A little bit of my life: February 2005

Well, since I haven't been posting as often, my posts are getting longer. I haven't managed to get out of bed any earlier than I absolutely have to for class = no morning workout= I haven't been swimming for weeks. I've been having really good dreams though. I think that's part of my problem. The other night I had a very realistic dream that me and about 15 other people (guys and girls) lived in this shack/house type thing in Cali right on the beach. Everything was totally chill, everyone had cool stuff laying around, we had a nice sound system in the living room and everyone surfed. My dream ended with a hot guy coming in and waking a few of us up by saying "hey! surfs up!". Then as if I were being sucked out of my self I was drawn out of the room by a faint "jo...jo! Are you going to chemistry today? because class starts in 15 min" In my dream I was really tan, about 50 X hotter and really good at surfing. It was fun to pretend for a while. Well, today I'm studying for another Bio test. I hope I do well on this one. Lets be honest though, I'm really just hoping for a B. I haven't put in enought time to expect more than that.
Last monday was a holiday and Kori, Rachel, Paul and I drove all the way up 50 mi. north of Jackson and snowshoed to huckleberry hot springs. It was cool. Kori and I didn't have snowshoes though. I think that would have made it nicer, but I needed a good work out. I've been slackin lately and I ate a whole bag of salsa verde doritos, a nutragous and twizzlers on the way up there. We did the whole 2.5 mi loop and Kori and I were diggin post holes the whole way. Parts of it got really discouraging and I ended up crawling part of the way because I was just sick of expending all the energy to pull my body up on top of the snow just to sink again. The hot springs were at about the last .8 miles and as we came up to them we saw 2 huge buffalo! I don't think I've ever seen buffalo in the wild before. It was cool. We walked cautiously around them and then sat in the hot springs. There was a little waterfall and and couple from Denmark there. It got dark while we were relaxing and we got to hike the rest of the way back with the moon glistening over the powdery snow and peeking through the trees. I love stuff like that.
Tuesday I slep in through my classes and totally re-did my room. I cleaned my fish tank that was getting so discusting it's embarassing, rearranged where I keep my crickets, books, candles a cd's and pulled all my pictures off my wall. I replaced them with a weezer poster, guitar chord poster and snowboarding pics I snagged out of a magazine. I like it a lot better. Then I did all my laundry, tried to sort through my clothes and get rid of things (but I just ended up trying on everything I own) and did homework. I've been eating a lot of cookies lately too. For some reason everyone I know is making cookies for some one and they keep offering me one or two. Yesterday I went to classes, studied, lifted weights, and went grocery shopping.

Lazy Saturday...I didn't wake up till about 10 and then Sam came over for breakfast. We talked for a little bit and then he left with Joseph for Utah. He's going to be living in Springville for a while. Now I'm sitting here at 12:20 listening to Good Charlotte and wearing my teddy bear pajamas.
Well, for a little up date: Sam and I went to swing kids on Wednesday night. It was fun and pretty much the same as it was the first time I went in fall of 2000. Enough people there so you don't feel like a loser, but the floor was empty enough to swing dance and not hit people.
Thursday I slept through my first 2 classes and made a really lame attempt to study for my chem test. Then I went to my horseback riding class and we started pole bending. We traded horses for a while and it just made me appriciate Salmon River. He's such a good horse. He's really tall though. I have a hard time jumping on him bare back.
Friday was good. I skipped class to go to the hill early and sat on the bus for an hour before it left. It was a little discouraging. I could have gone to class and still made the bus. Oh well though :) It was a good day. We went over to this place called 'rock chuck' and went off this huge cliff thing. Some of the kids we were with were trying to pull tricks but I'm not gonna lie, it was a long drop off and it was all I could do to go off it straight. I went off twice and I just flapped my arms a lot as if I were falling unintentionally. It was fun though. Later that day I tried to pull a 180 off this little thing I thought was a bump and it ended up flipping me up onto a cat track that I smacked my head on. Once again I'm glad I ride with a helmet. It shook me up for a bit but I think it's good for me to fall every once in a while. I think it actually gives me more guts because I know I can fall hard and still be ok.
Oh, on the bus I did the dumbest thing! This girl gets on the bus with a pizza and I said I'd give her a dollar if Kori and I could have a piece. The only dollar I had was the one I had folded into a ring and was wearing on my finger. So I took it off and traded for the pizza. Seems pretty normal right? Well about 10 min. later I realize that my ctr ring (the $25 one that has music notes in the melody of the ctr song on it) is missing and say out loud "ah, where the heak is my ring?" Then Kori informs me that she noticed me take it off when I was trading that girl for pizza! What the heak I did with it I have no idea. I asked the girl if she had it, searched my pockets, everywhere I went on the bus and gave up :( no more ctr ring. I'm bummed, I loved that thing.
Last night after boarding we had chili and french bread (home made by rachel) and then I went and took my chem test, we all went hot tubbing and hung out for a while.
Today Kori and I are home by ourselves, don't have a car and are trying to think of something to do. I get bored easily, but sometimes I like days like this to catch up with myself.
It's been snowing pretty good here for a while. I like it.

