Week Before Finals

Finals are next week! I can't believe they came around so fast. In reality though, this week is more like finals week to me and most people I talk to as well. I have two big projects due, a band concert and three of my professors decided to have our final this week instead next to reduce the stress during finals week. Well I sure won't be stressed out during finals week because I won't have anything left to do. It just seems silly to me. School could have been out a week earlier. 

F-f-f-f-f-freezing

I learned in my Geography class that the Jet stream is moving south right now and that is why all the sudden the United States has been pounded with cold temperatures across the map. The first sign that told me to bundle up before I go outside was when I took the garbage out right after I had taken a shower and my hair instantly froze solid. There have been temperatures down to -30 degrees here in the past few days. When I walked to school on Monday morning it was 20 below and I thought I was going to die. My face felt like it was going to crack and fall off. 

The cold also ruins the fun on the mountain. I was so excited to go snowboarding for the first time this season last saturday. I got up there and on the first chair ride up I was already too cold to have any fun. I took a few more runs and by then I couldn't feel my toes or my nose so I decided to call it a day once I had warm soup in my stomach. I then preceded back into the comfort of my queen size bed and slept the afternoon away as snug as a bug in a rug. 

Now are the times you wish you had a nice wood stove to cuddle up next to.

<---- Before I got cold...

Thanksgiving in Fargo

Seeing as I live 3000 miles away from Montana State I couldn’t just drive on home for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I decided to join my friend Liz and go home with her to Fargo North Dakota.
It is a 10 hour drive to Fargo so we packed up the car and headed out after our classes were done on Tuesday. We arrived late Tuesday night and I got to meet Liz’s Mom and sister. I kind of felt like I was going home to meet my boyfriends parents or something but it was my best friend instead.
College friends are different from the friends you had all through high school because you always knew your friends parents and siblings. I feel like you family is a big part of who you are and being at school away from your family no one gets the chance to get to know that side of you. So I took the opportunity to go home with a friend and see the other side of what makes Liz who she is. It turned out to be a wonderful experience. Liz’s family was so welcoming, friendly and hysterical. Not far from what I was expecting from what I had known about Liz in the short year we became such good friends.
I had never spent much time in the planes of our country and that turned out to be really strange. Not having mountains anywhere in site was a new and alien experience for me. As much fun as it was I think I choose to stick with my Mountains.
The hockey games sure were a treat!

Undie Run!!!

This past weekend was the big Cat/Griz game and sadly we lost :( but our students still had a blast and joined in many fun festivities for the big rivalry weekend.

The very first Montana State Undie Run was held on friday and I just couldn't help but join in and run through campus in nothing but my skivvies. My theory is that when you are naked you run faster and so wearing just your underwear has somewhat of the same effect. It must have been true because everyone was running SO fast and the air was so cold so I basically died, it was a blast though. I loved being a part of the very first Undie Run. Being at the start of a tradition makes me feel like I have done something meaningful that will continue on into the future. 

Everyone arrived at the east end of campus at noon on Friday which is the time when campus is the most crowded with people going from class to class and people going on lunch breaks. The event in itself also drew a large crowd. People lined the course all the way across campus and the crowd probably quadrupled the amount of people running. There I was standing proudly in the middle of my educational institutions campus in nothing but blue and gold striped underwear, a bright yellow braw, knee high socks (one blue and one gold) and two scarves to fly my proud colors behind me as I ran so swiftly through campus. 

The course was a lot longer than I expected and there were way more people there to watch than I thought there would be but this all just contributed to the great experience and the beginning of a wonderful tradition. 

I hope to see EVERYONE out there next year!!! ;)

Oh the Places You'll Go

Montana is such a great state. From the mountains to the rivers and the gorgeous Big Sky, everywhere you look you just can't take your eyes off the beautiful world we live in. 

This blog is more just for the pictures and to make sure that everyone realizes how wonderful and beautiful this place is. 

In Montana you can find places that will take your breath away and make your heart beat fast, almost like your falling in love or something... 

Art History Test

On Monday I had my third art history test. Art History is honestly one of the most difficult classes I have taken in my life. There are so many pictures, time periods and cultures that you have to memorize. 

Usually before my Art history exams I put a good 12 of studying in. Most of which I do in the library. The library becomes my second home for the weekend and especially the night before a big exam. 

I studied super hard for this last test and Im really hoping that it payed off. 

I feel like I went into this test much more prepared that the previous two, so we shall see! 

-------------> Thats my studying hard in the Library face. (really I just procrastinate by taking funny pictures of myself. oops...)

Band Concert

I am in University Band and on tuesday night we had our first band concert of the semester. I was a bit nervous because I haven't had a band concert since the end of my senior year in high school but it ended up going great. 

Another guy and myself had a small little solo but he ended up getting sick right before the concert so I had to play it by myself! I was so scared but I played it perfect and it was amazing!

Being a band geek is so much fun :)