Wow. Day 39.

Ok. so yeah, its been like two weeks. i'm sorry. Here's a little bit of what i did (the highlights/ things i remember) from since my last post:
Jan 28th, FHE we walked all the way up campus in the dark and then hiked through knee deep snow that surrounds the baseball stadium and got ourselves on a hill and slid down in the massive amounts of snow that was present. but no, we didnt have sleds. we went good old poor starving college student status and slid on cardboard boxes that were covered in black garbage bags. it actually worked pretty well. but it was really cold!
Jan 29th, No Comm class. woot. 
Jan 31st  no comm class again, but we had to attend this thing called "college summit" instead of class. and well.. it was still snowy, and i inadvertently parked in a "motor cycle" parking spot and got a ticket for it. which i contested on the grounds that there was no way for me to know for sure that was a motorcycle parking spot. in fact, after leaving the spot, i circled around for 20 min and caught 3 more people trying to park there! so of course i warned them. but i also got their phone numbers so i could have them testify in my defense. the verdict is still out. ticket was only $10, but its about principle! hopefully the school decides they dont need my money THAT bad. if they do, then i'll donate it. but to be sleazy like that... no bueno.
Feb 1st, i went to Idaho falls to deposit my check FINALLY! and Went and shopped at Winco. Since i was off campus i got to wear my concealed carry, which was comforting since there was some sketch stuff going on at the hair salon and at winco. oH, got my hair cut. Then went home and had some fabulous homemade pizza per Will :)
Feb2nd We went lazer tagging! Will and i were going to go with a huge group. but they bailed. so we went with Ben Steig. who apparently is a master at the game and helped us win each time. we played 3 games in an hour. and on our third game we ran into Jamie Meese, A sister who served her mission with me!  That was neat to get to see her and catch up with her. we all hit up a shake place called "Sammie's". i got to give her and her roommates a ride home afterwards and SHE gave me HER number. :) WIN!
Feb3rd was the superbowl. I rooted for the 49ers partially cuz of Mr Carroll. and partially cuz Will was rooting for the Ravens. It was pretty intense. I made some SWEET guacamole, which everyone inhaled, and then i made bean dip. which also was inhaled! made me feel good  :) Too bad 49ers lost. but oh WHAT A GOOD GAME!
Feb4th Brought the day that i made sure i was going to buy new G's and all new Whites. i washed a pair of shorts with my whites and they all turned blue. :( its ok though. it was about time to buy new stuff. which i did a few days later. 
it was also the day that the girls from apt 24 pranked our upstairs neighbor, Logan, for the second time. the first time a few days earlier, they put a dead frog in what looked like tin foil covered brownies, and wrote his name on it. i still remember that day there were ppl upstairs that squealed like girls. well he claimed this "wasnt good enough" and that he simply wasnt going to do anything back for that reason. so they took a picture of him, and posted it all over town with his number and saying he was looking for a date. he received many txt messages in the days that followed.
Feb 6th I went in and did my taxes. i'll be getting back more than $1500 WOOT WOOT!
Feb 8th i took my American foundations exam and got a 67% :( but luckily he graded on a curve and it bumped it to a 73% !!! i also decided it was time to go into the health center and see what they had to say about my cough that wasnt getting any better. I'd had this cough for a LONG time, but recently it became worse (well not really worse, but rather, more frequent) i'd end up coughing 2-8 times an hour! and especially when i went to the theater, or during tests, or when i'm trying to sleep. UGH! he said it could be because of my heart burn, or it could be because of allergies??  SO i'm taking meds for both, right now my heartburn isnt so bad, i think my cough is getting less frequent.. but i'm still not sure. anyways.. he said give it 2 weeks to a MONTH! geeeeezeeeeeee.! my nasal spray stuff smells like roses though. haha
This was also the friday that we went with the girls from 24 (Jana, Kailie, Julia) and Emily, and Will, and we went to the improv show called "Academy of Comedy" it was hilarious! and i was proud to have some of my ideas (from when they said "audience, name us ___" or "give us an idea for ___" ) in their skits. 
Saturday (since my hw was basically done and all my tests were out of the way) i REALLY wanted to go on a date or something. but last minute doesnt give you very many opportunities to ask people face to face. so i texted a bunch of ppl, asking how they were, getting a feel for if they could do anything. no one could, finally Rachel (from CG back at home) txted back and we planned out to go ice skating with her and her roommates. I drove over to her place, and parked in an open spot not planning on staying long. and 35min later when we were finally ready to leave , i got to my car and it was BOOTED! gah! so i called the number so the guys would come take it off. and i tried desperately to get him to let me off with a warning. but to no avail. had to pay the fine and got it taken off almost 20 min later. 
