Turning the Page

Coming off of Brandon and Bonnie's wedding last weekend, this week has been a catch-up week. I leave for Utah in four weeks, which brings both harmony and chaos to my mind. This week served as a page turn and transition. The only thing I was waiting for from high school was my AP grades. The only thing in the academic area at Utah State that I was waiting for was my class schedule. Those both got finalized this week.

In May of this year I took four AP tests. AP tests are the "final test" for a year long course that is close to the level of rigor of Freshman College classes. If an individual scores high enough, college credit is given and most times the person can test out of general degree requirements. This past year I took AP Government, AP English, AP Psychology and AP Calculus. The tests are scored from 1-5, 5 being the best. I received 3's in AP English, AP Calculus, and AP Government and a 5 in AP Psychology. Combining those scores with my scores from last year, I already have 27 credits theoretically for college. It was well worth the costs of the tests and the amount of time put into the classes.

With that, I have finalized my schedule for my first semester at Utah State University. Official classes begin August 25th. Here is my schedule

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Creative Arts 9:30-10:20
Sociology 11:30-12:20
Life Science 2:30-3:20
Intro to Elementary Education 7:15-9:45 pm (Only Wednesdays)

Tuesday/Thursday
Physics 10:30-11:45 am plus lab from 8:30-10:20 on Thursdays
Religion Class 1:30-2:20

All in all, I am super duper excited for classes to begin and find out what college classes feel like. I am sure after a few weeks, I will be sick of them and start counting down the days until graduation.

Conquered Fear

July 5th will always hold a special spot in my heart now. It was the day that I finally barefooted. That day has been in the making since I started to ski five years ago over Memorial Day weekend in 2003. It has been well worth the wait, let me tell you. This Fourth of July, I celebrated it up north with the Stefonik's on the lake. Despite the harsh and choppy conditions on the lake, we gave the water a run for its money and managed to ski a little. Michael and John helped me get ready for barefooting. While I have no bruises to show for the challenge I overcame, I do have a neck brace now. I managed, on the last fall, to tear the muscles in my neck. It is a lovely brace. I can't run for a few weeks and can't ski the rest of the season. So even though I conquered my fear of barefooting, I will have to wait until next summer to try it again. I have no pictures of barefooting but there is video and will be here soon. I will miss water-skiing, that is for sure this school year. I plan to buddy up with some family that has a nice boat and some skis.


This week I was also able to go to Noah's Ark for a day with some friends from Wausau. It was a lot of fun and a fairly nice day. Towards the end of the day, rain and storms arrived that put a little crinkle in our fun. All in all, we got sunburn and a stomach full of water but had an awesome time. I will miss being able to get together with friends from high school immensely as I leave in five weeks!