Re-Introduction

This is swimmingviolist's Fun place! :D Where I will be able to share my hard times and actually vent with out feeling like I'll get tendonitis in my wrist from Writing all the time! LOL!
My name is Natasha Brynn Robinson. I will be 19 on April 5th! I am going through my first semester of college! :D I graduated from High School May 29, 2008! :D And enjoy the fact that I am out of High School! Even though I enjoyed Swim Team and Orchestra! :D I am glad to be away from the drama! I have a Boyfriend. (we've been dating for about two months now! :D) His name is Kevin Mathews. He is from California, and a returned missionary! :D I met him on the first day of class in Institute! My institute teacher likes to claim the credit that he put us together... when really we just chose to be together... we talked for almost two hours that first day we met! And I felt a connection... I felt I wanted to talk to him and get to know him better! :D As it turns out... we went on a date the night we met! Ha! When does that happen? Considering I broke up with my ex-boyfriend just weeks before(week before Thanksgiving), and was just beggining to get over the heartbreak of breaking up with him( I am not used to breaking hearts like that, but I didn't feel right about the situtation I was in and about the whole thing). Well, back to Kevin, We went Bowling on our first date! I Love to bowl, despite the fact that I pretty much suck at it! But I have fun with it and have fun(and that is pretty much what counts! :D)!! We have definately have had our hard times(funny... so soon?) the hardest part with our relationship is the fact I still live at home and he lives in BYU approved housing, and we really don't want to push the rules and what not! We both work part time. He is a full-time student and I am just starting out part time... hopefully get to full time student next fall! :D

I am working towards a Pharmacy Technician Liscense where that will help me to go thorugh school! :D I get to sign up for the National Test tomorrow(hopefully I don't forget) , I will then be able to sign up for any date I want to take it! And Pass it! Cause then, I can finish my Tech hours and get my lisence by the one year mark(which is sometime in August and that is coming up quickly and silently!)

Something else about me is I like to vent... I think way too much(sometimes it costs some loss of sleep). pretty much I just think things through, mainly about my relationship with Kevin! He is so amazing! I Love him like crazy! and even just recently my Love for him has grown! :D Last week, his mom came down from California to visit and to see Kevin sing in a concert for UVU choir (they performed in the Assembly hall in Salt lake City). She arrived Wednesday afternoon, and I met her Thursday afternoon! :D I enjoyed every minute of her visit! :D I look forward to meeting the rest of his family! :D And getting to know Kevin a little bit more! :D We went for a Bowling game... and Kevin and I didn't really play our best game... but I still had fun! :D I mainly just focused on getting to know his mom... because she was going to be here for only a short time! I took practically that whole weekend off from school and work! :D And We went to see a Movie called Taken! That movie is very good... and also very very intense! Liam Neeson did really well on his part! :D Friday, Kevin's mom and I went up to Salt lake to see Kevin sing with his choir! They did really well!(at least I thought they did wonderfull!) I was able to get to know his mom even better because he had me sit in her car... and being in the car can make you bond like crazy! It was perfect to just get to know her and I bet she thinks visa versa! :D After the concert, we out to eat and enjoyed some cheap Tacos! LOL! it was a blast! :D My favorite part that night was seeing him on his soft side! :D After he helped me get into the car... I Looked into the reaview mirror and saw him Give a hug to his mom! :D My dad has said at times that "You're Never too Old to give hugs to your parents!" Kevin likes to tease sometimes... and it is kind of fun... cause when he does... I start to Laugh at myself! I am such a blonde! He makes my life fun in every way!! Of course there have been times where we have had a hard time, and I don't get to see him at all for a few consecutive days... and it gets hard... I get into a bad mood, and what not... I have thought to myself that This is really too hard... Can I live through this? But when I pray about it and ask Heavenly Father what I should do? I have always had the feeling of hold on and be patient! Happiness is coming your way! :D I have never gotten the feeling that I should break up with him... or we're going to break up! I have always felt that we'll be able to work through our hard times together! :D I of course still have a lot to learn! I want to be able to communicate a little better and actually share what I think with out hesitation! I sometimes wonder Why am I so Shy? Why can't I just talk to him about something that is so simple! (well, when i started thinking those questions, I was still getting know Kevin, and wasn't sure how he'd react or anything... just plain old fear over nothing!) Now that I know him a little better! I feel that it is beggining to get easier to actually communicate and talk to him! :D I now no longer feel so confused about our relationship! :D He called me last night and even though... I was almost alseep... I wasn't too angry about being woken up! LOL! I actually wasn't surprised of "who would be calling me at this time of night?" Ha! of course it is Kevin! LOL! I didn't see him at all yesterday because he had choir performances he needed to attend to and he got to miss school(Lucky Duck! LOL!) I Love Kevin! And I hope he knows that!! :D I enjoy being with him! And I look forward to what ever happends! :D


I LOVE YOU KEVIN!!! :D :D :D

Choices and Attitude

Yesterday I got this in an e-mail and it reminded me of a learning experience! :D
"John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.

