Outside in -11 degree weather. Bad Idea!

Once again I find myself at work but this time I really don't have anything to do. You see, the reason for this is that THE SEMESTER IS OVER!!!!!!!!!! I took my last final yesterday and officially finished off the Fall 2009 semester, my 5th out of 8! Now all I have left to do is sell back my textbooks for some much needed cash and finish work for today, then freedom! I decided to pick up the shift I'm on right now, why not?!, and now I realize I was totally crazy! It started at 7am and I had to come from down the hill and all the way across campus. Plus, the last couple days, it's been in the negatives during the day, so you can imagine how cold it is before the sun rises. I just saw a little weather thing that said it's currently -11. Yikes! So then I have my regular shift this afternoon (time in between for a nap!) and then finally the weekend. Once again, there's a basketball game tomorrow and it's UVU so I'm not too worried. At all. I was able to pick up two shifts next week and then four the week before school starts again. I worked 23 hours this week just because opportunities kept arising and I thought, well why not?! I have time and I could use the money. So here I am, looking like death, working.

I'm sure you're all (I say this as if I think I have a fan club or something haha) super excited to hear how I did with my goal to get a 4.0 this semester. Well, I failed. But it's ok because I got all A's except for one A-. haha I am SOOOOOO happy because that A- is Anatomy and considering the grades I've received in that class before, I couldn't be more thrilled. Overall, a very successful semester! Let's see if I can continue it next semester! Who knows...I'm taking Physiology...ugh

As much as I would like to avoid this next paragraph and pretend like it never happened, I believe it needs addressing. Last Saturday, USU basketball lost to St. Mary's. Yes, at home. We lost our 37 home winning streak, which used to be second longest in the nation. But St. Mary's was a good team, the refs were crap, but overall it was a good game. It just sucked really, really, really bad to lose at home. They haven't done that since I think my first semester up here. I've never seen a sadder crowd in the Spectrum.

One week from tomorrow is a super exciting day!!! Wanna know why?! MY FAMILY IS COMING! I haven't seen them since D.C. this summer, so it's gonna be fun to see them again. Woot! Woot!!! As is tradition, the fam is coming up so we can ski and see family and stuff for Christmas. It's a great time of year. Fun stuff! I still have to do my Christmas shopping but that's ok! I'll do it next week when I have time. I'm not like Emi who gets her presents done in January! ;)

One last thing, the new A-Team is being announced today and I'm really excited because I know a lot of great people that applied. This year was crazy!!! There were around 90 applicants! 9-0! Usually, there are around 40. So it was quite the competitive year and I am glad I don't have to reapply every year. Last year I was really worried about doing A-Team again because I wasn't sure I'd like it as much. It turns out I liked it even more, so I can't wait to see what this year's has in store! Also, coming back for a third year puts me in the A-Team Hall of Fame. Pretty exciting, eh? This will most likely be my last year of doing this, so I'm going to drink it up for all it's worth.

Well, that's the end for now. Maybe I'll think of something else to write during my other shift this afternoon...