We had a fun weekend!

 

Sean and I had a great, not very school related, weekend. He spent Saturday hanging out with his brother, relaxing and playing video games. I went to a volleyball tournament in San Diego. We came in 4th out of 14 teams, so I think we did very well overall (especially since some of the teams were scholarship teams from Arizona).

Here's a shot of me, taken last week, in my new jersey. I'm now officially #11. :)

Needless to say, I was wiped out after ten hours of volleyball and six hours on a bus, so today I wasn't too much fun to be around. I was able to stay somewhat likeable for a few hours, during Sean's chili cookoff at the Morongo Valley park for Fiesta Days (a fall fair thing Morongo puts on annually). Sean had been practicing all week with different "winging it" versions of chili. They got better and better every time, until we finished with a recipe that included unmeasured amounts of hamburger, bacon, tomato sauce, fresh tomatoes, chili sauce, tapatio, and various other fun ingredients (including some apple juice in a new Heaven's Best cleaning solution bottle, lol).

Sean's chili took second place! We're still convinced he should have won, but our chili was kind of odd (sweet and spicy and AWESOME!), and the one that won was super traditional, so we figure that's more of what they were looking for today. *shrug* Oh well, he won in my book, plus everyone who tasted it loved our chili! Sadly, it's all gone now. But the $50 prize money will be added to our savings, still trying to make our $5,000 goal by this coming summer (we've almost hit the $1,000 by December goal already!).

As far as school and jobs go, we're both doing okay so far. I'm disappointed with B's on my first chem and bio exams, but it's typical of me to not do well on the first exams and pick up steam later on, after I figure out the professors and how they test. Sean seems to be enjoying his fire science class much more than the criminal justice classes he took last semester. Wow, it's crazy how the time flies! I can't believe it was just January that Sean had talked himself into going to game warden school, just like I had convinced myself I could never be a vet and was settling for vet tech. I'm so glad we both realized what we are truly being called to do; him, through hating his criminal justice courses, and me, through being inspired at Holly's graduation (thanks, sis!).

Really need to sleep now, tomorrow is math, chem, and psych with vball practice in there somewhere. Not looking forward to it right now, hopefully I'll have some energy in the morning. :)