its true what they say...

right before the holidays yahoo news blew up with stories about holiday weight gain, this area of news isn't typically my concern, but getting on in years I decided to look at a few of the stories (who can refuse yahoo...I mean the one about the body building georgia cheerleader is really pressing). Before Thanksgiving they came up with an article stating that people typically only gain 5 lbs per holiday season. No big deal! who can't handle an extra 5 lbs if it means enjoying Sues DELISH stuffing and and extra helping of pecan pie?! Confidently I went into the holidays thinking to myself "puh-leeze and extra 5 lbs might even be good for me" after Thanksgiving dinner alone I had gained 3 or so lbs, then thought about all the tasty holiday treats and dinners and parties we would be attending. Throughout the total season I might have put on those extra 5 lbs, but then shockingly Yahoo puts up and article about how most people NEVER loose those extra 5 lbs...well I noticed, around mid January that it might have been possible I was still carrying that weight around...darn those realizations and lack of resolutions to get rid of it!

Anyways you might have noticed the previous post about getting down to business and organizing a few things...for the most part that didn't work out. Instead school is in full swing and I find my self spending an average of 45 hours a week at UVU, and each week that passes I find myself think that I should have spent more like 65 hours here. Here is a list of things I've noticed with in those hours spent:

1. People do NOT know how to read. The signs in the library that says "floors 3 & up, quiet up" are vastly ignored, even at this moment I can clearly hear a conversation going on across the library on the 4th floor

2. The fifth floor is the best place to study. Unless you are a science major or some other major that requires you to have more than 2 books open at a time, the chairs and ottomans/side tables on the 5th floor are infinitely more comfortable than anywhere else in the library

3. A lot of people must not sleep well at night, often times when I arrive at my desired study destination on the 5th floor I find that the prime chair and ottoman are taken by someone who is fast asleep...how they can feel comfortable sleeping in public is beyond me, but it is a problem all over campus.

4. I forgot how to open a combination lock

5. I'm not sure I know how to check a book out of the library

6. You can always tell the single ladies from the married ones...much more effort is put in to the single ladies appearance.

7. The campus is about 1/3 less crowded the 4th week of classes than it was the 1st.

8. When the closest food is a snack stand you find yourself eating a lot more chips and cliff bars than any one person should be allowed to consume on a weekly basis.

9. the sun is too bright to study on the southeast end of the library between the hours of 8 and 11

10. The dude who is running on the tredmil next to you that is grunting and saying things like "come on man" isn't crazy, he is just trying to loose those extra 5 holiday pounds.