May 31, 2009

Today is May 31. Which means that exactly three years ago on a Wednesday at 12:00 I entered the MTC. Which means that almost exactly one year ago I came home. Curiously enough, I think this date has much more signifcance to me in terms of self-evaluation, goal setting and introspection than my Birthday, Christmas, New Years, and Halloween.
And don't worry, this isn't a why-are-you-not-married crisis. It is, however, a how-is-your-scripture-study-now crisis and a have-you-done-anything-useful crisis, but those are more reasonable (and constructive) crisis.
So! That's what's going down on the home front. Hope everyone else is having a delightfully introspective week as well.

Another Lazy Sunday

So! I just took a two hour nap, ate some lunch, and realized I had some time with nothing to do. So why not write a blog? I says to myself. About what? I replied, you haven't taken any pictures lately, and nobody likes reading. Well, that's not the point, is it, was my retort. So I sets myself to thinking, and I started making a list of things (which I can remember) I've done in the last two weeks (in no particular order).
1. Finished my Materials Science 250 project
2. Wrote a Pulitzer prize worthy Spanish composition
3. Went to a Mae concert
4. Bought a "Barcelona" CD, an opening act
5. Threw a picnic
6. Read a book (Michael Chrichton)
7. Got a hair cut (finally)
8. Went to the Temple
9. Played Soccer
10. Played Ultimate
11. Played Volleyball
12. Went on a date (finally)
13. Cleaned apartments
14. Cleaned more apartments
15. Got sick of cleaning apartments
16. Got some digits ;)
17. Went swimming
18. Celebrated Grandpa's 90th birthday
19. Cleaned the kitchen
20. Bought music from iTunes
21. Laughed for two hours straight at IHOP
22. Got free food at a barbeque
23. Got more free food at another
24. Watched way too many movies
25. Got a headache from too many movies
Realized that summer life is pretty awesome.

Westwater Canyon

Adventure! Excitement! Dirty Cold Water! So my friend Chandra got spots for Dave and I to go rafting with her and her family on the Colorado this Saturday. We camped overnight Friday and got going around 11am Saturday. The water was about 3 times bigger (cfs-wise) than you see here, so the trip was pretty short. The actual rapid part went pretty quick, and then we hooked all 5 rafts together, ate lunch and got tans. Or tried to.



No, I didn't climb those cliffs, so yes, these pictures are from the interwebnet, and yes, I forgot my camera, and no, I probably couldn't have used it anyone since its not waterproof (its held together with a rubber band for heaven's sake).

Another Observation

So! Since I moved out last Saturday I haven't had consistent access to the cyberinternetweb for various reasons (hence I haven't really answered emails, checked grades, been up to date on current events or written worthless blogs). Anyways, the interesting part about this forced internet fast is that I really didn't care. I just found more interesting and fun things to do. End of Observation.