Schooling

So I have been to all but two classes by now. One because it's only on Thursdays and one because I just added it.

This semester I am taking:

Eng 218 - Creative Writing
Eng 370R - Women Writers on Writing
Rel 211 - New Testament
HFED 140 - Intro to Architecture and Interior Design
POLSC 110 - American Government

I dropped my French class today because I am just not ready for 201 so I am planning on auditing 102 so that I can keep practising and reviewing and then take 201 in the fall when I feel more comfortable in the class. So because I dropped it I had to scramble to find a 3 credit class because I have to have 15 credits for fast grad. Thus, I added American government. Shane said I'm going to have a lot of fun in that class, but I am going to have to study a lot because the tests are hard.

I love my New Testament class! I have Bro. Hammond again and I feel like I've come full circle because he was my first religion teacher when I got here last summer semester. He is such an amazing teacher.

My interior design class is going to be interesting and I am looking forward to it a lot. I know I'm going to learn so much.

I'm excited about my Creative Writing class as well. Today in class we all had to write a line of poetry on a piece of paper and we handed them to Bro. Stewart and he picked 16 and the class constructed a poem from them. I like it a lot. Plus the activity was a lot of fun. Here's the poem. I bolded my line.

Stone-cold Love

There’s a million ways for me to say this

Sands of time are wasteland only in my mind
In a world of allusion, I long to be
In the wily minds of men
The places where we hide

The blonde-headed duck dressed elegantly in plaid
Tickling curls under his lips
“Curses!” she cries as he drives out of sight

Jumping off the bottom stair, I fell among the clouds
Eyes, unpenetrated by darkness, light the way in a vast expanse
The snow gently powdered the flowers
Pastel shades of pink and yellow color the sky
Yesterday will come tomorrow after sunlight fades
Of this I am certain: I will not be mistaking love for anything else

My pet rock died today

Twinsies

So I got to talk to Miri today for almost an hour. I really miss her being here all the time. It's going to be quite an adjustment getting used to it I think. I'm definitely not as sad about it as I thought I would be. Before the end of winter semester every time I thought about Miri leaving I wanted to cry and when we said goodbye I almost got weepy, but I contained myself because I was on a bus. Now that I'm back at school though I just miss her, but I know that we're both doing what we need to be doing. I am so excited for her to go on a mission and I know she's going to be the best missionary ever!




My new roommates are really nice. I think I most click with Cassie (her home life was a lot like mine) and Orchid (she's a convert too!) My room roommate is named Hannah and it's her second semester and she's turning 19 soon. That makes me feel really old.

I've only been to one class so far, most of mine are on Tuesdays and Thursdays so once I've been to all of them I'll post about them.

Dallas

So currently I am sitting at gate C37 in the Dallas airport. It's dark and dreary outside, but I like the rain so it's not all the bothersome.

I was supposed to catch a flight from Dallas to Denver and then on to Salt Lake. However, the plane was delayed an hour, which meant I would miss my connection in Denver. Apparently though, all flights in Denver are being cancelled because of snow. So I talked to the ticket counter lady and she said there was a non-stop flight from Dallas to Salt Lake leaving at 12:35 and arriving at 2:25 so she put me on it. That means I'm still able to make the shuttle to Rexburg, which leaves at 3.

Allow me a moment to complain about flaky people. I had a ride back from Salt Lake and even a place to stay Friday night because they wanted to leave Saturday. All of these plans fell through however when they changed their mind leaving me to find not only a way home for myself, but for another firend who had been guaranteed a ride as well. It proceeded to get worse from there trying to find a ride home. I suppose it's okay now because I have a ticket for the worst ride in the world, the shuttle, and I was able to find my friend a ride, but still people suck.

My mom (Martha) has all the pictures from this week so I don't have any to post, but we did go out to The Cheesecake Factory last night and had a blast. I even bought my mom a drink. It was a lot of fun. We just ordered cheesecake and drinks. I got some sort of virgin mango thingy and mom got the georgia peach. As for cheesecake mom got the new blueberry one and I got the lemon raspberry creme. They were both amazing.

Anyway I need to go because we should be board soon.