Alright, it's been a week since I've posted anything on here... so I figure I best get on it. My post today will have a few different parts as they're my thoughts about a few things over this past week.
First, is Kid History. For those who have never heard about it, it's a youtube series where the kids tell a family story while the parents act it out. So, I bring this up because recently (this past Friday the 25th) I went on a date to the premiere of the newest episode of the series. Honestly, I've never been a huge fan of the series, largely because it's one of those things where it's only funny if there's other people you're watching it with that are laughing. There are a few parts that are genuinely funny, but they are fairly rare - so I wouldn't advise going through and watching all 10 episodes in one night alone in your room. But, the reason this is relevant is that the premiere was the releasing of episode so I got to see it before it was even published on YouTube (check the dates!). The premiere was quite exciting, but I have to say my date was definitely more enjoyable than most of what was happening at the premiere. She has a fabulous personality and is pretty easy to talk to, so I had a great time. The episode was quite hilarious in large part because of the giant crowd of people that were all in the Wilk Ballroom to watch it. Honestly, I think if the video wasn't even funny in the slightest the people there still would have laughed just because it's Kid History and they are expecting to laugh.
Moving on... Saturday was RHA (Residence Halls Association for those who don't know what it stands for) leadership retreat. It was at a place called Spring Haven Lodge, check out this link! SPRING HAVEN! It's a super awesome place, with an indoor treehouse (complete with a slide!), two pool tables (those were quite fun to use), an air hockey table, a foosball table, and an Indoor basketball court! It's a giant mansion basically. We couldn't get into the bedrooms, so I have no idea what those look like, but there is a giant lake outside. I think some people were taking pictures... but I personally was too busy having fun and learning things at the workshops to bother. I learned a ton about RHA, the people I'll be working with, and what awesome stuff I can help do! Honestly, it was just a wonderful day. The people were absolutely fantastic, and I think my favorite thing during that day was when the RHA president was teaching a workshop about programming and a giant block of snow fell off the roof right outside the window behind her. She screamed, jumped forward, looked behind her to see what the shadow and noise were, and then proceeded to freak out for about 30 seconds before realizing that we were all laughing at her reaction as we heard the noise and saw the snow (which she didn't see as her back was towards it). It was definitely a you-had-to-be-there moments of laughter, but now I can look back on it and laugh with those that were there. In other news, for lunch they served us Costa Vida (shameless advertisement coming up) which was totally awesome. I don't think there's any in Florida, but for those of you who see this in Utah you should definitely go get some in my honor. For those in Florida... go to Chipotle. It's tastier and more filling anyway.
Next on the list of things to reflect on is Monday (Today). It's definitely been an interesting day in quite a few ways. To start with though it begins yesterday on Sunday when I made the foolish choice to go Tunnel Singing at the time that it's always at of 10pm until 11pm. It was super fun - don't get me wrong, I really, Really enjoyed it - but it wasn't a great choice for a few reasons. Foremost, it was wet, and kinda cold outside. This, combined with the fact that I was walking there and back with some crazy friends of mine, resulted in quite a bit of snow being thrown around on the way there and back leading to being cold and wet for a while that night. Secondly, my roommate hadn't been feeling well that day, and there was a high chance I would be sick the next day already, so being out in the cold, wet weather late at night was not a good idea. Furthermore, I stayed the entire time - another bad choice, I should have left halfway through - compounding the problem as an hour of singing really wears on your throat (which wasn't good for me, because my roommate had a cold thing that made his throat hurt). So, as luck would have it I woke up this morning not feeling well and it took a really long shower, in addition to some meds after breakfast to make me feel well enough to go to class and brave the snow/ice that had fallen the night before. So, that led to me missing Chemistry, but I went to all my other classes today. Biology was enjoyable, largely because the TAs were teaching and they did a fantastic job explaining DNA to us, and I feel like there might be a post about Biology later this week. Later today I went to Mission Prep, and was recorded answering a few questions for some video that Deseret Book is making which was pretty sweet. In addition to that, RHA was awesome today as we planned for our program that's happening on the 8th. Then, since I was sadly unable to find anyone available to hit with me, I went and hit some serves for about an hour. Then went home and ate food and came to work.
'Til Next Time,
Jordan Nielson
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