Today
marks the end of Labor Day weekend, the end of the first week of fall term, and
the beginning of a new week. This past
week has been full of ups and downs, and everywhere in between. Last Friday I arrived at BYU and moved into
my new apartment, still in the same complex.
The familiar kitchen, cozy living room, bathroom, and bedroom felt like
home to me. After settling in, grocery
shopping, walking around campus, spending a frightful amount on textbooks, and
bidding my parents goodbye, I finally felt ready to start the semester. I met my new roommates, who seem really nice,
and saw my friends from this summer.
Then on Monday, I started classes.
And let me just say, in comparison to summer term, campus was packed.
And then I remembered that this was college. For real.
Tuesday was a momentous day, the
biggest day perhaps in history. Yeah, it
was my birthday. I woke up as an 18 year
old, and I walked into the living room, where my roommates had put up a
colorful “Happy Birthday” sign. On the table was a plate full of pancakes and
strawberries – how sweet! I dressed up cute for classes, and received many
birthday texts and Facebook messages, and even got sung to in Spanish. When I came home, there was another sign
outside my door announcing my birthday, and then a pan full of frosted brownies
sitting on the counter for me. Needless to
say, my roommates are the best! Then
later that night, I got the best present ever.
My friend Brooke from summer invited all of our friends from summer term
over, and it was so great to see all of them together again! I’ve really missed them, and I wish we all
still lived next to each other. I also receive
two more cakes from my friends, so there was a lot to go around. So my birthday was a good day. No, a great day!
This week of classes was stressful
for me, because I was taking more classes than I wanted to take, and I couldn’t
decide what I wanted to drop and take next semester instead. Finally I figured out my classes, and then I could
breathe a little easier.
On Thursday I attended my first BYU
football game! I went with my roommate from this summer, and it was a blast!
This weekend was pretty good too. Friday night was movie night. Saturday night I went country dancing for the
first time, which was way fun. Sunday
night I had dinner with my brother (who also attends BYU), and then went to a
dessert social with my two friends from summer.
And today I went to Salt Lake with those two friends. We had the best, I mean, the BEST Belgium waffles
I had ever had in my entire life. Then
we went and walked around Temple Square and took pictures, and it was a really
fun day. Since my roommates went home
for Labor Day, I’ve had the place to myself, and a while to relax before life
starts getting crazy! I’ll keep you
updated on my future endeavors.
