Snowboarding

so last week the stake took everyone who wanted to come and go snowboarding up at beaver mt. not only that but they also reduced the prices from somewhere around $60 down to about $30 so being as frugal as possible I took this opportunity to try snowboarding for the first time in my life.

so to stay warm in those frigid conditions i wore 5 layers on my legs i had underwear, compression shorts, athletic shorts, thermals, and then some water resistant pants. now on the upper body i had on thermals, T-shirt, long sleeved shirt, a hoodie, and my winter coat.
basically looking like this poor kid from a Christmas story. so when we finally got 0ur boards thad, harrison, me and bret. when then treaked up a hill to learn how to snowboard. The only ones with experince were bret and harrison and so when they were ready they took off and hit the slopes. good thing for us is the fact that a friend amanda who knows how to snowboard helped both me and thad till we got steady on the boards and then we decided to go up the mountian to figure it out without having to climb up the hill anymore.

at the top me, thad, and amanda then straped on our boards and went down without much fuss, well i did thad had a bit more difficulty then me so this continued for about another 3 hours in which i was able to stand up on the board for the entire run down the mountian, which only took about 30 seconds to get down. other than that i would call the trip a huge success. thad also got a lot better and was able to go down the entire mountian without fall to many times.

Another Strange Dream

So on Monday I woke up thinking that Dad came up to Logan because some one in our house had dialed 911 and was worried that something was wrong at BKE so as he came in he started yelling through out the house to see if everything was alright. To get this in perspective the time in the morning was roughly 6am meaning dad would have had to leave provo at 4 am to get up to Logan. So with that in place, I then "yelled" just to let him know that i was alright. so as i turned over to see him at the door i saw my coat which looks like Dad's. So disorented I then got up to make sure that dad hadn't gone crazy, and to see what the problem is, he sayed that someone had called 911 and that we needed to leave and also we were late for Anna's birthday. At that time i realized that he wasn't there and that nothing was the problem so i went back to sleep.

A Christmas Review

most of pre-christmas and post-christmas was sitting around the house and other very active activities, mostly while everyone else was at work or getting chemo treatments. well that all changed when dad was almost back to normal, when his perscription was cut down to two pills and no IV. So what did we do when dad was back to normal that's right we started remodeling.

me in my work suit not to get any insulation in me

My work space


one of the lights we installed

what the ceiling looks like now.

also while doing various fun activities i help jethro with the snow gecko for better pictures look at jethro's family blog

Finals are over

so this post is just going to recap what has happened the week before, and during finals week

so the last week of school I went to my classes when I realized that I wouldn't have to go to any of these classes ever again, hopefully. so my first class of the week was a computer class where I learned about how to use 2007 Microsoft office. when I arrived at the class I sat down and waited for the teacher to show up, the minutes then started to pass, and then class was done and he hadn't shown up to teach us so, then went to my next class. the next class was English with my hippie surfing teacher. this day I had the opportunity to give an presentation to the class, I didn't think I did to well but I got about an 88% on the presentation so I was pleased with that. after this sort of stressful situation I then went to my Math 1050 class which ends up being the same as college algebra in high school which I had already taken just like my English class. well anyways we got back a test that we had taken on the last chapters which we had covered earlier. I got about 80% which I thought I shouldn't get but I did do some things wrong so I guess I do deserve that. after that my day was done at 1:30pm so on to home

Tuesday was just Institute and Frisbee.

Wednesday was just about the same as Monday except for the part where I learned that my computer class was over because we took the last test on the day before thanksgiving break so it was good that I didn't have to worry about having a final in that class. so off I went to English were I listened to more presentations and I learned that I didn't have to take a final in that class either this made me happy. and then to math class were we got another practice test for the final so I finished that when I got home the same time as Monday.

Thursday was Institute Math and Frisbee. this day I found out that there wasn't a final in Frisbee so that great that I didn't have to worry about that. so that narrowed down the finals to just Math and the time for the final was 7:30am on a Thursday.

Friday was just the same as Wednesday.

so now finals week started and that left me to do practice tests until Thursday. This sounds like a great thing because then I could push off studying till weds. for those that know me I get nervous very often and it lasts for a long time. As the days came closer the harder for me to stay asleep at night and often I would wake up in a panic wondering if I was going to be late for my test and then I would then not be able to pass the class. So on Thursday I woke up at 6 then got ready, and waited for about a half an hour until I could get a ride up to campus and then I could wait for another half hour till the test was given out.

As soon as the test was given out thoughts of old high school test came flooding back, I then realized that this probably wouldn't be to hard and that I would be fine. Two hours passed and then I was done with the test, I went over my questions again and then turned in my test. From that point I was free and nothing could stop me now. That's when I realized that my break had begun and I was so happy.

Hanging out with Thad

So today like most in Logan start out the same with me waking up at about 8 am, eating breakfast and then driving Thad to school and dropping him off at the engineering building and then i park the car. then going to school.
After school i walked home mostly because i didn't want to ride the bus with a whole bunch of middle school students that always seem to be swearing up a storm. Well anyways when i arrived home Thad then came in looking quite dismayed, his problem was that he couldn't figure out a problem for one of his fluid dynamics class or something like that. After having a delicious frozen pizza we then headed to his job where he could use the computers to help him with this problem. now the cool thing is that i was able to go inside this very secret building and i found out where he works and what office. After a half an hour or so we then went to a elders quorum activity where we went rock climbing. I love this activity and the last time i went probably was when last December or some time around then, so my first climb i realized that i was not in shape like i used to be. A crazy thing happened while we were there my math teacher came in and started to climb, now he is one of my teachers who is a hippie with a nasty neck beard and a ponytail. After a long climbing session of about a hour and a half our hands became cramped and my forearms are on fire. we came back to Thad's work where i am now completing this blog, also Thad hasn't been able to write a blog lately because his homework is keeping it from him.

well that's what's been going on up here, we will see you soon for thanksgiving.

Matt

7 things... i guess

7 Things I can do:

1. Play Frisbee like no tomorrow
2. Play Basketball
3. Live off very little liquid
4. Clean my room... sometimes
5. Make a fool of myself
6. Sleep like a rock
7. Rock Guitar Hero

7 Things I cannot do:

1. Spend more than a few dollars a day
2. Decide on a major
3. Lie very well
4. Find a job before Christmas
5. Perform surgery on myself or anyone else
6. Live with out music
7. Play the piano with both hands

7 Things I love about my mom:

1. She make the most delicious food
2. She's always caring about me
3. That she makes me delicious food anytime I visit.
4. When she falls asleep and then wakes herself up from snoring
5. How she always makes treats for other people in the neighborhood
6. When she makes cinnamon rolls
7. She knows who I am

7 Things I say too often:

1. Crap
2. Dang It
3. Haaaa
4. What?
5. Huh?
6. Mert
7. See ya

7 Favorite foods:

1. Burgers
2. Cereal
3. Apple Pie
4. Peach Pie
5. Mac and Cheese
6. Pizza
7. Milk

7 Countries I want to visit:

1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Austria
4. Germany
5. Figi
6. Alaska ( i know it's not a country but i would still like to see it)
7. Norway/Sweden

Strange Nosies

so lately i have been stretching and strange pops come from random places from me. so i'm wondering if that's a bad sign or something, one of the places that i do pop that people are sickened by is popping my "sternum" but apparently i can't, but it still makes a noise,
so i'm wondering is that normal or is it going to fade.

Matt