Here is what I really meant to say :-)

Ok, So I had some issues with the text in the below post so here is what it said:

Nothing too exciting has been happening Since last week- just trying to stay somewhat caught up with my classes is prooving to be somewhat of a good challenge.

Last Friday, I invited my friends Kelsey and Laura over for a "low key" dinner before the broom hockey fundraiser for the INN mission trips (needless to say we had plenty of time for dinner because broomhockey didn't even start until midnight- seriously.....). Anyway, I talked to Trinh earlier in the day and told her that I was having people over for dinner and she said she didn't mind but that Brian and Kurt (two fort boys) were coming over to do laundry (the fort boys frequent our house for laundry because they don't wanna pay $3.50 a load back at their place). So, I told Trinh that she should just invite the guys just to stay to for dinner. Long story short dinner consisted of: Me, Laura, Kelsy, Trinh, Mary, Kelsy, Brian, Kurt and Parker. I made Aunt Lori's pasta sauce, salad and garlic bread and needless to say, dinner was a hit! After dinner, the boys finished up laundry, left and the rest of us hung around until broom hockey.

The rest of the weekend was relatively calm with an attempt to study Saturday and then going over to the Fort later that night with the girls to watch Cinderella man (good movie by the way). Sunday was a little busier than normal with church, a host team brunch, cheering on the Fort intermural basketball team, and then studying for 4 hours....

The rest of the week hasn't been too exciting- just balancing work, school and somewhat of a social life. Although my wednesday shift at work was originally from 9-2pm was cut to 10-1pm so that was a bit of a bummer. But other than that, work is going well...

I feel like part of the reason that this week was so exhausting is the shift I have taken from usually getting a decent nights sleep to getting 6/7 hours a couple nights this week. Personally, I blame it on the fort boys (because what else is a girl to do, right?) First, on Monday night Nick invited us over around 10pm to watch Across the Universe (another good movie), and of course we don't even start the movie until close to 11:30 and don't get back home until 2 am, granite I was able to sleep in a bit the next day until 9:30pm, it was still a late night for my old woman self. Last night, I didn't get to sleep until close to 12:20 Ben came over to do some laundry and after some pretty entertaining conversations, Ben and I waited for Kelsy and Trinh to get back from their "studying mission to our friend katie's" that really consisted of them sneaking off to the Fort to saran wrap Nick's car- they definitely used up 2 costco boxes, and lets just say his car is protected quite nicely from the rain :-) ....

Of course, it is easy to say that I should probably be going to bed a bit earlier (or just "be home before the street lights come on" as Grandpa says), but honestly I don't see either of those things happening in the near future- especially considering on the days that I do have classes, my earliest classes get out at 6pm when it is already dark out....

Oh, and random fact of the day, I made my first double layer funfetti cake to bring over to the Fort for Jarrett's 22nd birthday... I am not going to lie, I was quite pleased with how impressed the guys were that I made a double layer cake (although I somehow forgot to mention that making the cake only involved some mix, eggs, and oil)....

OK, for those of you that have stuck with me thus far, I am impressed and I will wrap things up with a few pics from xmas break that I finally uploaded....