My Weekend

So after a good trip to Georgia and a lot of lost sleep and stress I had the opportunity to go camping with some great friends.   We went up to my friend Carie's special camping spot that she has been going to with her family for many a year.  We were on the very top of this moun'ain, and yes it is moun'ain and not mountain, why?  Because I'm from Utah, so I have to say things like Utahans.  We went up Friday after work, set up the massive Merrill Hotel tent, and then went to check out Carie's favorite spot.  (We go to see all her favorites, it was really neat.) It was absolutely gorgeous, we were really on the top of the world.  We could see everything, it was a very humbling experience.  

We went back and started up a fire and made some pig biscuits.  Now if you are wondering what pig biscuits are, you probably know them as pigs in a blanket, there is a long story behind that.  We sat around the fire for over an hour cooking these things, and it was so much fun.  While Lisa was tending to the fire and breaking wood with her foot, she flipped a piece of wood into the fire right on top of Melanie's food.  And Mel just sat there.  It was hilarious.  Probably one of those had to be there moments.  Mel said that she would have rather had the wood hit her than her food.  Anyway, we then had smores, and a strange banana boat thing.   All in all a good around the fire time, we then sang some songs to the guitar and just chilled.   Bed time came, however not for me, I haven't been sleeping well and this was no change.  Carie and I stayed up partially waiting to hear from her dad and brother and partially because we just couldn't sleep.  

 It was a beautiful night, the stars were gorgeous and we had a really good talk about life and such.  At about 3, Mel came coughing out of the tent and after a few minutes came and sat with us and talked with us the rest of the night.   Carie and Mel tended the fire all night and we got a number of holes in our clothes and blankets.  Mel rolled in the dirt, and well it was good.  We got a little sleep, not much.  But that is okay.  As we watched the stars disappear and the sky grow lighter, Lisa eventually joined us.  Nicole and Meagan got some more sleep, and then joined us for breakfast.   We just kind of chilled for some time  Mel went off somewhere, Meagan, Nicole and Lisa went for a walk, and Carie and I played card game(of which she didn't actually tell me all the rules, so although I should have won, I didn't).

Anyway, Carie's dad and brother let us use their 4-wheelers, and we went out Lisa and me on one, and Mel and Carie on the other.  We had a really good time.  It was actually a big stress reliever for me, not sure why, but it was.  Anyway, after that people took naps, I tried to study, we just chillaxed.  It was well amazing.  

Mostly the whole weekend was just amazing.  And I'm so grateful Carie shared this place with us, and that these other 4 girls came along and we just had a good time.  I'm not gonna lie, I would love to camp every weekend.  That would be fantastic, but since that isn't going to happen, I'll just have to get some people to want to go at least once more this summer.  

Overall, I love the moun'ains, I love the outdoors.  I want to spend the rest of my life outside.   I love it, and suggest that everyone goes out camping at least once this summer.  Just do it.  

Cabbage Patch Hospital

So I've been in Georgia for the past 5 days.  I came out to help my sister pack up and move back to Utah, and we've had some time to do some fun stuff.  One thing that will be engraved in my mind forever, was our two trips to the Cabbage Patch Hospital(also known as Babyland).  The first one was because we wanted to go, the second time was because all our pictures from the first day disappeared, and we needed pictures to share with everyone else.  

This experience was an awesome one.  There were incubators, school children, and even a live birth.  The second time we went we even got to see twins born, Jimmy James Paul and Emily Grace by the mother cabbages under the magic crystal tree.  

Wow, that was amazing.  You all not only need to go there, but you should ask me about it.  We took over a hundred pictures and have a great video of the live birth.  Okay back to packing, but I hadn't posted in a while so I thought I should.

