Update #15

Okay so since Friday I have done a bunch of stuff. Friday night I didn't go climbing like I normally would but instead I had a meeting for work. after that I went to a friends house for the weekend. He lives in northern VT so a group of us went up there and had fun most of the weekend. on Saturday we did so much. We snow shoed over to his uncle and aunts house. this was cool because I have never snowshoed before. its alot like walking in snow but you don't fall through it. we went through the woods and across this field with an amazing view of the mountains. when we got there we went skating. I haven't gone skating since the 5th grade. I was smart and wore a helmet. but luckily I didn't fall. it went a lot better than I thought it would have considering I haven't done it in such a long time. played around with a puck for a bit and took some shots on the nets that were set up. After this we went back to his house and I took a nap. I was exhausted. when I got up we went out and went sledding. this was kinda short lived because we had to walk up a very steep hill after doing all the other stuff earlier that day. then when we could no longer walk up the hill we decided that we would make tunnels in the snow. so we did that and connected a few of our. by then we were getting cold so we went inside. that night watched some futurama. the next day we went out and jumped around in the snow. there were plenty of things to jump off of. this porch, shed, walls, and other random things. we played around in the snow until we got tired again and then went in. I read a book for one of my classes knowing that when I got back I had a ton of hw to get done.

Then when I got back I did the hw and went to bed.

monday I did all my normal stuff and was planning on going climbing but 2 hours before I was supposed to go I was told at work that I would have to stay and get some code ready for the presentation we had the next day. it was really bummed out but it ended up not being that horible. I was told how to get a free quiznos sub (goto their website they are in the middle of a 1 million sub give away). so I got free diner, that was nice. other than that yesterday was uneventful.

today I had classes and stuff but then I also was able to go climbing. I was so happy to do this. I hadnt gone in a week and a half but it felt like forever. a bunch of my finger strength was gone but I was able to do at least 4 5.8s and a few other easier routes. then we went upstairs and bouldered for a bit. I wasn't able to goto the meeting for work to see the presentation because it was during my class time but I'll be filled in on thursday when we will have a meeting to go over feedback we got. over all today was a good day. I had free time and went to class and did stuff at work. my AIM isn't working though and its starting to annoy me. it works on campus but not in my room or through my wireless here at my dorm.

right now I'm off to bed I need to be in at work early tomorrow.

Update #14

Okay so lately I've continued in my busyness. Since my last blog on tues I got home after my canceled class. then i worked on hw for a while while i defrosted some chicken. I decided I wanted a good lunch for some reason. then after eating I went into work early and did that until I needed to leave to go to class. After class I had to take the CLA test. The CLA test is a "voulentary" test that we all have to take. everyone gets a different one. mine was dumb. before I could finish the first question I needed to read through 11 different documents. by the time that was over my little motivation for actually trying was gone. (we only need to take it what we get doesn't matter its used to help the school see how well they are teaching us. when they see all the bad grades since people only sign in and skip the rest they will maybe reallize that they are not very good at motivating us to do anything like this) so I gave some answers that I could have done very well at but i put very little effort into them. after this I went back and did homework for the rest of the night

Then weds. I wake up to goto work at 8am. I work unitl 3 (i didn't even leave to eat I brought easy mac there and ate while I worked). I had class from 3:30-8:15. then I got back did some hw and went to a mandatory meeting at 9:30 ( Hall meeting) after this I had some free time from 10-12. it was great I hadn't had that in a while and played apples to apples.

Thursday I got up and went to class at 11:00 and was there until 4:45. After this I got out and saw on the new GPS mapping thing that the bus was all the way over at spinner. I didn't feel like waiting for the bus so I decided to walk back. I talked to my mom on the way and told her about how wierd it is to be at the point of your life where the desicisions that I make will effect the rest of my life. then she said well you've been there for a while and gave examples of not drinking or doing drugs. I didn't see it as the same thing. later I realized why. its easy to not do things. its much harder when you have to make the desicision to do something. like Apply for a job or something like that. not drinking takes no effort. actively desiding on what I should do for the rest of my life means research and thinking things through completely. I was getting to Spinner just as the bus was pulling up. it was good timing. when I got back I didn't even go to spinner I went strait to the EMC and put in 4 hours of work. then after this I went to a Budget meeting for the rock climbing club. After this I skyped with my brother for a while. then I hung around and watched Stone play hockey on the PS2. I then realized I had time to shave and did that because I hadn't had the chance to in a while. then I went to bed.

today I woke up and went to work at 9-11. Then I had to leave because I reached the 30 hour a week work study limit. then I had enough time to eat a brownie and go to a meeting for one of my classes. So thats where I am now. in bewtween the meetings and class. getting a chance to catch a breath before I'm off tonight. I'm going to the Kingdom tonight and hanging out at my friends house for the weekend. we are gonna go sledding its gonna be sweet.

Don't know what I'm doing yet tonight. either another meeting or a break from stress... still haven't been able to try out my new climbing pants.

Update #13

Well as much as I thought my times of being really busy were over I was wrong. This week I am putting a bunch of extra hours into work because the alpha of my game is due at the end of the week. I'm not sure if it will get done in time. a bunch of the people on the team and I are really stepping up and trying to get stuff done. I'm probably going to put close to 30 hours in this week at work. then on top of that add all my classes and their home work. then the fact that i want to try and keep a kinda social life and you see just how busy I am. oh and I just remembered I have to go to the mandatory voluntary CLA testing tonight at 6 for a few hours. *sigh* oh well.

On the bright side I should be getting the climbing pants I ordered online last week today or tomorrow. One of my friends who left this school is visiting this week. and I am going to go to the kingdom this weekend and hang out up there with at my friends house. so there are some good things happening too.

Other than that I woke up at 7 both days on the weekend to go into work. I put in a total of 18 hours over the weekend I think. But I also went climbing on sat. too so that was nice. I was able to get in a few new route.

Well I just found out that this class I'm waiting for was canceled so i'm going to go get a ride back to spinner.

Update #12

Okay so over the last week I have been really busy. I had 3 papers and an annoying project that I had to do. they were all due right after the other. 1 due weds. 2 on thurs. and 1 friday. normally this might have been doable but with school and work combined it was really hard to find the time. basically mon and tues I am busy 9-5 and weds I am busy 8am-8:30pm so I was stressing about getting these done. I was able to do all of them and now i'm getting some time to breath.

I got a new camera the other day. I had ordered it off of woot so it was 70 off the origonal pricw. it works well. the problem is there is nothing for me to take pictures of. I want to use it but can't.

Other than that the weather warmed up the last three days. It actually rained. it was odd when I realized that seeing rain seemed strange to me. it has been months scence I've see it, its always snow up here. but by the end of the weekend it will be back to the normal subfreezing again.

I was able to go bouldering last night. I finally got a V3 route that I have been working on for a while. it felt good. I am going climbing again tomorrow i'm going to try and get that one down as well as another climbing route that I have been working at for a while. I hadn't been going as much in the last two weeks and I could feel my hands softening so I was glad I got the chance to go again. I also ordered a pair of climbing knickers online so I can climb in something that is more comfortable than my pants and fits/works better for climbing than my gym shorts and PJs

But right now i'm off to class

Update #11

I have been sick this week with a sore throat. it is more of an annoyance than anything. Haven't got one of these up in a while. I've been really busy haven't gone climbing in a week. i've got a ton of work to do this weekend too. on the bright side my EMC work is going really well and it is the weekend. that all i have right now just trying to get one of these up.