Sunday Morning

So 6:30 Sunday morning Aaron and Spencer get me up to head to World Arena. Aaron has his FIRST autocross. Spencer had been planning on running too but with two VERY hard finals Monday he needed time to study. Aaron now drives a silver Subaru WRX, with only one problem. The original battery box is missing and thus the battery kinda roams free. Well...the rules say the battery has to be tied down. What a funny rule that is?!?

So Aaron went to Target and bought bungee cords to tie down the battery. He and Spencer got it secured and Aaron was allowed to continue. I know he had a blast, even though we couldn't be there with him.

Since it was Mother's Day and my mom is out of town we went back to the north side of Colorado Springs for lunch with his family. I wanted to take more pictures but unfortunately the batteries didn't want that to happen. This is the only picture I got...fried potatos!! YUM!! We had a nice lunch and a good time with the family.

And now finals week is ALMOST over. I have a nutrition test tomorrow and I'm done. Then I have to finish packing everything and move EVERYTHING I own into either storage or over to Kimee's for the summer. I'm having a hard time deciding what I need and what I can live without for 3 months. Course, its not like I can't get to the stuff al summer. But it would make it easier. Anywho...I'm hoping to update again before leaving for Florida Saturday but I've got A LOT to get dont in the next 2 1/2 days. So if not...I will be back in about a week. Tan and not wanting to leave Florida!!

My Mother's Day Weekend Part 1

Below is the Wire-Flyer that had taken over Spencers life! Below is the story of how it came to be...from my point of view.

Spencer has spent the past month or so working on his sophomore design project with two other guys from his MECH 202 class. Saturday was the competition day. These pictures were taken somewhere between 11pm Friday night and 4am Saturday morning. I hung out for a while but finally decided to get some sleep as I babysat at 8am Saturday.
An explosion of parts. I don't know where to even begin to look or understand whats going on. Or what goes where!!

The project was some wire-flyer. You'll have to ask Spencer for the details and exactly what they had to do. I know nothing more than they used steel rods, two drills, screws, wheels, and zip ties. Below is a test run with one drill, the attached wheel, and the cable.

The test runs went well, I thought. Below would be the "wire flyer". Personally it looks like a VERY unhappy porcupine!! :-D Before the competition the did cut off some of the zip tie ends

Spencer and his parter Evan attaching the contraption to the wire for a test run...

You'd have to ask Spencer to know how they did. As I said before I babysat Saturday morning so didn't get to go to the actual competition.

Change is good...right??

Hey guys! I've started another blog. Its a personal training journal of sorts. I'm REALLY good at the whole "do as i say not as i do" theory. So I've decided to try and change that. Take a look!

http://trainingbycarrie.blogspot.com/

Summer-itis

So, between the nice weather and the fact that I leave for Florida in 8 days I'm having MAJOR summer-itis. Or atleast, thats what I'm calling it. Most students get senior-itis during the last semester or so of classes. I'm about 2 years away from that but am having the HARDEST time motivating myself to study. I've got an 8 page extra credit paper due Wednesday, a Phyisiology final Tuesday at 7am, and a Nutrition final Thursday at 11:20. On top of all of that I'm packing up my apartment and moving out...by Friday night (a week from today)!! But the good news is on May 18th I will be in Florida for 5 days!! And Spencer, Channing, Patrick, Topher, Teancum, and Hannah will be there too!!! I'm definately excited to see them again. Below are some pictures from when we all were in Florida May 2006. ENJOY!!

 

This shouldn't suprise anyone!!

You Are Flip Flops

You are laid back and very friendly. Cheery and sunny in disposition, you usually have something to smile about. Style is important to you, as long as you can stay casual. It takes a lot to get you to dress up! You are a loyal and true person, though you can be a bit of a flake. You tend to "play hooky" and blow off responsibilities a lot more than most people. You should live: By the beach You should work: At a casual up and coming company

What Kind of Shoe Are You?