Proper Introduction (the short version)...

It has occurred to me that I've mentioned and put his picture up, but I haven't really told y'all about Ian - Ian Alexander Ebersole.  I have a few minutes, so now seems like as good a time as any!  Ian is an incredible, wonderful, special person who is very dear to me.  We think we met last semester at swing dance lessons, but aren't really sure if that was the first time we saw each other.  We didn't begin talking until we sat together in a math class this semester.  Even then we didn't talk much, we actually started Skyping.  Yes, for a while it was a long distance friendship while living twenty minutes walking from each other.  Silly, I know.  The conversations on Skype were deep, wonderful and lasted far too late at night!  Totally worth it.  Ian asked me to go ice skating with some friends Valentine's Day, it was our first time hanging out together.  A week and a half after that, we started dating.  I have never been so happy!  Ian is filled with love for CHRIST, he searches after HIM actively, and it shows in his interactions with those around him.  He is fun, crazy, smart, patient, thoughtful, caring, humble, handsome and much taller than I am!  Ian has the most beautiful heart!  Anyone who has spoken to Ian can tell you what a wonderful person he is.  My family loves him.  I have had a great time getting to know Ian so far and look forward to getting to know him better every day...

E-Days...

E-Days (Engineering Days) is a huge weekend event here at CSM.  It starts Thursday night with a massive firework show and ends Sunday. During this time there is a concert, a cardboard boat race, trebuchet contest, mining competition, Mr. Big Digger competition, root beer kegger, free food, ore cart pull to Denver, dance, casino night and lots of drinking games.  For the RAs, E-Days means a lot of work and a lot of fun.  Most of us do our shifts and then get as far away from the dorms as we can.  I had both shifts Thursday night.  During the first shift, I was on duty with Yule and we decided to dress up gangster for rounds.  The costumes were fun and the round lasted 4 hours.  As soon as we would finish one round, we would start the next.  A round consists of looking around each suite, talking to residents, checking the bathrooms, checking around the building outside and looking for anything suspicious.  Often the residents don't even realize we are looking around. We keep chatting with them, but our eyes are always on the move.  After midnight, Yule switched off with Dana and we continued rounds until 4am.  The rest of E-Days I spent at Ian's house hanging out with him and the other guys living at his house.  The guys are really funny, I had an awesome, restful time.  When I wasn't laughing, I was sleeping.  I wasn't awake much of E-Days and it was GREAT!

Think Before You Speak...

One of the side effects of being constantly tired is that I am easily irritated.  I know I'm beyond tired when I start snapping at every little thing.  I am trying to be very careful and not snap at those around me.  They don't deserve my irritation.  The best method to not say something you regret is to not say anything at all.  No one here seems to like it when I don't talk though.  Next solution, take a nap!

Together...