I am not going to be ready for finals. I just know it.

Exams

I have had a couple of classes this semester that have just beat me down. Every two weeks or so I have to take another midterm. That is normal and I am okay with that but it is hard to get excited for these test because they are extremely tricky. If you have been to BYU you will understand me when I say that the tests are like Econ 110. I have come to the realization that I am just an average student. I realized this after my last week's accounting test. I can kill myself to get an high grade or I can have somewhat of a life and get a few points less which doesn't make much of a difference. I know that because I figured out what I need to get an A- and what it will take for me to get a B+. If I went at my current pace and made time for myself then I could easily make a B+ but if I spent another 5 hours studying each day then I could possibly get that A-. It just sometimes doesn't seem worth it. I really do care about my grades but sometimes you need to make time for yourself.

Thanksgiving

My Thanksgiving week was full of things to do. To start off I will tell about the most exciting things that I did. I hiked up to Stewart falls the day before thanksgiving with some friends that had already been up there. I wasn't prepared to hike up the falls but I decided I would do it anyway. So I hiked up the falls without any gloves to keep my hands warm or shoes to keep my feet dry. I hiked up in a pair of moccasins. I can say that I know what then Indians went through. My feet were warm for the most part until it got too wet. The worse part was that we were hiking up an almost 75 degree incline to get not just to the water fall but on top of it. At the top it made the whole hike worth it. It was beautiful to see the valley lite up with the light of the sun. That was the most exciting thing that happened. I ate my feast at my roommates house. It was great because I was able to be with good people and still feel the spirit of Thanksgiving. Then on Saturday I went to the BYU UofU game to watch my cougars bring home the trophy from the Deseret First DUEL sponsored event. Nothing like a good rivalry. It was a good vacation and now I am ready to finish strong.

Busy Provo

I haven't had too many boring weekends here in Provo. This past weekend was particularly strange. I was a little excited to just bum around a little bit because I already went on a date the night before, but little did I know that the Publicity council planned a dance party at our house. What a ussually pleasant surprise that turned into just a surprise. The great thing about it was that it still turned out to be a great dance party. We had a few babes come that don't even live in the ward along with a bunch of others from the ward that love to dance. I was happy to be able to host the dance party this past weekend. Like I said in the beginning of this blog, I find it really hard to to have a boring weekend here in Provo.

SHRM

I am responsible for organizing a job shadowing activity for the club that I am in, SHRM (the Society of Human Resource Management). Preparations for this activity were pretty much at a standstill for about three to four weeks. The issue was that the person that I needed to be talking to thought she answered me back but I never got the email. Thank goodness she didn't find a sent email addressed to me in her in box because, truthfully, I don't want it to be my fault that it didn't work out because it was my responsibility and I lost the message. But I thought I would send one last email but this time to the assistant to the VP of the corporation and I had a very nice talk with her over the phone about what it is that we are expecting from this activity and other details like time and place to meet. It is all worked out and I am actually pretty proud of myself that this didn't fall through. I still need to stay in contact until the activity actually happens but it was a huge confidence builder for any other projects I may have in the future.

Halloween

Halloween this year was so much fun. I couldn't want it any other way. We threw the biggest dance party ever here at the White House. At least it was the biggest that I have ever thrown in my college career. We had almost 130 people at one point and they were all inside dancing. Now the house is a little ghetto and the owner is a terrible man. He won't fix the windows, which should be a simple task. Anyway, it was hot because we couldn't get much air flow through the house. So if you got cold you could just go inside and visa-versa. Everyone was commenting on how cool the party was after it was over. I realize that making your mark in college isn't that important to people. I mean that popularity isn't as big a deal in college as it was in high school. But I feel like my friends and I made a mark in our college life. Now a hundred more people can consider us as a friend. That is what I got from Halloween.

Internships

This past week was full of things to do. School isn't what made me so busy but all the other things that I needed to do. So it was a good week to be busy with things outside of school because I didn't have any school to do. I hope that made sense to whoever reads this stuff. I was able to get in touch with some companies about being hired on for an intern this next summer. I had some good looks with a couple of companies from Texas. Some were from San Antonio and another in Houston. I think it will be nice to go back to Texas for an internship. Houston isn't that close to San Antonio but it is a lot closer than Provo. I am not even sure why I want to go back to San Antonio anyway. I just feel that it will be a good option. I am not even sure if I am 100 percent convinced that it is the best option either. But I do know that the chance to go out to Houston will be exactly what I am looking for. So I guess I will just have to wait and see where my life takes me. I do have to admit that think this point of my life is pretty exciting.