Deer hunt

The deer hunt was a blast this weekend! It was so fun to get up in the mountains and away from school and work for a couple days. I don't think we could've asked for much better weather. The roads weren't slick and it got nice and warm by mid morning. Of course it's always bitter cold at 6 when we got up but that's to be expected on most days in October. Me, Keith, and Steven saw 2 bucks but didn't take any shots. I couldn't tell what they were in my scope and plus if I can't tell they are bucks from that far away I probably would have a hard time hitting one. I saw one deer about 10 minutes after we started brushing that I could've nabbed but it was just a doe. Mom's party was a lot of fun too. We liked seeing everybody just as much as Mom did. The basketball game was extremely intense. I was so beat by night's end. Then we had to head back so I could get up early to do my homework at the house. I was kindof worried that I may fall asleep on the way home but we ended up talking the whole way home. We have been around eachother the whole weekend but haven't had much time together to just talk.

Next morning I did homework til church at 1 then we went to Kaysville after church to see Sara's sister Katie who is in town from Chicago. We haven't seen her since the wedding so it was nice to have a more relaxed atmosphere. We played clue until someone cheated and then it became not so fun. grrr. We came back around 10:30 then it was back to homework til 2:45 when I gave up. I worked on it before, after, and sometimes during classes and finally got it done 4 minutes before it was due. What a pain. I also got the results of my tests back from last week. On the Monday morning class I did the best in the class on the test. I have no clue how - maybe the teacher liked the line made as a result of the test getting pulled out of my hand. I didn't get 100 on it but the teacher is one of those cool ones where he thinks every test will have at least 100%. So, he took my grade and added points to it so that I got the 100 and everyone else got boosted up the same number of points. I don't know what I really got on the test but the 100 sure makes me feel good. The Thursday test, though, was a bear! I have refrained from speaking about it all week to spare others from a possible slough of angry words directed at the professor. Want to know what the class average was? 50.7 %. And the teacher doesn't even care. He thinks that his teaching is flawless and if the class average is really low it's because he just got a stupid batch of kids - so in other words - no curve. I got a 65 on the test and was happy with that. I guessed on 13 of the 20 questions. Total guesses! All I can say is I must be a good guesser. Word is, there are a lot of mechanical engineering students who lose their scholarships each year as a result of this class. I have lost mine before but appealed the loss and got it back. I had a few B's that they didn't like but apparently they don't have forgiveness for D's. Sara also did pretty good on her chemistry test. Probably better than I did when I had to suffer through that class.

Me and Dad also went hunting Monday night up Mill Canyon. We saw lots of deer and at just before dark we saw 3 deer. One of which was a 2x3 buck. I had it in my scope just as it went over the ridge and looked back at me. I fired a shot and the deer jumped about a foot in the air but then I never saw it again. Man I really needed Frank there to help me shoot him. We have mad skills in that area as evident by my first buck up 6 mile. It only took me 17 shots to down that deer and it would've been more if Frank wasn't shooting too. It was so much fun to shoot at one though. It would've been a nice deer too. Dang.

Dead week

It's been some time since I last posted. We are still alive - just barely. School is working us over. We spend almost all our time between school or work or homework. We live for the weekends. And then they are over too soon. Or we end up just sleeping through them (see Frank & Amy's blog). The big news around here is that Sara went to the instacare the other day. She cut her wrist really deep on a piece of glass and had to get stitches. It is healing really well and she will get them out tomorrow. I wasn't here when it happened so I didn't see it. Sara had also lost her phone so she couldn't call me. She gets them out tomorrow and has a new phone now. My classes are killing me. Aside from the time we got to spend with Frank and Amy for conference, I was trying to figure out a design problem for one of my classes. I never figured it out. I ended up just giving up and turning what I had in hoping to get some partial credit. This class is the advanced version of a class I took last Fall and I did really well in it and I enjoyed the material. Now I am just hoping to get a C out of the class. I can continue on in my degree with a D. I'd lose my scholarship either way. Very stressful.

A month or so ago I had a couple minutes and fixed our dishwasher. The supports for the door are weak or just broken so it hangs down low like this.

So I got some 100 lb test wire and rigged it as shown. I have to admit I'm pretty impressed with my work. The problem now is that when you shut the door the wires stick out. But there are no sharp edges that will cut you, just the coiled wire. We figure it was worth it.

And I realized that we don't have a picture on the blog of one of the selling points of this apartment -- the toilet! Or as I like to call it 'The Throne'. I don't think any explanation outside this picture is necessary.

You feel like a little kid again because you feet dangle when you're on it.

Other than that , I did end up going hunting last weekend with our cousin Andrew but we didn't see anything. I might go this Friday but I'm not sure. It's hard for me to do homework on Fridays (for the full day anyway). I'm just so burnt out by then that all I want to do is sleep or do anything else but homework. This week is 'dead week' in school. Next week I have a test in all my classes and I would bet it's the same for Sara. Then...... Deer Huntin'

Weekend hooplah

Over the weekend we went to Kaysville and met up with Keith and Danielle and Frank and Amy for lunch at Mimi's Cafe. Sadly, though, we did not meet Mimi. We came pretty close but no cigar. I got a burger because I wasn't so sure about their soup and/or sandwich selection. Bad idea. Even though I ate 4 pasta bowls at Olive Garden, I couldn't even down that one measly half pound burger. Not because I was full but because it didn't sit well inside me. I did make it out alive and relatively unscathed. I don't have plans to return in the near future either. Then we went to old navy where we both got new pants. My current trousers have large holes in them (as usual) but the position of the holes at this point are undesirable. And that's about all I'm gonna say about that. I still plan to wear the holy pants just not in public. (church is still debatable). Then Frank went to Golden Corral for his high school reunion. I have to say good job to him for going to that. I don't want to go to any class reunions. So, Frank and Amy dropped off Ava and Koben with the 4 of us and we all watched them for a while until me and Keith figured everything was under control and slipped out to play some tennis. After we finally found the courts, I discovered that I am terribly out of shape and was sweating like a Lillywhite the entire time. Good thing I wore deodorant that day. We are about even at tennis so it was a good match all around. Extremely tiring but fun. Then we came back to Keith's apartment and found everything was on the verge of chaos. Sara had one (only one) painted fingernail, they were all tuned in to Mickey mouse as if a national tragedy had occurred, and Koben was in the corner stacking milk cartons. Later Koben stacked a bunch of spaghetti-o cans and did very well I might add. Then Frank and Amy returned to save the day and return order to the milk cartons and spaghetti-o's. When they left me and Keith played an intense game of Ninja Gaiden on his super nintendo/ nintendo combo. We almost beat the game. Almost! Man we were good. It was just as fun as I remembered it. Maybe even better. Sara and Danielle meanwhile went to Salt Lake and ate something chocolate (I still don't know what) before we went home to Logan. We came back on Sunday to Kaysville to eat dinner with Sara's parents. It was good to see them again. They also have a brand new amazingly awesome garage. Very cool.

This weekend should bring excitement beyond belief to our household. I borrowed Dad's 410 shotgun (which by the way I found out is equivalent to a 67 gauge, cool huh?) and we are going grouse hunting somewhere on Saturday morning and/or evening. I am trying to get one or two friends to go with me but if that doesn't work I am hoping Sara will have pity on me and go. Oh man I can't wait to eat some delicious grouse (or rabbit). joy.