December 2005 Archives

Man, I am so tired. Not sleepy tired. Just general, "Hi! Merry Christmas! YAY!" tired. Josh and I have several days left in Minnesota and I'm really hoping these last ones will be super chilled out. It's rough that I see my family 1-2 times a year and that they are always crazy whirlwind events.

Other random thoughts:

• I'm excited for January because I don't have any grad classes. I'm planning on... NOTHING! YAY!

• Working on finding a volleyball team for the off-season of my regular team.

• I decided that proportions in restaurants are WAY too big as I've eaten out several times recently and couldn't even finish half of my plate. I wish restaurants would let me buy a half orders and just pay half the price. NO, I don't need hash browns and three pancakes and toast and a huge omelette. Just give me a small omelette and a few hashbrowns and I am good to go. No wonder we're all dealing with obesity issues because we still have the childhood complex of "finish all your food!"

• Josh and I aren't allowed to go into pet stores ever EVER again. Every time we go we see really really cute puppies and then we want them. Then we feel bad when we decide it's completely illogical to get them.

Sorry my blog has been super bland lately. I've not been able to think of ANYTHING except my classes. I'm hoping to rent a nice digital camera in the coming months to finally get my art portfolio up. But for now... relax!

Despite my being way too busy this year, I was able to finish off a pretty decent volleyball season. I'm looking for another team to play on since it's my favorite form of exercise! This was the first year my team played in the advanced league and we did quite well! We were in 3rd/4th for most of the season, but ended the finals in 2nd place. Considering all of the position switches we made and creative strategies we tried it was also a very cerebral game. I ended the season playing serve-receive setter, middle back defense, and outside hitter. I know, weird team positioning, but we tried to keep people where they played best against the opposing team so we did lots of formation shifts.

Now I just have to get through my last week of San Jose State classes and I'll be golden for awhile! Can't wait for some chill time over Christmas break and into January!

(Pic Above, from L to R: Dave, Steph, John, Brenda, Edwin, Jessica)