When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'

He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!
''You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'

He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood, I choose to be in a good mood.

'Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested. 'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices.

When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.

'I reflected on what he said. Soon here after, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd betwins...Wanna see my scars?

'I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone throughhis mind as the accident took place. 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, Iremembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I couldchoose to die. I chose to live.

''Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked.

He continued, '...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action. ''What did you do?' I asked.

'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.

'He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude...I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry aboutitself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34"



I worked at Cinemark a few years ago, and I worked with someone that was absolutely amazing he was confined in a Wheelchair, but was able to some other functions as if he wasn't born with a birth defect... and he was always so positive! Around that time... I was having some negative feelings for various reasons... But every time I came into work, I always asked him how he was doing and was always amazed by his answer! :D He always said that He was Fantastic or he was Terrific... Always something positive! :D he never said pretty good... or ok... or I am doing fine! He was like this John person! He chose to be positive and live and not die! :D Even though cinemark wasn't the best place for me to work... I did learn a lot from working there; just by working with this person made me look at life in a different perspective! :D I Choose to Live Positive through my hard times of trial! :D

Ever since I left Cinemark... I have been trying my best to look at life in a different way! :D I know that I have grown from my trials. Of course I have had my ups and downs, but I do my best to look at life the best way that it can! :D I got this quote from somebody that I met at institute and he shared this particular quote by Nelson Mandela. It is repeated in quite a few movies... but I remember it coming from Akeelah and the Bee.

" Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, fabulous? Actually, who are you Not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the World. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.

And As we let our own light shine, we unconsiously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela 1994 Inaugural speech

When I was a senior in High school, I took Gov. & Cit. from my Swim Coach! :D He has this quote on his classroom window(it is one of those things you won't know till you are on swim team or you take a class from him! :D) It says:
"Life is Tough, but it is even tougher when you're Stupid."(Do what works in Life)
-Anonymous

At the beginning of the term and the new semester, he always talks about Zan-shin and things that his swimmers use and also helps us to be able to focus in school! :D He taught us a mental program as well as this quote I just shared with you! :D Before he talked about this quote. He had us make a list on the board and asked us a question? "What really works in Life?," and we all listed things that helps us stay positive in our daily life! :D Like Service, giving, SMILING! :D All those simple things, and we got to more complicated (kind of...) like Giving a compliment everyday! Actually listening to a friend when they need help, etc.. (you can list more... Tell me... List what works in life? And DO those things you've listed!! :D)

Morp 2008

Ahhh! Less than two weeks till Graduation!! I am so excited!

Last Week I went to Morp! It was so much fun! I was able to get permission from my dates parents to kidnap him at 5:15 in the morning and my friend Kim was able to tell her dates mom that she'd be there at 5:30 in the morning and it worked out! I was told to tell my date (of which is Benjamin Omer) that I would pick him up about 8:00 (I didn't really do, but he needed a time so I told him 8 am). So, as it got closer and our plans were final, I began to get more excited for the fun that we were about to have! I basically kept everything a surprise from him! On the Morning of Morp I went to Kim's house so we could go together to pick up our dates. Kim brought her Pillow and some blankets. When we got to Ben's house, His mom was up and waiting for us to come and get him. She took me to his room and showed me which bed he was in and I wacked him with Kim's Pillow! "Ben Wake up!" Lets go! It took him a second to get his barings, and realized what was going on! We then went to Aaron Powell's house to get Aaron up. Right before Kim wacked him with a pillow, Aaron's Mom said "hope he is decent." and turned on the lights, as it turns out, Aaron was kind of self concious for a sec. Because, his room was messy, and he didn't have a shirt on! hehehe! It was fun! We went to K.T. Ford's house to eat breakfast on the roof to watch the sunrise! After breakfast we decorated eachothers shirts (hehehe! his is kind of girlie, but Aaron's shirt was more girlie than Ben's!) Sorry! Ben for making yours too girlie! After The Shirt decorating, we went to K.T's Tramp to take some Air pictures. That was kind of fun! After the Tramp we played Waterballoon Volleyball and had a mini mini mini water fight at the end with 5 balloons left after the game hehehe! After that game we decided to play Camando run, it is related to Hide and seek, but on the first round the girls go and hide and all the boys stay behind to count and find the girls and take them to "jail" The girls weren't very creative (although Kim and K.T. Went to use the restroom while Jessica F. and I got found). Yea, I thought my hiding spot was somewhat good until Ben came up behind me to catch me way off gaurd! hehehe! I was the second one found but yet, the first one at the Tramp. With Jessica being the first one found she was a good struggler and was the last on in "Jail" Then, the guys were more creative on their part for hiding spots. Aaron hid in the bushes in the back, and we passed him like 5 times! hehehe! Ben was in a boat! I also passed him like crazy!

