Fun times...

Demolition Derby








So this week has been very eventful with the first FULL week of school! I will be studying a ton for my spanish class and for physiology. This week on Wednesday I got to play volleyball in my volleyball coaching class, and it was like being in Heaven! I've missed playing sooo much, but this week are the tryouts for the competitive teams and the girls up here are really good so wish me luck. I have heard that there are a lot of girls in my situation where they gave up full ride volleyball scholarships to come here. So it'll be way fun, I can hardly wait!
On friday we had a little pasta dinner for our Temple to Temple relay team, and then we all went to bed way early cause we had our race at 7:20 Saturday morning and we had to be there at 6:40. To start off our race from Rexburg Temple Zac ran 2.5 miles, then he passed off to Tom who ran 3.3ish miles, then Nikki ran 7.4ish miles, then Micah ran 5.5 for me because I was still really sick with a cold, and then I ran her leg which was 5 miles, then Alyssa ran 6.9 miles, then Sara ran 4 miles, then Bobby ran 2 miles, and then we all ran about 1/4 of a mile to the Idaho Falls temple! It was such a cool experience, even though I am really sore it was a blast! EVERY team was cheering for each other when we would drive past a runner we would all honk and scream for them. It really helped when I'd be running and feel like I couldn't go any farther to have a bunch of cars drive by and scream for me. My roommate Nikki had a good analogy for this run. She said, the people who go before us know what it is like, they are like our ancestors and then they "pass on" and cheer for us from somewhere else, while those still who need to come (our descendants) are learning from our example and cheering us on because we cannot give it up or else they won't have a chance to come show what they have prepared. I thought it was a good analogy.
On Saturday night we heard about a Demolition Derby in St. Anthony (Very ghetto town)so me, Sara, Bobby, and Zac went. It was so much fun! I love demolition derby's cause they just run cars into each other until they don't work anymore. haha It wasn't as good as the Fairview one that I went with Griffins family to, but it was still fun!