Thanksgiving Break 2013

On Wednesday, after 13 hours in a car, I was home! It was so nice to be home for Thanksgiving this year, the first in four years. I'm sad I didn't get to see everyone though. Since it was a surprise that I was coming, some family made other plans and I wasn't able to see all my siblings. Luckily, I'll be back for Christmas in 21 days. 

This Thanksgiving was pretty special because we had eight Oregon State football players and 2 of their girlfriends join us for dinner since my cousin is a freshman on the team. My younger cousins had a blast playing with them and they were very entertaining. They were very friendly and enjoyable to have around. We had a lot of food, but they didn't eat as much as you would expect since some of them had the Civil War game (Oregon State vs University of Oregon) the next day and the ones that didn't play had to watch their weight. We played a game of Spoons with Fred, my cousin's roommate, and they all went swimming after dinner. It was a great day.

Yesterday was the Civil War and sadly we didn't win, for the sixth year in a row. We lost by one point, which is almost worse than losing by a lot just because we were SO CLOSE. It was fun how the family kept looking for my cousin and the players we had over the day before on TV. We saw them a few times. It was pretty exciting. 

I had also spent over an hour on the phone with Verizon. My grandma was on the phone for a while and we found out they had made a mistake and wanted me to change my phone number because of it. I was going to go along with it just because I didn't want to make things difficult for Nana, but I didn't really want to change my number. I took over the call and after over 2 hours on the phone between the two us, we finally got it resolved. Working at a call center has its perks because I definitely knew how to get them to fix it our way. I still have the same number :)

Today I spent most of the day shopping with my aunt and sister Sunhee. She has her first formal dance next week. She is in Jr. High and growing up so fast! We went to seven different stores before finding the dress. It was hard because she is small so it was hard finding the balance between something that fit but looked her age and not too childish, but we did it. One of the highlights of the day was watching her try to walk in heels for the first time. I would compare it to watching Bambi walk. She went with some cute wedges since they give her the height (oh the curse of the short Asian genes) but are still comfortable and she can actually walk in them. 

I spent most of the evening held up in the craft room making Christmas decorations for my apartment. They are so cute! I'll post pictures when they are finished. Now I'm just finishing a movie and then I'll be off to bed so I can get up bright and early for the trip back to Utah. To sum up, it was a great (albeit extremely short) break and trip home.

*Actually posted on March 11, 2015 but I used the date I wrote it. I think I just forgot to post it.*

Represent!

It was a day of football in Arcadia #12.

Today was the game between BYU and OSU. I like and support both teams so I thought I would show it.

Reppin' both of my teams.

 Arianna's wonderful picture taking skills in action.

 Everyone reppin' their teams. 

Christina with a BYU beanie, Me with my OSU hat & BYU shirt, and Arianna with her Ohio State shirt & Buckeye necklace (they played today too, and won). 

They got down low for me. How nice was that? 

 Chillin' on the couch watching the game.

I changed back into my normal shirt during half time because I really wasn't rooting for BYU. I like both teams so I thought I would cheer for both, but it wasn't happening. Even Arianna said I was Oregon all the way today. My plan changed as soon as I saw Reser Stadium. Oregon is home and home is where the heart is. Wearing my BYU shirt was a lie so I had to change. I left the BYU sticker on to show that I still care, but my hat showed where my loyalty truly lies. 

After the game (sad loss for my Beavs, but it's cool the Cougs won), we went and got frozen yogurt. It's now one of my favorite things to eat. It's so good! There are lots of flavors and many toppings. I was a little sad because they didn't have the cheesecake bites today. 

It was a nice and relaxing afternoon after a morning of cleaning. We had cleaning checks today. Boo. At least our apartment is clean again.

The Miracle Man

He goes by the name Marcus Mathews. Tonight BYU played Utah State. The game began with Utah State scoring a touchdown in the first fifteen seconds. Fifteen seconds! I was assuming that was sign of how the rest of the game was going to go, and it was. It was until the third quarter when our backup quarterback, Riley Nelson, stepped onto the field. Smart move because our starter QB, Jake Heaps, has not been playing well. He's good from time to time, but he really needs to work on his consistency. In the fourth quarter, USU was leading 24-13. We scored a touchdown with 10 minutes left in the game. When there were three minutes left, Arianna said we were going to lose unless a miracle happened. Someone must have been listening because a miracle is exactly what we got. With 11 seconds left on the clock, Marcus Mathews caught a deflected pass for a 13 yard TD. We got scared that it wasn't going to count because there was a flag, but we got it and WE WON!!! The final score was 27-24. Arianna, Christina and I were going crazy. We were jumping up and down and screaming and the apartment downstairs was obviously not watching the game because they were banging on the ceiling due to the noise. Lame! This finish made it one of the most exciting games I've seen.

Here is the miracle moment:

Go Cougars!