Lately:

I love my boys! The season just started at the beginning of this month, but we're already doing amazing. I was able to go to the Jazz vs. Clippers game with some friends from my ward, and we won in DOUBLE OT. It was amazing. Since then, we've beaten Miami in OT, and then last night we beat the Magic. So awesome. I love it. (This means we have a better record on the road than we do at home.) PLUS, I'm legit friends with #44 Kyrylo Fesenko on Facebook. ha. I feel awesome.

This version of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" is LEGIT. I've been listening to it non-stop. Amazing! (if you right click on it, and hit "show all" you'll be able to see the full screen)

Haha. I loves me some twitter. I'm actually going to be on TV for using Twitter! I was interviewed by BYU Weekly about tweeting about Conference. I'll share the link once I get it. :)

Last week I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Mae concert and I met the band! So awesome!

Other than that, it's all about school until I make it to Thanksgiving. So far, I haven't fallen down, so that means no doctors appointments or casts. :) Always a big plus. Until next time then- Keep it real!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Well, I'm off! Today starts my short week long vacation to the East Coast. Today I leave Salt Lake and make my way to New Orleans. I think I've got everything I need. haha. This will definitely be a new adventure! Hopefully I'll be able to update throughout the trip. Stay posted!

Quick Update

It's been a busy summer, friends. That is for sure. Full of work, adventure, and loads of fun! Here's a quick update while I have a minute between all the awesomeness!


Most of this summer has been dedicated to work. Mornings at BYU and afternoons at AMP. Long days, but its been worth it. Today is my last day at AMP, and I'm kind of sad to be leaving. I love the people I work with there, and we always manage to have a good time. I sure will miss it there. Maybe I'll even end up there next year again. Also with work, next week is Education Week at BYU. I got my schedule today, and all I can say is, Bring It! Should be fun.

Luckily, I only have to work M-Th of EdWeek because I'm going down to New Orleans for the second wedding reception next weekend. This weekend is going to be full with family, friends, fun, and the wedding. Exciting! I just love Laura, and even though the last few weeks have been stressful, I'm excited to have her in the family. :) and I'm excited to go on another adventure to New Orleans!

After spending the weekend in New Orleans, I'll be flying up to DC to visit my oldest brother and his family. I'm so excited to see them! Even in the few months its been since the last time I saw them, Elliott has started talking more and I'm just so excited. It's going to be a blast! Other than seeing them, I'm also pretty stoked to be able to say I went from coast to coast to coast this summer.

Oh yeah, a few weeks ago I went on a little roadtrip up to Washington State with some fellow Sparkies, and we had a great time! We visited the ocean, the Goonies house, spent a day in Seattle, and got to know each other a little better. Haha. Such a good time.

By the time I get back from DC, I'll have about 3 days to recouperate before classes start. Big day! I can't believe summer is almost over, but I'm looking forward to classes. It will be nice to do something other than sit at work all day.

So, those are some of the highlights. Other than that, I've been busy tweeting and laughing. Not too bad if you ask me.

Also, I'd like to wish a very very Happy First Birthday to my adorable nephew Abe! Sadly, I'll be missing his birthday party, but we'll party it up tomorrow at Lagoon! :) Look at that cute face. How can you just not love him?

FINISHED!!

Today was my last official day of physical therapy!!! I'm so excited! Physical therapy was the last big push to get my wrist nice and strong again after the surgery, and today, my physical therapist Doug Bagley, decided to cut me loose!

He still advised me to continue doing the strengthening exercises I've been doing for the rest of the summer, even increasing the weights more if (when) I can handle it. He said the main thing he's worried about is me falling on my wrist again, but other than that, it seems pretty much stable and I can gradually start working my way back to full capacity. He stressed the "gradually" part because he said I need to remember I've been favoring it for the better part of 4 years now. I can't just jump into full activity head first, but I'm closer than I've ever been. And that, is a very excellent feeling!!

As for the rest of my recovery, I have another appointment scheduled with Dr. Richards in 2 more weeks, but if I decide I don't want to go in, he said its totally fine if I call in and cancel. We'll see how I feel when that date gets closer. . . as of now I have a few questions I want to ask him, but everything feels excellent. In fact, I put on my brace last night before I went to bed and, for the first time in a very long time, it felt weird to put it on. Like, I didn't need it, and my wrist was like, what are you doing to me? I like that feeling. :)

Life is good! Other than the usual fun with my wrist, I'm busy working this summer, keeping up with my 2 jobs, I work mornings at Independent Study on campus, and I work afternoons at AMP in South Provo. Thankfully, that means I'm free at nights, and I'm loving it. Now we just need to have the weather completely warm up, and I'll be good to go!

I lost my voice and I sound amazing. Or like a Smoker. You decide.

I’m done with Fall Semester of 2010! I finished my last final last Tuesday, and since then its been a non stop party of packing, cleaning, and doing whatever I want. J

I’m here in my new room in my new apartment. As you can tell the walls are bare, so I’m not completely moved in and settled yet. Only because I’ve been much too busy doing way cooler things.

Cooler things such as: losing my voice at the Jazz game Friday night!!

