My Homeostasis Is Wack

I think that there are very few people that I know who have ever given their 'homeostasis' any thought. Today I was finishing the reading and reviewing for my HEPE 129 final that I will be taking later this afternoon and I learned all about it. Apparently my level of homeostasis has to do with the balance in my life. It includes the balance of sleep, important activities, stress, recreation and free-time. Well, my homeostasis is completely wacked if you ask me. However, I think that I will soon be able to find a way to get it back into a normal state now that all of my finals will be finished before I go to bed this evening and the spring term is starting which is much less hectic around this town than fall or winter.

Holly has learned how to play RISK in the last couple of days and we have played three different games on three different boards that I currenty own. Yes, I do own three different versions of RISK and yes, I do play all of them. My favorite is the 2210 version because the playing pieces are far more visually stimulating than the other ones. Out of the three games Holly is 2-1, so she is doing quite well. She also created a Conquer Club account so that once she has finished 5 games online she can play in team games with me. It has created a healthy air of fun competition for me, I don't know if it does anything for her though.

I am thoroughly enjoying my new job in the English Composition Office. It is much less stressful than the custodial jobs I will still have to have for the remainder of the summer. There are lots of little things to keep track of around the office, but none of them are especially complicated. For the most part it is just a matter of the sheer number of things. I am still wrapping my head around the idea that the photocopier/fax machine will actually staple things for you as it prints them out. I think that is pretty darn cool.

World Domination Fix

I am sitting here pondering to myself exactly why I am getting such a fix by playing 3 games of RISK at exactly the same moment. Why? I don't know. Do I like it? Yes I certainly do. The ladies are off having a girlie night and Tim, Rick, Russell, Matt and I are having all sorts of lovely fun destroying each other across geographic boundaries. Life could not be better at the moment. Unless of course Vancouver could decide the actually want to win a game and help the Avalanche out.

I am still very ready for school to be over. I am going to get some extra help from my German teacher in preparation for the final in a couple of weeks, but I still am not liking school very much. Perhaps I will not go to class for the entire summer, but maybe not, we'll see.

I played some frisbee today. I like to play frisbee, a lot actually. Perhaps I should play it a little more often. Holly and I joined Rick and Shelley during the gap between General Conference sessions for a little picnic. Rick supplied us with many, many Dell frisbees to play with. The guys played a rousing game of "500" and the girls played some regular frisbee. I have a sunburn, which I am actually kind of proud of at the moment.

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.