Had a pretty nice weekend, though lots of driving. Friday went down to Ames had dinner with mom, Arthur, and Chris Mahan, was a good time. Saturday morning ran 8 miles in the country outside of Ames, it was so peacful and nice. There were four cows that looked at me like who the fuck do you think you are, but I didn't let that bother me one bit. We then went over to the campus and looked at the exhibits. There were actually people dressed up as mid-evil combatants, wow is all I have to say about that. Drove back up for Mari's birthday party on Saturday night, great food and dessert. On Sunday I took my first long bike ride, did an hour. We then got dominated by the Augsburg wrestling team in dodgeball.