Colds, Melting Snow, and Indoor Rock Climbing

    

              I absolutely hate being sick. I hate being weak and achy. I would rather have the flue than the cold because the flue is just like one and done. The cold is like a slow death... the flue is like a quick and painless death. I also dislike missing school because I'm sick. I have to work on all of the assignments that I've missed and sometimes the extra work is stressful. A perk of being sick is that my mom will cook or buy me pretty much anything to make me feel better though.

              The winter's snow is finally melting. I can see the grass in my backyard. I just hope that mother nature doesn't pull anything crazy and whip up a blizzard anytime soon. By the time spring break comes around there will be no more snow in Iowa. My plans to go skiing over spring break still hold. There will still be snow on the mountains but my dad said that there will be people skiing in T-shirts, shorts, and bikinis. That sounds completely awesome to me.

              This coming weekend a few friends and I are driving up to Minnesota to a place called Vertical Endeavors. I am pretty excited to try indoor rock climbing on this scale. The website for it brags about 18,200 square feet of climbing surface. There are even rocks on the ceiling but, I cannot even imagine how that is maneuverable. Just hope I don't suck and/or bust my body up by falling and slamming into the walls. I am excited though!