Time flies when you're having fun...

One more day before Thanksgiving break. Very nice. I'm excited to spend some time with my family since I haven't really been able to do that much lately. I'll also be spending a couple days with Mary's family, which will be a lot of fun as well.

So this past week has been pretty sweet. I had several classes cancelled which gave me a lot more free time with which to be somewhat productive. I definately did my share of relaxing, but I've been presently surprised with all I've got done as well. Right now I'm working on a presentation for my Sales class that I'm really excited about actually. We can sell anything we want to, so I'm being a recruiter for Notre Dame football. (Which, by the way, Notre Dame winning was also a nice part of a great weekend.)

Yesterday (Sunday) was a really good day with several high points. One of my friends that graduated last year, Dan, was visiting and I spent part of the afternoon watching football with him after Sunday Morning Worship and lunch. Then at 6:00 I had the annual LDP Christmas Dinner. It's always a lot of fun, and it gave me an excuse to wear a suit and take a couple pictures. For more details on that event, check out Mary's blog.

Then, starting at 11:00 pm, the doors opened for Midnight Madness! This is always a favorite event on campus and it serves as the opening of our Women and Men's basketball seasons. It normally happens earlier in the year, but it was still fun. People start lining up outside the gym an hour or so ahead of time because they give out free shirts for the first 100 or so people to show up. They also had free hamburgers from McDonald's and free tacos from Taco Bell to give out as well. There were all kinds of games from a three point contest to knockout to a dunk contest and more. To be honest, I was thinking the dunk contest would be kind of lame, but it turned out to be really cool. It was only a 7 foot goal, but there were some pretty sweet dunks and the crowd of students was going crazy. I'm was impressed

Our mascot, Bucky the Beaver, made an appearance as well (Mary got to do it and she was really excited!). Since McDonald's donated several hundred hamburgers, the Hamburglar made an appearance as well. They competed in a couple events, including my favorite, the dance off. (See below)

So now I only have three classes standing between me and Thanksgiving break. This semester has gone so fast, and it's crazy to think we will only have a couple weeks after we back before Christmas break. This is nuts.

Alright, that's all for the night. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Until next time,

Scott