Israel for two weeks with AIFL.

6.I'm a hypocrite, try not to be, but still am.

7.I have a huge family. 13 siblings, 16 of us total. Twenty years between the youngest and the oldest. I'm in the middle: number 8, ten years younger than the oldest and ten years older than the youngest. 8. I took ceramics and pottery in 11th grade. I wasn't any good at either of them, everything I made was very amateur. But I absolutely loved pottery. I went into a whole new world when I threw that clay on the wheel and molded it with my hands.

9. I sucked my thumb until I was about 7 or 8. Probably a little too old, but it was a comfort to me. I finally quit when my dentist convinced me it would mess up my teeth; and it did. Good call doc.

10.I talk to myself sometimes. When I was younger I would make up stories in my head, like a movie. Creating characters, a story line, with a problem/solution. It kept me occupied for hours.

11.Traditions are incredibly important to me. I want to bring all my traditions into my future family. My husband better let me. I'll take some of his, but I need all of mine.

12. I have a bad habit of copy the way other people talk, mostly accents. I think I get it from my mom. We'll catch each other doing it. The worst is when you copy someone right in front of them. Like my Spanish teacher in 9th grade. He's from South America and was awful at teaching Spanish, so basically I'd just copy/make fun of him all period, and one time I copied him while he was talking to my friend right next to me. Embarrassing, I felt so bad but I continue to do it anyway.

13.Every time I write, type, or text the word Beautiful I have say to the letters B-E-A-U and tiful. Its not a hard word to spell, its just kinda habit and I sometimes get the order of the vowels mixed up.

14. I sometimes enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke. I don't like or support smoking, and I hate when its too strong. But a subtle whiff of smoke is pleasant, because it reminds me of my uncle, and of the 'T' in Boston(the underground train. I love the subway and such public transportations in big cities.)

15.I love the Native American culture.

16.Bear Lake is like my second home. I have taken family vacations up there since I can remember. When I was young we went to Bear Lake every summer. A few years ago we bought a condo up there and now go up several times a year. It may just be my favorite place on earth.

17. I have bad handwriting. I say its because I'm going to be a doctor, and everyone knows doctors have bad hand writing. I believe the reason for this is that there's a lot going on their brain and they can't write quickly enough to get it all down. So basically if you have bad handwriting, its because you're smart.

18. I write in my journal every week. I got my first journal on my 8th birthday, and went crazy. I have about 10 journals so far, and I'm still going strong.

19.My best friend is Michelle Dyer. We've known each other pretty much forever. Our parents have been friends since college, but I think we've been friends since the pre-mortal existence. She lives in Alabama, but I see her almost every summer. Her family usually comes up here for a few weeks, and I've gone down there twice.

20. I was named after my mother. My first name is actually Katherine and I go by my middle name Grace.

21. I really enjoy reading. I try to read the book before seeing the movie. Doesn't always happen, but the book is always better. Its a fact.

22.Rascal Flatts is my favorite band. Gary LeVox is amazing!

23.Quotes are one of my favorite things. Quotes can express ideas so well. I try to memorize the quotes I love, but often fail at it.

24. I will have my Associates degree by the end of the summer after my high school graduation. I then plan to have my bachelors by 2011 from BYU and go on to Medical school at the U. That's my plan, lets hope it works.

25.I believe strongly in the law of attraction. I will bring into my life what I envision. I try to think positively all the time, so I can have the best life possible.

DAVID ARCHULETA!!

I went to a David Archuleta concert last week with my friend Kate. Loved it! I had only been to one other concert, and that was Alan Jackson. That one was out doors, this one was indoors. That made a difference to me. In the enclosed area with an incredible sound system, I could feel my heart jumping along with the bass. I don't think thats very natural, but I sort of enjoyed the feeling. I thought that my voice would've hurt from screaming, but rather my ears did. You wouldn't believe how loud the shrills were from the thousands of girls. They did more damage than the music, but the sore eardrums were well worth it. I loved the concert.

Now of course I love David, he's amazing, but his first opening act, Benton Paul, was phenomonal. (yeah, there were two opening acts. The second one, some girl with a weird name and weird voice, was not enjoyable. Granted we were all anxious for Archie). Seriously, I could've listened to Benton all night. I loved his voice, lyrics, style, face, everything. I was more excited to meet him after the concert than David (I didn't meet either of them, but I wanted to).

So after about an hour and a half (the opening acts) David finally came out! Boy, did those girls go crazy. I would've plugged my ears, but that would've looked stupid. I didn't know many of his songs, except Crush. I realized that its more fun when you know the songs. I probably enjoyed the last fifteen minutes the most when he sang Crush and his own version of other popular ones like A thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton, which of course he played on the piano quite beautifully.

David is probably the nicest, cutest kid I've ever seen. He thanked us for coming to his concert after just about every song. And he made clear just how excited he was to be performing his last concert of the tour in his home town. He sure does love us. Thanks David! He even took of picture himself with us. Apparently he does this at every concert and is going to scrapbook the pictures? Not sure, but heck he can do whatever he wants with it, he's David Archuleta.

The Po-Po have got it in for me

I'm driving down the street just humming to the radio when I notice a white Dodge Charger hiding in a neighborhood. I quickly hit my breaks, trying to slow down to the correct speed, but its too late. The red and blue lights start flashing, I curse under my breath and pull to the side of the road. The officer slowly walks up as I roll down my window. He then asks, "Do you know why I pulled you over?"

I hate that question. Yes, I know why I was pulled over, must've been doing something illegal(speeding in my case). Lets get on with this. After taking my licence and registration he looks at my file for what seems like hours. Lets be quick about it, I was speeding because I'm trying to get somewhere (and I also like going fast). Finally he brings it back, hands me the ticket and asks if I have any questions. Whether I do or not I'm not asking. I just want to leave, I've been here long enough. I pull onto the road carefully and with my blinker of course, hoping to never go through that again.

Those coppers have got me 4 times, 3 of those I got tickets, luckily 1 was a non-moving violation. Yes, 3 tickets within 1 year. Its not a good record. And they won't even let me go to traffic school to clear it. The first two times I felt like such a bad person, getting caught by the authorities. The last two times, I just brushed it off. No biggie. I just hate paying those darn tickets. But I have resolved to driving more carefully. I'll have to, if I don't want my licence suspended.