Life is full of Drama!

I know I've been absent for a while. I have little excuse other than the dreaded H word. No, not hell. Homework. It's a kicker. I'm hoping to get myself together, and start posting again though, so be prepared. It'll either be another long break between posts, or a post overload.

For now I'll start with just one. As I've said many times, my favorite thing in life is being an aunt. I love to support my nieces and nephews in whatever they do be it sports, drama, music, or what have you.

Last Friday my niece Chelsea was in a presentation of the opera Don Giovanni at the U. Chelsea is a senior in Vocal Performance, and amazing. She was the most talented one up there (though I may be a bit prejudice on that point.) I don't speak Italian, but between my French, and the fabulous narrator they had, I followed along pretty well. I had a wonderful time. It was long, but really well done, and fun. Ben lost interest about an hour in, but after years of going to concerts with him, that was to be expected. Love him, but his attention span isn't always the best. Thats probably why Bob and Carrie gave him the job of running the video camera.

Chelsea getting seduced by the womanizer Don Giovanni

Tonight was a performance of a different sort. My niece Chloe, 9, and her 3rd grade class put on a play about the middle ages. I have to admit, I went in expecting to love Chloe, but to see something slightly stilted, slow, and of a fairly low caliber. Boy was I wrong. The play was actually really cute. It was a set of monologues and a dialogue that told the stories of children from many different families and stations in life set in Medieval England. Chloe was Isobel, the Lords daughter. I was impressed with how well each of the kids had memorized their lines, and how well they all presented their parts. It was cute, and we all laughed a lot.

Chloe in costume, with her flowers. I forgot my camera, so this is what my phone produced.

The performances were very different, but the girls were both amazing, and I had so much fun supporting them in what they do. They're adorable, and I love both of them so much. It's been a great couple of weekends.

A Brutal Slaughter

I am a typical girl. I love shopping, shoes, and...hockey? Yep, thats right. I am a huge hockey fan. It's random, and weird, but I love it. I follow the NHL online, and have favorite teams (Vancouver Canucks) that I keep track of. My love of hockey all started with attending USU hockey games. I love my school and routing for them, and I went planning to have a good time, but I had no clue I'd fall in love with the sport like I have. It amazes me how quickly, and agilely they move on their skates. I've taken several semesters of figure skating, and I can honestly say I'd but on my butt most of the time if I tried to do half the things they do on the ice.

(See my cute USU blanket my mother made for me?)

This is the first weekend I've been in Logan in a year, and when I realized there was a game tonight, I knew I was going. I had a blast, although I wouldn't call what I attended a game. It was more of a showcase (show off) really. For a quick lesson in the game, one should know that while it is common in Basketball to get scores in the 60's and sometimes over 100, in Hockey scores are usually considered high if one team scores 5 points in a game. Now that you know that I can tell you tonights final score. USU 20, opponent 0. Yep thats no typo. The other team got no points. Nada. Zero. USU scored 5 points within about the last 3 minutes of the game, and at that point the girl I was sitting next to and I were literally holding our heads in our hands and praying the other team would get one point for their own sanity. By the time they hit 19 with 53 seconds to go, I jokingly said "come on, lets go for an even 20." Well with 4.3 seconds left on the clock, they got that even twenty. I actually feel bad for the other team, and I don't even like BYU.