I can see clearly now, the rain has gone

Dear Reader,

One of the best feelings in the world is trying to figure something out for months on end and finally understanding it. There is an immense satisfaction in that understanding after trying a million different things to resolve the dilema and finally finding that one piece that was missing. Even better is finding that piece in an obvious spot, thus invoking a feeling of stupidity.

With that said, I have to tell you about my week. That is what a blog is for, right? Well, this blog has that purpose. This week is the start of NCAA March Madness. This is the basketball championship of the year! The best part, though, is our family competition. Each person in our family makes a tournament bracket with our guesses of which teams will win in the competition. Currently I am in third place to win our family competition. Woot! To be honest, the games don't really interest me. I don't remember the last time I watched an NCAA basketball game. The family time makes it worth it. :)

This morning I woke up to a blizzard on my way to class. Yay for snow! I want to have a snowball fight sometime today. I will let you know if that actually happens.

Barbershop is going well. A Capella is going well, too. Actually, we had a great rehearsal on Wednesday when we learned choreography to one of our songs. We are pretty hilarious. :) A great shout to Mikaela! She is kind enough to plan and teach our choreography. She is great and works really hard.

The highlight of my week was talking with my best friends on Facebook. We have a message we all write on. We had not written anything in a few months, so I decided to write something while I was online at midnight. Lo and behold, the majority of us on the message were all online at the same time. It was a fun time and I really enjoyed the time with my best friends. :)

Life is good. We have a great couple of weeks coming up.

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