Well, seeing as I haven't posted in quite a while, it seems I have some story telling to do...
early January
school starts again and i get all my classes going. I got a jogging class (MW) for a few weeks and then large gaps between class periods (turns out we only meet 11 times during the semester). Music 101 we meet every week :'( on MWF. my stats lab is also on M but other than that those days are open after 12! TTH are my busy days...Econ 110 with Kearl from 9:30-10:45, hour break for either devotional or nap, depending on the day, and then i head to mission prep for an hour, social dance (pretty fun at this point) and then end with Stats 221 from 2-3:20! Longest day ever! though it's kinda sad...that's 6 hours of class and that's how long high school was...maybe it's because I don't have lunch later in the schedule, its always too early or not at all.
But anyway, that's my class schedule that I wish was shorter on those TTh, so i could get a little less stressed and hungry on those days!
later in January
Well, this news could throw you through a loop...my music class (or more appropriately named- Music Appreciation class) is harder than either my Stats or Econ class right now! What's up with that??? I took music as a 3 credit class thinking it was going to be a medium easy class...its my hardest class! Also, Stats and Econ are turning out to be my medium classes right now! can this world get an more confusing???
February
I just HAD to ask, didn't I! and it all starts with the thing that confuses guys the most--GIRLS!!! I met a girl, Mindy, and we hit it off pretty fast. (holding hands after 2 days)(we knew each other before but hadn't really talked that much- roommates with a friend from home.) Anyway, with that background...we were hanging out for a few nights straight and then I found out that she still had a boyfriend back home--talk about making it complicated! Turns out the next night when i saw her again, she started a heart to heart and told me she just wanted to be friends. (more behind the scenes...I had been talking with her roommate Laura and was able to have her get me the lowdown on what was happening on the girl side (does she like me or no?) and so she really softened any pain that could've come from that heart to heart) So we are
just friends right now and it might stay that way...if so, OKAY, i'd rather have her as a good friend than as a friend that I lost because I couldn't handle something like that. But we still hang out a bit, skiing over the weekends, and just hanging out- just not
as much as before.
Present (past few days)
well, turns out its SOOO nice to have a friend you can call WHENEVER! i was walking home from the testing center after taking my mission prep test (written so I don't know the score yet) and had just hung up talking with mi padre. About 2 minutes later, after passing the Tanner building on the other side of the street, I started hyperventilating! The only reasons I can THINK of are that i was slightly sick (that horrible throw-up feeling in the throat and stomach), it was cold (yes I was bundles up), i was a little stressed, and I was tired. those are the only factors that I could see that could've contributed to it though. Anyway, I quick laid down so I didn't FALL down and thought who could get to me the fastest to help. Hinckley Hall was closer than my own hall at this point so I called the only 2 people I knew well enough down there that could come quick. I tried Laura first-didn't answer so then i called Mindy and she picked up thank goodness! She quickly came up, along with Laura which confused me for only a second because i could hardly think at that point, and was able to keep me from going completely beserk. (i've hyperventilated before, once to the point of my right hand seizing up in a fist, and my
entire left arm doing the same thing; another time, from a migraine to start it, I had a full muscle seizure where I could not stop jerking from side to side with either my head, legs, arms, whatever!) i realized that I had to get my breathing under control but it was too hard to get the words past in an understandable way. example: I told them (by then the EMS from BYU had arrived) to "count to 4"-or give me a beat that could make me focus and slow my breathing, i guess that's the bando in me--only they thought I was saying "[its] happened before." listening to them i could see how they got to that but when I repeated saying it trying to make it more clear, it got harder to see how they couldn't understand. Eventually, a paramedic came and got started talking and was able to get me to slow down a bit...that is until i went from an intake pace of about 8 breaths every 5 seconds to suddenly dropping to 1 in 4 seconds in an instant! (I have a feeling that that was a blackout but one I remained conscious for the whole time, like an instant blackout and then you're back--very weird feeling) so now my breathing was slowed but I felt so stikin' weak and the paramedic guy was telling me to throw off the rag-doll routine! I couldn't believe him!!! but i guess in the end it did help because I was able to stand again after a few minutes and head home to where i could warm up (that grass is cold at 10:30 at night!) Mindy walked me in and let me warm up in the lobby for a bit before walking me to the door to the stairs leading to my room (not visiting hours so girls couldn't go past the stairwell into the halls). This is the part that really has me through a loop though, and STILL has me confused...after saying good-bye and before she left, she kissed me on the cheek! . . . . what do you do to that??? kissed and then left (we'd already said good-bye). so that just still has me through a loop for the simple reason of "what does it mean?" was it just a "glad you're okay", "I love you and glad you're okay?" WHAT DOES IT MEAN????????? anyway that, was all last night and I haven't seen her since (partly because I slept quite a bit today) and i'm still really confused over it! But that's my life so far.
Future
future doesn't always mean far future! it's just what I have planned so far (for when I actually plan ahead). Monday i plan on going skiing with Mindy and a bunch of other friends (not sure exactly, they're all in Hinckley and thus not in my ward at all) but its President's Day so no class and I'm taking full advantage of it and heading to the slopes! its snowed almost all day today which means that there's going to be a ton of snow on the mountain!!! YEEEEEE!!!!!!
well, as far as I can tell, that's all the interesting stuff that's happened to me this semester that's worth the time to type. If you want to hear more, you'll have to find a time when I'm on facebook, call me, or even better-VISIT! :)
k, take it back, there is one short story I can tell real quick...
late january I was heading to my mission prep class from the dorms when i rolled my ankle going down the stairs. Ended up heading to Urgent Care (even though its the furthest building away from...anywhere on campus!!!) and getting it checked out. Got a $500 brace (covered by insurance) and got to wear it for 2 weeks straight and for any activity from then on. Now the interesting part...that night there was a ward activity at Jump On IT, and knowing me, I'd never miss that kind of activity. So I brought one of the crutches they had assigned me (didn't really need it, it was just in case my foot started hurting) and had a blast going across all the trampolines there! Next day I ran for 3 miles on the foot (inside track so I wouldn't slip on any ice). Then the best part...Sat I'm out shredding on the slopes as if I hadn't rolled it two days earlier! the ankle is totally fine now, the 2 weeks of the brace have been done for awhile and i'm still going boarding and doing crazy stuff- course, when am I not :D
