Rock Climbing

Saturday, a group of us went rock climbing. It was wicked (awesome, neat, and cool --to steal a saying from my high school Chem teacher, can't remember his name :| ) fun!! I'd recommend it to anyone. I am scared of heights big time. Elliot wanted to chicken fight outside of the gym, but I was too scared....even though we were about four feet off of the ground.

We took a class on how to belay and tie knots. I was so paranoid that my knot would come loose or that I would plummet to my death. But I guess as long as you and your partner are competent, you should be ok. We had to double check each other's knots. And you have to have faith in the person belaying you.

It was no problem scurrying up the wall. Getting down was the hard part! I would also advise people not to look down. It's the scariest thing. I looked down to find a spot for my foot, I ended up looking past my foot and to the ground. And then another time I looked down to Ben to make sure he was ready to let me down, that wasn't a good idea either. Another time, I turned my back to the wall and looked out, that was scary too. When we got to the last wall, I wasn't as scared anymore. I knew that if I fell off the wall, I wouldn't die--or at least I shouldn't.

I hope next time we go, we can get a big group together. It is definitely a fun group activity. :)

Friday Night Happy Hour and more

This past week was extremely stressful. Friday was a necessary stress reducer. We went out to Andrew's for Happy Hour. Luis and I like to go there cause we can get 5 bottles of Stella for $13! :) But every time we go, the service is slow and its really loud in that place. They always turn up the music and its hard to have a conversation.

We wanted to check out this new place, The Winery at the Red Bar. It was a chill looking place. The jazz music wasn't as good as we thought it was going to be. The wine was regular. I got a white wine from Cheverny (I visited the château last summer). It was tasty. We weren't really feeling the music of the atmosphere so we headed out. But first we had to settle the check. Luis and I were both charged more for our wine. The waitress thought she could pull one over on us....no no no.

Luis left after that, so it was just Ben, Nancy (Farley), and me. We went to Tantra. That place was ok. I got hungry again, so we got some awesome sushi! I think it was called South Beach. It was salmon with a fried outside. It was yummy yummy in my tummy.

I was getting bored at that place. I pursued the Ben and Farls to go to Paradigm. We met up with Ben's friend Marlena (?sp). From there, we got our drink and our dance on. I ran into Paul Salvo there too! Haven't seen him since....the last time I saw him at Paradigm a coupla weeks ago. And I also saw one of my professors there. he was with a girl that Ben knew. It was kind of awkward. I'm not sure if my professor recognized me or not.

Such an exciting Friday night!

Things

I lost my voice Thursday night. :( It's finally coming back now, still a little hoarse though.

Yesterday Ben Jackson and I went to the FSU Rez. It was a beautiful day for hanging out there. The sun was out, there were a few clouds in the sky, and it wasn't too hot or too chilly out. We kayaked for I don't know how long and then did rock climbing. Firstly, the lake had lost a lot of water and we couldn't go to the connecting lake. So when we were shoving off, I was stuck in about 2 inches of water. Ben was off paddling, while I was shimmying my way into deeper waters. I think I got a slight slight tan from relaxing on the lake :)

After kayaking we did some rock climbing. I'm still afraid of heights though. I wanted to conquer one of my fears and I've never climbed all the way to the top of a rock wall. So I was doing well until I got to the middle, I was trying to find a place to put my foot and then I looked down and saw the ground.... I was freaked out then and really wanted to come down. But what would that leave me with?? Another failed wall climb. I sucked it up and kept going. When I reached the top, I freaked out again. I didn't know how to drop down. I started climbing down but that was even more scary. Finally I let go of the wall and sure enough I didn't plummet to my death. I bounced down off the wall...just like in the movies. :) And everyone cheered for me when I got down. I forgot to mention that I was screaming with my hoarse voice. So I sounded extra funny and scared.

Jack

A few days ago, Carlos had to get rid of his dog Jack. I've played with Jack a few times, fell in love with him. I didn't want him to go back to the pound so I said I'd take care of him for a while.

I knew it took a lot of work to take care of a dog. I didn't realize it how much work. I just feel bad cause I'm not home a lot and can't play with him all the time. I hate picking up poo!

Cool Idea

So I was walking to class today, and had this cool idea pop into my head. And then Joey walked by and said "Hi." And just like that [snap my fingers], I totally forgot the cool idea. And then I thought about an even cooler idea. Something that would automatically write down my thoughts. I always think I'm going to remember, but I usually end up forgetting about it. And then I thought about something along the lines of me having my own reality show. I started narrating in my head my walk to class. It would've been a totally awesome episode of "The Real World...According to Sheila". Ok...so I need to work on the title.

Beautiful Saturday

Another beautiful weekend. Another beautiful day spent studying :( But the good part about this is studying with Luis, coffee, and sitting outside studying.

Next week I have three exams and an interview with Deloitte. I have to prepare for that interview Sunday. I'll be wicked stressed preparing for that interview so I figured I'll start studying early. Aren't I the conscientious student :) I'm splitting my time studying and uploading/tagging my photos on Flickr. Probably not the most effective studying method, but it's working so far.

Today would've been a great day to go to the Rez and go kayaking. Oh it sucks to be tied up with school work.