Friday, April 27, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Odor Eater
So my lovely roommate Beth was putting what looked like baby butt powder in her shoes. She explained it is not in fact baby butt powder but foot odor powder. After putting the powder in each shoe, she continued to dip her own feet in each powdery shoe. After stepping out, we all realized that this may not be the best idea in the world. We now have white powdery Beth footprints all over our carpet! Let's hope it vacuums out!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
bad morning
So my alarm clock decided to become unplugged during the night. I woke up, saw it and literally jumped off my bed. It was painful. But it was also 8:47 and I had a class all the way up the hill on a super freaking windy day and I didn't even get breakfast. 3 straight classes in a row until 11:30. Up a hill, down a little then up even higher....altitude is killing me.
Now that I've survived today though, I can comment on yesterday! We had devotional with President Clark (pres. of the school) and I saw something amazing. I'm going to entitle this segment:
Little Beautiful Moments
Before the devotional started, I was looking around the auditorium (it looks like the conference center!) and at all the students who came. It take
s dedication. As we started the opening hymn, I noticed out of the corner of my eye, a group of deaf or hard of hearing students. One guy was in the front facing them to translate but during the whole song, the entire group was singing with their hands. It was amazing.
After returning home from a wonderful devotional, focusing on the love of Christ and the love we can share with each other, I had almost reached my dorm when I saw this in a trashcan!
I got as close as I could but scared it away too soon =( Made my day though!
Monday, April 16, 2012
10 months later...BYU-I!
Mom, you should be proud. I finally got back on here! It's my third day in Rexburg (not counting days I wasn't on campus) and so so so so so much has already happened. I'll try not to be gossipy about this but it's great.
Saturday - It was "Get Connected" day. All the awkward freshman sat in a circle learning each others names and where we're all from. One guy from Belgium and a boy and girl from India! WIN! Later learned the indian girl is Leeza, one of my new close friends (more on her later). Walked home very late at night and got lost but asking a random stranger for directions was just fine! I love the spirit on campus!
Sunday - Strangest church day. No babies or toddlers whining. And lots of random off-topic comments to take up the time. Not as spiritual as I would've liked but it was nice enough. Then found out I was supposed to have a Bishop's interview at 9:45 PM! Only in college... Luckily, lunch was interesting with my roommate Beth and my big brother Ben and three of his roommates. I made spaghetti (on my own!) and they brought brownies. Nice guys and good conversation. We also played cards. Right after they left, got a new message that the bishop wanted to see me in 10 minutes! Hurried back down to church (half a block away) and got an interesting new calling. I'm nervous because I'll be teaching people that are all older than me...how's that for my first Sunday?
Monday - Funnest day yet. Got up late because I set my alarm wrong but so did Leeza! So we both went late to our first activity which was a meeting about the wonderful learning model up here. The best line was when a leader was mentioning that 1+1=2 and a guy stood up and said, "Actually, according to BYU-I, 1+1=eternity!" That was Facebook worthy. After some one on one with our I-Teams we headed over to the Kirkham for a bunch of videos and skits about getting involved. Lots of candy was thrown into the audience and I got my own frisbee. The last video was about getting involved in service and how this school started and what it does for students. It was so moving that by the end, every student was completely silent and many trying to hold back tears. There were some great quotes from past church authorities and university presidents. My favorite was about how whether we choose to hold to our covenants or not, He will always reach out to you. We were all startled when a guy popped up on stage to say the closing prayer! We then headed to a fun room where we could sign up for all kinds of service and club opportunities and get lots of free pens and candy! My pockets were loaded, of course =). After heading to the gorgeous new I-Center for a BBQ, Leeza realized she really needed to shop. The prices on campus are ridiculous. Not knowing where the grocery store was, we resourcefully headed to Ben's apartment to ask him and mooch some swedish fish. After finally finding the store, I realized that Leeza hadn't shopped on her own before, let alone in America. We wandered around comparing prices and I gave her all my mom's advice on how much to buy for how many people and how long it's going to last depending on where you put it and the best ways to store certain foods. An hour later, we realized Leeza had to much stuff to comfortably carry 10 blocks home...God saved us again. A random guy in a blue polo waved at us and said "hey I just saw you guys at the activity fair!" Sure enough, he was an I-Rep shopping with his friend. We talked some more then asked if they had a car by chance. They had two and immediately offered us a ride home. We didn't even have to ask! His name was Nick, so I was not driving with a stranger. Upon arriving at our dorm, Leeza fell out of the car and skinned her knee really bad. Nick grabbed all her groceries while I helped her up the stairs and to her room. He was so nice and then just left. We didn't even get his number! It was so wonderful to know we could trust him though.
