Um... Study.

Well, i spent my first weekend here at the Colorado School of Mines. It consisted of getting into a freezing creek at 10 at night, watching some movies, just hanging out, and field day with the sororities. There was also a Mines football game thrown in there and unfortunately they lost. But what can you expect? We are an engineering school filled with nerds and not to many (if any) "dumb jocks" that you would expect to find on a football team. These boys are here for school so who cares if they can't play football. Also the stadium is about the same size as the Skyline stadium if not smaller. Although a new one is built but no seating is yet available, so maybe that one will be bigger but it is highly unlikely. You see, not many nerds play football, they play video games. So I bet a video game competition would be more popular than a stupid football game on this campus.
My Sunday consisted of me sleeping in and doing pretty much nothing but homework. I had a bit of a rough morning (my parents can verify that) and to make myself feel better i went to the rec center where i rode the bike and worked out on the elliptical for over an hour. Now i havent worked out in quite a while so that was pretty amazing if i dont say so myself. Next I came back to do some homework and that basically was the rest of my day. So as you can see life in Colorado is pretty exciting. It basically can be summed up to this... First you go to class. Second you do homework. Third you sleep. REPEAT steps until the weekend. Friday you hang out. Saturday you hang out maybe some studying depending on how much you procrastinated during the week. Sunday- study, study, food, study, and study. Mind you- occasional showers are thrown in there as well as meals. And if you are me, you try to skype people Sunday night just to find out that Skype is causing your computer to break down and fail. So, overall, it was a great first weekend. :)

A Helluva Engineer.

Every year at the School of Mines there is a tradition that all the Freshmen climb Look-Out Mountain to the M on the side of the mountain. Not only do they climb the mountain but they get a hardhat (mine is Yellow) and they must bring a 10 lb rock to carry up the mountain and contribute to the M. Once at the top you get paint thrown all over you... Another tradition to go along with this is the singing of the school song the ENTIRE way up the mountain. I probably sang it at least 30 times. I dont think i will be forgetting it. I also had water thrown at me by upperclassmen on the walk up. This is my hardhat... Me and Bailey.

Me and some of my floormates after the climb...

Just in case you were wondering, this is the song we sang the entire way up to the M.

THE MINING ENGINEER

I wish i had a barrel of rum and sugar three-hundred pounds.

The college bell to mix it in and clapper to stir it 'round.

Like every honest fellow, I take my whiskey clear,

I'm a rambling wreck from Golden Tech, a helluva engineer.

A helluva, helluva, helluva,helluva, helluva engineer,

A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva engineer,

Like every honest fellow, I take my whiskey clear,

I'm a rambling wreck from Golden Tech, a helluva engineer.

Hail, Hail the gang's all here.

What the Hell do we care,

As long as we get our share?

Hail, hail the gang's all here,

M-I-N-E-S!

What the Hell do we care now?

As you can probably tell this song makes pretty much no sense.We are definitely not song writers here at Mines.

Moving out, then moving in.

The drive to Colorado School of Mines took approx 8 hours... Not really sure on the exact time because we took a couple of detours. But we finally got there. I had sooooo much stuff and am surprised i could fit in as much as i did. This is a pic of my bed and desk... This is me and my new roommate, Bailey.

Memories and pictures from my time in Utah. Notice the first REAL Christmas card from the S7. We all know the other boys one is just a wannabe of ours.Oh and Angies.

My closet that is stuffed full. No room to spare.

My empty room that i am sure is now filled with all of my sisters stuff.

The truck we had to get to be able to take all of my stuff. There was also some stuff next to me on the seat... :)

Last week still in Utah.

My last week in Utah consisted of rollerblading (well mostly watching Ben and Ally rollerblade), packing up my entire room so my sister could move in the second I was officially gone, and going on one last visit to Gepettos to listen to J. Nelson. On this last trip we discovered a beautiful duck basket that just made us think of Mr. Derek Bunting... Oh Goodbye Utah.