Spring Break Reflections
March 15, 2010
I hope everyone is handling the time change better than I did. The coincidence that Spring Break ended just after the time change is almost comical. I'm beginning to wonder if other schools are more sane by having Spring Break this week as opposed to last week. Then again, we get an Easter Break, so I suppose it all evens out somewhere.
The break was not as much of a break for me as I would have liked. Due to some lack of foresight on my part, I ended up working enough to make it basically a 3-day weekend. That said, I made as much of it as I could.
One of the big events was my family's annual sausage party. We pool together all our venison from hunting and make various sausages and salamis. New this year was bratwurst. I'm blessed or cursed in knowing what the real stuff tastes like, so I wasn't blown away with our efforts. that said, properly dressed (sauerkraut and stone ground mustard) they were mighty tasty. I haven't had a chance to sample the rest (yet), but rumors are that this was a good year. I'm just glad there was plenty to go around...500 pounds is what we made. I don't know how many individual families that is split between, but its around 10. Lots of food and lies being passed around (decendents of fishermen, all of us. One side of the family is even named Fischer, although, I don't know if that name has anything to do with fishing.)
The last remaining bits of break, I got to spend with my direct family and a little with some friends. While I didn't go to some exotic locale, I did take a culinary travel around the world one evening. I got to have some great wine from Chile and Australia, as well as had a variety of European cheeses. Not nearly as good as travelling, but it beats being stuck at home eating Ramen Noodles. The world tour will have to wait 'till next year.
Take Care,
Jim
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Name: Jim McKay
Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
Class: Sophomore
Major: Nursing
Plans after Carroll: Too early to tell, yet. I have way too many interests for my own good.
Favorite Food: Too many to narrow down...I'll try anything once, the more adventurous, the better. Pickled beets and squash are about the only things I won't eat.
Favorite Helena Restaurant: Cafe Zydeco! (Bread Pudding FTW!!!)
Favorite TV Shows: I don't really watch TV
Favorite thing about Carroll: The dedication of the Carroll faculty and staff to the students. Also, the interaction between Carroll and the Helena community in general.
Favorite events at Carroll: Saints' sports, Wellness Wednesday (or whatever day it happens to land on), Guest Speaker events
My friends would describe me as: The coolest nerd they know!
Favorite things to do in Helena: Rock Climbing, going to the Helena Healing Rooms, Watching movies at the Myrna Loy, hiking Mt. Helena and Blue Cloud, going swimming and boating at Canyon Ferry, watching movies and music videos in the auditorium at Carroll, attending Alive at 5:00, checking out the new art exhibits that always pop up downtown, and sleeping in random parks.
Music: Iron Maiden, The Offspring, Green Day, The Living End, Disturbed, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Led Zepplin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Buddy Guy, and lots of random songs in between. If it has a good guitar in it, I'll listen to it.
Things I love: My family, my friends, skiing, hiking, camping, cooking, judo, jiu jitsu, MMA, acupuncture, feng shui, playing the guitar, writing, vermicomposting, surfing the interwebz, committing random and serious acts of goofiness.