No longer the first day

So we've been here for a little while now, five days is all actually. It feels a lot longer than that, mostly because a lot has been happening in those five days! I've pretty much recovered from my wisdom teeth escapade, thankfully! I've also settled into my apartment, attended a new ward, had our first family night, attended two days of college classes, and done some homework. Beyond that, I've also started running again! Finally, I will no longer be in my relatively poor shape! I now also feel less like a Freshman, though it's only been two days of classes, and I feel like I belong at BYU. Though I will say that it's weird to have classes where people are pregnant, just had a kid, engaged, and just married, all in one class. Still, I like it here, it's pretty cool, and the classes are going to be fun, and hopefully extremely challenging!

My apartment extravaganzas have included some video game playing, attempting to cook, eating peanut butter, and relearning how to chew my food. I've also met some pretty cool people, a few guys, and quite a few girls. Actually not that many, but a few. ;) No dates yet though, we'll wait a couple weeks for that one!

I've also realized that food is expensive and that I probably literally did eat my family out of house and home. Every time I even drink a glass of milk I can't help but think, "I'm paying for this" and so the glass becomes a little smaller than it would have been. Nevertheless, I am not starving, so no worries mom and dad, I'll probably just lose a little weight.

So there's the update, enjoy!

First Day

Well, it was the first day of college today. It was cool I guess, it's interesting living on my own and whatnot. NSO was kind of fun, but in all honesty, not that great of a day. It would probably help if my mouth wasn't swollen and I could eat food though. Not wanting to rip the stitches out of my mouth could also help. So yeah, this is my complaining post. I'm sure once I get over my teeth it'll be much better, but yeah, first day, hopefully tomorrow is better.

Summer and work

The summer is coming to a close, so I figured I'd write a brief synopsis of my adventures! This summer has gone by incredibly fast, and at times incredibly slow. The vast majority of my summer has been spent working as a window washer. I started literally the day after graduation, and plunged head first into the new life experience of working a full time job. I was kind of nervous about it all. I've had jobs before, but have never worked a full 40 hours in a week, so I was slightly intimidated by the prospect, and a little dejected because I thought it would put an end to any fun summer plans I'd had. While I did spend the majority of my days at work, this job forced me to learn how to schedule my time more effectively so that I could work, hang out with friends, and spend time with the family. I actually feel like this has been a very productive and fun summer for me! (though I do wish I could've gone camping more) I also managed to make some much needed money for college and a mission, and I learned how to work, a lot. Some weeks were painful, not so much physically, though I did get less sleep in my attempts to have fun and work, but mentally. We've worked 50 hour weeks, and there have been times where in two days we worked over 25 hours! So, this job taught me even more so how to work, and I made it through with minimal emotional scarring ;). This job also helped me partially overcome my fears of heights and spiders; tall ladders and innumerable window wells do wonders! So I'm grateful that I had this job, even if I did tend to complain about it quite a bit...

The fun things I've been able to do this summer go from playing sports and hanging with friends, to our Disneyland trip (which I still need to finish writing about)! My most recent adventure was a little backpacking trip with my good buds Brad and Tanner. We had the eventful experience of getting "lost" in Little Cottonwood Canyon and bushwhacking our way through trees, marshes, and boulder patches to finally find the trail we had originally been on! I also found time for a few dates here and there, and had a good time! The Real Salt Lake game last night was, by the way, extremely fun to go to! I'd definitely recommend that as an activity to do at some point. So all in all it was a good summer, and I look forward to this next week, my final week of work, and the week of my final summer adventure, climbing to the peak of Mount Timpanogos with the fam! Then begins the adventures at Brigham Young University! It'll be sick! :)