Provo Housing

Provo housing is the most frustrating thing ever. Not only is it expensive...the complexes do not care to remodel their 30 year old buildings or make them more student friendly with desks, big closets, and appliances. I don't know how else to explain it. I've been looking for almost 2 months now. We had a few different things lined up but for whatever reason the landlord decided to go a different direction and rent to girls, which doesn't make sense to me necessarily because guys usually always eat out whereas girls cook. Anyways, I'm waiting to hear back from this one landlord of this perfect house. She is deliberating and apparently it takes more than a week to deliberate. I'm not sure why, but I guess I just have to be patient; however, my patience is running thin as my contract expires 3 weeks. I'm almost to the point where I think it may be smarter to pitch a tent in the mountains, not to mention cheaper.

Toys!!

I have always liked toys and games. Ever since I was little I played with Legos, Lincoln Logs, Matchbox Cars, and even my sister's barbies. I went to the jumps as a kid (a few times against my mother's will), played street hockey with the neighbor kids, rode BMX bikes (with pop cans on the rear tire to make them sound like motorbikes), owned a giga pet, played the piano, went grasshopper hunting, collected beanie babies, played basketball and ran cross country/track, played with pogs, played Candyland and Life, and collected & traded stickers from Godfather's Pizza. Those were the times.

In high school I played basketball all the time and managed to play some tennis here and there.

That was my life pretty much. I would bike every now and again, but not a lot. I also spend a lot of time at the gym working out. One of the only toys I got in high school was an iPod. The other was a cell phone.

Now I still do some of those things, but my array of toys/games have changed. I mountain bike and road bike, ski, play the piano, play tennis, play basketball, play football, golf, roller blade, long board, play with juggling balls, camp, shoot guns, try to play the guitar, play Settlers of Catan and Spades, and feed the ducks. I have a Mac, iPod touch, cell phone, and various other electronics.

Times have changed quite drastically. Some of my siblings didn't even grow up with the same toys/games that I did. I'm glad to have grown up when I did. I got the tail end of the "old toys" and the front end of the "new toys." One thing is for certain my children may be exposed to the "new toys" before they are even potty trained, but their dad will always love toys old and new.

Week in Review

So here's the top 10 of the week:

1. Ernst & Young Day at Aspen

2. Night with the bros at Boondocks for FREE w/ extra rainy day passes

3. Finishing my programming project for ISYS

4. Meeting Jim Turley

5. Watching Jimmer & Co. beat Gonzaga with the fam

6. NCAA March Madness

7. Getting my first after date txt/thank you since I've been home from the mish

8. Skiing

9. Basketball

10. Getting accepted into the Business school (I'm declining acceptance, Accounting all the way)

Philanthropy

Does it still exist?

I've been watching Secret Millionaire (on ABC) lately and Undercover Boss (on CBS) for quite some time and I always come so close to crying each episode. The shows are so touching and I've always dreamed of being in a position to be a Philanthropist. Nonetheless, I've come to realize that no matter how much money I'll have to give, I'm able to give my time and hope to be always healthy enough to do so.