At the dance and after dinner! Ben and I mainly talked we were too tired and exhausted to dance the fast songs, so we just sat and talked. There was a time where there were two slow dances, we danced throught both of them and when we realized that the second one ended it was in the middle of a fast song! I had so much fun! I hope that Ben had fun! Cause I had fun getting to know him!

Count Down to Graduation!

Supposedly my Graduation Date is May 29 at UVSU (soon to be UVU). And yea, I think I might start counting down and try to up date it when ever I can.


Approximatly 126 Days till Graduation!!!

Swim update

Wow, I haven't posted on here in like forever!! yea, I am now officially a Senior in High School and experienceing some of the best events of a life time (pretty much)...but yea, I was able to finally go to ST. George this year, and start on a thing called the Power Rack to help my breaststroke legs for my 100 yd Breaststroke!! But yea, it is so much fun! I am excited, I then went to Cedar City for the last time (0ne of my favorite meets!! no my most favorite other than ST. George which was my first and last time going there)... But yea, at ST. George I dropped 3 sec. on both of the events that I swam there!! it was awesome! Before I went to Cedar City, on of the coaches started me on a faster technique, and yea, it was awesome!! I am not used to it for the 100 yd yet, but I am getting there, I have a 50 done, just for the 2nd 50 yds, then I can get going...I just hope that I can push my self to go to State, that is my determination right now... to push my self to the limit, and get to my goal, going to state would be an amazing gift for Graduation!! Maybe I can go to state with either the 50 free at least maybe even the 100 yd freestyle!! that would be awesome, and get my time to a minute 30 sec. on my 100 Breaststroke...that would be cool too! I have some pictures from St. George on the computer at home...and hopefully I can figure out to get some on there to show you some of them...St. George was a fun, fast, but long meet!! It was way fun! I do have a meet tomorrow and it is a home meet..!! Family, and Friends are invited if they live close enough...But yea, it is going to be fun, it is going to be a late meet too :P But, yea, I am excited for after the meet, I will be able to go to a stage dance and have fun there!!!

I just started Swim Team!!!

Monday July 2, 2007 was my first day of USS Swim Team. It was pretty fun, we did kind of a 4th of July work out where the coach of the Team (Kenny) split us up by lanes and the lane that I was in were the British and we would would have to swim fifties (two laps back and forth) of a certain stroke, and if you couldn't do it, or you were one of the last people to come back you were "dead" So people in the "graveyard" would have to do 20 push-ups (personally I have a hard time doing push-ups, and if I did "girl push ups, then my knees would cry really bad basically, so I did arm pushups where you put all on your body weight in your arms and yea that is what you would do, guys don't like it as much as girls do to tell you the truth, but, they are awesome!), but any ways, and yea, that was pretty fun. On Tuesday, we were all Colonials, and were supposed to "sneak" up to the British and we did "lung busters" where we would hold our breath and try to swim across the pool with out taking a breath(of course this takes practice) and do breaststroke kick under the water (yes, I think we looked like frogs pretty much). then we did something totally random, we had to do 50 X's 50's but did 30 instead because we ran out of time. But, yea, we had to 10 of our choice of stroke, 10 50's freestyle, 10 choice, and 10 fly, then 10 Freestyle, but only did 30. and if we got to Fly, I would have died really (not really), Fly is my worst stroke, and I don't do it really well at all. So I would have done Freestyle the whole time because that is the fastest stroke, and you get it done faster.
Last year, The High School Swim team usually does 200 lap swim-a-thon where all the swimmers had to swim 200 laps in two hours or less, and we had to go around to get pledges from people in our neighborhoods, friends and family. So On the day of the Swim a thon on my junior year, I beat my time from my sophmore time( on my sophmore year, I didn't finish I only swam the two hours really and got 164 laps or something like that), and I finished at and hour and 40 min. I was so happy, but very exausted ready to go home at 3:00 in the morning(Swim a thons were usually over nighters and on a weekend so we can have our rest, and so we wouldn't miss any school). I hope we can do that again this year and drop my time from that, but I heard that we might not do it for my senior year, I was so mad. But, if we do, I am going to finish and beat my time!

I am starting Uss Swim Team next Week!!!

This past week, I registered for a swim team Club at the Legacy Center where I live, and it is a little club where it will give me the opportunity to have Training all year round so I don't have to sit on my bum in front of the T.V. all the time, I get to train and be so sore at Morning workouts when they start in September For HS Swim Team Season! My team was asked by my coach to join a little club so we can train 11 months a year and have one month off, so my month is all ready gone by and I am ready to work out again! So yea, I will be sore for about a week or two, but, it will feel good that I am getting fit again. And this year, I get to lose more weight, and I am looking forward to that part.