Unique Names

For the past two weeks now, I have been going to a speech clinic and a private school to get my clinical hours for my speech therapist license. It has been a lot of fun for me, each time I go, I get more and more excited about working in the profession. I have met many different kids who have a variety of special needs. Most of them are just the sweetest cutest little things ever. Having met so many different kids, I have come across some quite interesting names that make you wonder where the parents came up with that name.

First: Identical twin girls, BOTH have autism, interesting I know, even more interesting is that their names are Liz- Beth and Liz- Eth..... Huh? alrighty then? The names aren't weird but they sound the same. Thats just confusing for the parents. My mom gets tongue tied with mine and my sisters names sometimes and our names sound nothing a like.

Second: I have never met another Conrad other than my husband, just yesterday I met a cute little six year old that shook my hand and said, " Hi, my name is Conrad Jessie Danger Flores but you can call me Conrad Jessie" Ha! so cute... Danger though? I don't know about that. I think he should go by Jessie Danger, that sounds pretty cool. Conrad (my husband) thinks its a pretty sweet name :D

Third and probably most interesting is a cute little six year old boy whos name is........Wait for it...... . Heaven-Lee-Peace Omega Duran. Heaven-Lee-Peace is his first name and Omega is his middle name. Apparently he has a second middle name but the therapist said there wasn't enough room to put it on his records. Hmmmmm? Interseting... I bet there is no one else in the world who has his name so that is pretty cool.

I am sure I will come across many more unique names such as these. I wonder how people come up with these names?

Cockroaches & lizards & scorpions oh my... I'm gonna cry

I am glad we don't plan on living in Arizona the rest of our lives because I don't think I could handle it.

I thought I was scared of spiders... Turns out spiders don't seem too bad compared to what you see here in Arizona.

Saturday night I went with some girls in my ward to the General Relief Society broadcast. We went to get dessert after. We somehow got on the topic of finding little or not so little creatures in our homes. I heard several terrifying stories.

Story #1- One of the girls husbands was getting out of the shower and put a towel around him, he felt something crawling down his back... it was a COCKROACH! it was just hanging out in his towel!

Story #2- My friend's husband was getting into bed and felt a sting on his foot... yes there was a scorpion in their BED! in. their. BED!

Story # 3- My same friend's sister in law was sleeping on an air mattress at her house. She woke up to a scorpion on her arm!

Story # 4- Another one of the girls found a lizard in her tub.

All I could think about was, at least I haven't come across any lizards or scorpions in my apartment.

A few months back I encountered some cockroaches in our apartment and I was ready to move out. We got it sprayed and I haven't seen any since. THANK GOODNESS.

Hearing these stories made me extra paranoid. On Sunday I wanted to wear my boots to church. As I was ready to put them on I thought, what if there is a scorpion just waiting to sting me? I pretty much convinced myself there was a scorpion in my boots, so I settled for sandals instead.

The very next night after hearing the stories, I was walking through the hallway into our living room and I just happened to look down. When I did, I saw this little creature right at my feet.

I made a little/loud shriek, ran and jumped onto the nearest chair. Conrad looked at me like I was crazy. I said there is a LIZARD on the floor and I almost STEPPED on it! It was blending in with the carpet but its eyes were bugging out. That is what caught my attention. I made Conrad put a cup over it and then scoop it up with a piece of paper.

Funny thing though, Conrad was almost as jumpy as I was. I said, "You are supposed to be the brave one." and he said, "Hey! I never played with lizards in Idaho when I was a kid." Apparently playing with them as a kid would have made him less jumpy. Can't blame him, that thing was fast! He got it onto the paper successfully and took it outside.

Pretty sure those stories jinxed me. I am terrified that it is only a matter of time before I come across a scorpion. I now check my bed three or four times before getting into it and I look down at my feet when I walk around our apartment.

It's official I am completely paranoid and I am too much of a wuss to be living here.