I Love Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving break has been great. I didn’t go back to Texas but I’m making the most of my time here in Utah. Thanksgiving morning I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and headed up to Layton to pick up my cousin for some football. He has a bunch of friends he grew up with and we had our own turkey bowl. It was awesome and I even scored a few touchdowns! Then I drove over to my Aunt and Uncle’s house. I hadn’t seen some of those cousins in a long time and it was great to catch up with them. The food was amazing. The seven pies were really good too. Then I drove home just in time to see Texas beat A&M. A great way to top off an amazing day! I must say, life is good and there’s not a day that passes that I don’t thank God for all that I have.

Good to Great

It was another great week. School and work have completely consumed my life but it is always good when school and work become fun. I have started reading “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t” for my business management class. The class requires us to read a finance book and honestly if it wasn’t for this assignment, I probably would not have read this book. I have enjoyed it so far. There are many good companies in the world but only a few great companies. The book, written by Jim Collins, asks the question; what makes a company great? Thousands of hours of analysis later, he saw that great companies have humble, driven leaders, focus on what they are good at, and use their resources around them for their benefit. There is nothing new to these concepts but often times people forget about the little things. I hope to have a great company one day!

A Superduper Weekend

My weekend was fantastic! Superduper! Ever since the half marathon I ran, I have had little motivation to get back into moving any muscles in my body. But finally I went to the gym and ran/lifted weights. It felt so good but I am so sore!  My brother helped me get new tires for my baby (’99 Camry:) and then in return I helped him with his car. For some reason, working on cars always takes twice as long as you expect. College football was crazy as usual. TCU went onto the blue turf and beat Boise State and then Oregon killed Stanford. The Longhorns lost. I don’t want to talk about it. But BYU won big! I also went on a date with my girlfriend. (Official as of 11/12/11.) We made Café Rio burritos, went putt-putt golfing, and then topped off the evening with some fried Oreos. Always a good time!

Pull!

It was an epic weekend! I am not one of those guys who own a ton of guns and I’ll go as far to say that I have shot very few guns in my lifetime but this past weekend we went and shot clay pigeons. I have been out of Boy Scouts for a few years now and I had not shot a gun for many years. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous about my abilities. But we went out and we had a blast. I must say I surprised myself. I hit about 50% of the clay pigeons that were thrown up which is about 50% better than what I thought I would shoot. I enjoyed shooting but by no means do I want to go out a buy a small arsenal for my own personal enjoyment. I’ll just let my friends buy the guns for now and shoot them.

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!