Keep on keepin' on...

Two finals down, three more to go... why anyone would think that having students take tests at 7:00 in the morning is a good idea is beyond me, but that's what I have to look forward to tomorrow morning. This past week has been one of many hours in the library, but a significant number of hours hanging out with great people too. As the semester comes to an end, I frequently reflect on the great people I am surrounded by and how much I'll miss them as they all go their separate ways.

Wednesday night was the rugby closing social. I think you already know what I think about the girls on the team, but in case you forgot, they're the greatest people in the world. This closing social was particularly... I wouldn't say depressing, but it was certainly a mixture of emotions. We are sending five of our starting players on missions in the next few months with another one graduating. Our coach jokes with us that he needs to get us boyfriends so we all won't go on missions, but as it is, we will have five girls out serving by the end of the summer with another finishing up her master's program. These six are some of my closest friends. I started playing with some of them, some of them have been on th team longer than I have, but all of them are amazing people. We have all been through quite a bit together.... wins, only a few loses, and some of my fondest memories to date involve these girls. It will be weird coming back next year and not having them there, but they'll be out doing a more important work. So here's a shout out to Rachel, Krystal, Ela, Talya, Aubrey, and Jessica! You girls are incredible!

(From L-R) Rachel, Krystal, Jessica, Talya, and Ela, not pictured: Aubrey

Eating sushi with the girls...

Team before Stanford game

Team after killing University of Nevada-Reno

The team: Love 'em