December 20, 2004

• I owe you an update. Badly. I apologize. I suppose I have been focusing my writing energies on other things.

  Oh, by the way, you should check out the whYunderground. Some interesting things there. There are articles available to the public, and then a forum/debate about the articles available to anyone who registers. Heather, you would enjoy the article on ageism.

  Anyway. I will back up to Friday, December 11th. That night a bunch of us went over to Lisa’s house (for her half birthday) to watch a White Christmas and the Three Amigos. We also played Disney’s “Scene It” the game, which was lots of fun. We also sang Christmas Carols, primary songs, and Disney songs around the piano, which was so much fun. I love Mormons. I probably had more to say, but it was so long ago.

  Saturday the 12th I watched Monty Python with Jenna and friends behind the Stake Center. That was also tons of fun, and I probably should have more to say.

  Sunday the 13th I taught my last lesson for 2004 and then went (I think this was the night) to the Zippi’s new house. It was so good to see them again. I missed them so much. I was proud of myself for not getting too teary. It is hard not having them here in Chicago anymore.

  Monday I had finals from 7 AM to noon. They were what I expected, and were not hard. I then had to finish up big partner project that I almost did not finish and that was extremely stressful. There was just so much work for Art History.

  Tuesday I attempted to study for the Art History final, which I took Wednesday the 16th, thus ending my first semester here at BYU. I think I did really well this semester, and I’m very happy about that.

  That night a few of us again went to Lisa’s house. This time to say goodbye to Kyler. That was harder than I expected. It really hit me how much the floor was going to change without him- I think his absense will change it more than anyone elses. Mark is up there though. I’m gonna miss him so much too. All these guys are leaving for missions, and I am next. It is a scary yet exciting thought. I will most definately begin to post more and more about it as August draws nye (and yes it draws nye). But anyway, I enjoyed playing apples to apples and then attatching adjectives to everyone. It’s very fun to get a list of adjectives and start matching up with the people in the room.

  Thursday I painted on the canvas I had prepped with compound. That evening I went to Octavio’s with Julie, Evan, and the Petersen’s. It was fun to be with them. After that Mark, Eric, Lindsay, Adrien, and I went driving in Rob’s car. We went up to Provo Canyon and Mark spotted a spine (as in vertebrae). It was so morbidly funny we went back to DT to get cameras and then went back to the Canyon to take disrespectful yet hilarious pictures with the spine, head, and three ribs of the otherwise completely eaten deer. Later we did not go paintball people’s windows. We would never do such a thing *looks up and to the right, er left*

  I ended up just staying up and not going to bed as I said goodbye to those who weren’t returning next semester. If I had gone to sleep when everyone else did between 2 and 3, I never would have gotten up for my shuttle at 4:30 am. So I drank my first ever *gasp* caffenated beverage- a 16 oz. Mountain Dew. Can I just say that whoever said caffene doesn’t effect your body lied. It gave me the biggest annoying high, and the biggest annoying headache. I felt like I was on drugs (though I don’t technically know what it feels like to be on drugs other than meds- but I can guess the feeling). No more mountain dew for me. I’ll stick with my addiction to orange juice. Anyway at 4:30 a.m. I got picked up by the shuttle to go to the airport to fly standby. The result was a very funny yet frustrating story that I have told too many times. The story can be found elsewhere on the internet *cough underground*. Or you can ask me for details.

  The nicest part of my flight was my first class seat on a triple 7 airplane. It was so nice! I had my own cubicle that rotated and had moving footrest and a personal TV and a mini closet for my coat. It’s a miracle that I got that seat, which is a nicer seat than the nicest my dad has ever flown in. Oh, and they served the most awesome warm nuts and turkey sandwich. Best I’ve ever had. Mmmm.

  I got home at 4:00 p.m. and went to Karen and Margot’s piano recital. It is so nice to be home and with the family again.

  Yesterday I went to Abby’s surprise birthday party, and then Megan and I left (leaving my car with James to drive himself home) and went bowling with Colin. It was good to see them again, and then we went to IHOP (the only place open that late, and they have hot chocolate), only to be called by James who noticed that I had left the car, but not my keys. He and Todd joined us (Todd drove his car) at IHOP, and then Megan drove us back to our car so we could get home. It was really fun to visit with everyone.

  Today I went to Church and spent time with my family. And that’s that.

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