empty...

It's kinda sad because my room is so empty... but I'm going home! Hello Mississippi!

Some people clearly need lives...

And maybe because I'm taking the time to blog about this...in the middle of the library no less, may put me in this category, but I don't care. This was too funny!

So I sit down at a random desk to write a paper, and this is what I see... "Sleep well and dream of large women"
And I'm like, I know I've heard that before...and suddenly I recognize it as a Princess Bride quote. I look around to discover that the rest of the desk is full of quotes from the Princess Bride... Here are the ones that were more readable...
"Am I going mad, or did the word THINK escape your lips?!"
"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die!"
Ok, this one is a combination of "Mawage is what brings us together today." "As you wish" and "Have fun storming the castle!"
Well, such is finals week, I live at the library. Not much to update. Enjoy the desk carved Princess Bride quotes!

I slept in a tent!

For the 4th of July weekend, Catherine and I went up to Idaho Falls and spent Friday night and Saturday with a bunch of people Catherine knew from the military base in Hawaii. The "kids" (one high schooler, a couple of college kids, and some graduates) spent the night in tents set up in their backyard. We roasted marshmallows, made s'mores, and shot fireworks. Unfortunately, I left my phone in Rexburg for the weekend, and Catherine's died Friday, so I have no evidence of me sleeping in a tent, outside, on the ground. But it did happen, I promise! I even learned how to set up tents. AND I walked in the grass...BAREFOOT... oh, I know! I'm a real outdoors-(wo)man now! Haha totally kidding! Sister Titus made a big breakfast for us, and then we all got ready and went to the river where there were vendors set up with some bands and lots of food. (it was a tiny bit like double decker, only not nearly as fun and much, much smaller) Then when it FINALLY got dark around 10, they shot off fireworks. Fireworks in Idaho Falls is pretty cool. They shoot them over the river, so people can line up along it to watch, and there is a radio broadcast that goes along with it. It was fun, but it made me miss watching fireworks in the Ole Miss baseball stadium. I'm soooo ready to be home! Just 3 more weeks!

This is Mariah, Catherine and I just before fireworks... Those lovely looks are due to camping and then being in the sun all day. Thank you Idaho...

First day of vacation and I wake up at 8:30... WHAT?!?!

Yeah, completely and totally wide awake at 8:30...after going to bed at... well, that's not really important now is it? So once again let's play catch up from last weekend.
Friday, I did a group project with my friend Dan and his roommate Brien who looks and acts exactly like Sid the sloth from Ice Age... No lie. I mean his head is kinda big and square, with a little bit of a belly and he is constantly... I mean incessantly talking... with a minor stutter.
Also on Friday, Rexburg got it's first ever legit monsoon!This is Cat...I took it in the library after she got caught in it. She has like reverse pit stains. Dan and I thought it was absolutely hilarious...but her not so much.
So, on Saturday, I did tons of homework, went to a "Collegiate Dancers Showcase" for my dance class and then my friend Zach taught me how to play Lacrosse. Well, I guess he wasn't really my friend until Saturday, but whatever. He and his lacrosse buddies threw together a last minute game of "full contact" lacrosse, which let me tell you is intense! He picked me up early and taught me how to catch, throw, and do something that looked remotely like shooting the ball into the goal. Then I got to watch his friends play. He only played for about 15 minutes. He spent most of the time explaining the game to me. It's pretty simple really. If you have the ball, try to get it in the goal, if you don't have the ball, beat the crap out of the guy that does. While Zach was playing, I got a chance to meet his friends who are absolutely hilarious and very nice.
Last night was our first night of the "Big" holiday weekend.... Cat and I spent it at home lol First, neither of us felt so good, so we put some hot wings in the oven and watched a movie. Then we suddenly felt better (miracle hot wings?) and got on a cleaning kick. We cleaned our bathroom, the kitchen, did the dishes, mopped... the whole sha'bang. Here are some picts...Ok, she'd kill me for putting that last one up! Anyway, we had a really good time believe it or not! We had some music going, talked, and it was kind of therapeutic.
Anyway, that's this weekend so far!