Feels like going home!

I fully expect tomorrow to be one of the best days ever! Merely for the fact that I get to go to my first Aggie Basketball game of the year. This may not sound like a big deal, but believe me, it is. One cannot fully comprehend the energy and excitement that courses through your body as you stand in those cramped, ugly orange and yellow chairs, awaiting the time those big doors slam open, the boys run out, Big Blue drops from the jumbo-tron, and the entire student body starts waving their arms, "herding and milking the cows". There is no where else on earth when so many people are united in saying "I believe that we will win!" Does it matter who we play? Does it matter how good they are? No. Chances are, if you enter that building to play, you WILL lose.

There are no words to do my feelings justice. I will be there, loud and proud. Living in Provo, I hear comments all the time about how demoralizing and unsportsmanlike we are. We do not attack anyone as a person. We simply get inside their heads and become the 6th man on that floor. There's a reason we wait for hours on end every game day. We take our job very seriously.

And, as excited as I am for this game against Weber tomorrow night, I am even more excited for the game this coming Wednesday. It is not in the Spectrum. It is in Provo. I don't care if we lose every other games this season. If we can win, in Provo, against BYU on their home court, it will be one of the most glorious moments in the history of USU basketball. Once again, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! And I can't wait to show them the scoreboard.

Utah State! Hey, Aggies all the way! Go Aggies! Go Aggies! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Sunday Bliss

Today has been a really good Sunday. I always love Fast and Testimony Sunday's. My day started out early with Welfare Meeting. This was a new experience for me and I really had no idea what I was doing. To help the matters, I was the only member of the Presidency there...not exactly ideal. Next week is our Ward Conference and to put things mildly, I didn't know nearly as much as I should have. However, this was just another one of those "Don't Panic, it's ok." situations. No matter how badly I screw up, the Lord is always there to compensate for the rest of it.

I also attended the CES broadcast tonight. I have two things to say about this. The first is on the actual broadcast itself. The second on the people attending the broadcast.

Elder Ballard had a fantastic message that I so needed to hear. I love the way the Lord always knows exactly what we need to hear and finds a way to tell us. I would also like to mention the 1000+ choir from the Logan Institute did an amazing job! They looked and sounded fantastic!! It was so exciting to see people I knew singing.

Now, considering the broadcast was held at the Marriot Center on the BYU campus you would think the people attending would know how to behave and act properly. Then again, this is Provo and the people here continue to amaze me. I was always taught that when an apostle or other general authority is in the building you stand when they enter and leave the room. You also wait for them to leave before you do so. When half the congregation stands and leaves before Elder Ballard stood up, I thought I was going to die! Really!?! Come on! Is having so much access to general authorities diminishing the respect you have for them? Do you not realize that he is an Apostle of the Lord and deserves the utmost respect we can give? I was SO embarrassed for those people.

I love Sunday's that leave you feeling refreshed and ready for the next week...and with my upcoming week, I'm going to need it. Parent teacher conferences here I come!