Take note that I finally posted about the last two weeks I was here! And another special blog as well. So you can scroll down and read those too!
I arrived on Friday around 3:30. It was a long day of travel and I was grateful to be back. As I looked out the window when I was landing I felt so at home! I couldn't wait to go back to school. Reid picked me up and told me I could stay for dinner (which was awesome because I hadn't ate anything all day!). I stayed for about 2 and a half hours and after I was full from fish tacos I started to drive home. I was blasting music to stay awake, but to be honest I was so hyped about getting to see everyone, I was wide awake! I arrived to hugs and welcomes and it was awesome!
Saturday we went to lunch and then came home. I unpacked and then it was time for dinner. It was pretty empty by the time we were there and it was just nice to be with everyone! I said hi to some more people that I hadn't seen yet and then we came back to get ready for the 80's theme dance. It was super loud and they blew out the system twice, but it was really fun! After the dance Anna, Genny, and Alex all came to my room and we stayed up talking until almost two in the morning.
Sunday was awesome! I really needed the spiritual boost for the week and I was so grateful for the people in my ward. My Relief Society president made bookmarks for each of us that have traits that she has noticed in us. It was super nice and we all got our own copies of Daughters in my Kingdom which is an awesome book! That night we watched two of the Liken the Scripture movies which are so cheesy but so great! And we stayed up late again....
We love church!
Someone decided that it would be a good idea to go to breakfast at 8 in the morning! So thats what we did. The guy swiping cards said "why are you guys up?" I was asking myself the same question! We sat in there and goofed off for a really long time. When we left we walked outside and sat there and talked for a while because it was soo pretty. We came home and played bananagrams and then got to some homework. We went to lunch and then Genny, Savannah, and I went on a walk to the front of main hall where we sat and talked in the sun for an hour. It was so nice out! We had dinner and then went to FHE where we played apples to apples but for each round you had a different stipulation. So the first 5 people in were the ones you judged, or the first 5 people to stand, or you had to do the opposite of the green card instead of actually what it said. Then we came back and face-timed alley!
This describes how we felt about the sun :) haha
Tuesday was my first day of classes. I had American and the Enlightenment (Which is basically just US history. And its much more fascinating knowing i'm only like three hours from some of the places we have been discussing), Choir, and Introduction to Theatre History which is amazing!!! I am absolutely loving that class! I had a meeting for the literary magazine called the Review and I also went back to work and had a work meeting. Another nice thing that happened was when I was walking back up the the Lofts (they have started construction on the new boys dorms and we arn't allowed to use the stairs. So we have to hike through the institute parking lot and go up the hill), my sort of friend (because we are all friends here), offered me a ride up! It was very nice of him! I am very thankful for all the extremely nice people on campus.
Wednesday I had institute (which is amazing!), Microeconomics which will be my hardest class, Reason and the Self, and Leader Servant. Overall I love all my classes, there is just a lot of reading! I had to work a double shift but I got to help train my friend Nichole which was super fun!
Thursday I went to all my classes and nothing really exciting happened. My student card snapped in half though!
Friday I went to my classes and then we had forum. President Wilcox spoke and it was amazing. He was talking about our mission here on this earth and at this school. It was really great. We had a good lunch and then five or six of us stormed the financial office with different things. So I got a new card with a new picture, and this time I don't look like a bunny! I had a meeting at 1:30 so we were just walking around and it started snowing! It was very cold but pretty. I went to my meeting with a teacher to get caught up and then went to the library to take a test (yes... I already had a test). I hung around till 4 when I had an information meeting for the Open House coming up. After that we hung out in the dinning hall till dinner and than ate. That night we had the first round of SVU idol. I think maybe 10 or so acts performed (including Ewa) and then the judges decided on five to go through. It was an awesome night of some great music! And with a hilarious "What does the Fox say" performance while waiting for the results. Ewa did make it through which was awesome!! It was pouring rain when we had walked down there and my shoes were still wet more than two hours later, so I managed to get us a ride back up the hill by being sneaky :) We came back and Jane, my new RA freaked out because she had bought us Nutella to go with our animal crackers. So we sat in a giant circle and ate that and talked for a while. At almost midnight I went and was talking to the other RA on my hall named Lanie. She is super amazing. We talked for a while and somehow I ended up sitting with some people in her hall till like 2:40. Then I talked to Lanie again and Merissa, my old RA, was texting me till 4AM! It was super fun but crazy!
Saturday I slept in and then went to lunch. I was so out of it and was starting to get sick (due to the fact that the earliest I had gone to bed this week was 2AM and I have 8 o'clock classes everyday). I came back and watched TV then took an hour nap. It was great! I got some homework done and talked to Alley and then went to dinner. After dinner I tried to get some stuff done and then I went to the SVU Idol finals. Ewa did such a good job! But she didn't make the cut to the final three. They performed again and then the audience voted. It was a lot of fun! We came back from that and then went to Sheetz to buy frozen hot chocolate and then watched Letters to Juliet. We talked again till about 2 and then Sam and I stayed up and talked till 4AM.... again....... whoops! It was much needed though!
