One day more...

Another day, another destiny... as they say in Les Miserables, so it is in my life :-) One day left of finals week, and I am currently trying to defy the laws of time by accomplishing a pretty insane amount of work in that time. But it will all get in. Even if I don't go to bed tonight. There's a certain satisfaction that comes from finishing all that is required for a course or for several courses and handing it in and saying, "I'm done, now." I look forward to that feeling in roughly 24 hours. Till then, adieu my friends!

Thought Salad

It's odd how my thoughts can be in such a whirl.

I turned on the TV today and was shocked and saddened by the Virginia Tech shootings. Once again, humanity has left me speechless. I am deeply sad for those killed. I also truly pity the person who felt so desperate that he felt he needed to kill as many people as possible to numb his own pain. It's hard to understand.

I am in the library writing a 12-15 page research paper on Henry Green's novel, Concluding. Finals are upon me, but it's the papers that are really stressful this semester. However, in a week and a half, life will once again calm down, and I will once again wonder how I managed to finish it all. And after a long weekend, a new round of classes will begin. I really do enjoy the life cycle of college (even with the not-so-fun finals week).

I have my graduation plan to figure out, and many large decisions ahead as I face the last 6 months of college. I'm trying to look ahead at jobs and figure out what classes will most help me before I graduate.

Also, there's the day to day fun of life that is always there, woven into the daily stresses and decisions. Watching the new Rocky movie, learning new songs on the guitar, planning a Wisconsin party for all the BYU-ers, meeting and getting to know new people...there's a lot of cool stuff going on.

So my head is a swirling of all of the above (and many others) as I head through my finals week. Hopefully, they will strike a good place in my mind and I'll be able to wade through it all to the end. So much going on, I'm just trying to keep swimming through it all :-)

Amazing Weekend

Ok, so I should be asleep, but I had to share what a great weekend I had. Seriously, Easter weekend couldn't have been better.

Some of the highlights:

-going to the wedding reception of my friends TJ and Megan, who met last spring in... WI! (They introduced me to their parents as "the Wisconsinite," which I thought was pretty funny)
-attending the BYU Easter Conference, sponsored by the Religion Department... basically, it was like adult EFY (a church camp for teenagers) and all the classes were taught mainly by religion professors and all related to Easter... a unique and awesome way to set the mood for the holiday
-playing kickball with some kids from my ward (flashback to middle school!)... although for some reason I could never catch the ball, ha
-going to my best friend's little sister's bridal shower (we're growing up fast!)
-cooking hotdogs and smores over a fire in Emily's backyard and then watching a movie on a projector outside... basically, it was a drive-in theater in her backyard! Sadly... it started sprinkling on us at the end, so we had to cut it short... but lying outside in nice weather and watching a movie... so great.
-going to church today and listening to the incredible Easter musical numbers
-dying Easter eggs with some friends for the first time in at least 5 years
-making Easter dinner with Rissie, all homemade, all ourselves! (we were proud of our Martha Stewart skills)
-feeding the horses down the road our leftover carrots after dinner tonight (they loved 'em!)

Basically, it was awesome weather, good, relaxing fun, and a very nice Easter. More pictures to come, but here's one of Rissie feeding the horses :-)

Now... it's CRUNCH time! Back to reality, sigh. I'm going to bed so I can get up early to STUDY!!

"It's the most...stressful...time of the year"

This is it... the time of the semester in which school becomes my constant companion. The papers, the projects, finals, etc. etc. become my life, and all else, including sleep, becomes a mere dream. There are three weeks left, and I guarantee, this semester is in the running for craziest yet. Although my classes are ones applicable to my major and minor, and therefore, I enjoy them all, they all still require a TON of work before it's all done. Hang on kids, it'll be a fun ride. Till then, if you don't hear from me much, don't worry. I'm alive, somewhere in the Harold B. Lee Library, piled under my books :-)