Good Day

Whew, so today has been a pretty good day so far. There are still 6 hours left, but I'm pretty sure that all of the exciting stuff is over so I can go ahead a write about it now.

First of all, today is Memorial Day down here and that means (along with remembering those who have fought in the many wars over the years) no school. Then I woke up this morning at 7:30, without my alarm clock, and went running. I didn't run very far (maybe 1.5 miles or so), but it felt great to be getting out and getting some exercise in and to actually run after months of not running at all. Oh, and I learned something very important this morning...it is very difficult to burp while you are running. Somehow I haven't run into this problem until today, but it sure wasn't very fun.

After I got all cleaned up and dressed, I did the dishes and finished just in time to go out to a pancake breakfast that our bishopric put on for the ward this morning. It was great. Pancakes with whipped cream, strawberries, syrup and bacon along with orange juice and chocolate milk to wash it all down. That was all a great way to start the day.

At noon our FHE group got together to go rappelling. We hiked a little way into a canyon up in Orem to a cliff that has everything (except for ropes and harnesses) set up to climb and rappel. It was short hike, but it was very steep and did quite a number on me. I have to say, I very happy to be able to say that I have gone rappelling now, but I'm not sure if I'm going to search out opportunities to do it again. The scariest part was definitely going over the edge at the beginning, but I couldn't wait to get to the bottom either.

Me just after starting my descent

Finally, after all of that, I went out and had dinner at Tucanos when we got back. It was wonderful. I had a free birthday meal coupon to use there, but it had to be used sometime in May, so today was my last chance to use it. So, I asked one of my friends out to dinner and we had a good time stuffing ourselves with meat. I am proud of myself for stopping before I was miserably full. Also, I figure that the running and hiking and scaring myself helped justify the meal. All in all, I'd say it was a pretty good day.