Free-Time Update

My first class of the day was cancelled when I arrived and so I have oogles of free-time this morning because after I looked at my homework schedule I have none to do until I get home. The only thing that needs done is my one-page reflection paper for English 195 and I don't have that notebook with me on campus today. So....I have lots of free time. I contemplated going back to the apartment because I could have been there in 20 minutes and had almost 3 whole hours to do things, but then decided to just stay here, balance the checkbook, write on my blog, play some Conquer Club, send a few emails and in general bask in my improving health and wellness.

Speaking of Conquer Club (the online RISK gaming club I recently joined) I just won my very first game of RISK in my entire lifetime EVER! Ah, it sure feels good to bask in this kind of glory as I pounded a hapless soul from England into oblivion. Well, anyways, at the very least it was cool to win, now if I could just do it in a regular game that wasn't on the computer. Baby steps I say. I have organized a 6-man, do-or-die, battle to the death, RISK extravaganza for right after the upcoming priesthood session of conference next weekend. All the participants are eagerly awaiting the chance to wage war upon each others poor souls. It should be fun.

The Colorado Avalanche are doing well at the moment, they are 6 points out of the playoffs with 10 games remaining and while I know that this means absolutely nothing to almost every one of you reading this blog, it means A LOT to me, so....deal with it. If they don't make the playoffs they have at the very least fixed a couple of problems heading into next season as far as goaltending and other position players. Next season is going to be VERY good, I can feel it!

The floor hockey season ended in a magnificent fashion; if losing two INCREDIBLY close games in the tournament can be called magnificent. I'm not sure we could have played any better in either game, especially coming back from a 6-3 deficit to tie the game at 7 in the final two minutes. As for me, I don't think I could have played any better goaltending for a novice if my life had depended on it during that elimination game. One of the players on the team said he took a rough count during the game and that I stopped around 45 shots. Heck, three Canadian players from the other team that beat us 8-7 at the very end of overtime said they couldn't believe some of the shots I stopped. Needless to say, that is HIGH praise to get from Canadian hockey players, so I'm still riding that high a little bit and will for the rest of the summer probably. I've already been starting the recruiting for next season because I can't wait to play goalie again. I'm even thinking about finding out if it is possible to reserve one of the RB gyms for some floor hockey and use the pads with just a bunch of friends one of these days. We'll see.

I just looked at the upcoming events for Spring-Summer and there is a two day Dodgeball tournament that I am now determined to enter. Talk about memories. Dodgeball, why not? I say me and some guys from the ward could totally rock that!

Upswing Perhaps?

I'm sick again today, but luckily it is not as bad as the last time I was sick. One good dose of Nyquil and a good nights rest makes a world of difference. I still have a not-so-nice cough to deal with but I think today will be a little bit better and I may make it through an entire day of work.

Homework is not so bad right now, I did really well on the grammar test I had been stressing out about for a week and because I did all of my other homework early I didn't have much to do yesterday so I could take it easy and try to get better.

Other than that there isn't a whole lot of news to report at the moment, but I feel like I should post something today. My NCAA bracket is tied for third in the BYU Bookstore pool so maybe I'll get lucky and place in the top three at the end for a prize, who knows. I also joined an online RISK site known as Conquer Club. You joing a game and take a turn for two minutes once a day and that's it. It's pretty fun and it gives me something to do other than just watch TV all the time when I'm not doing my homework.

Minor Reflections

Students elections have begun this week on campus and due to the connections I have with one of the candidates running for office I guess I already know who I need to vote for out of loyalty. The campus paper is going to be flooded with complaints about the ridiculous nature of the campaigns all week long which means there won't be anything worthwhile for me to read each day but I can live with that. I might care more about what these candidates have to say if the BYUSA organization ever did anything that mattered to me. I am all for the parties they throw (if I went to parties) or the new syllabi on the website (if I cared that much about the professor's I sign up for) or the number of clubs available on campus (if I was social enough to ever actually join one of them). The BYUSA program won't ever effect me in a way that I pay attention to, so I don't really care about what the candidates have to say, I'm just doing my job as a loyal friend. I am fully aware that they do make a difference in some circles and that they do make improvements to the way of life for BYU students but I refuse to accept that those improvements matter to more than a few individuals here and there. Maybe if the BYUSA President was actually a student body president (I still don't understand why BYU doesn't have one of those) then I would care a little bit more. As it stands however, they don't do much more than organize service projects and I have to say that I have better things to deal with than that in my life at the moment.