BUT! not to damper the outing, we went to Rigby and ice skated there for a while. it was fun. got to know her roommates better, and mostly Laura, who's birthday was the day previous. They are all pretty chill girls. Def need to hang out with them more. 
Sunday i was simply not having a good day. Started off getting out of bed late. luckily i got to church during the sacrament hymn. couldnt sleep afterwards during my nap. ended up watching a movie or something waiting for 7 to roll around when we were supposed to have a "sweetswap" with the girls from our ward. Will had previously said he was going to make cookies. so naturally when he wasnt home and hadnt started them i got nervous. txted him, and was about to make them myself, but i didnt know where all the ingredients were, who's i could use, and if we even had them all, so i told him i couldnt do that for him. he got upset, and consequently put me in a bad mood. so i made bean dip to try and cheer myself up, and cuz i was hungry and at this point now had a headache. well.. 7 something rolls around and 3 girls show up, and we didnt have any sweets. and so we all went to the other guy apt that was with us (next door) and hung out there a bit. they didnt really have sweets either, Jello i think. i went home and started watching documentaries about wild animals on netflix, and came down with a migraine. i tried to control it. Told Gio's Sis about my bad day, and she came over to try and cheer me up. helped a little, but still had this killer headache. 11 something rolls around and after spewing out of one end, i puked my guts out. and then i tried to hit the hay. could NOT get comfortable. my back kept hurting. but eventually the day was over.
Today i wanted to have a better day. So bacon and eggs for breakfast naturally. Will and i didnt talk much, but eventually we both pretended like nothing happened and we're good again. (isnt that how a great friendship is supposed to work? plus, didnt we get in a tissy fit over nothing??) Got my math done, my science, and got started on my American foundations class so i dont have to try and do it all on wednesday and fail the quiz. (see ? i'm learning!) went to walmart and bough buttons for my suit jacket, and the necessities ; Bread, milk, eggs. I'm so proud of myself (though i'm not going to the gym, which i should change) i still have yet to break down and buy oreos, or chips. i think thats a WIN! but boy oh boy do i miss it. in fact at the store 2 different people had mentioned it to me. weird .. and even tonight i turned down ice cream at fhe! FHE we had a mini male pageant we called "Mr. Elite" me and about 13 other guys dressed up in our suits and strutted our stuff, answered 2 questions and did a talent. My questions were "whats ur favorite Christ-like attribute, and why" all the ones i wanted to say were taken, so i just said ... "All of themmm" my second question was something like "what do you look for in a girl?" to which i answered something like .. good testimony and can cook. i then juggled hard boiled eggs, and they dropped and the audience was scared for a sec that the eggs werent hard boiled. it was pretty funny. All in all the night was good. we werent actually competing against each other, but each guy got awarded a prize, i'm still unclear which one was mine, since we have two Nathans. one was "Mr. Unexpected Elite" which the other Nathan claimed since he ended up singing in some weird high pitched gargley voice kinda way. which makes sense, but no one expected me to drop the eggs and then not have them splatter ? idk but it makes more sense than the one that i claimed which was "Mr fabulously fruity Elite" .. i wore my pink tie and a belt buckle? the other Nathan was meant to receive this cuz to his question of what kind of cereal he'd be he answered berry colossal crunch. cuz its fruity.. oh well. it was fun. I found out that my question about what i look for in a girl was submitted by one of the girls i hometeach, Liesl. She told me she submitted it, and it wasnt a satisfactory answer. so when i got home i wrote a solid 2.5 paragraphs about what i look for in my future wife and sent it to her on facebook. it sparked a short conversation. she said she was impressed with my answer. :)
Now i'm going to get to bed semi early / on time! 
Oh, and i'm awesome at parking. There is in my parking lot a war over the corner closest to the building. tonight i literally had inches to squeeze between these two cars that never like giving enough space, and had John check to make sure i was lined up good and wouldnt hit them. AND I WAS! he didnt even have to redirect me. No worries about car doors or anything. i'm diagonal and in farther than them, and they always leave before me in the morning. 
Time for bed. 
PHWEW!

