Not a priority.

I haven't blogged in a long time and couldn't resist any longer!  Ha.  Highlight of the day: Condoleezza Rice came and spoke at BYU today!  It was really great!!!  Alright, now to catch up on a long list of things to blog about.  Don't worry, I'll stop at ten like usual.

1.  Closing tabs.  This is the best part of finishing a research paper.  I love using tabs while surfing the internet which is probably why I especially like Google Chrome.  However, while writing a research paper using a variety of online sources, the tabs can sometimes be and often are very overwhelming.  Thus, I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I can close each tab after I finish writing a research paper.  Yes.  I'm weird.

2.  Six pages in Spanish.  Not extremely long.  But hey.  I consider it an accomplishment.  Despite my disdain for research papers or really any type of paper at all, I am proud to say that I can actually write formal long papers in a second language.  Now as far as speaking goes...that's another story.  Ha.

3.  Meat.  Before every ESPN highlight video there is a commercial you they force you to watch.  One of the popular ones awhile ago was for Applebee's.  In one part they were cutting some type of meat and at that moment all I wanted was some good meat.  I'm not a fan of cooking meat at college mostly because I'm lazy. This is probably why this meat looked so appealing.  Don't worry.  I have successfully purchased some protein this semester.  :)

4.  Large Christmas tree.  Outside our apartment in the quad is a very large Christmas tree.  It is probably 20 feet tall.  People from my ward advertised free tree removal service on Craigslist and found someone who had this tree in their yard.  So we cut it down and brought it here.  It's even decorated and has a star on top.  And it looks super pretty with the snow on it!  I am not sure how long it is going to stay there.  In fact, I thought it would be gone by now.  But I'm not complaining.  :)

5.  A friend from one of my classes offered me a ride to the airport since he and his sisters had a flight at the same time as I did.  I was to meet at his sister's apartment which is about fourish blocks away.  Not a big deal.  However, this meant I had to drag my humongous suitcase down a somewhat busy street in cold and snowy conditions.  I must have looked completely ridiculous.  I hope I made someone laugh. :)

6.  Provo Tabernacle.  The morning I left for home, I found out the Provo Tabernacle had caught fire and was pretty much completely destroyed.  So sad.  First of all, it was a super cool building!  Second of all, it could have very easily been the oldest building in Provo.  Third of all, my choir had a whole bunch of concerts scheduled there this semester.  We had to reschedule our concerts and cancel one of them completely.  And guess when our big concert is scheduled?  Yep.  On the same exact night that the Lakers will be playing in Salt Lake.  Not.  Good.

7.  I got to the airport just in time to wait in a big line.  Luckily it went fast.  Of course my suitcase was 53 pounds.  Luckily I brought an extra duffle bag since I thought this might be the case.  Then I got to wait in a nice long security line.  That went semi-fast too.  And one of the security guys said that the BYU basketball team had just been there.  Too bad I missed them.  I even got to go through one of those new body scanner things that everyone makes such a huge fuss about.  Not a big deal people.  I'd rather lose a little privacy than have someone sneak a weapon of some sort onto a plane.  Oh and it seems like every time I fly out of Salt Lake, my flight leaves from the farthest away possible gate.  They must hate me.

8.  Once I landed at the great LAX, we taxied around the airfield for probably a good half hour.  Weather conditions plus construction made for a very scenic route to our gate.  We were supposed to be early.  I think we ended up being late.  Ha.  I even contemplated taking a nap while we were taxiing.

9.  Upon arrival to my dad's office at LAX, I was invited to eat part of the biggest burrito you have ever seen.  It was probably eight feet long.  You cut a small slice of it and it was as big as a normal burrito.  It was so good!  I guess they got it from some place called the Burrito Factory.  It was an excellent welcome back to California.  :)

10.  Rain.  From the moment I landed, I don't think it stopped raining for about five days.  Pretty much every time I looked or went outside, it was raining.  I know for a fact I did not see the sun for those five days.  As much as I love the rain, I was hoping for a little more sunshine in the Sunshine State.  But at least it wasn't snowing.

Alright.  There's ten.  I won't bore you with any more.  Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day if I don't blog before that point!  :)