Knowledge vs. GPA

As I am now only 4 credits away from graduation., and after just taking another final. I'm frustrated, and I'm frustrated because of the way our knowledge is measured right now. Your GPA is all that matters. Now how wrong is that. GPA isn't really a measure of how smart you are or what you learned in the class, but it is. This is what frustrates me. Not everyone is the same, not everyone tests the same. Some people have learning disabilities, some people have test anxiety (that's me). So it doesn't matter how well I know the information on the test, I just can't remember it while I'm sitting in the testing center. For instance, today I took a final, I got down to one last question, I read and reread the question and thought I know the answer to this, I put my pencil down on the paper, and nothing came out. So after 15 minutes of sitting there, I gave up and turned my test in. The second I walked out the door, the answer to that question and a few others came rushing into my head. And I'm not sure what I got on the test because the majority of it was short answer, but I know that I should have gotten an A on it. And I probably won't. That makes me frustrated. I'm not saying I'm a genius, but I'm a decently smart person, and my GPA definitely doesn't show that. And that is frustrating.

T-shirt time...

So as I said, here are a few pictures of the amazing team I finally won my shirt with. There are quite a few more on facebook if you want to check them out. But I'm so happy that I got my shirt before I graduated, and that I got to get it with some really cool girls.

Should I get a Mac?

So I'm thinking as a graduation present to myself I want to get a new computer, mostly a mac. And it i get it now, I also get a free ipod touch, and a free printer. And I can get an education discount on the computer. And then get a whole bunch of software at education discount prices because I'm still a student. What do you all think? All in all, it will come out to about $2,000. So maybe if I decide to get one, if people feel like getting me a graduation gift, they can just put in a few dollars? Tell me what you all think...

WE WON!!!!

It finally happened, I won a t-shirt. I am an Intramural Champion. And I will post amazing pictures very soon.

Intramurals

I love sports, and I love intramurals. I've been doing intramurals here for the past four years, and I have yet to win a championship. I've gotten to the final game at least 8 times and gotten close at least 8 other times. This is a very frustrating situation for me. I just want a t-shirt. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, but for me it really is. In fact, I am in a facebook group called, I'm NOT an Intramural Champion(I'm hoping to leave this group soon). Tonight is just another chance for me, and I think that this time, I might just get the shirt. We would have to lose two games tonight to the same team in order to not get the shirt. Now I know that this seems like a no way can we lose situation, but it has happened to me before, twice to be exact. But we did beat this team last night, so I think that we can do it. And this makes me super nervous.

Who gets nervous for intramurals...me. I may be the only person to get nervous for intramural games, but it's true. I get so nervous. And this is a good and bad thing. It makes the sitting/standing around part really hard, but I think it might make me play better.
For instance last night's game, I finally got a great hit, I've been waiting for the past month to get a good hit, and I did it, and I even ran really well around the bases, but unfortunately only got to third base. I'm gonna blame it on the big sand trap that was around 2nd base. It was a great hit though, and I'm hoping to hit like that again tonight.
A semi-funny story from the game last night, if you are reading this you probably know me enough to know that I love soccer. And instinctly I stop things with my feet all the time. I've noticed recently that I do it while playing ultimate if there is no way for me to catch, I stop it with me foot. Anyway back to the game, during the other team's last ups, we weren't doing so well, there were a lot of walks going on, so we really needed to get an out. I was all nervous, and frustrated and what not, and so as I'm standing my post as second baseman I was ready for some action. The ball is hit to the right of me and low to the ground, so as I go forward to attempt to catch it, I realize that it is going to hit the ground a second before I can get there, so instinctively I stick my foot out to stop it without even thinking. The next thing I know, I feel my foot step on the ball and the ball stopping directly under my foot, as my body continues to go forward. I fall forward, realize that the ball is about 3 feet away from me where my foot stopped it. I jump up, grab the ball and throw it in to the catcher and she tagged the girl and we got an out. Now as exciting as that was, just imagine that happening. It was ridiculous and I got laughed at and congratulated for making such a great stop.
Anyway, that is all I've got for now, hopefully tomorrow I can post pictures of my team with our new t-shirts. Yay for intramurals.