Week 6: Hally Visits Laramie, We Roadtrip to Casper and FoCo and the Highlights of the Week

A little about my week:

This last week was pretty uneventful for me. Unfortunately, I think my blogs won't be too exciting until the summer or on weeks like you'll see in an upcoming blog (because it is spring break). So I'll try to make something out of nothing for you guys.

Much of the beginning of the week consisted of school, school, and school. I'm not sure if you have caught on yet, but engineering is one of the busiest degrees. I often find myself working on homeworks and other assignments for upwards of 25-35 hours per week (I go to class for 15 hours each week). Nonetheless, when I graduate with my degree and get a well paying job that I can take care of Hally and my future family with, it will be well worth the hardship. 

On Wednesday, Hally was able to make the trip from Chadron to Laramie thanks to her awkward schedule and the fact that the following week is her spring break. Yes, our spring breaks are only a week away from each other... I know, it is the worst. When I say that she has an awkward schedule, I only say so because she has class 4 days a week (M-Th) and her class was cancelled on Thursday, so it all worked out! We spent Wednesday night at the Arena Auditorium watching the Wyoming Cowboys defeat the Air Force Falcons on senior night with my Dad and my good buddy Tyler. Even though Air Force is not good, they kept the game close and Wyoming honestly struggled. It will be interesting to see how Wyoming fares at the Mountain West Tournament this week.

The AA looks pretty nice on Senior Night

Thursday brought class and a day of work. I say work because both Hally and I did our fair share of homework that evening. 

Friday brought with it a much needed break from the daily grind that is college. After class, Hally and I were finally able to relax and have a little bit of fun with Oliver. Unfortunately, our day of relaxation was cut short as an emergency trip to Casper was required to retrieve a forgotten wallet out of my Dad's vehicle. After the game Wednesday, the wallet wasn't retrieved upon return to my Laramie house. We were only made aware of this Friday afternoon, hence the trip to Casper. It was a good two and half hour drive there because we got Olive Garden courtesy of my father. It was certainly a different kind of dinner date you could say (;.

Saturday was what could be called a day of rest, we slept in until about 10. That was the latest Oliver would let us sleep until he couldn't stand not being touched anymore. For the most part, nothing was completed on Saturday except a trip to the movies Saturday night to watch the film Annihilation. It is a sci-fi thriller that I would definitely recommend going to watch if you want a film that will make you think. Also, we had chicken and noodles with homemade noodles courtesy of my Mom, my Aunt, and my Gran. It was delicious.

Oliver taking a snooze on our lazy Saturday

And finally, Sunday we decided to take a drive into sheep country and visit Fort Collins, Colorado. We started out in Longmont, eating breakfast at a Cracker Barrel. I have never been to one but it is kind of an big "southern" act with really good breakfast food, my favorite! Then, Hally took me on the old shopping gauntlet as we hit up her favorite stores and some of mine, including a brand-new Scheels. Overall, we both made out like fat cats as Hally spoiled me as usual! To finish the evening off, we ate dinner in FoCo at Beaujo's Pizza, a "Colorado style" pizza joint. To be honest, I'm not sure what was different about the pizza but it was pretty darn good!

Overall, it was a pretty good weekend, one that was very much needed mentally!!

Spotlight of the week:

Today I figured I could continue with the love list. I want to cover my thoughts on the whole Trump affair thing, but I will save that for next week! Enjoy!

The love list

• The first item I want to cover is another rendition of Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live. This time Jimmy Kimmel features musical artists. It is pretty funny, here is the link:https://youtu.be/ahSKGi_21xg
• You can live like a pharaoh, in a pyramid! Now I know that the pharaoh's were laid to rest in the pyramid but you can actually live in a pyramid house! It is located in west Sussex and you could own it for only 725,000 pounds... or a little over one million USD.
  
  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy/chance-spend-eternity-like-pharaoh-pyramid-shaped-house/
• Last week FailArmy, a YouTube page dedicated to honoring your undoings, posted a video about teenage fails. Who doesn't love teenage fails?? Just a disclaimer: I'm not sure if these videos are censored (with cussing and such, no nudity for sure) so just be advised. Here is the link:https://youtu.be/UMOnvV5Su-s

That will wrap up this week's blog! I hope you all have had a good week and I'll talk to you next week!

Week 5: I Head to Chadron, A Comment on Parkland, and the Love List Returns

First off, I wanted to start by saying that I apologize for this being posted a day late. It has been another busy week and yesterday I never really had time to finish writing up this blog. I hope you all understand. I might try to post my blog's earlier in the week, on Tuesday, so I'm not posting about the week a week after it happens. Once again, I apologize, I hope you all had a good week and we are almost to another wonderful weekend!

A little bit about my life:

These last 7 days have been one of the busiest weeks I've had this semester because I had exams in three of my five classes. Typically this wouldn't be too bad, but the exams were in my hardest classes, so shoutout to my professors for making that happen. So far, if you would like to know, I have gotten 2 of 3 exams back and have passed both. Let's just say that after the three exam torture run, I was ready for a break.

This past weekend I headed to Chadron, Nebraska to see the ol' fiancé. It was her final dance performance of the year so both her family and I attended. The only downside to my visit to Chadron is that their basketball teams aren't the best, so we had to sit through some tough games on Friday. Hally's dancing made up for it of course. 

Hally's Dance Team

On Saturday, we took to the highway to visit Hot Springs, South Dakota and eat lunch at a brewery named Highway 79 (yes it is located on highway 79). This brewery is unlike any other I've ever been to as they have a large selection (32 to be exact) of beers on tap. Many of the beers are American made, with some being from Canada and Mexico. I had a burger with bacon, egg, and cheese on it. Hally had some steak tacos that were incredible, the only reason I know this is because I helped her eat them of course. It is definitely a place that you should visit if you have the chance while in Hot Springs and need a good bite to eat.

Also on Saturday, we attended the Chadron basketball games against South Dakota School of Mines. Fortunately for us, these games were much more competitive with the girl's team winning and the boy's team playing a 3 OT thriller. 

Sunday brought me back to Laramie through the wind. It was one of the windier trips I had ever undertaken but it was sure worth heading to Chadron and seeing my girl for a little bit. 

Spotlight of the week:

Because of the depressing nature of the story I covered last week, I think this week will one of my love weeks where I feature things that I love. 

However, I did not want to touch on some of the recent news surrounding the Parkland shooting and the response. I think it is admirable that these students continue their fight despite being attacked by their opposition, who mainly consist of adults. Now that is something that is hard to do. I also wanted to point out how disturbing some people have reacted to the students' protests. We had various individuals, who have since apologized, tweeting and mocking the students saying that "this is the worst thing they've gone through since their parents told them to get a job". Also, conspiracy theories have been popping up about some of the people involved. Like, how inconsiderate and stupid can people be? These are real victims who went through maybe the most traumatizing event of their life and you mock them? That's just heartless; don't do that.

Now that I've kind of ranted a bit, lets move on the love list.

The love list:

• A video popped up on my subscriber feed on YouTube of Wyoming's very own Brandon Nimmo fishing on the YouTube channel BlacktipH. Targeting sailfish, Brandon  manages to get a good one. Check it out here: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCR5De3CdIE
• One of my favorite YouTube channels, Good Mythical Morning, created a Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme. However, they used only the nicest ingredients they could find, totaling a whopping $255!! Check it out here:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvWmTlT96Y
• Thanks to my fiancé, she insisted on me posting something about dogs. Here are cute pictures and videos to bless your day. 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGP6zk7jcrQ 

• I just thought that this was pretty damn cool:

Have a good end to your week and I'll talk to you guys next week.