Monday - Family Home Evening - I think we played flour tag this week - we threw socks full of flour at each other and if you get hit twice you're out. Basically a sissy substitute for paintball. But, who likes welts anyways? I had fun.
Tuesday - No life... whatsoever. Class, study, work, home, and then I watched Lost. I am in season 4 right now. It is so good! I was shocked when I found out that Michael was still alive and suicidal- and that he was a spy for Ben on the freighter ship. I was shocked when the freighter people held Ben and friends hostage at the barracks. Ben's daughter was held at gunpoint, but Ben claimed he wasn't the father and let her die rather than give himself up. (He didn't think they would do it). I was shocked to find out that in the future Jack ends up with Kate, raising Claire's baby (it was interesting to find out how Jack ended up going crazy.) I was shocked that Jack and Claire's dad, Christian (their relationship was also shocking in a sort of Luke and Leia Skywalker sort of way) was there in the cabin when Locke and Ben went to get answers from Jacob. So is he really dead? I thought Christian was a drunk who died in Australia, but his empty coffin was on the plane when it crashed, so does that mean he is really alive, or was that just a vision in the cabin? I'm so confused. Anyways, the moral of this story is, don't get sucked into tv shows. Now after I watch the season finale, I have to wait until february for the new season to start up, and then is it really worth it? I think my life would have been just fine without it.
Wednesday - Went to the gym. I think I'm finally seeing results. Went to class, went to work. Went home, more Lost. Worked on my speed reading. I started last week at 350 wpm, and on my latest test, I got 937. Not that I understand anything at that speed - but I haven't gotten to the comprehension drills yet, so I'll be patient. Also practiced the guitar. Right now I'm working on The Best of What's Around by Dave Matthews Band. I can play it, I can sing it, but it sure doesn't sound good together yet. I realized on Wednesday that maybe I'm going over the top with this self improvement stuff. Right now I'm working out every day, learning to speed read, learning to cook, learning to write cursive, learning guitar, and studying Conversationally Speaking (a great social skills book - I recommend it). But, I enjoy it, so I'll keep it up for now.
Thursday - I was driving on empty all day - I have this thing where my gas tank has to last for a month, no matter what kind of driving I do (and this last month involved a Salt Lake trip). Finally I gave in and filled up - two days short of a month. My social life for the week began today. I had a great blind date with a cool girl. We (along with an old mission buddy and his girlfriend) cooked dinner together and then carved pumpkins. Their's was great - a scary cat thing. Ours was sort of a ghost that was graduating from college (because he looked like he was wearing a cap and gown). But, we carved a star in the back, so when we lit them up, ours projected a cool star on the wall, and their's didn't. Take that! It was a way fun date.
Friday - Physical Science was my only class. I didn't have time to do my laundry, so I bought a new pair of garments so I could postpone it a day. Is that lame? I was supposed to go camping that night with a bunch of people, but that got cancelled. So what do you do on a friday night with nothing to do? Grocery shopping... with your roomate! Really lame. But then we went to a foreign film on campus - Run Lola Run. It's probably my favorite foreign film. Lola's boyfriend lost a sack with 100,000 dollars on the subway, and he only has 20 minutes before his crime boss shows up and kills him for not having it. He calls Lola and says he is going to rob the grocery store to get the money, but Lola says "sit tight, I'll figure something out". 20 minutes to get 100,000 dollars and get it to her boyfriend. And she starts running. It is a way intense movie. I recommend it.
Saturday - Rumor has it that the American Fork Deseret Industries is better than the Provo one (rich contributors and no college students to pick through the selection). So after breakfast at Devon's apartment, we drove up there to check it out. I got a really nice perfect fitting suit jacket to go with some of my slacks, plus two really nice shirts for 5 dollars each. Is it worth the trip though? Probably not. The Provo DI is just as good. After that, I cooked lunch. This coming week is hamburger week - each day I am going to cook a burger in a different way (I'm trying to broaden my cooking horizons). Saturday was Guacamole Monterrey Jack burger day. It was pretty good. After that, I went to play tennis with an old mission buddy (I really should have gone with a girl instead, but I didn't know who to ask). The racket makes all the difference! With my new Babolat racket, I was able to actually hit the balls in, and I won my first set since high school. Saturday night, I determnined that I must do homework (lame, I know) but I did take a quick 20 minutes to go to the hottub and relax.
Sunday - Church. Our apartment was assigned to set up chairs in all the rooms, and I freaked out when none of my roomates could come early for that, but luckily there were other people there to help. The meetings were amazing... especially Gospel Principles. The spirit was so strong as we talked about sacrifice. I know it's something we all must do. Funny, it seems hard, but every sacrifice we are asked to make ultimately benefits us and brings us closer to God. I love the basic principles of the gospel. After church was Bleu Cheese Burger time. Nasty! I try to like bleu cheese but I just don't. Then I took a nap and went to the temple to meditate and read scriptures and call home. And then I came home, and did boring stuff, and now I'm here, typing at my computer, and I really need to go to bed so I can wake up early enough to make it to the gym in the morning.
And that's a (typical?) week in my life.
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