A great week

In my swimming class I'm learning the breast stroke and I am struggling. I feel like I don't go anywhere in the water. The rest of the class plows ahead and I'm left behind struggling to propel myself forward. I'm kind of getting the hang of it, but it is very hard for me to get the timing right.

Tuesday the coaches for women's ultimate got together and did the draft. The coordinator put me and my assistant coach Jessica in last pick because apparently everyone is afraid we're going to slaughter everyone. It's frustrating because you can't be successful with only two good girls. As a result of the draft we have a very new team. Either way, no matter who I get have on my team we are going to have a ton of fun!

In my practical homemaking class I've been working on my apron. I finished it Thursday but man it has been the trial of my life! I added a part across the top of the apron that wasn't required, but I thought it would make it cuter so I did it and it ended up being super hard! I got my pillow graded and ended up getting a B+ on it...really? A B+? My teacher must be crazy! Just kidding...but really. I don't even want to know what I'm going to end up getting on my apron! ha oh well. Here are my finished products.

Wednesday I got CPR certified and Justin and I went to our ward activity. We had pizza and played water balloon volleyball.

I've been hired as a tutor for geology and two education classes. I'm still training new tutors at the reading center. This makes life very busy...Justin is basically a widower these days. I leave for school or work at 7 or 8 and get home around 7 every day. Luckily my first-block classes get done in just a few more weeks, so that will free up six credits of time. I am looking forward to that day!

Thursday was just a long day of work and school. I was so exhausted I went to bed at 9. How do people have children and go to school and work? My visiting teaching companion teaches 1st grade and has a new born baby. Whaaaaaat? How?????

Friday I had my oceanography field trip. We went to an aquarium in Utah. They turned an old grocery store into an aquarium! I feel like I've been to an aquarium before with Hart and Jory when we went to Oregon, but I can't remember, so it felt like I saw a lot of animals for the first time. We ate lunch at In-n-Out and then headed to the Great Salt Lake. We tested the pH and caught brine shrimp and just hung out. Turns out the Great SAlt Lake smells terrible! We had a good time.

Upon arriving back to Rexburg I rode my bike from the Romney to the upper fields to get to my ultimate game. I barely made it in time! I didn't even have my jersey, but we played the thunder team and lost by two (11-9). My assistant coach wasn't there, so maybe next time things will be different. Like I said I have a very new team...but we will have more fun than any other team I can guarantee that!

Saturday morning I did the try-a-tri. You swim 300 meters, bike 6 miles, and run 1.5 miles. Having never done this before, my goal was to finish in 45 minutes. I finished in 36! The swimming was the hardest for me as I'm not good yet. I felt like I couldn't breathe enough for how tired I was, but I tried to keep my technique. Biking I made up a lot of time, and then the running finished it off. I had to run around campus which was hard because that meant running up hill, but that also meant finishing down hill so I bombed it down hill and almost barfed at the end. Ha! But it was fun and I'm glad I did it. In two weeks they're doing a full triathlon on campus. I think I want to do that, even if I don't do it fast. I thinking I'll do it just to do one for fun.

After that I played ultimate at porter park with Justin and the rest of the club team. I spent the rest of Saturday preparing my talk for ward conference.

Today was ward conference and I got to speak in sacrament meeting. I talked about faith, obedience, and following the prophet/church leaders. This afternoon I did visiting teaching with my companion, and I was also visit taught. I went back to the church to do some visiting teaching work (callings and organizing districts) and now Justin and I are chilling on the couch writing in our journals and watching The Karate Kid.

This week I have my first tests in my environmental and oceanography geology classes. If I do well I'll solidify A's for both classes. The scholarship requirements have changed so it looks like I'll barely scrape by with half tuition for next semester....Blarg! Oh we'll. I earned a different scholarship which will give me another $1000 so I can't complain. I'm starting to feel the reality that I am not going to be here in a year! I'm going to miss it! I love school. But I'm going to love growing up and having a family:) That's going to be weird...

Well that's about all our news. We get to go to Arco next weekend for Memorial Day weekend. We haven't been to Arco together since Chase's wedding, so that will be good to see Mom and Dad. Mom- I used you and Dad in my talk today about obeying and having faith. :) until next time!

try-a-tri finish line

petting the sting ray

I feel good about this

pH testing time

future fossil

stromatolites

okay maybe that's taking it too far

I caught a brine shrimp!

Emily was on my frisbee team last year. She is due next week...she's a trooper!

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front: I made my own bias with left over fabric and added the three layers of fabric you see. We had to make it out of an old pair of jeans...who holds onto old pairs of jeans? Good think my home teachers' wife mad a pair I could use.

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