Quicky

Today I didnt have comm class but did the online work for it later. Cleared a good foot or more of snow off my car.   In science we talked about the universe and how Great God is. In college reading we ate pbj's and listened to Cold Play. And my tutor and I just chit chatted about girls/relationships and tv shows. The only boringish parts of today were the speaker for devo read her talk off the teleprompt and was so dry, and only talked about nursery. And homework was boring too. A group of us went to the movies and watched "Here comes the boom" with kevin james in it. So good! He actually reminded me alot of Mr. Carroll my 5th grade teacher. Made me tear up a little. Also I watched a documentary on crocodiles, and it made me love them more. I wanna work at a zoo or with wild animals so bad! I guess I just have to be, patient and get through college first.
Anyways. tommorrow I gotta hit I.F. And deposit my check, get groceries, and do a bunch of homework.
Goodnight!

College Day 24

wow, i cant believe how long i've been in COLLEGE. this is like a really pretty scary thing for me. in my comm class i had to give a speech, it went well and the feedback i've gotten from my peers tells me that i did pretty well, so i'm happy about that. i'm not sure if i'm actually learning much in that class right now, but i do know that i'm learning and that it'll be good for me. In science, as i have already noted, its a super easy class. sure there's alot of work that we have to do and there are dumb things, and currently i dont see an application for when i grow up... but its a fun class. when i was talking with Jessica about her classes she's taking for animal science, she was so excited and she loves them all, and i think thats cuz she can actually see the application of her classes in relation to what her career is going to be. I cant wait till next semester when i can start doing that too! i'm constantly looking for ways to apply what i'm learning, since that was my biggest peeve about school growing up. my math class is even called "math for the real world" or something like that. so i hope that the teacher doesnt completely hate me (its an online class) when i get asked a question like: The room is 12 ft by 8 ft. and currently carpet is 23 dollars a sq yard. how much will it cost to carpet the room. because my answer was accurate. except i had a second answer which was the real world application. the measurements of ft to yards in the one that i had gotten made the sq yards something like 166.4, so in my real world application i rounded UP instead of to the nearest, because in real life you cant buy 166 sq yards of carpet and expect to cover 166.4 ! so i gave the answers also if we were able to buy EXACT amount, and also if we had to buy straight up per square yard, meaning i'd buy 167 and have a little extra. ANYWAYS... idk, but i've gotten a couple of questions similar to that where i give the answer they want and then i give my two cents of what it REALLY is. 

in my college reading class, we arent even reading college text books, we learn how to take tests, how to take notes for class, how to listen, how to study. its all really interesting, i think it'll help me out quite a bit. and the students in that class are really fun to be around, and its just a really great atmosphere. the only thing is that we have to go to a tutor and practice teaching him what we are learning, its kinda lame, but whatever.

and then there's my American foundations class. its part online and one day in class. the teacher has us do a class discussion in class while he is giving basically a lecture. so most of the actual learning we do is on our own time online. its good. i'm learning not to put off my class to just one day. cuz then i end up spending 5 hours non stop of just that class, between lengthy readings to movies and essay questions. yeah its an interesting class. we are learning about how the gospel applies to what we are learning. and right now we are talking about the revolutionary war, the declaration of independence, the constitution, and the natural rights we all possess of life, liberty, and property. we have to right a paper in a group about why the citizens should ratify the constitution (as if we were a federalist in the 1770's or something) and my group seems pretty legit, they are the kids i sit next to in class, and one of them is pretty cute. we got together the other day to plan out how we are going to divide the paper and then ultimately put it together. i think my group is pretty solid, i dont think any of them are slackers, and i think that all the ideas are being distributed evenly and fairly. (this was always a big concern of mine). like my math class we have a group too. and thats a little more difficult to work together with them, because it is all online. 

