Monday, February 10, 2014

Let your Heart, Sweetheart, Be Your Compass

I'm not doing so good at the getting back into the writing blogs thing. Time has gone by so fast! Where has it gone? I was crazy and decided to take 17.5 credits my first semester back in school... not sure where I got that crazy notion from... probably the same place where I got the notion to take the classes I've been avoiding all together this semester. Anyway, I know when I start thinking of good topics to write about, its time to update the blog. My life has pretty much been school, more school, and even more school. This weekend I took a mental vacation and have pretty much done nothing academic the last two days. Almost nothing. It has been nice actually and I am getting to the point now that I am itching to be productive again. Which will be needed this week for my Physics and MMBio tests!
Last semester was great and went by so quickly. I'm glad that I got to live with Kerissa before she got married... and that we weren't living under a bridge. I actually really like our apartment and the ward we're in. Its a good level of social and I am making myself actually go out and do things and talk to people. (My family and friends I'm sure are very proud!) The new semester brought three new roommates and a lot of new ward members as well. It has been interesting having freshman as roommates. It makes me feel super old and out of date with the times. Kinda funny.
For all the things I thought about for blogs, I don't really know what to write. I'm not that exciting. So I guess I'll do a quick update of a few of the exciting things.... 
I found out in January that I was accepted to study at Cambridge this summer! Something that I have literally been dreaming of since freshman year at BYU. I still have a hard time sometimes comprehending that I will actually be spending the summer in England! Now, after talking to the professor who oversees applications and such to Cambridge, I'm also going to go to Oxford! May as well while I'm over there, right?! So I will be in England June-August now. Finally a stamp in my passport!!
I also passed up my dad in the number of temples I've visited! The current list is: Washington DC, Palmyra, Billings, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Provo, Sacramento, Manhattan, Nauvoo, Atlanta, Cardston Alberta, Draper, Salt Lake, Mount Timpanogos, and Oquirrh Mountain. Pretty Exciting.
I read Ender's Game and saw the movie. I successfully read a book during the semester! It helped that it was really good and I was waiting to see the movie until I finished it. I actually didn't like the movie that much. I know they don't have time to include everything that is in the book, but you should change everything that you do include. This is why I probably shouldn't read the books movies are based off of...
I also dyed my hair black again. I gave into the temptation. I don't know why Kerissa always has a box of black on hand. I always end up using it. I decided to take advantage before my hair got too long for just one box. Cheapness still always wins out.
And I found out:
I was confused and then I read the description. Its pretty accurate.

Well its late and I have organic chemistry first thing in the morning but, I got a blog written. Yay!