Can we make it? YES WE CAN!

well...its about the end of the block and i am feeling it!!! i have been so busy and will be so busy i am having trouble breathing...well sleeping at least. Dont get me wrong- most everything i am doing i love. i cant complain that i am not having fun. i love it. I really do love my life and i am really HAPPY! and busy. This weekend was a blast! Friday i went mountain biking at 5 am over by ashton. wow. early as. I was having some energy problems at that beginning with the 4 miles of uphill climbing...i felt a bit out of shape...but it was a fun trip. Got back in time to practice my wife skills and make myself some breakfast potatoes (they happen to be my FAVORITE breakfast food...). THen class from 12-3. At three, kayaking in the pool, trying to master that dand sweep roll. Its a little different than the C to C, which i CAN do. But i am now putting half and half together and not getting up. If that makes sense. Anyways that was interesting. Then at 5, adventure race! it was out at Kelly Canyon and Paramount rock. I did the climbing section for my team while some others mtn biked and trail ran. It took a while, until like 10 Pm, but it was a lot of fun! results are not in yet, so i dont know who won, but i know we did well anyway. GO HAWKS! Then i met up with a guy named Matt, who is buds with Sven. We drove to Jackson/Tetons that night, and found the pass closed!! we had to wait til 2 am to get through, and then we got to sven's at around 4 am. wake up at 6:30!! go to the tetons and hike. Not sure what we hiked, but it was UP. we went up to the snow, which kicked my butt. Then we busted out our cramp ons and ice axes and climbed up this snowy chute, which was pretty steep and really fun. we had an amazing view of the tetons and went up to a ridge and climbed around. Then we slid down and played in the snow with our axes. It was SO fun! i brought my board and played around a bit with that. Everyone at the bottom, where it was green and hot, looked at me like i was an idiot for lugging my board around the mountains...if they only knew! MUHAHAHA. sorry, creepy laugh.Then i finally got a much needed and fabulous NAP!sleep was hard to come by this weekend. I cant tell you how good it felt to be in the tetons again. I saw some old friends, and jsut hung out at Colter bay. i felt so at home there! i miss the relaxed atmosphere, the great view, the smell of the air, EVERYTHING! i wish that i lived there. it was so sad to leave! We drove to IF that night (saturday) and visited Svens family! i love those guys! i was sad to leave! WE had a breakfast and jsut hung out. then it was back to school for me. i had a good day at church, depsite fighting the Zzzs the whole time. Nowi go to class and realize how much homework and stuf i have to do this week! AHHHH and ihave to have it all done by thursday...this could be a crazy week, but i am ready i suppose. THurs-sat is a mountaineering trip to montana which should be great. then monday- hike the middle and south tetons with my teton friends. this should be a huge group with lots of fun poeple involved!! Then tuesday thru saturday- rafting the salmon!! YAHOO! and finals somewhere in between all of that. yowser. well i better jet!!
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