As far as dating goes... idk why i'm not more motivated. i wish i were. theoretically i  should be going every weekend (if not more) and not worry about it being anything serious or super planned out or complex. but yet i feel like the dating situation here is so complex. and it doesnt help that its snowy and cold outside so that takes out the fun of most outdoor activities that i'd do. i'm going to try and be better. there's a couple of girls i WANT to go on a date with, its just a matter of figuring out what to do, when, where, alone or in a group, and how to ask her, and when, and how to make sure she knows i'm interested but just want to start of my getting to know her, not that i have to DTR after the first date!  so... my goal is to have a date for this weekend. we'll see how it goes. *crosses fingers*

i've been trying to meet new people. i have a new tactic i realized i've been trying out and it seems to be working for the most part, and i hope that it continues to do so.. i'll go to the lounge of our complex, and i'll just play some pool for a bit, either jump in if others are playing or are there. or play by myself till someone walks in to do laundry. its been pretty effective thus far. i met these girls last week, and some more girls just the other day, in fact those girls invited me over Tuesday for lunch. and then i run into sister Livingston's (first seminary teacher) daughter's (McKenzie) roommate, which was interesting and i hope i run into her again. so far just making a bunch of friends and acquaintances, i dont really think that i'll meet my future wife this way, but i still think its helping me try and be more social with people i dont know and dont have to know.

Food is fine. i'm eating lots of milk, eggs, cheese, bread. haha. i made fajitas a week or so ago, and today i made tacos, and during the week i eat bacon and eggs or grilled cheese, or i'll do some soup, or nachos. in short, no i am NOT eating fruits and veggies and that stuff.. but at least i'm not eating fast food every day, or nothing but hot pockets and pop tarts. i've actually only had one small bag of Doritos since i've been here. and had been working out (except for last week idk why). but i want to get back on the track of doing that again. so tomorrow will likely start again at the gym. the current plan isnt to muscle build, its mostly just cardio; running, biking, stair stepping. something that gets my feet moving for longer that 5 minutes, and faster than a walk, and get my heart pumping. so alot like trying to put my body back into Honduras. 

I've missed several days of interesting events that i will not go into detail about because that is just the way life goes. but i will remember the talks/ chill sessions i've had, and the time when someone was a douchebag, and the different meetings and fun fhe's and hometeaching, game nights etc. the events transpiring back in eugene that i'm missing out on; trisha's patriarchal blessing, friends new loves, and other gossipy tragedy's. and the fun times going on there too. i'm trying not to think about home too much. it makes me sad. i'm trying to focus on here, and whats going on here and the people here. but i have to be honest. my heart is still in Eugene. i love the people there, and the life i had. but i'm trying to learn to love it and the people here in the below freezing "burg".

its late so i should probably get to bed. its been a long update and now i think that i can just update like normal. I blog and tweet to let my own feelings out, more like a semi public journal, so while i know my family reads my tweets and Facebook and blog, its NOT for you. and i will probably say stupid things. but i am who i am, and these are some of my means of expression. 

i'm know i want to say the above few sentences, so i'm going to leave them. but i'm too tired to even re read them to know if that's what i mean to say. ... probably another example of why this is MY blog. mostly meant for ME, but that i allow my friends and family access for. i'm tired now. 

goodnight!

day 21

Everything is going fine.

will try and actually update soon.

College Day 16

WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH A KILLER MIGRAINE

FORWENT GOING TO THE HOT SPRINGS WITH WILL AND THE GIRLS

ENDING UP GETTING OUT OF BED AND HEADING UPSTAIRS AROUND 1020

FOR A ELDERS QUORUM BREAKFAST

THE APT WAS FULL OF BURNING PANCAKES AND EGGS

I COULD HARDLY HANDLE IT

BUT HAD SOME PANCAKES AND EGGS

TALKED WITH THE GUYS A LIL BIT

ENDED UP COMING BACK HOME AND TRYING TO SLEEP

GOT UP A LIL BIT LATER, PUKED, WENT BACK TO BED

HEAD HURT TOO MUCH, SO I WENT TO THE CAR TO GET MY PILLS

TOOK A COUPLE, AND REMAINED MISERABLE TILL ABOUT 2ISH

WHEN I GOT UP (STILL KILLER MIGRAINE) AND HAD A POP TART

WENT BACK TO BED, WILL AND BRISTON CAME HOME AROUND 4ISH

HAD THEM GIVE ME A BLESSING

I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE TWO SUCH GOOD FRIENDS WORTHY OF THE PRIESTHOOD!

