I definitely don't have time for your jokes, Missy!

Rory: I can't finish all this and sleep at the same time.
Lorelai: You have to sleep. It's what keeps you pretty.
Rory: Who cares if I'm pretty if I fail my finals?
Lorelai: Oh-kay. You've got this completely backwards.

FINALS!!!

they're here.

and I don't want to study.

What's my reward for studying?

Going home in 5 days!!!! (and hopefully some good grades, too.)

Luke: I thought maybe I'd get you two back together

Lorelai: Thanks for reconciling us.

What was I reconciled with this weekend, you may ask? Ice Skating. Really, any form of skating. As you'll remember, I went roller skating last year and it was HORRIBLE!! I was just not cut out for gliding rather than walking on hard surfaces. It was the same thing when I went to an ice skating rink for a big stake activity and I spent the whole thing clinging to the wall. Wretched. Well, this weekend, Lauren invited me to go with her roommates up to Park City, and I gladly said yes (who wouldn't?) so we went up Saturday night and stopped at an outdoor skating rink. I really, really, REALLY didn't want to skate; I knew it would be traumatic. But one of Lauren's roommates, Kami, was determined to make me skate...she even plotted with Brooke to get me skates behind my back! So, I went out. I went a lap holding on to the wall. Then Brooke held my hands while I kept my legs stick straight and guided me across the middle. Then Kami made me skate to her with Lauren next to me, ready to catch my fall (of course she did that tricky thing where you keep moving farther away as I get closer!) Finally I got to the point where I could skate all by myself!! Now, don't take me wrong, I'm not heading for the olympics anytime soon and I look anything but graceful (in fact, one of the dad's on the outside of the rink continued to laugh at me every time I passed him) but I have greatly improved! Hopefully my skills stay in tact if ever I go ice skating again...anyway, that was way fun! Then we went to Dairy Keen (that's right) for dinner and then to Kami's family's condo. We just hung out that night, watching Harry Potter and then we were all SO tired that, as soon as we all got in our beds, we started talking to each other all the way across the house. Logical, right? We also went to a visitors ward for sacrament meeting that probably had 20 people...and it was testimony meeting. haha. It was very fun though. I also got to have my last roast Sunday with Amy (sad) and I had my final class of art. It was very fun; we all just presented our final projects and talked about how much we'd progressed. As soon as I get it back, I'll post pictures of all my projects. Also, on Friday night I hung out with Lauren, Brooke, and Kami and we watched Time Traveler's Wife and Letters to Juliet (college students are so productive!! haha). All in all, a very fun weekend...now it's time to get down to the studying!
*only picture...haha sorry*

We are not Michelle Kwan-ing this!

Rorey: We might want to consider not eating much now in preparation for our finest hour; a little fasting so we can enjoy more tomorrow, hmm?
Lorelai: ...Unnecessary.
Rorey: Yea.
-A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving

Well, mine may not have been deep-fried or Korean, but it was still a GREAT Thanksgiving break! I got home on Monday night right before a HUGE storm hit Boise (thank goodness I left when I did!) And got to hang out with Paul and RaeAnn and wake Jenna up...accidentally...before going to RaeAnn's friend's house to start house/dogsitting for the week. On Tuesday I did more playing with the Arnesen's, Harry Potter (EPIC!!) lunch and Borders with Shelby, and dinner with RaeAnn and Paul while we watched Bandits. On Wednesday I donated plasma (oh how I missed it!) I also got to enjoy the great TV and movie selection available at the house I was staying at (too bad this enjoyment was at the cost of cleaning up a lot of doggie do-do). On Thursday Dad and I went out to my cousin Mattie's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was very fun to see Mattie and her kids and Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rodney (Aunt Cheryl makes the absolute BEST pumpkin pie!!). I also watched a little bit of a football game with Dad (since it was Thanksgiving and all). On Friday I got to donate again and then Dad and I went to see The Last 3 Days with Russel Crowe...it was SO good!! I was very impressed! And Dad said it was good enough to buy, so you know he loved it :) I must admit, though, as we waited 20 minutes for the movie to start (we got there kind of early) I was very tempted to go into the Harry Potter showing in the other theater, but I didn't think Dad would approve, so...Anyway, I then did all my Christmas shopping on Saturday and rewarded myself with John Tucker Must Die (apparently, a lot of movie watching happened last week). On Sunday I woke up early to go to an early ward with the Chamberlains (who were giving me a ride home) but the roads were pretty bad, so we had to stay an extra day...I wasn't complaining. We did leave on Monday, though, and it took an extra 3 1/2 hours to make the trip, but we got back in one piece, so I guess that's what's important.
Well...only 16 days until Christmas break begins!! (now I just need to find a road home...)

"One night in the hallway does not a true naked guy make"

I disagree, Richard. You see, I finally went to my very first BYU sports event since becoming a student. It was a basketball game. Against Utah State. We won....I must say that the last 5 minutes were by far the most entertaining. Especially since that is when Lauren and I noticed the very enthusiastic BYU fan who would say "This is an outrage!" whenever anything bad happened to BYU and would do some sweet dance moves whenever things were going our way.
I think I've officially been introduced to BYU sports.