Day 5

Today is day 5 of my Christmas break. And I'm officially running out of things to do. I expected to be shadowing and doing 30 hours for one of my classes this upcoming semester, but I didn't realize I have to jump through all of these hoops. Obviously there are certain things like paperwork and background checks or whatever that needs to be done, but I didn't expect it to take this long. Right now I'm waiting to have my second Tuberculosis shot/test in order to finish my shadowing application. Well that's not for another week and I'm starting to get restless.

Allentown is great, but there's not that much to do. And having 4 inches of snow over the weekend shuts things down even more. So now I'm down to playing guitar, reading books, and running. Well I complete that cycle about 3 or 4 times a day, so even those things get old. I'm not really ever on facebook, and I don't exactly know how to "stalk" people. I just figured out that there is more to facebook than just mini-feed! But even with this breakthrough, facebook is getting old. About the only thing I could do today was clean. When I get into my cleaning mode, watch out! This whole house is practically spotless, except for rooms that I wasn't allowed to go in. And it's especially weird cleaning "my" room when it's actually my brothers now. My mom told me to put my clothes away, and I responded, "Where?! I don't have a closet or a dresser anymore!" She replied, "Oh. Right." Boy, do I feel loved! haha

Today I read the ten commandments in Deuteronomy 5, which was cool to look back on how Moses went up on the mountain by himself because everyone else was too scared too. But it was just cool to read the story again. So I'm sorry that I don't have much to say about that. I'm sure there's a ton of stuff to talk about, but God didn't bless me with skills of a biblical mastermind.

Oh wait! I just remembered what I did today! I can't believe I almost forgot! So when I was bored today and vocally expressed it, I thought about the snow. Then I realized that I still had my snowboard! It has been years since I last went snowboarding, but today was the day. In the retention pond across from the front of my house is a "big hill." Well it was big when I was younger. I remember standing at the bottom and looking all the way up to the top, which seemed to be about 50 feet. It looked scary and very dangerous, but at that age we thought we were indestructible. I remember wiping out many times and coming home almost paralyzed from the "huge bails" and "nasty wipeouts." The ramps were about 2 feet high, but when you are only 4 feet tall it's a big deal.

Going back to the "slope" today was fun! It was really small, but there was already a huge ramp built so it was perfect! My brother and I had to do a little maintenance on the run but after 5 minutes of fixing up, the jump was ready for me!

After a few jumps of solid 3 feet of air, we decided to call it a day. Bringing back some good memories. It was a blast!

And to make my day even better, Dusty Bottoms has arrived!!! We're gonna have a blast over the next few days going to my sister's new house, fixing, moving, cleaning... ya know, manly stuff! haha Can't wait to see my friends again and get this break over with!

Until next time!