TRIED TO SLEEP SOME MORE, TO NO AVAIL

HEAD STARTING HURTING A LITTLE LESS, SO I CHILLED ON THE COUCH

WATCHED IRON MAN

GOT A TXT AROUND 6 FROM JESSICA ASKING IF I WAS GOING TO

"PARTY IN THE HART" AT 8

I  SAID YES, HAD A HOT DOG, ALMOST THREW IT UP,

BUT SEEING AS THE HEAD WAS ONLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND NOT KILLER,

I WENT TO HER PLACE AND WE WALKED TO THE PARTY TOGETHER

DANCED ALOT

I GOT LOTS OF EXCERSIZE, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT

SHE SAYS SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO DANCE,

AND WHILE I DONT KNOW ENOUGH EITHER TO SAY WHETHER SHE CAN OR NOT

I STILL THINK SHE'S AT LEAST MORE CONFIDENT WITH HER MOVES 

THAN I AM

WHICH IS AWESOME

WALKED HER BACK TO HER HOUSE

CAME HOME,

TALKED TO ALEXA ON THE PHONE, AND KYLA VIA TXT

I MISS THOSE GIRLIES

SOUNDS LIKE THEY WENT ICESKATING AND HAD A BLAST

NOW IT'S LIKE 1:20 AM AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND WATCH 

A MOVIE OR SOMETHING TO GET ME TIRED ENOUGH

TO ACTUALLY SLEEP TONIGHT

:)

                            

College, day 15!

So real quick on yesterday,

Day was typical. had classes. they were cool. we watched termites in sci class

had american foundations. the in class is so easy cuz all we do is listen to the lecture

and participate in discussions.

its the online portion that is killer.

comm class we are getting ready to give our first speech for tuesday or thursday.

i havent figured out what i'm going to talk on yet.

i'm a little nervous.

walked all the way to the amfoundations class.

went to applebees trivia. it was good, but not as much fun as back home.

Today was a homework day. i'm all caught up with nothing due till tuesday. 

except that speech.

worked out today. pretty intense hill climbs

did about 2.4 miles in 30 min (plus 5 min cool) burned about 475 calories.

so not the farthest i've gone, but was pretty rigorous.

then i got ready for my date tonight. 

threw up in the kitchen sink. but good thing cuz it caused me to fix the garbage disposal...

Vocal point was amazing. Fun and funny.

Jessica has the cutest laugh. 

we went to Kiwi Loco afterwards and got some FroYo

then headed back to drop her off and got invited in to chill

ended up staying there till curfew flippin through channels and chit chatting

watched some sweet animal planet thing about crocodiles

*sigh* i had fun.

*crosses fingers* hoping to get a second date.

if not. i really want to make sure that we hang out more than we did back at home

cuz she's just all around awesome. :]

Well, i'm off to dreamland. 

College day 13

No classes day. But my head hurt all day. Which made it rather difficult to focus on my 8 + hours of homework I needed to do. Eventually got it all done. And took my american foundations quiz, and managed to squeeze in time to ask Jessica to vocal point, she said yes!

College day 12

Today had my classes. Communications was great, its slowly moving along, I'm liking the level of work load, its not too much. First speech is going to be easy and is only 3 minutes :)
Then science. We had thumb wars.
College reading was fun again today, our professor brought us doughnuts :)
Then devotional Richard F Smith talked to us about the repentance of alma the younger. It was really good! Possibly one of the (sadly) first times I've really recognized the spirit here on campus.
Then I went to the "Comic Frenzy" auditions. We were put in 3 groups. (about 8 per group) and then did improv skits for about an hour and a half. I felt so nervous and uncomfortable at first, but eventually got used to it (though my brain didn't think on the fly as quick as some others). Callbacks will be posted tomorrow. I doubt I'll get one, but I'll let you know.
Then in the evening Will made a group of us Cake. And afterwards Will (using my idea) asked a girl to "Vocal Point" friday using sticky notes on her door saying "will you stick with me at vocal point friday?"
She said she'd love to but has to check.
I'm planning on asking someone too. Hopefully she is still available friday..
I'm so nervous :/ uff
Now its bedtime.