Back to school I go... oh JOY!

This year has already started so fast and hasn't slowed down one bit for me to catch up! After a MUCH ENJOYED break at home I was back to reality January 7th. I was loving being home so much that I put off thoughts of school and everything till I arrived in Logan the night before school started at 9:30pm. I spent as much at home as i could! The next morning was definitely hard for me to get up and get going! I just want to add that i love my family so much! I had so much fun spending time with my family! I loved being able to watch McKayla  play basketball one last time! She really is the most self-less player on the court! She has done really good and i loved rooting her on!

 I enjoyed balling it up with little Steve at the church and I hate to admit...on the play station (I hate playing NBA 2K13 with him..i get killed every time)! I loved seeing Shana and getting to have some bonding time with her and catching up on her awesome life in Texas! And I loved spending time talking to my mom and dad and watching movies and the likes with them. I know I say this a lot but its because I mean it, but i really do have the best family and I love them so much! It was once again hard for me to leave them!

Back to school... By some miracle i was able to get into all my classes I needed and I am on track to apply for the Social Work major in March! I am super excited but also stressed about that. Good grades mean more to me than ever right now and I can already tell that with the classes I have, its going to be a long and hard semester!

With classes I am also very fortunate to be able to have a job on campus and I am so thankful for it. I am on campus from 9am-7pm Monday thru Friday and its really hard for me to find some "me" time along with having a social life! So pretty much I'm a loser all week till the weekend where I don't work and I can actually have some fun! But like my dad said, "there is always a semester like that", where you are just so busy and you wish you had more time to do some fun things. I have a feeling that this is definitely going to be one of those semester! But on the bright side, it will make this semester go by fast and I can earn and save some much needed money!

I can't complain too much because I've only been back two weeks and I have already gone snowboarding twice :) Can I say that I think I am in love with it!? My first time I was so lucky to have Kiley there to show me the ropes! She was great and super patient with me! I know she enjoyed watching me fall countless times! The first night of it was kinda rough. I seriously couldn't master the bunny hill... I was upset thinking that maybe snowboarding wasn't for me! I really wanted to be good at it! I thought I was never going to get the hang of it. Well after many attempts at the bunny hill I somehow made it down and slid right to the lift... so what the heck I thought, I am here I might as well just get on it and go down the mountain before I chicken out. The lift was super scary the first time but Kiley helped me out and after many times on it I got it down! Going down the mountain the first time was great... The ground and me got to know each really well! But by the end of the night I was doing much better and managed to make it down the mountain without falling! It was super fun and I loved it! I did not love waking up the next morning and not being able to get out of my bed! I was incredibly sore! There were parts of my body that hurt that I didn't even know had muscle there! My butt and my knees were bruised also. I felt like I got hit by a train!

Three nights later I decided to go again! I went with my friend Mitch. He skied and i snowboarded so we kinda did our own thing but we rode the lift up together and then met at the bottom eventually. That night it was a good 20 degrees colder than the the first time I went. I was so miserable! It was the coldest I have ever felt in my life! Every time I was riding the lift I told myself that this was my last time, that I was ready to go home, I was so cold. But every time I snowboarded down, the adrenaline made me forget the cold and I got back on the lift for more! I improved a whole lot and I loved noticing the difference from the first night how I was getting braver trying new things.The snow that night was basically ice so it wasn't the best to board in and it hurt like heck when I fell. I even managed to chip my board... that's how icy it was! After a not so graceful wipe out I basically go the wind knocked out of me and a headache coming on. So after that i was really ready to go home! But overall I had fun and it just made me want to come up again and I can't wait till the next time I go! My fears were dismissed of me not being the snowboarding type! After only two days I felt great and I know the more I go the more I will improve!

Well I need to get back to homework... I just felt like its been awhile since i blogged last and I wanted everyone to know that yes, I am still alive and hanging in there.

 Now back to my crazy college life! :)