Reluctant Blood Typing Pandas

i've been reluctant to post a new post..but only because i love seeing that i have posted 111 posts so far, and i've never liked the number 12.

but my new obsession is blood types. last week we had a hematology lab for physiology and i loved it! i typed myself, i'm A-. which means i'm among 6.3% of people in the US who have A-. (this is going to be a really nerdy post, people, you've been warned.) so, like the nerd that i am, i mapped my family's blood types. my mom has A-, my dad has A+. which sucked for my mom because she had to get the Rh shots when she had us, because my dad was positive. then jenna is A+, eric is O+, and i'm A-. which means i get the shots when i'm pregnant too, if i marry a Rh + boy. (we don't know bryce's blood type, or dan's or lily's, so i didn't get too far.) but the fact that eric is O+ means that both mom and dad have AO+or- blood. because there are two genes. and my parents could have either been AA or AO, but they are AO. the O is recessive so no one really knows they have that recessive gene unless they have a kid that is O, getting both the recessive genes from their parents. its fascinating!!

also, did you know that all pandas in the US are only on loan from china? yeah, thats right. they're almost like a peacekeeping treaty between us. apparently, we really like these pandas. i know i do!

what?

it's not like i have "That Mattson Girl" stamped on my forehead.

but i do have HAPPY! on it.

LAST ESSAY OF THE SEMESTER

DONE!!!

ComedySportz, snow..and a date?

so last night i went on a blind double date with my roommate's current love interest's roommate. the guy (scott) didn't really talk (i tried to cover for both of us, and i don't usually talk that much, but i just made random comments about the decorations in the building, and entertained myself mostly), but the date itself was fabulous :D. i'm not quite sure how i got roped into it, but they bribed me. first with divine comedy, which would have been great. but then, since they couldn't get tickets, we went to COMEDY SPORTZ. its officially my new favorite place. i laugh my head off, and its all clean! it isn't hard to get me to laugh my head off, but this keeps me laughing for the whole show. i tried really hard not to snort though, since i was sure i was going to scare this guy off of dating forever..he's fresh off the mission, quiet, and still slightly scared of the opposite sex. but of course, i did snort, just when things had sort of quieted down and it was pretty loud. pretty embarrassing. especially when everyone turned around to try to see the girl who just snorted in the back. comedy sportz is a lot like "Whose Line Is It Anyway" but fantastically clean. :) and we saw a proposal! they asked a couple from the audience up on stage and they did some skit with the two of them, setting them up on blind dates because they'd been having some "trouble" with their relationship..and they had to choose between their blind date (the comedy performers) or the person they came with, and after she paused then turned to the guy she's been with since september, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. it was adorable, minus the part when he said "I like you a lot" and "I want to spend the rest of my life with you." its "I love you" and "I want to spend eternity with you" buddy. then she said yes & they went their merry way. well then we went to Rock Canyon and I went sledding for the first time (since i remember, because i think my parents would disagree) then when i decided i wasn't walking up the hill again (since i'd run a 5k that morning as well) i threw a snowball at my date. my plan worked perfectly. for about the next hour, we all threw snowballs and made snow angels and attempted to make snowmen, but apparently the snow wasn't right for snowmen. who knew there were different snowman making snows? but during the course of this fight, my date hit me in the face, ruining my makeup..(good thing it was dark).. then he kept hitting me in the head various times, then in the face once more (which hit me in the eye, making it water like crazy and ruin my makeup even more, then i couldn't open it for a few minutes, etc.) but when i looked up he was facefirst in the snow, banishing himself for hitting me so many times in the head. i made a few jokes so he would feel better about it, but to tell the truth..it still hurt this morning. but it was so much fun! i can't believe i was having fun in the snow, but i totally was. i was wearing my snow jumpsuit too. thats probably why i had fun: i wasn't wet. and my big boots, and gloves and hat kept me warm. so minus the face bombs, i was comfortable.

but yeah. thats basically how it went. i'll probably never talk to this scott character again, unless my services are needed for another double date, but...i dont really think i'll say yes to scott the next time.

To NOT Do list:

run a 5K.

because seriously, it wasn't fun. actually, walking it was nice, but running? nope. i also now realize why i hate running without a purpose, aka during soccer. because i've nothing else to think about but the fact that the reason i can't breath is the fact that i'm running. i can feel my throat closing as i start getting going, and thats it for me. i'm done. i like breathing normally, without wheezing and coughing like mom. it doesn't happen unless i run. my physiology prof says its 'exercise induced asthma'. i guess i'll need an inhaler soon. oh, and, exercising out in the cold made my hands swell up like sausages. it was SO gross. i could barely get my ring off. nastayyy. (ps. does that happen during pregnancy too? i'll have to hide my own hands from my own face. bleh.)

but all in all, once i started breathing semi-normally again, i could enjoy walking around provo. not that there is much to look at, but i do like the feel of being outside and working muscles. and when i wasn't thinking about getting enough oxygen, i could think of Mason and my Aunt Leson, who are fighting/fought cancer in their lives. The 5K money goes directly to cancer research. it was a good reflection period. prayers for Mason, memories of Leson. and there was the cutest puppy there too! :D i'm having non-human mammal withdrawls. from working at a vet and having two dogs to living in a dorm room? annoying.

but would i do it again? probably not.

i'll stick to my tae bo and that jump rope stretchy thingy i have.