Here are all the finalist singing :)
I arrived on Friday around 3:30. It was a long day of travel and I was grateful to be back. As I looked out the window when I was landing I felt so at home! I couldn't wait to go back to school. Reid picked me up and told me I could stay for dinner (which was awesome because I hadn't ate anything all day!). I stayed for about 2 and a half hours and after I was full from fish tacos I started to drive home. I was blasting music to stay awake, but to be honest I was so hyped about getting to see everyone, I was wide awake! I arrived to hugs and welcomes and it was awesome!
Saturday we went to lunch and then came home. I unpacked and then it was time for dinner. It was pretty empty by the time we were there and it was just nice to be with everyone! I said hi to some more people that I hadn't seen yet and then we came back to get ready for the 80's theme dance. It was super loud and they blew out the system twice, but it was really fun! After the dance Anna, Genny, and Alex all came to my room and we stayed up talking until almost two in the morning.
Sunday was awesome! I really needed the spiritual boost for the week and I was so grateful for the people in my ward. My Relief Society president made bookmarks for each of us that have traits that she has noticed in us. It was super nice and we all got our own copies of Daughters in my Kingdom which is an awesome book! That night we watched two of the Liken the Scripture movies which are so cheesy but so great! And we stayed up late again....
We love church!
Someone decided that it would be a good idea to go to breakfast at 8 in the morning! So thats what we did. The guy swiping cards said "why are you guys up?" I was asking myself the same question! We sat in there and goofed off for a really long time. When we left we walked outside and sat there and talked for a while because it was soo pretty. We came home and played bananagrams and then got to some homework. We went to lunch and then Genny, Savannah, and I went on a walk to the front of main hall where we sat and talked in the sun for an hour. It was so nice out! We had dinner and then went to FHE where we played apples to apples but for each round you had a different stipulation. So the first 5 people in were the ones you judged, or the first 5 people to stand, or you had to do the opposite of the green card instead of actually what it said. Then we came back and face-timed alley!
Tuesday was my first day of classes. I had American and the Enlightenment (Which is basically just US history. And its much more fascinating knowing i'm only like three hours from some of the places we have been discussing), Choir, and Introduction to Theatre History which is amazing!!! I am absolutely loving that class! I had a meeting for the literary magazine called the Review and I also went back to work and had a work meeting. Another nice thing that happened was when I was walking back up the the Lofts (they have started construction on the new boys dorms and we arn't allowed to use the stairs. So we have to hike through the institute parking lot and go up the hill), my sort of friend (because we are all friends here), offered me a ride up! It was very nice of him! I am very thankful for all the extremely nice people on campus.
Wednesday I had institute (which is amazing!), Microeconomics which will be my hardest class, Reason and the Self, and Leader Servant. Overall I love all my classes, there is just a lot of reading! I had to work a double shift but I got to help train my friend Nichole which was super fun!
Thursday I went to all my classes and nothing really exciting happened. My student card snapped in half though!
Friday I went to my classes and then we had forum. President Wilcox spoke and it was amazing. He was talking about our mission here on this earth and at this school. It was really great. We had a good lunch and then five or six of us stormed the financial office with different things. So I got a new card with a new picture, and this time I don't look like a bunny! I had a meeting at 1:30 so we were just walking around and it started snowing! It was very cold but pretty. I went to my meeting with a teacher to get caught up and then went to the library to take a test (yes... I already had a test). I hung around till 4 when I had an information meeting for the Open House coming up. After that we hung out in the dinning hall till dinner and than ate. That night we had the first round of SVU idol. I think maybe 10 or so acts performed (including Ewa) and then the judges decided on five to go through. It was an awesome night of some great music! And with a hilarious "What does the Fox say" performance while waiting for the results. Ewa did make it through which was awesome!! It was pouring rain when we had walked down there and my shoes were still wet more than two hours later, so I managed to get us a ride back up the hill by being sneaky :) We came back and Jane, my new RA freaked out because she had bought us Nutella to go with our animal crackers. So we sat in a giant circle and ate that and talked for a while. At almost midnight I went and was talking to the other RA on my hall named Lanie. She is super amazing. We talked for a while and somehow I ended up sitting with some people in her hall till like 2:40. Then I talked to Lanie again and Merissa, my old RA, was texting me till 4AM! It was super fun but crazy!
Saturday I slept in and then went to lunch. I was so out of it and was starting to get sick (due to the fact that the earliest I had gone to bed this week was 2AM and I have 8 o'clock classes everyday). I came back and watched TV then took an hour nap. It was great! I got some homework done and talked to Alley and then went to dinner. After dinner I tried to get some stuff done and then I went to the SVU Idol finals. Ewa did such a good job! But she didn't make the cut to the final three. They performed again and then the audience voted. It was a lot of fun! We came back from that and then went to Sheetz to buy frozen hot chocolate and then watched Letters to Juliet. We talked again till about 2 and then Sam and I stayed up and talked till 4AM.... again....... whoops! It was much needed though!
Here are all the finalist singing :)
