Dunk Tank / BYU / Tetanus Shot

Dunk Tank

It's been weeks now since I last blogged. I guess I've felt uninspired lately. Any ways........I thought I'd update everyone on my life in the past few weeks. I got home Friday night, and Sam was bouncing off the walls about going in the dunk tank, at his school carnival. One sign I'm getting old is, I thought in my mind, "I guess I can see why that would be fun for him........." How old am I, where I have to take a step back, analyze, and determine through critical thinking, that, yeah, that could be a fun activity?!!! Oh well, such is life. So, Sam heard at school that day that it would cost each student $5 to be dunked. I think he would have paid $500 if given the chance. Well, the kid just had to dig around the house, and in his room for a few minutes, and voila!!! He had $5. So we went to the carnival, and Sam's hopes were temporarily shattered, because we asked one of the adults if kids were to be dunked, and the adult shot it down. I guess she was mis-informed. So, sure enough, after about an hour of waiting around, and watching Sam literally battle all of the kids in line, to keep his spot, he got to be dunked. (For just $1). He loved it, and I could tell he felt really cool, because after the dunk tank, he instantly took off from us, soaked and dripping from head to toe, to walk around and show off that he had been in the tank. He's a cool kid.

BYU

So, if you follow college football closely, you will know that there are a handful of HUGE bowl games, called the BCS bowls. Schools that make it to these elite bowls are paid handsomely for earning the right. BYU is seeking one of these bowls this year. Last Saturday was one of BYU's biggest tests. We played UCLA at home. It was amazing. We scored on our first drive to go up 7-0. Then we got the ball back, and had to punt it away. I was like, "Why the heck can't BYU ever just pull away from opponent?" I was frustrated. But, to my pleasant surprise, BYU scored again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again. (That's not an exaggeration!) We whooped up on them, and won the game 59 to ZERO! It was truly a beautiful thing to watch. So, now of course, my hopes are way up......I'm hoping BYU can get into a coveted BCS bowl game.

Tetanus Shot

My Mom has been bugging me to go to the doctor for some time now. (You have to appreciate motherly love....) :) I hadn't been in to the doctor for at least 7 years to do a regular check up, so it was probably time. I've also been having these weird pains in my shins for several weeks now, and, being the hypochondriac that I am, it totally worries me. So, I went in, with a long list of things to discuss. It seemed like the doctor had better things to do, as he proceeded to shoot down concern after concern. Any ways, when the visit was over, he said totally randomly, "Hey, when's the last time you had a tetanus shot?" I couldn't remember, so I thought, what the heck. So, I don't know if there are side effects to a tetanus shot, or if I just have a random flu or something, but I have felt like complete garbage since yesterday afternoon, and my arm feels like it was hit by a Mac truck. I like to think I have a high threshold for pain, so I don't think I'm being a baby. Julie would probably disagree. As you can see from the time of my blog entry, I'm at home sick.

Any ways.......that's life for the past few weeks.