Wakeboarding

Yes, I went wakeboarding a few weekends ago in the crazy Utah weather. It's trying to warm up here but has had a hard time of it recently until today. Finally! Well the water was a whopping 53 degrees. Freezing! BUT, the good thing was that we had a dry suit. I didn't even know these things existed. They are genious! So you can wear normal clothes under it like a hoodie, etc. and not even get wet. It's not too cold either cause you're all bundled up underneath, except your head, hands and feet get wet. Not too bad though.

So I made some awesome progress on the wakeboarde! I've been a few times, but could never get in and out of the wake without eating it. This time I totally did!! I went out of the wake and back in successfully. It was sweet. I practicing edging it too, where you go way out and then back in. The next time will be even better. I just might practice catching some air :

Notice the snow on the mountains in the background - that tells you it's still pretty cold.

This isn't me, but it lets you see what a dry suit looks like, even if it is super far away :)

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

"Do they throw mayo (may-yoo) into the ocean?" This was the question posed to me by one of my students today. He was referring to the Mexicans of course. Bahahaha! Sad thing is, I totally didn't even get it. We were learning about the history of Cinco de Mayo and then had a little party with pinatas and mexican food. I thought about the question for a few seconds and was clueless so I said, "Hmmm. I wouldn't think so, but I don't know for sure." And then I continued on. About 10 minutes later, a girl sitting next to him just busts up laughing and says, "I get it!" Right when she said that it finally clicked for me too. It was super hilarious especially because it came from this kid who never says anything. In fact, I don't remember him saying anything all year, except for a few questions here and there. The other kids really thought it was funny too.

Joke spoiler: In case you need some extra help, like me :) Things "sink" in the ocean (cinco) and especially mayo (mayonnaise). I LOVE IT!!

Bowling

Can I just say I LOVE my ward?! We are all really good friends and do things together all the time. A bunch of us went bowling the other night and it was super fun. There were maybe like 20 of us there. So I bowled the best game EVER!! 130! Ok, you're probably thinking that's totally lame, but I'm lucky if I ever break 100. The first game I bowled a 69, completely pathetic, but I rocked it the second time. Just needed to get warmed up :) I got lots of spares and I got a STRIKE at the end of the 10th frame after a spare. What a good way to finish it off!

And yes, my form stinks. I don't go bowling that much. I think we are going to go once a month now. My friend Abbey says I look like an old grandma trying to find my cane. Haha!

Check this out!

Haha, a couple of Sundays ago, some of us were hanging outside the apartments chilling on the hammock. I was actually grading my students' Spanish journals (you'll notice the stacks of notebooks on the ground...). So this dude, Clark, was sitting next to me and from another perspective, this is what it looked like. My head on someone else's body. Aaaaah! Bahahaha!

All Hail to Queen Kristina

This morning my school, Maeser Prep, put on a Renaissance Faire for the fun of it. They had all kinds of booths set up with games, food, and other vendors, not too mention everyone very heartily dressed up and played the part. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves despite the cold and wet drizzle. Fortunately is has warmed up a bit since then.

Well, lucky me, I got to be involved. The school decided to vote a male and female teacher to be the King and Queen of the Faire. Well, my students like me so much that I got voted in. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe they just wanted to see me dressed up like a fair maiden. Oh wait, rather fair Queen! Ha! No, it was super fun. I went to the Hale Center Theater and got to pick out my own dress. I did pretty good eh? So we got to start off the Faire by marching in a procession with bagpipes and annouce the beginning of the festivities. Afterwards I ran into this cool dude dressed as a knight. My knight in shining armor! Haha! It was fun! Sorry, my hair is a bit nasty....that's what the rain does to it!