Nick ‘n’ Heather

First, let’s rewind to last week. I started finals and well, that is wonderful… On a bright side, I was inducted into Lambda Pi Eta (or as Curt would say, Lefse Pi Uff Da) honor society on Thursday. It was a fun time had by all and my mom was sure to take lots of pictures to embarrass me, under the guise of pictures for Nick. The Mayor and First Lady even came and shared in the celebration. I got a lapel pin and a certificate and will get cords for graduation when I come back next spring. Here are the pictures from the ceremony:{wp-gallery-remote: gallery=0; rootalbum=271; showalbumtitle=true; showimagesheader=true;}

This weekend, oh I can still remember the pain. Before Nick got to town on Friday, I went with James and Kristen to a comedy show at MSUM. It was really good and ended with a guy, I actually played softball with him this summer, barring all! Yeah, completely. I guess the sign that warned “ADULT COMEDY IN TONIGHTS SHOW” really was there for a reason. Nick arrived in town slightly after, guided by GPS. We met Brouse and Marisa for some hot cocoa at Village Inn and some pleasant conversation.

Saturday was the big black belt winter test. Nick and I went to watch and assist in holding, obviously Nick held for board breaks and I held for hand techniques, a dummy in the four people the youth had to run jump side kick over, and some random board breaks. Fun was had by all until black belt class after the test. Ouch. That pretty much says it all. It is always fun to see Master Roy pound on people and it was no different on Saturday. The new black belt techniques that we are doing must be thought of for the entire idea of pain. You have to hurt your partner to do it right. Whether that be jump back kicks, jump knees or roundhouses to the back of the thigh. I got a couple of jump back kicks to my sternum and I am still very sore and tender from that. Nick had a grand old time kicking people hard and making them double over. After, we went home to take a shower and then went out for Chinese. We did a little Christmas shopping before meeting Tim, Megan, Kendra and Jeremy for some hot bowling action. After they kicked us out for being completely awesome, we moved the party over to the union for some sweat pouring ping pong action. It was intense. On our way home, Nick and I saw a deer. I turned the car around and began stalking them. Nick made deer noises and they didn’t move much. Once they got a look at his face though, I’ve never seen anything move so fast!

Sunday was lazy and we didn’t do much. Nick packed up and came to the library with me where I was meeting my group for my last final. Tim picked him up from there and they stopped by Dans’ house. Ethan was helping put up the tree and asked if the wonderfully awesome Heather was there when he saw Nick. Well, I shattered his dreams when he found out that I was not. I’m sorry E! The posse then headed off into the sunshine.