Just Keep Swimming!

12:57:00 PM

The above video is a project on air pressure. Ever want to do it with your kids? Find out more about it here. When the egg was sucked into the bottle, it literally sounded like a gunshot, hence the startled screaming haha

We seriously have just one more month left in the semester. It is the most glorious feel in the world to know that the end is so near!!! Not only just one more month until the semester ends, but one more month until it gets warm, one more month until my next semester starts and then I'm done for the rest of the year with school, one more month until Mitch is out of school!

I feel like this semester we have been pretty high strung. Not only has Mitch's work load about tripled from what he was doing last semester, his classes are getting harder and harder. I can't even look at one of his math assignments without being confused beyond belief.

As for my classes, the pace has pretty much stayed the same but my teachers are finally starting to talk about our finals and I am fearing for my life. Literally scared right about now! However, I have still managed to find time to work and tour some of the buildings around campus.

Did you know that there's this little guy on campus? In the science building (can't recall the name right now) they are turning the hallways into a map of the "History of the Universe". They've got a scaled down representation of the distance between the planets, a geology museum, have added all sorts of trinkets and bobbery on the walls or in display cases, and they even have this little guy! They aren't estimated to be done building the whole display for a long while, but I really enjoy the pieces they already have. In the geology museum they also have a salt water tank with gorgeous fish in it! 100% of the things in the tank are alive. Being curious, I found out that just the tank that holds that fish in it alone is over $10,000. The coral and other atmosphere in the tank were upwards of $40,000 apparently. This isn't including the fish nor the equipment used to run the dang thing. Just the glass and the coral!

I also started a second block class on technology. On the first day, we took a practice of our final to see where we were at. I got a 90% on it so now the hard part is convincing my teacher that I am okay accepting that grade and that I shouldn't have to come to class ha! I guess one good part of going is that I am learning how to navigate a Mac. I've only ever used PC's.

Aside from school, Mitch and I have been doing great! We finally sold our excess motorbike! It was a KX 500 and seriously zipped around everywhere. It was actually frightening how much power this bad boy had.

Goodbye, death contraption!

We also bought Mitch his birthday present! Since I just turned 21 in February, I wanted to use my new-found buying power and get Mitch a new gun. He has always really liked shooting and I guess I'm just now starting to give in to it. It's always been fun to go shooting, but never fun to see the price tag.

Since I have no clue what aspects of a gun he likes or what he wanted, I took him with me! Happy Early Birthday, babe!

It's safe to assume that Mitch has the emotional range of a teaspoon. If I had gotten something that I really liked, I would probably jump through the ceiling. Not this guy, he pretty much just sat in the car and held the thing. I had to keep on asking him questions or else he wouldn't have said anything!

He also took the gun with him to dinner at our Bishop's house. I'm not sure what kind of message we are spreading to our lovely ward. "Oh hey, Bishop. Let me just set out my gun on the dinner table! Eat away!" I think it's the redneck in him. He just doesn't really know how weird that is, bless his heart.

Here's a photo dump of our week!