Well just so everyone knows, my pathetic attempt to eat right yesterday failed. And as a matter of fact I'm eating chocolate right now. I gave a power point presentation in class today. It was a group presentation so I wasn't nearly as nervous as I usually am. We did ok on presenting, but after hearing everyone elses and looking back over the requirements, I think we might fall a little short on points. We kind of took it in a different direction than what the teacher wanted. I finally mailed Angela's package today. I can't believe how stinkin late it is. And it's not even that I didn't think about it...because I did. I've thought about Angelas birthday everyday since the day she went into the MTC. Why I couldn't get a package/letter out on time who knows! Actually I've just been really stressed out with this whole Sam thing. It's been taking up a lot of my time. Not any more though. Yesterday I got a million things done that I have been needing to do for a long time. I feel very relieved.
It is soo cold here right now. It was only 1 degree farenhiet after the sun came up this morning. Who knows how cold it was last night. Our driveway melted and froze over and it literally looks like an ice skating rink. It is soo slippery! You have to ride really slow not only because you don't want to fall, but moslty because if you try to pedal the back tire spins out.
I can't wait for summer. I have no idea where it will take me, but that's part of it's appeal.

Alright, its tuesday and I think I've gained like 20 lbs since friday. I've been eating soo much crap!! Like tons of chocolate, cookies, ice cream and enormous portions at every meal! To top every thing off my work out schedule has slowed down. Uggg, what the heak am I doing! It's all stopping now though. I had a normal breakfast at 7:30 (cerial and a banana) and I'm not going to eat again till noon. I can tell I stretched out my stomach because it's only 10:30 and I feel like I'm starving! Anyways, enough about food. My grades are crap too and my room is a disaster. I've decided today is the day I am buckling down on my life! Ok, now that it's on my blog it's official and I have to stick to it.
Sam and I are just friends now. He's still going to be here till Saturday, then who knows what.
In answer to Sven's question they do the rock climbing contests by speed. There are four climbs and they time you and take the average.
ok, I'm going to do homework now.

Ok, quick up date because, once again I have to get to class before I'm late. Sam's still here, things are going well. I failed a test yesterday and have once again made a goal to study more. I'm going to see Fiddler on the Roof tonight with Brian. Last night I participated in a rock climbing contest and took 2nd place. I won a chalk bag. And right now I'm going to my horseback riding class and were having a timed barrel racing contest.

Well Sam's been here for a little while now and he's decided to stay till the 17th or so. There's not been much to post. We finally got internet at our house though so it makes things easier. It's been snowing again. I like it when it snows. If it's going to be cold it might as well be pretty.

Well, this week I said good-bye to Angela and hello to Sam. I've been down in Utah since Sunday and I have a bit of catching up to do. I spent a lot of time with Angela, Fern and Angela's sisters just talking and running errands. We did some fun stuff too. I don't think it's really hit me that I'm not going to get to talk to Angela for a year and a half yet. I really wanted to talk to her today though. So I wrote her my first letter. I've been writing a missionary about every week since August of 2000 when Brian went out. Then before he came back Alex left and before he came back Sam left. I guess I got a break for the month of January, but here we go again for another year and a half. It's kind of nice though. I feel like it's a good Sunday activity.
Sam is staying at John, Ty and Joseph's apartment. I think he'll like it there. They're easy going guys. Well, chemistry homework is calling me.