3rd post for the month

To stick with my goal I made earlier in the year (at least 3 new posts per month) I need to post two posts today. I know I'm a procrastinator, but I'm learning...it's only February so by the end of the year hopefully I'll have this down. Anyways, I don't have to much to post about except I guess the few things I've been up to in the last few weeks.

A few weeks ago I had the chance to attend a Gonzaga Basketball game which might not seem like too big of a deal except that there is a 5 year waiting list for tickets and all the games are sold out. So how did I score tickets you ask well my friend Dan and I put up Christmas lights and washed windows for the head coach and the rest is history. It was a great time and they even won (although at this time they had never lost at their home court- a four year streak, that was

sadly broken the next week).

I'm taking a swimming class at school (not to learn how to swim, but how to swim better and for conditioning purposes) hoping that it will help with my triathlon training. I'm slowly getting better and more conditioned but am still afraid of drowning after a half-mile swim with hundreds of crazy people thrashing around me at the triathlon. I've also been waking up early every other morning to go play basketball with a bunch of guys from our stake. I'm really not good at basketball and have always wanted to do better so this is helping me out and is great exercise.

As most of you know I turned 28 on the 24th. I had an enjoyable birthday weekend. Friday night I went to a cabin on Couer d' Alene lake for a father/son campIN. We didn't spend the night, but just had a good get together with the youth and their fathers and had a fireside and dinner and such... it was quite enjoyable. Saturday I watched the kids in the morn. so Em could go running and to the women's conference. In the afternoon she took me shopping, and that night we ordered pizza and watched a movie (The Prestige-good movie). Then Sunday we got together with the Kovich family and had dessert (blondie's-like the ones from Applebees with the sizzling hot maple sauce over the top. Emily found a recipe online and mmmmmm man they were good!) and played games. I received a pair of new running shoes, some shirts, a magazine subscription, money, and lots of cards as gifts, all of which I appreciated very much, thank you all!!

The Blondie

I also recently received my first official Chiropractic adjustment the other day. I had hurt my lower back (playing basketball is my guess, although I'm not sure) and it was throbbing pretty bad. So I went to the chiropractor and he adjusted me, which by the way feels great if you've never done it, the chiropractor said I literally grew close to an inch from the beginning of the appointment to the end, and I could tell he wasn't lying. The one thing that did surprise me though is the first thing he did was walk up to me and grab my head and twist it. I was positive my neck snapped by the sound it made, I must have had a surprised look on my face because he said "Have you not had an adjustment before?" I laughed and said "Not like that!" he apologized and said he usually explains it to first time customers, but he thought I'd had one already.

So that is how my life has been going I've also began looking for employment for when I graduate so if you have connections...let me know. Hope the next few weeks are as good as the past few (besides the back issue)