Woohoo! I passed my Fundamentals of Economics! I'm not happy with my score, but since it's basically pass/fail, I'm not going to worry too much. Now I get to move on to more econ fun: Economics and Global Business Applications. But technically I am done with my term. The next one starts February 1. My mentor wants me to get a head start on the next class. I may want to take a break. Sometimes I do have to wonder why I am working to get my bachelors degree, but I've always wanted to get one, so I will continue on!!

2014 is here! Where does the time go?

Happy New Year for 2014! Tom and I were invited to go with a bunch of people from church to the Coppermill Restaurant. I was full after just the salad bar, but did I let that stop me from eating more? No. But I was too stuffed to finish the meal. Then some of us went to Paul Riley's home for pie and ice cream. I was way too full to eat the treat so I passed it up. However, there were some yummy little nut candy squares that I did have a couple of. What was interesting was that Paul Riley has a daughter. She and her husband live in Heber City. At the party she brought out some small white-elephant-type wrapped gifts. Turns out that her mother, who died a couple of years ago, had wrapped the gifts before she died. My initial gift was a pair of cute little mittens, but those were stolen from me and passed around several times. I ended up with a wash mitt, and Tom ended up with a little recipe book with recipes like Shoo Fly Pie. It was fun, and Paul enjoyed knowing that his wife was there in a way. Paul briefly mentioned how his wife had died suddenly when they attended a theater play. One minute she was talking with Paul before the performance began, the next she had died.

We were home by 10 p.m. but didn't do anything else to celebrate. I did hear some fireworks going off at midnight in our neighborhood. David had to work at Little Caesar's so he didn't go out celebrating. So today we are going to go see Hunger Games part 2, Catching Fire. This will be the 4th movie I've seen over the holiday break, more than I saw in the entire previous year. We saw the Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug; Saving Mr. Banks; and then Ender's Game. All were very enjoyable.

Tomorrow I go back to work at BATC. It's been a nice break from the regular routine, but was over all too quickly.