Now that I am snug at home while the wind rages outside (funny, I call this home!) I decided this would be the fastest and easiest way to tell all my loved ones about my college experience. Class starts tomorrow and I should probably get prepared...
Saturday - It was "Get Connected" day. All the awkward freshman sat in a circle learning each others names and where we're all from. One guy from Belgium and a boy and girl from India! WIN! Later learned the indian girl is Leeza, one of my new close friends (more on her later). Walked home very late at night and got lost but asking a random stranger for directions was just fine! I love the spirit on campus!
Sunday - Strangest church day. No babies or toddlers whining. And lots of random off-topic comments to take up the time. Not as spiritual as I would've liked but it was nice enough. Then found out I was supposed to have a Bishop's interview at 9:45 PM! Only in college... Luckily, lunch was interesting with my roommate Beth and my big brother Ben and three of his roommates. I made spaghetti (on my own!) and they brought brownies. Nice guys and good conversation. We also played cards. Right after they left, got a new message that the bishop wanted to see me in 10 minutes! Hurried back down to church (half a block away) and got an interesting new calling. I'm nervous because I'll be teaching people that are all older than me...how's that for my first Sunday?
Monday - Funnest day yet. Got up late because I set my alarm wrong but so did Leeza! So we both went late to our first activity which was a meeting about the wonderful learning model up here. The best line was when a leader was mentioning that 1+1=2 and a guy stood up and said, "Actually, according to BYU-I, 1+1=eternity!" That was Facebook worthy. After some one on one with our I-Teams we headed over to the Kirkham for a bunch of videos and skits about getting involved. Lots of candy was thrown into the audience and I got my own frisbee. The last video was about getting involved in service and how this school started and what it does for students. It was so moving that by the end, every student was completely silent and many trying to hold back tears. There were some great quotes from past church authorities and university presidents. My favorite was about how whether we choose to hold to our covenants or not, He will always reach out to you. We were all startled when a guy popped up on stage to say the closing prayer! We then headed to a fun room where we could sign up for all kinds of service and club opportunities and get lots of free pens and candy! My pockets were loaded, of course =). After heading to the gorgeous new I-Center for a BBQ, Leeza realized she really needed to shop. The prices on campus are ridiculous. Not knowing where the grocery store was, we resourcefully headed to Ben's apartment to ask him and mooch some swedish fish. After finally finding the store, I realized that Leeza hadn't shopped on her own before, let alone in America. We wandered around comparing prices and I gave her all my mom's advice on how much to buy for how many people and how long it's going to last depending on where you put it and the best ways to store certain foods. An hour later, we realized Leeza had to much stuff to comfortably carry 10 blocks home...God saved us again. A random guy in a blue polo waved at us and said "hey I just saw you guys at the activity fair!" Sure enough, he was an I-Rep shopping with his friend. We talked some more then asked if they had a car by chance. They had two and immediately offered us a ride home. We didn't even have to ask! His name was Nick, so I was not driving with a stranger. Upon arriving at our dorm, Leeza fell out of the car and skinned her knee really bad. Nick grabbed all her groceries while I helped her up the stairs and to her room. He was so nice and then just left. We didn't even get his number! It was so wonderful to know we could trust him though.
Now that I am snug at home while the wind rages outside (funny, I call this home!) I decided this would be the fastest and easiest way to tell all my loved ones about my college experience. Class starts tomorrow and I should probably get prepared...
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