How My Week Went

Last week was probably the best possible week for this blog to be assigned. The reason being my sister Bethany, her husband Tom, and her two daughters Martha and Alina; were in town visiting from Michigan. It was a stressful week to be sure. With a Math 1050 exam on monday. A revised paper due on tuesday along with a peer review scheduled for that same day. Another peer review for Thursday and the final draft being due on Friday. This doesn't even include the math homework that was due throughout the week. Not to mention I was sleeping on a very uncomfortable pull out bed from the living room couch; as my room was occupied by Bethany's family. All the while juggling the time I spent with my family, work, and school. I felt I did rather well. I found an abundance of time to spend with my family. Keep in mind I had two other sisters and a brother with their families come and spend a large sum of time at my parent's house as well. You can imagine being the favorite uncle that I am, I was in high demand. So, I would like to focus on the fun and exciting things that happened(outside of school that is). First off; I participated in many an air soft war. Which if you are unaware is the use of spring powered guns that launch plastic pellets at your opponents. The war game we conducted was in the form of capture the flag. The rules varying only slightly. The most obvious change is that instead of tagging someone with your hand you would shoot them. Other changes being no jail, if you got shot on the opposite teams side you would have to retreat to the very edge of your side before reengaging the opponent. Also if you got shot on your side you were required to count slowly to 15. Finally instead of using actual flags we used paper cups or tin pie pans. The goal was to locate, shoot and knock down the opposing teams "flag". Even though the air soft guns we used sounded gentle in name; nothing could have been farther from the truth. My brother in law Tom mentioned to his wife Bethany that he loved it when you would hear a loud ouch in response to a direct hit. Often wherever you were struck would swell into a tiny welt. On the other rare and painful occasion you would bleed. If not for the warning label to wear eye protection when in use; I imagine the emergency room would have been visited quite often. I remember distinctly a handful of times where a pellet would graze of my glasses. Not regular glasses, the glasses that you wear when working with wood or power tools; understand that this is not overkill. My family also spent some time over at Bear Lake. I myself was not able to be with them the entire day as I had classes. Hearing about when they capsized the canoe second hand. I did however get to go up after classes; originally planning to take my younger brother Jorgen with me; spend only a few hours there then go back home so I could go to classes the next day and Jorgen could go to work. Long story short (leaving out the details of a heated argument) I ended up staying over night and missing my classes the following day (sorry Jeff and Ram). The evening I arrived we played 20 questions. We eventually limited the game to things that were present inside the condo and changed it from 20 questions to an unlimited amount. Being the smart person I am I chose the hardest object; a crumb. It probably took them 20 to 30 minutes until they were able to figure it out. The next morning we spent our time in the pool. Where I taught my eldest niece (Kayla) and nephew (Wade) the fine art of water fighting. Showing them the precise way to move your hand and get optimal splash effect. We also competed to see who could swim the farthest without coming up for air. Needless to say I won and even managed to travel the entire length of the pool before rising for air; needless to say they were in aw my awesomeness. I was then promptly humbled when I head butted the floor of the pool while attempting to swim without my hands. Which Wade refers to dolphin or the more commonly known mermaid form. Yeah, pretty embarrassing! Well there you have it. The highlights of my illustrious week. Try not be to to jealous.