Well, I've been back in Crownpoint, New Mexico for a little over a week now. All in all, it's been pretty uneventful. Sadly, most of my days consisted of being on the computer, playing video games, and eating. Luckily, I had a few anomalies. The computer consisted of me working out my iTunes library... fifteen hundred songs and counting. I ordered a new Nano as well as a terabyte of external harddrive. I'll have to order a mic and webcam this week so that I can start skyping with people. Particularly in Switzerland.
Wednesday afternoon I helped my mom out with cub scouts. They were working on their pine wood derby cars. I was the bouncer. It was a pretty good test of my patience... Little monsters. Had to keep an eye on a couple older kids who were bullying the smaller kids. My mom was chasing kids down, trying to find out what color they wanted their car, I was playing bad cop-bad cop with the others. Caught a couple of them muttering "stupid white boy" under their breath. But it got better towards the end. Turns out they were impressed with my piano playing. I played "All of Me" a couple times and then left them to pretend that they could play the piano. Three at a time. Started organizing a football game, but then it was time to go... maybe next Wednesday.
Thursday morning my mom asked me if I wanted to help with my brother, Justin's science project. My initial thought was "no," but I knew that I needed to do something other than veg in front of the computer. So I agreed. My brother was planning to test the aerodynamics of different shapes. So my mom and I had the simple task of making a miniature/amatuer wind tunnel. Luckily we had blueprints of sorts... A bit of plywood, some black paint, straws, glass, some dry ice, a vacuum cleaner, and a couple hours of troubleshooting, power tools included. So my brother got home, and with a bit MORE troubleshooting and fiddling and piddlefarting, we got it to work. Oddly enough, the square block was not the most aerodynamic... who'd've thunk?
There was an assembly at the Elementary school on Friday, and my little brother Cody was going to play the piano as a part of it, so we attended. While we were waiting for the little kids to show up, my dad and I messed around with my new iPod. Voice memo, video camera, and some pretty cool games. Now with Swiss-German podcasts. Life is good. Cody came out, and he and his three classmates took turns. He played some arpeggios (sp?), parts of Für Elise and the Moonlight Sonata, and then a little something he composed himself. Way cool.
Saturday night we played Settlers of Zarahemla (a board game). I had a pretty good setup going. Three points on a wheat field, plus a two wheat-for-anything deal. Then my little brother blocked off my supply with a Gadianton Robber... I may have overreacted. If I recall correctly, I rolled a seven, got two Strippling Warriors, and wound up stealing three of his four cards. I wound up in second place because my numbers wouldn't get rolled. Accursed dice...
I blessed the Sacrament today in Church, and then spent the third hour with Justin bringing the sacrament to a member who couldn't make it to Church. Went home and had some grilled cheese made with some fancy smoked Gouda... processed. I miss real cheese. We had Family Home Evening; I used my Rubik's cube in my lesson. Ate ice cream. Stayed up until 11:59 and then posted a blog.
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