Finally!

Hey everybody!

Sorry that I've slacking off! I have offically been in college here at BYU for two days now and lots has happened, so I'm going to attempt an overview as fast and not lengthy as possible!

So, I arrived here on thursday and was able to get my key to my dorm and to put some things in my room. My first impression was "WOW....this is smaller that the picture made it look like, and a TOTAL dive!" But as I have been living here for four days, I have grown to love it and it's cute tininess! The next day was the first day of New Student Orientation (NSO) and I was nervous! I was so afraid that no one would like me and that I'd be some quiet loser from Texas! IT was quite the opposite! We were split into groups and given a wrist band with a color and a number (yes, just like EFY). Then we had a couple of meetings and I ended up being the fun talkative girl from Texas who was making lots of people laugh! After all the meetings and stuff we learned how to square dance, and then we had like a fifteen minute dance.

The next day was the second and last day of NSO and we had a couple more meetings, but we were also given a tour of the campus so that hopefully we would have a better idea of where our classes where. Then we had a bookstore meeting and then there was a service frair so we could find out about all the service opportunities for BYU. There was also an information fair to inform us about all of the various clubs and organizations there are designed to help us or to have fun. During our three hour block for dinner my ward (the 55th Ward) had an ice cream social so we could start to meet one another. It was lots of fun and I met a lot of fun people in my ward, girls and guys a like. After that we had the Saturday Night Fianle. This was filled with blow up obstacle courses, volleyball, Mario Cart, a dance, and "The Dating Game". I know what you're thinking, "You"ve been at BYU for not even two days and they're already amking you date?!" And I agree, but it wasn't like that at all. Only four people actually ended up with a real date. It was like one of those dating game shows where there are elligble bachelors or bachelorettes who are eliminated as he questions are answered. IT was actully REALLY entertaining! Then Divine Comedy performed! They are a comedy group at BYU that is hilarious!! I would strongly advise you to look them up on YouTube or something! They had me laughing hysterically! I'm even thinking about audtioning in the fall!

Sunday was pretty much a normal sunday. I got up and went to church which was a little different because all of us including the bishopric were new and we needed to get used to the schedule and to work on some logistics. We then had to take what looked like prison photos for our ward directory. Then we had our first hall meeting where we talked about the rules, and got to know each other better. Then, becuase it was Father's Day I went to my Aunt Cindy's house for dinner with them, my parents, and some of my aunt and uncle's friends. IT was really good! Then I went back to my dorm for ward prayer. There was a really strong spirtual feeling as we all knealt together in prayer.

Monday was the first day of class! I am taking Psychology and Dinosaurs (They are separate!). My classes are actually pretty amazing so far. When I came into psych my teacher was playing The Beach Boys. This is also the class that we have "Peer Mentors" for to help us get used to life at BYU. My Dinosaur class was fun to. WE went to the Palentology Museum and apparently are going to take a lot of field trips because on wednesday my class is four hours and fifty minutes long!! After class I ate a late lunch with my parents at the CougarEat and then I bought a new pair of tennis shoes! Guess what color is on them? Purple! Oh, by the way, I am typing this on my new laptop that is also purple! Then we had FHE where we did some get to know you games and then a couple of us decided to go play basketball. IT was fun, we said Hello to everyone who walked by and they thought we were insane!

Today we had a really good devotional about standing on a firm foundation. Then since I have no class on tuesday or thursday I have been doing homework, and writing thank you notes!

So that is what you have missed so far! I will try to keep you more updated than this seeing how I have a lot of things planned in the future!


"What the heck are you doing?

The Vulcan neck pinch?

No, no, no, stupid, you've got it much too high. It's down here where the shoulder meets the neck.

Like this?

Yeah! [guard fall to the ground]

Thank you!" -Spaceballs-