Life...

Ugh! I get so far behind now...to pick up where I left off.

That next Wednesday, the 23rd was pretty typical. Went to my four morning classes then to work for a few hours at the lab. I kinda felt nasty all day long because my acid reflux did not appreciate the spices in the meat we had on Tuesday- tummy ache! But, after a couple days I got over that. That Wed. night was the Ag/Bio scholarship banquet. I ditched out of marching band a little early so that I could be there on time to usher for Ag Bio Ambassadors. That worked out ok and I made it right about on time. We got almost 500 people seated and made it through the ridiculously long list of recipients! But hey, I'll eat a $15 plate of food in exhcange for $500 from the SD Corn Utilization Council. I came home after the banquet and did some homework, studied, and called it a night/morning.

Thursday...I went to my two morning classes and went to the lab for about an hour. Then, ran home and grabbed lunch (got completely soaked in the rain on my treck across campus) and had Cody give me a ride to motorpool (the DOT) and picked up a state vehicle. Another Ag Bio Ambassador, Dani, and I were headed to Garretson for a school visit. We got there a little early so I gave her a tour of the parks and whatnot...lol, o G-Town. So, we finally made it to the school and attempted to recruit a bunch of lazy, inattentive high school boys to SDSU's college of Ag and Bio. Let's just say by the end of the class period they did not like Dani or I; we wouldn't put up with their crap! Haha, o teaching is going to be so much fun... The next class period was just a couple students, one of which was a friend, Alysha. We had fun with them and actually accomplished a few things in our presentation. We finished up our visit there, and headed back to Brookings. that night, I did some homework and eventually headed over to a friends house to watch the premiere of Grey's Anatomy. I'm not a huge TV watcher, but I saw the finalie so I felt it neccesary to see the premier! Afterward, Kayla and I sat and contimplated what positions we were going to apply for for Little I (big livestock expo on campus). I put down photographer for first choice- sounds like a lot of fun! We'll see... I went to work at midnight that night. It was a fine and dandy until about 1:30 when some students reported a creepy guy sleeping near the girls side windows outside. They said they woke him up and he was running around in a cape like thing just being creepy. So... I called the CA's on duty and they checked the building. Then, called UPD and they said that if we couldn't find him that there was nothing they could do- since he really hadn't done anthing illegal. So, we called the search off, deciding that he must have left. But when 3am rolled around and I was the only person awake for what seemed like miles I was not all that eager to walk out in the semi-lit parking lot to my car. But, have no fear I made it with no creeper behind me...although I think I coulda fought a weird one like that off with my backpack full of books! Ha!

That next Friday morning always comes early. Went to morning classes and studied. Since our boss was out for the day, I could only kill an hour at the Ps lab, and headed back home. I spent some time trying to study soils in the afternoon and then headed to good ol' Baltic for the homecoming game at seven. I was kinda not sure what to expect, but I ended up having a pretty good time. I got to see quite a few people that I hadn't seen in forever. Not many hs friends (didn't really have a whole lot of Baltic friends) but I saw a bunch of teachers, neighbors, and such. And..remarkably, they won! I was shocked- our fb team has been pretty bad for years and years, so it was nice to see them have a decent record so far this year. That night I headed back to Brookings, watched a movie with Eillie and her friend Brianna and went to bed.

Saturday... was not exactly a joyful one.
I woke up to Mom calling me telling me that I had better come home because Joe wasn't doing well at all. He was laying down and just plain wouldn't get up. So, I picked up Virginia and we went down to the barn. By the time I got there he had gotten up, but the problem was obvious. He had done something nasty to his front leg. It's really hard to say what, but he was terribly sore and couldn't hardly hold himself up. He had slowly been looking a little older and older this past few weeks and I think that the leg was probably just one of those old age things. Long story short, we called the vet and they had to put him down. Sad day:( Dad and Mom gave me one of those bronze statues when I was younger that had a picture of a girl facing a horse and it says "First Love". Very true. I will miss him dearly, but that's how life works and I would never want him hurting like that. It's hard to say goodbye to an old friend, but somtimes it's for the best. It's a good thing he had his buddy Ace for the weeks we've been back, and it will be good for me too, since there is still a horse around to ride. One with quite the personality at that. I'll miss my Joe and so will a lot of the folks around there, but life goes on. They actually had a colt that morning...the cycle of life.

I spent the rest of that day attempting to study. Emphasis on the attempt, I have a hard time focusing normally, so it wasn't exactly the easiest to abosorb info. I ran a few errands, paid the rent, etc. At about 1pm Ellie took off to vist her boyfriend in the cities, and Cody was home for the weekend so I spent he rest of the day by myself. I worked from 8pm to midnight and spent a majority of that time talking to Kayla and Michael who came to visit me! Michael was down for the weeked and I keep giving Kayla a hard time about not seeing him so they just came to me. It was nice to have someone to talk to and pass the time, and I got to see them! ...wayyy better than studying. I came home a basically fell into a heap in bed.

I got up today, went to church, and studied...and studied...and studied. And still managed not to get everything done on my list. I got some laundry and cleaning done and ate/ went grocery shopping with Virginia in the evening. It was nice to spend some time with her and get out of thsi apt. Then, studied some more and helped Cody move a few things in. We fought with a dresser that he brought for a while and finally decided it wouldn't fit in his closet- so instead, we rearranged his room. I spent some more time with the books and found myself falling asleep so here I am- typing, it's much more involving than staring at a page of notes!

It sounds like things went well on the ranch this weekend. They worked cattle on Friday and thing went smoothy according to sources. Apparently they didn't test as good as they usually are, but that' s just how the odds go sometimes. I can't remember if it was the black cow or Chief Bears. I think the Chief Bear cattle were done last week. Now, they will ride for quite a few days to put everyone back where they belong and move some things around. Merle went to a fire school today and said it was really good- jealous. I was originally going to come down this weekend but between my Friday classes, the four tests and a quiz I have this week, and work, I decided I shouldn't. Sounds like I missed out- but isn't that how it always works? grrr.... o well, I'll be back around sometime. It sounds like Glen is having some heart surgery on Tuesday- I'll be praying for him and hope all goes well! I can about imagine how excited he is...eh. Besides being completely jealous that I missed out, that's about all the ranch news I can think of.

It has been a long week and it will be a long week...but I think I'll make it- because "making it" and getting A's are two completly different things!