This week flew by for me. Not sure if it was the homework, or the fact that we had a 4 day school week-but I can't complain! Although this past week was Rosh Hashanah and everyone back home got the day off when we out here in Utah still had to go to school. I miss the Jews. Anyway, the work load is starting to build, but I'm still not super stressed and I feel like I can keep it up.
We had a devotional on Tuesday and the President of BYU and his wife spoke. Sister Samuelson talked about how we should constantly acknowledge the source of our blessings and that gratitude is a commandment and a promise. President Samuelson warned us about over-zealous behavior. He told us to not focus on one specific thing while we are here at BYU. (Mosiah 4:27 and D&C 10:4)
Wednesday, Amanda and I went swimming for the first time at the gym. (not the first for triathlon training) Not going to lie-that pool is extremely gross. Can't see past 10 feet in front of you...it's was just gross. And for some reason my knee has been hurting me ever since...I blame it on the dirty pool.
Thursday- I took my first test in the testing center!! And guess what I got...100% (Now it was only a syllabus quiz and I was able to have the syllabus with me BUT STILL) The most exciting part was when you leave the testing room and walk down the stairs you see your score on the projector and if you get 100 it says PERFECT SCORE! next to your ID number...I felt so smart. :)
Friday- LIZZIE'S BIRTHDAY! My roommate turned 18 yesterday so a few of us went to CPK and had a birthday dinner for her. After we ate a ton of pizza we went back to campus and went to Fall Fest 2010. There was a dance at Brigham Square and tie-dye tshirts for the first 1000 people. We got there 30 min after it had started and they were all out of the dye, but we did get a shirt! We're planning a tie-dying party later. Two of the guys we were with were trying out for Divine Comedy and we were allowed to go and watch auditions so all of us headed over to the Tanner Building. It was awesome, because we were there for support but we also got free comedic entertainment. Unfortunately the boys didn't make it because they are pre-missioned bound...super lame. THEN, we decided to buy cookie dough from the creamery and make cookies at the bell tower. The lights at the bell tower are so bright that they heat they generate is actually capable of making cookies. Cool beans, i know! However our excitement died when some mean people decided to throw water balloons at us. Surprisingly, I wasn't super angry especially being the only person who actually got hit by one. I was just wet and now cold-so we moved our board games back to the dorms and hung out in the lobby for a little bit.
Saturday- This morning Katie Walton and I decided to hike the Y. She had never done it before and I somehow convinced her to climb it with me. Let me tell you though. It's a hike...an all-up-hill hike. It took us about 20-30 minutes to get up there and it was worth the walk up. I had actually been to the "U" before I went to the Y but the U is 20 feet away from a road so it's not super hard to hike to. Anyway, it was a lot of fun- Thanks for coming with me, Katie!!
Tonight I'm off to another girls soccer game against Marquette. Seems like things are looking up here in P-town :)
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