Sking and Friends

As I said before, I have no class on Thursday... So this past Thursday I went up skiing at Mt. Baker with my friend Bryce. It was beautiful. The weather was warm enough for just an outer jacket and they already have over 100 inches of snow up there.

Another fun bit of stuff that happened this weekend, Jordan and Peter came up to work but spent Saturday and Sunday with me before starting. We went out to eat, went on a walk by the waterfront and did some biking. Saturday night we played in a pool tournament and then went out with some friends to burn a Christmas tree. :) Jordan got carried away with the lighter and a can of axe deodorant, lighting people on fire and so on. It was fun. On Sunday we played soccer with some guys and hung out and I took them on the rope swing, previously mentioned on this site. It was a blast and now I have to crack down and do some school work.

January 11th, First Week of 2009

First week is over and it went very smoothly. It rained nonstop everyday for the last week. There has been flooding at two of the dorms in south campus and many bus routes were closed down due to road closers. They had to evacuated part of Bellingham as the water began flooding the entire area. Other than all the rain classes went well. I got into all my classes without a problem except of course the Machining Metals class which I have been unable to get into for 3 quarters now. Its okay though because it now gives my schedule a decided advantage. I have no classes on Thursday. :) What this means is that I can go up skiing on Thursdays without missing class!

I am taking Physics w/ Calculus 2, Microeconomics and Financial Accounting. The teachers are all very good and the classes seem interesting so far.

Core has not started up yet but we have planned out studies and started setting up 1-on-1 for this quarter. I have about 6 hour long 1-on-1s each week along with the planning and bible studies.

Lets see, what else is new... I am the captain of an Intramural Dodge ball Team. 8 on 8 men's dodge ball, should be sweet! I am going to start giving plasma. They have a Bio Life facility in Bellingham and what they do is collect plasma from people for medical research. They pay you for your time I can sit there and do my studies for an hour and a half while they get the plasma and get paid for it. Pretty cool.

My roommate, Will is great. We get along quite well and have had some really good talks so far. Here are some pictures of our room. It doesn't do it justice but it kind of gives you an idea.

Dorm sweet dorm

I back at school now. There are classes to do, friends to hangout with, bible studies to plan and snow in the mountains. My new roommate, Will has decorated our room and it looks much more lived in and homely.

Wrap-up

Christmas break has officially started. Yes! This quarter went well and I enjoyed my roommate alot. This morning I took a friend to the airport and it was freezing outside! Below 30 degrees not counting the wind. There is snow up on the hills behind Bellingham and Mt. Baker Ski resort just opened.

This was taken this morning while I was driving to the airport.

Last Friday was the CCF Christmas party. Our core went to the Goodwill and acquired Christmas sweaters for the event. Here is our group in full costume...with a Santa wanna be.

Perspective and Rendering

So two of my three finals were finished yesterday and I just have my Physics final on Friday left.

For my Perspectives class I turned in my Portfolio but here is one of the drawings I did of glass.

No-shave November

Dec. 1st...The last day of No-Shave November. Here are the guys who went the whole time.

Also, 3 days ago, was our tri-annual dead week run. We had a great turnout from Edens, not so good from Higginson...There were about 10 guys and we hitched up our loincloths and ran through campus at 9pm yelling and screaming. It was awesome and that is all that needs to be said on that. (no pictures for that event, sorry)

Thanksgiving

I spent Thanksgiving this year with Jon Pennington (my roommate) and his brother and friends at his house in Chelan WA. It was great. No stress, no obligations, nothing to do but eat, sleep and relax. There was only us guys there so we cooked our own Thanksgiving Dinner and stayed up late playing games and watching movies.

Now its back to school for two more weeks and then I am free for Christmas break! Yes!

Christmas break Folk dancing

I was asked to post this on my blog in the hopes of spreading the word. I don't know how many people actually look at this site so I am not sure how well this will work.

So over Christmas break there is going to be a folk dance in Templar Hall at Old Poway Park. It is open to all families and should be a really enjoyable time. It will most likly be January 2nd but not for sure yet. More definite info as the time gets closer. I hope that a lot of people especially friends and family from CFS and HCS and the surrounding community can come. The more kids the more fun. Please let others know and invite them. This event is being put on by the Gambles with the help of other families. I really hope you all can come. I really want to see you all.