Busy-as-a-Bee Week

I hope I used the hyphen correctly in my title.  As I recall, one of the rules of using the hyphen is when there is a compound adjective; however, I am still not sure if that is right.  The semicolon used in the previous sentence is placed correctly.  I am pretty sure about that.  Anyway, I will get on with my post for the week.  Because of the grammar test coming up, we have focused some of our attention on reviewing grammatical principles.  So, lately, I have been noticing and watching for grammar errors in my speech as well as in my writing.  The week was a pretty busy one.  Multiple days of my week were days when I was on campus from early in the morning until late at night.  Luckily, on two of these days, there was free pizza on campus for dinner.  I definitely took advantage of these pleasant surprises.  The semester has continued to pick up more and more speed as quizzes and midterms approach.  I have my first midterm tomorrow for my Physiology class.  I am a little nervous for it because there is a lot of material to know.  Dr. Rhees, my professor, does a great job explaining the material in class.  But, hopefully he doesn't make the test super hard.  I also have a Physics test coming up pretty soon which will be a beast.  Can an exam be described as being a beast?  I think it can.  Yesterday wasn't a very good day because of the defeat of my beloved BYU football team.  Nevada beat them 27-13 in a frustrating day.  I questioned a lot of the play-calling, but never once booed my team as other fans did.  I hate most BYU fans.  Half the fans were gone before the game even ended.  I shouldn't call them fans.  Well, that's all for this week.  I am hoping for a quick turnaround for our Cougars.  We'll see what happens up in Logan on Friday...      

Plastered in Paint (literally)

It was another great week in beautiful Provo.  The weather is still very pleasant even though the temperature has decreased slightly.  Fall is in the air, but the sun still shines and the sky remains blue.  Happiness will spread as the leaves on the trees start to turn yellow, orange, and red.  Maybe I should write a poem for one of these posts.  Anyway, the highlights of this week include: school, lots of football, and a fierce paint war.  The school part was just normal classes and homework.  The "lots of football" part is both watching and playing football.  I was invited to join an intramural flag football team this week and immediately accepted.  Roberto was the only one I knew on the team.  We had a game on Wednesday night and, honestly, our team isn't very good.  We lost 30-9.  And, not to brag or anything, but, I had all of our team's 9 points.  The other team was going for 3 extra points after a touchdown and I intercepted a pass and ran it all the way back.  So, our team got the 3 points instead.  The quarterback was going to run the ball, so I came off the man I was guarding to "tackle" the QB.  As I did this, the QB tried to float a pass over me to the guy I was guarding.  Of course, I didn't allow this to happen.  I jumped and caught the ball high above my head for the interception and, like a deer, outran the hungry, pursuing opposition.  Later in the game, I told our QB to hit me on a deep route because I was being guarded by a slow-as-molasses human.  We connected on a 60 yard TD strike.  Even though we lost, it was still fun.  I actually ended up switching teams and played another game on Saturday morning.  We tied that game 12-12.  To end on a sad note, BYU lost to the Seminoles of Florida State 34-10.  Hopefully the Cougars can turn it around and get a win against next week's visiting Nevada Wolfpack.

Bittersweet Symphony

In honor of a great band known as the Verve, I title this post after one of their most famous songs.  The reason in doing so is because this week was one of many sweet as well as a few bitter moments.  The sweetest part of the week came on Monday which happened to be Labor Day.  Because of the holiday, I didn't have school, so I chose to spend Sunday night at my parent's house.  It was fun to be with them as well as a couple of my siblings.  On the holiday, we decided to get out and do something fun.  So, we invited my two cousins from Florida and all went up to Park City for the day.  Upon arrival, we immediately got in the line for the famous Alpine Slide which is basically a giant slide coming down the mountain that you ride down on a little cart.  It was fairly busy because of the holiday, but the time went by quick because of the pleasant company.  We rode the very enjoyable lift to the top and strategically picked opponents for a race on the way down.  I ended up racing my younger brother, and, of course, I beat him by a good 5 seconds.  When my cousin finally made it down, he was a little dirty, and both he and his clothes were a little cut up.  We came to find out that he had fallen off the slide and completed a few rolls while doing so.  Miraculously, he was able to compose himself, fetch his almost lost phone, get back on the track, and speed down the slide to still beat his sister in their race.  The Alpine Slide was a sweet Monday moment.  We had a great lunch afterward as well as a quick treat at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory which really was sweet.  The bitter part of the week came on Saturday which was yesterday.  I had to witness my beloved BYU football team lose to the Air Force Academy.  Well, that will do it for this week's blogging.  Until next time!