All in a Weekend's Work

Sometimes I wonder if four-day weekends really are a good idea. It's all well and good to have a national holiday to celebrate civil rights and the American Dream, but it throws off my schedule and that makes my body confused. I rolled out of bed this morning at 6:40 and knelt to say my prayers. I think I was kneeling there for a total of 20 seconds when I realized that I wasn't going to say a very long prayer. I rolled over on to my side and debated whether to just breathe deeply or book it to the bathroom. I opted for the latter option and hopped out of my room while trying not to disturb Stephie, who was still sleeping, and reached the bathroom just in time to...never mind.

I took the day off school. Luckily, my presentation that was due today was re-schedulable (not a real word, but you have my permission to use it when you wish). I blame today's short illness on the weekend I just had.

On Friday: I went ice-skating with my roommates, stayed up cleaning the apartment until who knows when, and then watched countless episodes of "Say Yes to the Dress" with Stephie until who knows when.

On Saturday: Holly, Stephie, and I went to the ward party in the morning, where I catapulted a whole plate of barbecue sauce covered pork onto my sweater and lap. Cheers to being incurably clumsy! Holly and I spent an hour on the beds on the top floor of Bishop's barn talking about all the things we're worried about. We pushed Holly's car out of the snow, and then we attempted to fall asleep to a movie while piled together on the couch. I went with Ettie to my cousin's to do our laundry. I changed the worst (THE WORST) diaper of my life and came back home late smelling of essence of Indian food. That wasn't because of the diaper, that was due to the fact that my cousin's brother-in-law made Indian food...

On Sunday: I had one of the best days of my life. We had ward conference, and I cannot explain how much I love my ward. Hurray for BYU 56th! I think I want to make a cheer for the ward...I also love our stake presidency and our stake relief society presidency. I am "seriously so blessed!" Har-Har! Then we had a ward "munch n' mingle" hosted in our apartment and the apartment across from us. Hurrah for me being a social butterfly! (Now I'm annoying myself). I lost a game of Clue, and stayed up really late to watch Persuasion with the roomies.

On Monday: I attended an early-morning marathon of North and South and I have since vowed to never watch a movie like that with that many girls ever again. I have never heard so much swooning and screaming in all my days. It's a great movie, but do yourself a favor and either watch it by yourself or with a small group. A very small group.

And that brings us to today: I watched No Reservations and Singing in the Rain. I did a little bit of homework, and that's about it. And that is why I should never have four-day weekends.