Thursday, January 29, 2009

Escuela

Wednesday already?
I cannot believe how fast the days have gone since I started school again. It's fine with me!!

Yesterday I was only supposed to have one class and it was cancelled for the week, so I got to sleep in and lounge around the apartment all day. Woo! I did get up at a reasonable hour... ten thirty... ha... and I wrote an english paper and studied for my math test. Oh, and who could forget American Idol??

This morning I woke up early for my early morning math class. I felt like I did pretty well on the test, and it only took me twenty-five minutes! Yay!

In English we spent most of the time discussing the university budget cuts and all of the protests that are going on this week. I, being the uninformed dunce that I am, have no intention of participating in the rally at the capitol this Friday, but am grateful that class is cancelled because of it.

Political science was interesting, as usual. I really enjoy the lectures, but I think I'm going to really have to study if I want to pass the tests. Eee!

Institute is ALWAYS a joy. My institute teacher has such a wonderful connection with the spirit, and the way he explains gospel principles makes so much sense to me! I didn't realize how much I'd come to count on that class.

CHOIR. Need I say more? I can't even describe the way that I feel when I sing in a group like that. I love being able to release my own emotion into the music to make it more meaningful. I love the way the room reverberates with sound when we come to the climax of the song or when our quiet oohs blend together. The buzzing in my head doesn't stop for a long time after class, and I wish it didn't have to. Fifty minutes is waaaaay too short for a class like that, even after a long day.

The class that was cancelled this week is Life Science. Meh. That's all I can say about it.

So that's school. Besides that, my roommates Lindsey, Courtney, Shelly, Lauren and Caroline keep my life interesting. I love them all so much for different reasons, but mostly because we all get along and have such a good time together. Tonight (after American idol) we made a run to Village Inn for a late night dinner. We all needed a night out, and it was just pure fun to go do something spontaneous for once.

On Sunday after I got back from my visit with my family, I went to ward prayer and the first councillor in the bishopric asked if he could visit with me for a few minutes. He pulled me aside and asked if I would be a visiting teaching coordinator. I don't know exactly what all of my duties will be, but I'm excited! I also contacted my visiting teaching companion, Abigail (Abby) and from what I've found out about her so far, I think we'll be great friends.

Hmmm. Well tomorrow (actually, I guess technically it's today) I'll probably be studying most of the day for my political science test. I'm a tad bit worried about it, but I'm going to try to be positive. Wish me luck!

Thanks for all you do! Have a wonderful day.


Monday, January 26, 2009

YAWN

Well, it's Monday.

School has been going well so far. I've quite enjoyed my classes, and my roommates are all wonderful. I do get really homesick at times, but usually I have homework to take my mind off of it. I don't know if that's a blessing or not...

This weekend was AWESOME. I went home on Friday to see mi familia, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I needed it. It was nice to sleep in my own bed again and to be able to give everyone a hug.

I feel like I should have a ton of stuff to report, but really all I do up here is go to class and do my homework. I guess that's a good thing, but it doesn't make for a very interesting blog post, so I apologize.

I hope you are all doing well! Love you guys. Ciao!