The three amigos!

Last week I had an A and P exam. I thought I was going to ace it and ended up with an 87%. Not bad, but wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. Short shorts and revealing tops: you are looking pretty good right about now.

Wednesday evening after Ag Ambassadors (AA) Stephanie, Jen, Matt and I meet up for some beach volleyball. It was all fun and games till the fire alarm went off at the dorm we were playing outside of. So Jen and Stephanie left and Matt and I played football.

Saturday NICOLE CAME TO VISIT! We went hiking at Horsetooth for about two hours. We got caught up on old times and it was great to see her, it had been way too long! And for the bad news: I got my first parking ticket. I to be honest neither Nicole or myself understand just where you are supposed to park then to hike where we did. Apparently you have to have a parking permit to park there, confusion:/

This past week my life was dedicated to Jen, seriously! I worked the Little National Western (LNW) registration table in the lobby of Animal Sciences Monday to Thursday 9-11, Friday 1-3. Things are starting to come around for the show. If anyone is interested in sponsorship or donating 90 pounds of hamburger for our dinner let me know! Along with this I had three exams: Reproduction, Statistics, Range Management and an Anatomy and Physiology quiz. My AFA application was due, so pray for me that I am chose to go back to Kansas City. Friday Jen and I went out for Thai food at Sri Thai. It was Jen's first time eating Thai and curry, but she liked it. Who would have thought that a plain, narrow minded Ohio girl would be exposing someone to Thai food. We then got ice cream and watched a movie. It was a nice relaxing day after the week that both of us had had. Saturday we got together again and walked around City Park, laid out and got some sun on the last day of summer and played a little volleyball. Jen decided she wanted to be introduced to the world of waxing! haha :) So I waxed her toes, and belly button then she let me pluck her eyebrows that had never been done before. I don't think she will ever let me do it again. Trust me wax before tweezing, it hurts a lot less. I have come to the conclusiong that Jen is my new Colorado Emma. Gotta love my girls!

A short note on work: DON'T GO TO WYOMING: flying ants will crawl down your shirt and pants. Zack, Tyler and I went up to doctor cows and fill mineral tubs. Apparently there was ants in the mineral bags that once we emptied and put the bags in the truck were upset and attacked Zack and me. The whole way home we were killing them, almost an hour! And let me tell you it isn't fun having ants down your shirt and pants when riding with two guys-not much you can do about it:/

This coming week is much more relaxed and smooth than last week. I only have two meetings and NO tests. However, two quizzes on Friday are in my glass ball! I have a few things I need to get done for LNW: sponsorship calls and donations. I guess I should also get my oil changed since I am almost 200 miles over! Whoops! And I need to write my Career Fair Article for the AA newsletter for the College of Ag.

What a wonderful way to round out the 1st month here :)

Thursday: built fence at work for the first time. Dang do my arms hurt!

Friday: Matt, Jen and I decided we wanted to hike Horsetooth Mountain. Holy crap I was unaware of what I was getting into. To get up and down it took about two-two in a half hours. It was quite the adventure. We discussed hiking a different trail every weekend.

On Saturday Jen and I had a cookout before we went to the game. We had corn on the cob, lamb shishkabobs and snicker doodles. We ended up losing the game 34-28 against the U of Cal Bear's. We made quite the come back in the last 6 minutes. Two touch downs within 1 minute! I went home and relaxed. Luke and I headed down to Brighton later that evening.

Sunday morning we got up, he made breakfast and we headed out to load 200 bales of hay. We then drove two hours south to Elbert, CO and then unloaded the hay and stacked it in this person's barn. Drove back to Brighton and then loaded up the pickup and headed north. We stopped for dinner and made it back to the Fort around 7. I was so tired I took a shower and drank some hot chocolate and went to bed early.

This morning as I was walking to my first class a red fox was running around campus! My body is so sore from fencing, haying and climbing Horsetooth.

Hope everyone's weekend was a fun as mine! :)

This is why they call them the "Rocky Mountains!"

Well I had to work the 25th at 6am. We rounded up cows and calves in Wyoming, near Cheyenne. We weaned the calves and loaded them onto semi-trailers to come back to ARDEC. The cows were palpated to see if they were pregnant. We also brought the two bulls back to ARDEC. I finally got home around 3. It was a long,hot day. However, the morning was extremely cold and foggy!

Happy Birthday Thom and Ryan-the 27th!

On the 28th I had a meeting at 7am for Little National Western. We are getting things ready for sign-up, the day of committee and publicity. Happy Birthday Carrie and Andrew!

On the 29th I lost a dear friend. David Witte was like a grandpa to me. He was always willing to help with anything. The times spent with him and Gloria at jack pot shows, state fair, county fair and many mornings spent at Tee Jayes will be remembered fondly. There was also the Annual College of Ag Back to School BBQ. Free food-what more could a college kid ask for?!

The 30th: Carrie arrived in Denver around 11:30.

The 31st: We spent time around Fort Collins. We ate at Gibs NY Bagels- the first place we ate in Fort Collins nearly three years ago! Then we had gelato-a first for me and many more times to come! Friday night we made our way to Estes Park. We meandered through the town and ate at Village Pizza. Raspberry Vinaigrette Pizza is pretty tasty.

Saturday we got up and ate breakfast at The Egg and I. And no Carrie nor I eat eggs. We made our way into Rocky Mountain National Park and hiked about 8 miles. We ate supper at Grumpy Gringo's and then went Put-Putting. Unfortunately Carrie won and that meant I had to buy Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Mmmmmm :)

Sunday we got up early and had coffee at Kind Coffee. As we left town we saw a huge bull elk grazing in the middle of town. We then headed to the Stables and went on a horseback ride into the park. We saw a young elk, but that way the only wildlife. We left town and made our way into Loveland to hit up the Outlets. We made it back to my condo and then went for supper at Noodles and Company. To wear off some of dinner we drove over to Horsetooth Reservoir and looked out on the town. We enjoyed ice cream and watched a movie.

Monday we headed down to Denver and watched the Rockies play San Francisco after getting mani's and pedi's. Then we walked down 16th Street Mall to the Civic Center and walked around the Taste of Colorado. Then unfortunately time has passed too quickly and it ws time to take Carrie back to DIA. I made my way back home and crashed.

Tuesday is back to school. Work and then more free food- Block and Bridle welcome back BBQ/meeting.

Wednesday- Happy Birthday Rachel!

Classes the rest of the week, work on Thursday and maybe Friday and the weekend, first Ambassadors meeting Wednesday, fixing my rear view mirror- it fell off! Just also trying to get some things caught up and cleaned up.

I also got a ski/snowboarding pass to Breckenridge, Keystone and A-Basin. I have discounted lift tickets to Vail also! I am very excited to start the season, it should be fun!