Here I Go Again.....Thinking

The Speed of Light
The speed of light is 3*10^8 m/s. If we were able to able to accelerate an object up to the speed of light then we would see that the object’s length in contracted as seen by someone on the outside. The object would retain its proper length as viewed by the someone traveling at the same speed as the object. An equation that links these two views is Lc=Lp(1-v^2/c^2)^(1/2) Where Lc is the contracted length and Lp is its proper length. The symbols v and c represent the velocity traveled by the object and the speed of light respectively. Another very similar equation that connects time with this idea of proper vs contraction. t=t’/(1-v^2/c^2)^(1/2). t is contracted time and t’ is the proper time.
Now if we were to plug in values for the variable of this equation we can see how long it takes for something moving at the speed of light to go somewhere. First we will exam a photon. A photon is a light particle therefore it travels at the speed of light. If we plug the speed of the photon into the time equation we get t=t’/(1-(3*10^8)/(3*10^8))^(1/2) Now that simplifies to t=t’/(1-1)^(1/2) this is an undefined equation. However if we multiply the equation around a little we get 0t=t’. The idea is that it takes the photon not time to travel. If however that photon were less than the speed of light there would be time of travel. If we plug the same values into the length equation then the lengths become 0 as well. Which means that travel distance is also 0. If it takes no time for this photon to travel no distance, yet it has gone from one eon to another then there is something to be said of the speed of light.
Christ is light. From him emanates all light. D&C 88: 6-9, 11-13
6 He that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth;
7 Which truth shineth. This is the light of Christ. As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.
8 As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made;
9 As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made;
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11 And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings;
12 Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space—
13 The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things.

Therefore, if Christ is light and if it takes Light no time to travel any distance then He can travel from Kolob to Earth in no time.
Another physical matter to discuss is whether a photon is in one place or many at the same time. A photon emanates its energy (in the form of light) uniformly in all directions. This means that light seen in one spot can be seen at the exact same moment in another spot.
Christ will therefore be able to be seen in both Jerusalem and Zion (Missouri) at the same moment and time even though those two spots cannot see each other.

2 theories i've been thinking about

So lately I have been thinking a lot. Ok Ok Ok I am constantly able to think but a couple of thoughts have been running through my head. So out of observation I have come up with two new theories.

#1 The worst month of the year
September is the worst month of the year by far (no offense to those with sept birthdays). Why you might ask. Well, its the time of year when everything begins to go from good to bad. Temperatures drop, days shorten, plants die (obviously the colors are the only tender mercy of sept) and school is back in full session. Due to these downers I have decided that sept is the worst month. January would be except for the change in year. Also by January we are used to the cold weather.

#2 Society works as a functioning body
This theory is really only a hypothesis, but I am going to deem it a theory anyway. Working in the emergency department I see people at their worst. Often, in fact, almost every shift I work, there is a common theme among the patients. Abdominal pain is often the days choice, but other days might be chest pain, broken bones, lacerations, flank pain, headaches or sore throats. I took a long time to notice this, but there are certain days that seem to affect us as humans. This year on 9/11 we had a rather large amount of patients come into our ED. It seems to me that we act together even though we may not even know each other or plan the same ailments. Even certain days get us down and seem to take an affect on society the same way an infection might affect a body. Even on a day that might have a common theme there will be different problems enter the door. These coincide with the fact that our body is constantly battling other bacteria while other parts might be just fine. As of right now this theory is not well written nor is well studied. I only have healthcare to base it on. I want to see another part of society that functions with us acting in the same way without having to make a decision to do that which would be common.

I mostly posted this one to get my thoughts down somewhere that they would be stored and shared.

it's been one of those months

one hour after surgery with my get well soon gift from my department
riding the tram with Jill and Kerry at Snowbird

utah state fair with the Nelsons

The month of August was a crazy one. After my surgery our fridge died, Smitty took the MCAT I got some weird infection in my eye that turned the sclera blood red (thus the glasses in every photo) and we've been putting in a lot of extra hours to now pay for a new car. My car was stolen some time on labor day. We still manage to have fun, thanks to Smitty; who doesn't like to stay home.

Look at these babies!

i was at mt parent's house for my "Hollywood recovery" as I called it and we went to the cutest little cupcake place. I don't like cake but holy cow these were way good!

And the bandages are off!!!

This is day #2 with no bandages. I just woke up and you can still see the bandage markings. I think I tried to sleep on my side last night because every pillow I was using  to prop my leg up was somewhere in the TV room when I woke up this morning

Most Wonderful Husband

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH
I have been trying to decide whether to share this since it happened. I'm just going to have to spit it out. Smitty and i worked together on thursday night this week, which is a rare occasion. One of the night therapists was late and the other therapist is pretty new so I told him I could stay- he told me to go so not to ruin my weekend but i told him I was fine to stay. 20 minutes later EMS sends in a call for a three year old, skull fracture, not breathing and no heart beat. We run down the ER to get ready. We were not prepared for what happened. Blood everywhere, coming out his ears, mouth, vommitting blood, his skull was showing so blood was coming out of his head. I took over the breathing & sent the ther therapist to run errands for me. ( he has a son that age and I did not want him in there to much) I was breathing for the child when smitty took over on CPR. We where working together for the next 20-30 minutes when they pronounced him dead. Before the family came in Smitty and I helped some of the nurses try to clean the blood from his face before the family came in. we where all covered in blood and crying over this little boy. Smitty and i went into another room to clean the blood off and make sure we were ok before he had to go to help another patient( that was the beginning of smitty's shift, he wasn't off until 6am). I went to check on the other therapist who was crying in the men's room. When I woke up the next morning there where flowers laying next to me. Smitty always wants to get me flowers but never remembers so when the ER had time to cope with what happened; hours after, he decided to get me flowers. We stayed up and talked about this little kid's tragic death for a while before he was able to sleep. So then today, Sunday, Smitty was last minute, asked to give the elder's quorum lesson- dealing with death, mostly with the death of a child. He told me he cried a lot during the lesson and he shared the story of what happened to the three year old we took care of. This has been really hard. this was Smitty's first experience with this and my third. We have had a long weekend talking about it but I think that lesson really helped Smitty out becasue he never had time to take in what happened since there was an ER full of people who need help

HAWKES FAMILY REUINION

Even though my Grandpa's 80th and my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary isn't until December. the whole family is only able to get together in the summer, every ten years (its as weird as is sounds) We had the Hawkes Olympic games which began with opening ceremonies and my grandpa running in the torch (picture to follow) The Olympic games included- steeple chase (three legged race with water jumping), volleyball toss, water balloon toss, two days of volleyball, pole vaulting (straw w/ cotton ball), hammer throw (wiffle ball toss) and shot put (picture to follow) and lady bug bean bag toss. Smitty was invited into the family by the rest of the family he had never met and will never see again and he passed!