MISH MASH

A few interesting moments from the past couple weeks:

1. I went snow shoeing in the mountains. It was spectacularly refreshing. I wasn't in Corvallis and I wasn't rowing. I was in the mountains with my friends. We were giddy we were so excited to be doing something different. Our good spirits were so high we somehow convinced ourselves it was a good idea to hike back UP Mt. Hood instead of take the chair lift. Our good spirits lasted until 3/4 of the way up but they quickly returned when we saw the summit.

2. The freshmen rowers fell apart. I guess it's been coming. One of us is quitting and moving home at the end of winter term, one is injured and the doctor isn't very informative, one is trying to get back on it after an injury, and then there's me. I've been the most...calm in the center of this black hole that's been swallowing us up. Something snapped about a week and a half ago and I was not happy. BUT I've learned from my year off(yeah!) and didn't shut down but talked to various people, got some encouragement. The team also stepped up major this past half week to boost us freshies. So I feel like the general morale is higher in the Sackett Dorm E Wing 3rd Floor this week, then last week.

3. TT came and visited me! We walked for French Vietnamese sandwiches, we went to a basketball game with a cousin and his kids, she rode the launch at practice, and we went for a stroll into the countryside. It was very good to see her.

4. I bought High School Musical 3.

5. I registered for classes for spring term. Geography of Asia (I'm hoping this one turns out good. I'm not too psyched about it yet, but it's an upper-division geo class, that and I found the books online for $25!), Statistics (math but not, right?), Lifetime Fitness Lecture (required for graduation. yuck!), Yoga (also required for graduation. for some unknown reasons student athletes don't get exempt from the physical fitness requirement. I could take running, swimming, walking, weight lifting, or yoga. Yoga is full of all the student athletes because its the one that interferes the least with training plans), Wine in the Western World (from the Food Science and Technology department. Everyone should have a basic understanding of wine, right? plus the professor got rave reviews), and Intro to Writing (also required for graduation. I hear this one is pretty easy. Readings, grammar lessons,a couple essays etc)