I'm back to school this week and will admit that I was starting to get a little bit of cabin fever while spending four straight days in the apartment. I would have enjoyed the time more if I had been able to accomplish anything, but the nastiness of my sickness prevented me from doing anything other than lounging around feeling sorry for myself. Holly deserves and award for kindly dealing with my personality while sick. I don't wish that on anyone. Several days off of school and work have left me with a long list of things to do over the next few days and I'm glad that I seem to have the motivation to cross things off of that list for today at least. Tomorrow may be another story, but today is looking good so far.

This coming Wednesday marks the next floor hockey game for me to participate in and now that the teams have been properly ranked according to skill-level for the various tournaments I am looking forward to the challenge of playing goalie this week. The team finally figured out how to move properly on the offensive side of the court during the last game and while it may not be as easy next time around because we will more than likely play other guys and not girls; I think it was a large benefit to the team. Now my only worry is that with almost two and a half weeks off from playing goalie with any kind of pressure I may not be up to par during the game. Nothing to do about it but wait and see I suppose.

I returned to working one night a week at the SAS Custodial last Friday and have had mixed emotions about the experience. On one side I definitely can handle the kind of custodial work they do over there much better than I can the kind done in the dorms where I currently work, but at the same time the SAS Supervisor is not exactly the easiest person to get along with. Helaman Halls Custodial allows me to come home at 4 o'clock every day during the week and spend time with my wife which is something the SAS didn't allow, but the co-workers at the SAS are of a far better quality than those at Helaman Halls. In the end I guess I don't really care which one I work at as long as I get paid and find a way to get my 20 hours each week, but I would greatly prefer finding a new job that doesn't require me to pick up after other people all day long; especially not immature college students who I am positive are much worse than the ones I lived with in the dorms four years ago. The world really is going downhill with no sign of relief.

That's all my thoughts for today. I was feeling a bit reflective this morning and decided to comment on a few of life's interesting adventures.

I Need A Brain De-fogger

One of the worst things about being sick, or at least being extremely sick, is that even when you begin to feel better your mind still feels like it is full of cobwebs. Maybe this isn't the case for everyone but it certainly is for me. I woke up this morning to severe chest congestion, pain in my ears and a fever of over 100 degrees. I went to see the doctor who promptly drugged me up in an effort to alleviate my symptoms. I followed the doctor's orders and went back to sleep after taking my medicine and ever since my fever broke around noon today I have felt much better. At least now I feel like I can function albeit a little more slowly than on a normal day.

Despite feeling better my head is still very cloudy (probably a side effect of having four different drugs in my system at the same time) and I feel like I want to do something at least somewhat productive. Nothing big, but something like doing the dishes, or folding the laundry. It would be wonderful if I can find the energy to finish my homework for today since I just got caught up yesterday and don't really want to fall behind again, but let's not be too hasty after all.

All in all I may not get anything done today which bothers me, but in return I should be feeling much better by the time I wake up tomorrow morning for class. Well, I hope I'm feeling much better by the morning at least.

I'm Ready For A New Week

I am willing to admit that perhaps the only really great thing about this past week was Valentines Day because it was the one day where everything went well for once. I got my car back that day and it cost much less than anticipated and I also got to spend all sorts of time with my wife having fun. Other than that, this past week can be pretty much erased and I won't mind too much, if at all.

My wrist is feeling better which has put me in a significantly improved mood. I still have lots of homework to catch up on though because I have been without a computer for a while now. It should make it back to me today though, so that is nice. I plan on spending the majority of the day tomorrow while Holly is at work getting some review in and catching up nicely for the coming week.

Posting on this blog is one of my goals for the year as previously mentioned, but as of late I just can't think of anything worthwhile to say. I wanted it to be more than just an online journal because I understand that gets boring for most folks very quickly. Alas, nothing very interesting has occurred for me to write about.

Weekend From Hell

I swear that if I ever figure out why it is that the universe decided to stop liking me all of the sudden I will personally wage war upon its very existence. Well, at least that was the way I was feeling yesterday anyways. Let me explain why. 1. The clutch on the car decided it was done living and shredded itself in all sorts of lovely ways that require lots of money to fix. 2. My wrist made a decision not to get along with its tendons or something which creates lots and lots of pain. 3. My computer is broken in countless manners prompting its need to be sent away for a week and a half. 4. The weather was gloomy for three days (warm, yes, but gloomy nonetheless).

And now....the car will be fixed in half the time originally assumed, the computer will be on its way shortly, the car will cost half of what I thought, my wrist feels better and it's sunny outside. I'm glad its not the weekend anymore, let's leave it at that.