It’s been a while since I last posted, probably because my life has been a whirlwind of activity for the past couple of weeks. For those of you who don’t know, I survived finals. Thank you, thank you. So here’s the log of events.

Immediately after finishing my finals (5 PM), I jump in a car to drive down to Vegas for the Pioneer PureVision Bowl to watch BYU crush Oregon with my friend Jenn. After a leisurely drive, we get to Vegas in record time and go straight to bed like the hip twentysomethings we are. We get up the next morning and catch the fantastic breakfast buffet at the Paris, do some shopping (always bad for me), and then drive out to UNLV’s Sam Boyd stadium to watch us administer a pretty sound beating to a decent Pac-10 team. Very satisfying, especially when the opposing coach tells us that we’re overrated.

10:30 PM - After battling our way through ridiculous traffic to get out of the Sam Boyd Stadium parking lot, We drive straight back to Utah after the game (After eating at In-n-Out, of course.) We roll into provo about 6:30 AM.

10:30 AM, later that same morning, Kristen and I leave Provo to catch our flight to Maryland. We have no problems catching a flight we probably should have missed because the airport is so busy with holiday travelers. Upon arriving in Maryland, I decide that I hate hoiday travel as I wait on the tarmac for half an hour for a gate to become available. Frustration mounts as we spend another hour waiting for the luggage to show up at the baggage claim.

All day December 23-24. Family shops. I sleep.

December 25 - Merry Christmas!

December 26-28 - I’m sick. And there’s really not much else to say about it.

December 29 - (That’s today) We drop my sister Alicia off at some kind of all-day church function. We then drive out to Antietam battlefield. I learn all kinds of crazy stuff about the battle, gain a newfound respect for the cost of war, and tour the battlefield. We then head into Washington DC to check out some of the monuments at night. We see the Korean, Lincoln, FDR, WWII, and Washington monuments at night. Very spiff. I find myself perpetully reminded of hilarious jokes from the Colbert Report. Curse this addiction! We then go see the lights at the Washington DC temple. It’s no Temple Square, but I’m still impressed. I also run into a friend from an apartment complex I lived in last year who is now serving a mission. Sometimes this big planet gets real small. It’s 11:45 when I get home, I write a quick blog post to let my reader know where I’ve been the past week and go to bed.

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