another homecoming week

josh and i have had yet another busy week.  last weekend we made a random trip down to murray to see the families.  it's always nice that we can hit both families in one trip.  very convenient.  we were able to hit up the mall and get some necessities (pumpkin cheesecake from the cheesecake factory and a new shirt for me) and of course i was able to have laura do my nails.  we were also able to go to dinner with jon and aubree which was fun because i think it has been almost a year since we've actually hung out with them without a huge group of people.  as usual, we didn't leave murray until after midnight which made for a very long drive home and a lack of planning as far as alarm setting goes for church the next morning.  that can't happen again.

this week was homecoming week at usu.  in past years i've been in charge of some of the festivities- street painting, t-shirt designing, float making, parade walking.  this year i had no responsibilities but felt the need to support my classmates.  so late monday night all of us audiology students (and spouses) met in front of our building to participate in a fav usu tradition- street painting.  basically every club gets a spot to paint on the street and it's a contest of some sort to see which club comes up with the best design.  we pretty much came up with the design when we got there, so it wasn't the most creative,  but it's always fun to hang out with your classmates when studying is not involved. our club's name is nafda (national association of future doctors of audiology) and basically we painted a huge version of the nafda logo (i'm still confused as to why the logo is what it is) and painted our names all around it.  it's always interesting to see throughout the following weeks what parts of the paint get worn away by traffic and which parts stay.  sometimes we have paint that has lasted a year and we just paint over it again.  anyway, our club is pretty sweet and we're planning some cool stuff.  we're going on a humanitarian mission in may to either the dominican republic or mexico to do hearing tests on children and fit them with hearing aids.  i'm excited because it's my first humanitarian mission.  josh is getting excited to go as well to help out.  we're trying to raise money for our trip by selling custom made ear plugs.  people who need shooters plugs, swimmers plugs, ipod plugs, musician plugs, sleeping plugs... you name it... if it plugs your ear, we can make it for you.  if anyone's interested, let me know.  we get to sell them at a discounted price and get to keep a chunk of the profits to put toward our trip so it's for a good cause and it's cheaper for you!.  it's a good idea for christmas presents too.  i hear the musician plugs are pretty sweet and usually cost around $200 but we can get them for $100.  just throwing it out there.

 tues night i hosted my jewelry/clothes party. it was definitely a success!  thanks to layla and sierra for all the fun stuff they brought and thanks also to all the girls that showed up.  we all had fun shopping for cute jewelry, hats, and sunglasses plus much more.  the party ended up being such a success that i've decided to do another one for those who weren't able to come, and those who came but asked for more!  we're going to do it during december so it'll be a great place to get some christmas presents.  just a reminder- there was juicy couture and tiffany's jewelry  (necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc), chanel sunglasses, ed hardy and christian audigier shirts and hats, juicy couture tracksuits, other cute fashion jewelry, hats, and more.  hopefully those of you interested in coming to my next party will be able to make it!

sat was the big usu homecoming parade and football game.  josh had to work that day but i was able to walk in the parade with my classmates as we handed out candy and fliers with info about our hearing clinic.  it's so funny how ghetto that parade can be, but how many people love it and show up for it.  we had a fun time and it's good to get the word out to everyone to get their hearing checked!!!  after the parade was the big game.  as most of you know, usu has a dreadful football team so i wasn't interested in going to the game (esp since josh was working).  however, i turned the game on in the last 5 mins and realized that usu wasn't playing as poorly as they usually do and actually took the lead by one with less than a min left in the game.  everyone was going nuts with the thought that we might actually win a game!  and our homecoming game at that!  but, alas, it was too good to be true and fresno state managed to run the ball down to the 58 yard line and had the chance to kick a field goal at that length with 2 seconds left... and made it.  talk about a heart breaker.  i thought the entire usu coaching staff was going to fall to their knees and sob.  it was pretty sad.  oh well, maybe next year (i'm sure...)

that pretty much sums up the week.  we've got a few halloween activities planned for this week so hopefully i'll remember to snap a few pictures. i have to work on halloween which is lame.  i don't even have costumes for me and josh because i figure what's the point?  especially since i told josh i really really really wanted to be a ghostbuster and have him be slimer and he said there was no way on earth he'd ever be caught dead as slimer.  it pretty much crushed my dreams and i haven't thought of anything else creative for the two of us to be.