Summertime

Summertime has arrived, or at least Utah's version of it.  Alixa and Jarom took off to the ocean during the one week of spring weather this year.  It is now either 95 degrees or a thunderstorm every day in Provo.  At least it is a dry heat.  The apartment stays nice though, since we are in a basement, so I can’t complain.

Jarom has taken up golf, in preparation for the far off day when he is rich and will do nothing but play all the time.  He played 36 holes in a span of 8 days, which usually constitutes his golf serving for the whole year.  But he enjoys the game, despite his struggles.  Using a slightly creative scoring system(No penalty strokes for hazards, occasionally moving the ball a few feet out of a bad lie) he shot an even 100 in one round, and probably a little worse in the other, although he does not know for sure (They were playing holes between teams, not keeping an overall score).

In intramural news, Jarom is playing softball and his team finished undefeated through the regular season.  Playoffs start next week.  Alixa’s team did the same, which means she has a perfect pitching record.  She has started and finished every game, sometimes without even having days off to rest her tired arm.  Both teams have a decent shot at a t-shirt.   As a side note, one of the teams that Jarom played had the name “Where my pitches at?”, which caught his eye as an obvious reference to the same swear word that cost him a red card last semester.  He spoke with the guy who gave him that suspension (he happened to be the ump at the softball game) and they have since deleted that name from the database.  It is unknown if any suspensions where given.

Jarom also got a parking ticket recently, which may seem like a negative thing.  It was at the beginning, but in the end it led to the first positive experience Jarom has had with any BYU auxiliary organization.  He was driving his parent’s Infiniti, which had a BYU tag that expired in September of 2007.  Assuming the license was up-to-date, he parked in a Y lot and got a ticket.  Lixi encouraged him to contest the ticket, which he decided to do.  He met with a logical, reasonable human being who listened to his defense and agreed that it was an innocent mistake made by someone with a clean record so he tossed the citation.  Jarom left the office stunned and grateful, and a little sad that this should be such a unique and unexpected experience here at the Y.

Jarom also got a nice letter from WVU.  It states,
Dear Jarom,
Your credentials and application for admission were forwarded for consideration to the School of Physical Education from the program of Sport Management.

I regret to advise you that your request for acceptance into this program was not approved.

Sincerely,
Cheng H. Khoo

So he is now getting rejected from programs that he didn’t even apply to.   Why do they feel the need to go out of their way to humiliate him?   His ego is quite fragile now, so you should all be nice to him.

One final announcement – Now that the Winns will be attending University of Tennessee in the fall, they have decided that they will be adhering to the Catholic stance on birth control.  There is no news to report yet, but that window is now open.