Halloween Half Marathon

I ran the Halloween Half Marathon with Chase Trejo today. I’m still not sure why we decided to run the half marathon because neither one of us really like to run but I think it’s so we can say that we did it. The most I had run at one time was six miles just last Saturday. Anyways, it was freezing this morning and my arms/hands were numb for about the first seven miles but they warmed up. I only stopped and walked to drink water at the water stations. I had some good music going and in just under two hours Chase and I finished the race! It was awesome but I have never been so sore in my life! My calves can hardly support my weight. Most people say that once you run one race then you crave more. I for one don’t plan on running for a very long time (unless it’s for a sport). Halloween Half = Work done!

Doin' Work!

Once again my life is consumed by school, work, and of course, sports! Our co-ed volleyball team had its first game this past Tuesday and we dominated! We have a game in about an hour and I'm expecting another dominating performance. Last night (Friday night), we had an intramural football game and we won! We finished the season 3-2 and now we're heading into the playoffs with a two game win streak. Can't touch us! I had two catches for about 25 yards. It was fun. This week I also signed up for the Halloween Half Marathon next Saturday. I don't know what I am thinking because I've never done anything like it but I think it will be a good experience. There's a first time for everything! The biggest problem is what costume I'm going to wear for the race...

Viva Las Vegas

In class we were asked to “buy a random person a coke” over the weekend. This assignment was perfect for me because I went to Las Vegas this weekend for my friend’s wedding. I was thinking what the best situation would be to buy someone a “coke” and then the opportune moment struck. We were in one of the many hotels in Vegas just hanging out when I saw a girl sitting across the way. I motioned for the drink lady to come over and I had the drink lady anonymously take a coke over to the girl. It was funny to see her look around confused, not knowing where it came from. Or maybe confused why someone would send her a non-alcoholic beverage. Either way, she seemed happy and my friends and I got in some good laughs. Vegas was fun!

Tests are like big time games

I just finished a long week of midterms and it went well. Since I’m not a huge fan of tests, I have taken the same approach that I take for my football/ basketball games; all or nothing. Any game I play I want to win or in this case, do well on my test, so I try to have that goal in the back of my head and I think of my studying as practice. Whenever I get tired or bored of studying, I remember the end goal and keep going. Then once game time hits or rather test time, I go all out on every play or question and try my very best. It has been very helpful! It’s just one way to make life more interesting… I don’t know what works for other people but I recommend this approach. All I do is win, win, win!!

GC

Every six months The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds what they call General Conference. It is a two-day event where the leaders of our Church broadcast to the entire world what they feel we need to hear. This time around they talked about just not stooping to the world’s standards but rather keeping high standards. They talked about hope and that the Lord is aware of us and wants us to be happy. I had the opportunity of attending a session on Saturday and also a session on Sunday. It was an amazing experience and even better, my dad and his wife came into town. We all got to hang out together and ate at the Cheesecake Factory. Everything’s good at the Cheesecake Factory! It was a wonderful weekend and I must say, life is good!