April seemed to really fly by - more so than other months. Maybe it's because I had a big group project, finals, a new boot camp session start up, a trip to Boise, and the Easter holiday. Holy frijole. So here's my little April recap (through Friday, April 27).
The big group project didn't go so well since we got a 75% on it. Boo. But that didn't prevent me from getting an A in the class (Non-Profit Management). I rocked every other assignment and exam and his grade philosophy was awesome: the top quarter of the class would get As, second quarter A-s, third quarter B+s, and bottom quarter Bs. Not too bad, eh? I did well on my finals and rocked the semester with another 4.0. Now that my Spring Term class, Legal Issues, has started, I'm now wishing that I would have had it during Winter Semester - it's going to be a beast. In our first week, we've had 12 legal cases to read and debrief so that we're ready to be called on to have a one-on-one 20-minute discussion with the professor. Great.
I also took a little trip to Boise last weekend to see the family and go on a blind date that my mom brewed up. Mom and I visited Robyn at her house where she took us on a tour of her backyard plans for the upcoming nuptials of Justin. I also went for a mountain bike ride with Jill, Mike, and Chandler (Parker ran on the trails) - we had to get Chandler's new mountain bike out on the dirt! He had a grin from ear to ear. It was a blast! The date was pretty good too. Ha!
I raced in my first Utah State Championship Series Race yesterday - at Lambert Park in Alpine, Utah. I love to ride Lambert Park so that was a no brainer to do - especially since the race is $15 cheaper than the normal Intermountain Cup races that I do. It was a lot of fun! The loop was only 3.4 miles so I had to do two laps. There were six ladies in my category (still beginner category) and everyone of them took off from the start line and left me in the dust. But then I quickly caught up to two of them and passed them . . . on the climb! Then we had a long downhill, during which I passed the other three ladies! So I was in first place, but I didn't get too excited because I knew I had another long climb coming up and a second lap to do. Sure enough, two of the ladies I passed on the down passed me on the climb and I never saw them again. I tried to catch up to them on the down, but didn't have the luck. I held my third place position until the very end so I took it and got a little gift certificate to a local bike shop. I think I'm getting faster at riding! And I have to say, I think it might be because of boot camp and strength training. I'm going to have to remember to keep up the strength training when boot camp is over.
