Weekend/Exam Week

Hey Everyone,

Not too exciting of a weekend because I had a mid-semester exam Monday morning.  I went out Thursday night and then hung out and studied Friday.  Saturday a group of us went to the beach and did some surfing.  The waves at the beach we were at were intense so we got thrown around pretty badly- I guess that's why they call it "Surfer's Paradise."

Anyways, Saturday afternoon I got the call from my dad that my Great Aunt Virginia had passed away.  She was 96 years old and had only been going down hill the past couple months.  I am very thankful I was able to go see her before I came here in January when she was still doing fine.  I remember we sat and watched game shows with her and I remember seeing a huge bag of potato chips in a plastic bag on her door. When we asked her about it she told us she would be huge if she ate them all the time so she just collected them and every once in awhile she'd eat a bag! haha. I also remember asking her how she was doing and being amazed that at 96 the only thing she mentioned was that she would get out of breath easily from walking too fast!

I have a lot of great memories of when she lived in the house next to my Grandma and we would walk next door to visit her.  She will definitely be missed and I will cherish all of the memories I have.  I will be praying for everyone, especially my Auntie Mary as these next few days will be especially hard on her.

Aunt Virginia and I

I will be spending the remainder of my week planning my mid-semester trip as well as studying for two exams I have on SATURDAY.

Have a good week,

Bryan