Spring Semester

So, as many people have warned me, I think I took on more than I can actually do as far as school is concerned. I went to work at 7:00 a.m. like normal and left at 12:30 to drive the hour down to campus. Because my parking permit is for the boondocks parking spots, I walked completely across campus (I mean completely!) to get to my first class. It was so hot in the car and on the trek across campus that I was sweating and a little bit dizzy by the time I got to class. I had a particularly dull first class period for my editing capstone in which we did not once discuss editing (hence the dullness). Then I found a nice quiet place to work online and finish out my workday before logging off and heading to my spin class. It's only a half credit and the semester is only eight weeks, so I figured it wouldn't be too difficult. Wrong. Cycling is difficult, and 35-minute nonstop workouts with resistance is intimidating and scary. But I officially start cycling tonight. Then I drove back up to SLC to pick up Josh from work and drive to my night class at the salt lake center. It's a creative writing class, which had me very excited until I got bogged down by all the reading and homework assignments due tomorrow night. And then I got home around 10 (we got out a little bit early) and instead of doing my homework for today's classes, I vegged in front of the tv for half an hour and ate very comforting food. Then I stumbled to bed, completely exhausted from the long drives and long work of the day.

This morning I emailed the internship coordinator to let her know that I can't seem to enroll in the course but I would like to. Hopefully she can help me figure out what I'm missing so I can get started on that. And I hope not every day will be as long as yesterday was. I had the hardest time staying awake last night and waking up this morning. But I'm a little more awake now. And I'm working to get through today as well. Seven and a half more weeks to go...

Pregnancy

No, I'm not pregnant. But more and more people seem to be asking me that these days. Have I gained weight or something to make people think that I am or should be? I've gotten pretty good at answering my mother's queries and my sisters' questions. I can even be witty on occasion. But I did NOT know what to say when the six-year-old in my Sunday school class asked me why I don't have a baby:

"I...don't know. Sorry?"

It caught me off guard. Normally I'd say something sarcastic like, "How do you know I don't?"or "Where's yours?" But she's six, so the sarcasm would be lost on her and it'd be pretty rude of me to say that in the first place. Next time I've got to come up with a good answer. Any ideas?

Wales Is A Go

That's right. We decided we are definitely going to do Wales. It's only for twelve days so it's going to be a whirlwind adventure in Wales and England, but we're going to love every minute of it. The four of us are going to spend nights in youth hostels and see a globe theater play and spend an afternoon on the beach at St. Ives and cram ten days' worth of adventuring in London into just two packed days of sightseeing. It's going to be epically fun. I have *just* enough vacation days to cover this adventure, which means we have to save up some extra money so we won't be hurting from Josh's missed work (he doesn't get paid vacation time as a part-time employee) and then we'll still be in our normal financial position when we get back from the trip. Last time I went to Wales, I honestly did not give any consideration for what I would do with my life after I got back, so I was completely unprepared for life after Wales. This year, I'll try to take that into consideration so we aren't stranded hobos when we return.

What fun this year is turning out to be! A wonderful vacation with family in July, graduation, and then an adventure in Europe! Now if only I can get through this week of finals...

Chase the Mayor 5K

This May 5th, my friend Megan and I are going to run a 5K in Provo. It's called "Chase the Mayor" because I guess the Provo city mayor will be running as well and he'll get a 60-second headstart in the race. Anyone who can beat his time gets a trophy or something. I think it's cute, but I won't be competing against the mayor in this race. I can only run 2 miles at this point, and not fast at that. It takes me about 45 minutes to cover three miles right now, so I've got to trim that time down. My goal is to run it in 35 minutes, which I know I can do eventually, but I'm not sure I can do it by the end of April. But I already bought my registration voucher, so I'm committed. As a bonus, because May 5th also happens to be Cinco de Mayo, all participants will receive a sombrero. So really, everyone's a winner in this thing.

Here's to running in May! Good luck to us!

Wales?

So Tom the Wales wizard had to cancel the Britain blitz due to scheduling conflicts this summer. This means that Rachel, Jonathan, Josh, and I all have roundtrip plane tickets and nothing to do with them. We are deciding whether we want to use our travel insurance to cancel the tickets or maybe do our own adventuring in Wales without Tom. It could be a cheaper experience if we're smart about it, or it could cost a whole lot more. It's tough to say. In any case, we have time to decide, and to mourn the loss of Tom because he really does make everything magical.