Feliz cumpleanos a well mi! :D

Goooo birthdays! I think next year I'll spend it on a beach somewhere...yeah that sounds awesome.

The Purpose of the Eclair

I have decided that the only reason an eclair exists (aside from being delicious) is for me to bite into it only to have the filling shoot out the other end to hit my shirt, jeans, desk, important papers (thankfully not the same papers as the hot chocolate fiasco of October 25) and keyboard. I think that this was the eclairs way of telling me I should not be eating it. Well you know what eclair?! You are the only thing I'm having for lunch so shove it!

The Cap and Super Woman...

Say "Happy Halloween!!"

Captain America plans on killing you with kindness...

Captain America as played by cute my nephew Carson

Super Woman just plans on hurting you slightly.

Super Woman as played by my ultra cool niece Abby

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :)

Girl sitting in front of pumpkins as played by well...me

Runner Pants!

First off this photo pretty much sums up how I feel about my running. :D

But speaking of running I figured I better give a summary of my past races. I believe the last time I updated you about them was when I was on race #9 in July. Jenny and I opted to not do the half marathon. Which if you care to read about why you can go here. So that takes us to August. August was the More Project race to help build homes for poor people in Brazil. So my goal was to do one race a month but this race was the same day as my mom's funeral. But my dear, dear friend Jenny ran as proxy for me. She had her number and my number. I know I did not actually do a race in August I'm still counting it. Thanks Jenny. You are amazing. (for more reasons than just that. :)) So that was race #10. Race #11 was the rivalry race in Provo.

It was a breast cancer race and it was between Utah and BYU fans because the annual Utah vs. BYU football game was that same day. This one was probably my favorite race. It was a great course. Not too hot or cold. It was pretty relaxed. I liked it. Then I went to the football game that night and watched the U just own BYU. It was AWESOME! Anyway, Race #12 was on Saturday. It was the Night of the Running Dead. So you either signed up as a human or a zombie. The human's got a 2 minute head start. I actually really liked this race as well. It was a lot of fun to see the people dressed up, but it was SO hot! Ugh awful. I felt like I was so slow and I took forever but actually this race was my best time! :) Next week Jen and I are doing the YWCA run against violence run that is sponsored by the Women's Law Caucas from the Utah State Bar. Should be good. That will be race #13. Then I only have two months left and I've completed my goal! As a reward I'm getting myself new running shoes. Woot woot! I'm really excited about that because I desperately need some. Alright peeps. That's it I'm out!

My Job

I was thinking the other day that I don't really talk about my job that much here. Possibly because there are days when my job is too frustrating to think about again. (like my current case involving a SAW claim. Google it. And by "google it" I mean look it up on the internet, not whatever else you were thinking that meant). But for those of you that don't know I am an immigration working at  non-profit here in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was recently hired full time which is GREAT for my bank account. But it also gives me more experience in other areas of immigration law. For example I went to court for the very first time by myself in June to argue an asylum/withholding of removal case (again google it if you are curious what that entails). Thankfully, I won and my client gets to stay in the country (the judge said if I had not helped her it might have been a very different situation for her. so that was good!). Normally I do citizenship for elderly refugees. I enjoy helping them but the medical waivers can be a pain in my back pockets. I also sometimes have clients that can be a pain in my back pockets i.e. this guy.
     I certainly have my own opinions on all things immigration but I won't share them right now. :) What I will share with you is one of my favorite stories about a client. This guy was an elderly refugee from Somalia and he was one of the rare clients who took the citizenship exam (FYI to get citizenship you have to speak, read, and write English and answer 10 civics questions, along with some other laws). So this guy was pretty nervous and before we went into his citizenship interview I decided to ask him some of the civics questions. There are 100 questions to study. The officer only asks 10 of the questions and you only need 6 correct. So I was quizzing him before we went in (questions like "who was the Father of Our Country?" "Name one of the longest rivers in the United States." etc.) and he was doing well. He was called to go to the interview and we went in and sat down and the officer went to put the client under oath before reviewing his application. So the officer said "please raise your right hand." My client yelled, "GEORGE WASHINGTON!!". The officer and I were in shock and I tried really hard not to laugh. And the officer was nice enough to say he'd start with the questions instead. So for the rest of the day I went around just yelling "George Washington!". :) My client passed with flying colors though and I was proud of him. Thankfully my job has a lot of positives and only a few sad negative stories. Usually situations where I can't help. But I love what I do and I love where I am working. I'm getting great experience and get to help people. :) Well everyone that's my soapbox. Peace out!

P.S. I recently discovered Instagram for my phone. I'm a fan.
P.P.S. If you are curious what HB 497 is go here.

Flood-It

I have the game Flood-It on my iGoogle page and when I am waiting for clients I often play it. My score is Won: 42 Lost: 214...oh now 215. I need a mentor for this game.


I also wish I had a chips and salsa dispenser for my desk. You want chips and salsa? *zip blop* done! You? *zip blop* Done! Ingenious.

Good Luck!

My dear niece Morgan bought this book for me.

I'm pretty sure she has no hope in me finding someone on my own...she's bringing reinforcements...