A-team Awesomeness

This past Thursday through Saturday was the A-team's second retreat of the year and I just have to say that it was amazing!! (but I really didn't expect anything different). I enjoyed every minute of it- everything from scary canyons and vowing to never go up Green Canyon to volleyball to watching others puke up orange soda (unhealthy and disgusting yes, but somehow entertaining).
This year I was fortunate enough to be on the winning Olympics team (Never Back Down '09!!). We had a couple of set backs with the Quiz Bowl and the Egg Toss, but rocked it up during the relay race and the egg drop. However, our ultimate win was the ice cream sculpture. The brilliant idea from Mason Andersen of "(physics)" is what got us the title. With winning came the cold water down the back from Bri. Well, the sad thing about this was I have known that is was coming for almost two months now and it still surprised me.
The A-team has never really been an emotional group, but this group changed that in a big hurry at retreat. During "60 Seconds O' Love" I think most people shed tears or got a little misty eyed. This has bonded us emotionally. What a great group!
Anywho, the rest of our weekend consisted of volleyball, more volleyball, smelling like campfire, and more smelling like campfire, eating and more eating. There was also some bouncy ball action (until it broke) and some personality analysis in there as well.
Applying for the A-team is the best decision I have made since coming to college. I can't imagine what my life would be like without it and I pretty much know that I would have no social life without it. I can't wait for SOAR to start

Home...

So this week because I have no place to live, I packed up my stuff and headed back to grand ole Tooele. Well, for the first time since I moved out almost two years ago, I feel like I have left "home" to go "home." I have decided there are two definitions of "home" for me. The first would be, of course, where my family and house is. That would be Tooele. This is what I have considered "home" for the past 18 years of my life. Now, I have a seperate definition of "home" and that would be where I want to be, where I live, and where I am happiest. This would be Logan. Now don't get me wrong, I love being home with my family and (I know I will regret saying this later) I love Tooele, but Logan is my home, plain and simple. This is the place my life revolves around now. This is where I go to school. This is where I work. This is where I eat and sleep. This is where my social life is now.
For the first time, I am sitting in Tooele, wishing for no particular reason, that I was in Logan. I used to think about everything I was missing in Tooele, now I am thinking about all the things I am missing in Logan. It's funny how life does that to you isn't? I've only been in Tooele for a little over 60 hours and I am already ready to go "home".