This weekend is a big one for WMU Football and Hockey. Tomorrow at 2pm our football team takes on Ohio, as they look for their fifth win of the season. WMU Hockey will be playing Alaska, looking for two wins this weekend after last weekend's losses against Nebraska. I'm looking forward to the hockey game because my parents are coming up here for it. I unfortunately won't be able to see my sisters and brother because they're all busy this weekend. I will be running the 5k Saturday morning, so I hope it won't be too cold when I'm running. So far it's looking out to be a great homecoming weekend!

Today I was happy to have a relatively short and easy Monday. I started off with my Geography class, "World Ecology Problems." In geography, we talked about invasive species, mainly focusing on those in the United States. One of the biggest invasive species in the southeast region of the US is the kudzu vine. The vine has no natural predator and steals sunlight, water and nutrients from the plants it latches onto. Then we learned about invasive species located in the Great Lakes region. The main problem we have in the Great Lakes ecosystem is zebra mussels. The mussels are transported by latching on to the bottom of boats, and then the boats are moved from lake to lake, allowing for the mussel to spread its habitat. Then I had about a four hour break until my next class. I had my Health and Wellness lecture. We watched the Theater for Community Health's production of "The Real Buzz." I had already seen the performance, but there were a few different actors this time. It was very informative about the dangers of excessive drinking.

I have been looking forward to this weekend for quite some time. This weekend I'm going home to watch my high school's homecoming football game. A lot of my friends are going home as well, and it will be nice to see them. My parents are happy that I decided to come home, because it's the first time in about two months that everyone in my family will be home. I can't wait to see my older sister, I haven't seen her since before she left for school. She's a sophomore at Purdue, so she's been really busy with homework and clubs that she's involved in and hasn't had a lot of time to come home. I can't wait for tonight when I get to see my family!