That’s why I decided to do a video blog for you today. Haha! Don’t you think my voice sounds awesome? Crazy thing is, it was totally fine all day Saturday, but when I woke up Sunday, it was GONE. Nowhere to be found. Everyone thinks I’m super sick, but I swear I’m not. I’ve only ever lost my voice like this one time before in my entire life: the BYU vs. FSU football game this last season. But that totally was NOT worth it because we lost. At least the Jazz won! And I got a pretty sweet Memo jersey. Injured or not, he’s still my favorite player on the team!

Well. As for the rest of the weekend, some highlights include

1- Moving my cousin Jocelyn into her first real apartment, and taking her grocery shopping for the first time.

2- Being named “The Lost Specialist” in my ward. Wow. Don’t even ask me how that one came to be.

3- The Jazz pulling off another AMAZING win last night against the Thuggets,

4- And Starting my “new” job at AMP. Basically I’m getting trained for real this year and my Manager is essentially awesome.

PLUS I went to physical therapy today and my wrist is acting like a CHAMP!

I’m at 90 degrees this way, which is 100% back to normal! And I’m at 50 degrees this way, which doesn’t look like much, but Dr. Richards said the ultimate goal is to get it to 60 degrees, and I came up from what was 40 degrees 2 weeks ago.

My strength is also doing much better; aside from awesome grip and pinch strength in comparison to previous weeks, I graduated from 2 pound to 3 pound weights! And I got some more excercises to do with my hammer!

Now, all I have to do for it to officially be summer time is to finish grading these tests and papers (grades are due tomorrow) and I will be GOOD TO GO! Woo!! Even if it is supposed to snow Wednesday or Thursday, I’m mega excited. Life is so good!

Well, until next time- that’s the latest in the Lovely Life of Lauremo Noto!

The Moment has Come To Face the Truth. :)

I guess when you have 3 blogs to post things on, plus facebook updates, it's easy to forget about some of them.

Anyway, here's an update on the latest in The Lovely Life of Lauremo Noto.

WRIST: Recovery is still coming along very nicely. Contrary to how I felt at the time of my last update, my wrist is still attached, and very securely I might add. I finished up the antibiotics I was prescribed, and started some physical therapy. My wrist is basically hardcore! I get to do exercises and play with all sorts of things, like silly putty, rubber bands, hammers, and I can lift 1 and 2 pound weights! (the doc gave me the ok to lift up to 10 pounds, but I'm limited for my exercises.)

Here's some proof of my improvement!

SCHOOL: Finals are in less than 2 weeks. Holy crazy. Well. 2 weeks from tomorrow, I suppose, but most of my finals are in-class on the last day. I'm really not too worried about finals. It's a good feeling! I already know I'm getting an A in my Capstone class (woo! I can graduate. . . eventually), and my other classes aren't too stressful. It will be good. 1 paper, 2 homework assignments, some reading, and 3 finals, and I'll be done with Winter 2010. Oh, and I have to grade somewhere close to a zillion assignments for Psych 111, but thats not too horrible. Then I'll be halfway through my college career. wow.

WORK: Summer means work time! I got my job back at the blessed place known as AMP. Happy day? We'll see. But I do know that this summer is going to be great because I won't be working after 6-7 on a regular basis! Wonderful! And, I might be able to pick up a few extra bucks if Dr. Reber needs help with his classes during Spring. It will be good. Independent Study, AMP, and a TA? With a social life? I can already tell this summer is going to be WAY better than last year.

And, in other news. . . not too much going on. Thats pretty much my life. I love my ward, my neighbors, and (not-so) random runs to Applebee's on Wednesday nights.


Service Project at the Bishop's- Raking up his Apple Orchard after he pruned it. Just like at home! haha

We had our own festival of colors party after our service project.


Life is good.

The End is Near. . . I Hope at least. One MAJOR Step Done.

I just got my pins pulled about an hour ago. Ouchies. I called in because my hand has been super sore the last day and a half, and I've been "oozing" nasty stuff around the pins. They said I could come right in, so I rushed over there as fast as I could so I could make it before they closed for the day.

I got there with a bit to spare, so I was able to talk to my nurse buddies. haha. I'm too much of a regular. We talked about iPod's vs. SmartPhones, and I made them think I was smart because of what I know with apps. Katie thought I was a computer science major or something. crazy. But it was fun. I'm gonna miss those people.

Anyway, Dr. Richards finally got a minute to come visit with me. Apparently I have a slight infection, so when I went in to have them look at it, Dr. Richards decided to pull the pins (I was scheduled to have them removed next Tuesday). He said it would sting a little when they came out (understatement of my LIFE!) and my hand would be sore for a few days. Oh my gosh. My friend, Nurse Katie, was the lucky one to take them out, and she YANKED them out with a good pair of pliers. I'm in extreme pain right now! No joke! Most miserable thing ever. Worse than when I was imagining the pins over Christmas, or even when I was going through withdrawls on Christmas Eve. Ouchies.

But, I'm in a new wrap!



I got a new brace, which can be removed so I can do my stretching exercises :) The blue part is a temporary wrap that I have to leave on for a day or two while the wounds finish bleeding and whatever else. That means I get to shower with a bag on my arm again. fun fun.

After that, I'm scheduled for physical therapy with my buddy Doug Bagley to try and get most of my motion back. Should be fun! Then its back to see Dr. Richards in a month to see how everything is going recovery wise. The end is in sight, my friends! At least, if I can survive these next few days.

That will take some effort.