College and Life!

Oh my... Whiteout fans, you are reading the words of one tired student. My first week of college, while it hasn't been all that complicated, has just been... Long. I'm at school from 7:45 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon. Then, I come home and either go right to Karate after a short break, or right into school. ;) That's only on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday I am off campus doing work for the next day. ;) I like pretty much all my classes, and am doing fairly well in them, I suppose. My least favorite is math, but it's not actually that bad. My favorite class is English, because my teacher is an absolute hoot. :) Ms. Perry is awesome. Really, truly, she is. ;)

Besides school, a few other things have been happening. This week was homecoming for Rigby, I get to teach Demo Team for the next two weeks and then more after that, and... A few other random things. Each of which I will explain below.

Karate: So Sensei Kai is getting married, and he is also going somewhere else to do work. Which
leaves Demo Team to his second in command, aka, me. Since we have a tournament coming up, I get to work them extra hard, and we are focusing exclusively on katas and sparring alone. Which I don't mind one bit. I just hope that I can do it good enough to Kai's standards. So I worry a bit, but not much. I enjoy Karate more and more each time I go to it. It is so nice to be able to let go of all my school stuff and just focus on the more physical aspect of life. :) Leaving the world outside is so much simpler...

Homecoming: So, as usual, a large amount of attention is lavished upon homecoming. And for good
reason. It's huge! :) I had the immense pleasure of helping out a good friend of mine with her art club booth. It did pretty good. They mostly had me hawking cotton candy, which due to my father's good
training, I was pretty good at. :) I always enjoy the company of this certain family I was working with. They're so nice to me. But, anywho. I had the chance to go and gather a whiteboard from the Art Room with this girl who I was helping out. But I also got the chance to see what was going on in her life. And she, as usual had much to say. Her life is... Not so fun right now. She's stressed on multiple fronts, and she puts on a really brave face. And it works for the most part. But, listening to her, well, it made me realize I wanted to help her more than I had. But I kept that particular desire close to myself. By the time I left, they thanked me profusely. And they told me I was... Well, they
heaped praise on me, which only made me blush. I appreciate it as always. :) Which somewhat leads me to the more... Philosophical thing that has been weighing down on my mind recently.

I am... Going to write something that may sound a bit at first like I am tooting my own horn. I take no pride where it isn't meant to be taken. I am an extremely altruistic person by default. For certain people, I would drop everything I am doing just so I could help them. For other people, even if I may dislike them, I would still help them if they asked. I just like helping people. Truly. Even when they heap what I find could be far too much praise on me. (And then I blush beautifully.) But, what has gone over and over in my mind recently, is... Is there a point where I have done too much? Or, is there a point where I have put other people so far ahead of myself that I don't end up taking care of myself like I should? I ponder this often. I enjoy helping people so much, that I forget all about my own woes, which is a good effect of my altruism. But... I have several people tell me tht at I go so far that I forget about myself. Or, when I need assistance, I don't ask for it. And when it is offered, I brush it off, because I don't want to be bothersome to another person. If I can still hobble about on my own two legs, or somehow survive a situation I will. Just so no one else has to suffer or be bothered by my inability. So the real question I am asking myself constantly is... Am I wrong in what I do and how I am going about this? Do I worry too much about things that are simple? Maybe. But... I am in need of some advice... Some, ah, friendly words if wisdom. (Cause even with my lucky bonus wisdom tooth, making a total of 5, I still feel... Lost. Like I don't know what to do.

My apologies, Whiteout fans, for this... Whatever it is. I ask for your help, only because I don't know where else to go to. Steer clear of avalanches. :)

College, Work and So Much More!

Long time no post, I know, Whiteout fans. And for that I apologize. Things have been quite hectic around here recently. I have done sooooo much, since I've last posted. I got an IPod which Inuse daily for many tasks. Really, I can't imagine life without it right now, like, how did I ever actually do without this tiny wonderful piece of technology to keep me on track? Anywho, so Inbow have this fancy thingamajig. ;) I also have a FB too, but under my actual name. (You didn't think that I use my names for this, did you?) And I have a job. I work at a dorm on BYU-I campus, doing.... Pretty much whatever needs to be done. I am... The handyman's handyman, you could say. It's a chore sometimes, but overall, it is fulfilling, and it pays the bills. Can't complain there. My boss is awesome, and he even puts up with my... Physical limitations, so to speak. He is a friend of the family now, and both my sister and I work for him, so it's never boring. ;)

As to my physical limitations.... While I have destroyed my body over the course of 6 years in Karate and recovered about 97% of the way, it seems that I have a few knee problems. Characteristically I am weak kneed, but recently they have been starting to hurt... A nice throbbing ache. I went to the doctor and he said I'd irritated them somehow. (Three guesses how, and the first two don't count.) So I have to ether get myself a brace or, like I am currently, take some Aleve every morning before work. So, we shall see. I have to go back if it doesn't go away. They took an x-ray, but it showed nothing. So while my knees are swollen, if anythingore is wrong, they'd have to take an MRI to see. I'm not quite sure about it. If something is wrong, I can't tell. I'm conditioned to deal with lots of pain. We shall see....

And, in other news, I start College the 16th of September. I don't know how I feel about it really. I know it's gonna be work. Lots of work. And it scares me a bit. I'm quite nervous. But at the same time, I know somehow, that I'm going to be okay. Everything will work out. Pretty much all of my friends have already started. My friend in Texas is attending college over there, and she seems to be quite busy. ;) (You remember that email we were talking about? Look at our messages on FB. You'll find it quick. ;) I've been waiting in anticipation. :) I wanna hear all about it. ;) ) Another of my friends is in WY at Laramie college. She's not doing too bad either, but she's having a good time. :) (Tired is normal. Especially as a college student. Hang in there. :) )

So yeah. Life is good. Busy, busy, busy. But good. :) Steer clear of avalanches. :)