This week flew by. I got a 92% on my psych test, but I had a marketing test today and that's another story. For my Illustration class, we had to make a type self-portrait, aka, a picture of ourselves made only with the letters of our name or a sentence about ourselves. The class voted to see whose we liked best and mine tied to win!

On Wednesday, I went to see Pete Good, who performed here on campus. He plays acoustic-y songs and he was really good live. After that I got a free 10 minute massage - it was glorious. I wish it would have been an hour long.

Track practices started on Monday. It has been so cold outside that I pretty much dread going. But yesterday and today I ran inside on the treadmills in the fitness center. Our first meet is on December 11, but that's during finals week so I don't think I will be going; its only a preseason meet anyways, so no big loss. Our first real meet is the first weekend we get back from Christmas break.

Speaking of Christmas break, its only three weeks away. Next week is Thanksgiving break, then we have a week of regular classes, and then its finals week. This semester has gone by crazy fast, but I am definitely ready for a break. I haven't even been home at all yet. Tuesday's the day...

This weekend was amazingly fun. On Friday, we stopped in Sioux Falls on our way up to Brookings to pick up a pow-wow friend and my other friend got a tattoo. Its a cross inside of a heart on her wrist. She already has one of a cross inside of a fish on her other wrist. While in Sufu, it started to sleet and we thought it was going to be bad weather, but once we left, it was fine. We got to Brookings and had homemade pizza and cheesebread that two of our friends made for us for supper. Then we went to Walmart (a must!) and movie gallery and bought a bunch of movies. We ended up not even watching one because we just hung out and talked all night.

On Satuday we had a very busy morning. We went to a craft show, book sale (I think I picked up 8 books!), stopped downtown for coffee, then ate lunch at George's Pizza, walked downtown and shopped the stores, went to the art museum at SDSU, and climbed the Campinle tower. After that we went back to my friend's apartment and made Christmas cookies, a Mexican-style hotdish for supper, and Europa bars for dessert. Then we watched Elf! Its one of my fave Christmas movies.

On Sunday we went to church, watched the first half of the Vikings game, and then said goodbye. When I got back I had a lot of studying to do for my psych test, which was yesterday. I think I did okay on it. Finally, I have a good feeling about a test.

Last night I went to see the movie "Role Models." It wasn't as funny as I hoped it would be, but it was still good.

This weekend I am going up to Brookings to hang out with some friends from back home. They are the same friends that came here for the formal. One of them goes to SDSU and has an apartment up there and she basically has our weekend planned out - there is a book sale, craft show, opera, basketball game, and she even has church and homework times penciled in. We always have these get-togethers; we call them "powwows." This will be the 2nd annual powwow in Brookings, and we will have our 8th [or so] bi-annual powwow over Christmas break. I love our get-togethers.. we are all friends because we work at the same restaurant, which is the usual site of our powwows. It's nice that 5 out of the 7 of us go to school in South Dakota. One works in Iowa and the other is studying abroad in England.

I have a psych test on Monday. Hopefully I get time this weekend to study!

This weekend was Blue and Gold Days family weekend. My parents didn't come because they had other stuff going on, but I still had a good time. It was the first weekend I had off since 2adays and it felt amazing.

On Friday I went to the Honors Convocation, which is a ceremony that recognizes all of the academic scholarship recipients. My favorite part about the whole thing was getting dressed up. I love dressing up. On Saturday afternoon I had to play pep band and at night we went cosmic bowling. My best score was a 129, which isn't too bad for me. Today a friend and I played a flute duet during mass and then I went to the basketball games. The women won but the men lost.

I can't wait until Thanksgiving break. Only 16 days. I think I'm homesick. I haven't been home yet since August, so maybe I am. But the best part about this is that after Thanksgiving break, we have one week of classes, finals week, and then we have semester break for a month. I am so ready for it.

Still sick.

I've been sick for a week now. I want to be better! I'm sick of having a cough.. it's disgusting. I've spent a lot of money on medicines and none are working. Maybe I need to go to the doctor. I suppose its the only option I have left.

Speaking of spending money, I bought another memory card and a flash drive because my 120gb external hard drive is broken. I don't know how or why it broke. But it means that I lost all my pictures, music, and documents because they were all on it. I guess it wasn't the best way to back up files. I really don't know what is the best way. Maybe burning info to cds or dvds? This is a topic that definitely needs much research.

In psychology, we have to do a research project. My partners and I are going to experiment on our friends to see their reactions to people staring at them and see how long it takes for them to notice. I think it will be a fun project.

I've been listening to Sirius Radio a lot lately. My favorite station is Alt Nation, which plays a lot of new alternative rock music. They have been playing the new Death Cab for Cutie song "Cath" a lot, which is really good. Another good song I've heard lately is "Rock and Roll" by Eric Hutchinson. I used to be really up-to-date with new music, but I just don't have time for it anymore. I'm starting to miss it.

My friend and I as nerds for the Halloween dance on Saturday night.

Yesterday some friends and I watched scary movies in honor of Halloween. We watched "The Strangers" and "Prom Night." Both were okay - I just can't seem to get scared by movies anymore.

Today is our last soccer game of the season. I think we are all pumped to play, so hopefully we come out with intensity, score some goals, and win.

Tonight there is a Halloween dance and I am SUPER excited for it. A friend and I are dressing up as a nerds, and we are going to look amazing. My roommate is going as an old lady with a walker and everything, and she looks even better than us nerds.

Unfortunately, I got sick this week, and have a sore throat, cough, and stuffy nose. Hopefully it doesn't stop me from having a good weekend.