Yikes, that still sounds weird to say. I remember back to my freshman year in high school, thinking that college would NEVER come and now it is here right before me. It feels so strange to sit in my dorm room and know that I won't come home for four months. It still feels like a vacation or a camp that lasts just a few weeks.
This past week has been tougher than I anticipated. I arrived Monday and got settled in. My main goals for the week was to meet people, find a job and get the hang of the campus. I can successfully say I accomplished two of my three goals. I found a job. I am one of six people who work at the events held on campus. Basically, I help set up, maintain and clean the sporting facilities here on campus. I had my first day on the job on Saturday and met my co-workers. They are very sarcastic, so I have a feeling that I will fit in great with them once I get warmed up. I get to work all the sporting events: football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc and get to watch the games for FREE! I think I will appreciate that.
I got the hang of campus for the most part. I know where all the buildings are that I have classes in so that is good. I've spent every day so far taking a run around campus. After the first week, I'm sure I will be much more confident in my ways.
I haven't met a lot of people; that is the one goal that I think I failed at. Quite honestly, there haven't been a lot of opportunities. I think everyone is in the same boat of being away from home and missing it a lot. Hopefully, once classes get under way, things will get better. My roommates are great, which helps a lot. During the week, it has been the people back home that have made the week possible to get through. I got mail, which highlighted my week and was able to talk to a few close friends and family members, which made it feel like I was back at home.
Church was today and to be honest, it was the one thing that I couldn't wait to do when I got here. It was however, quite interesting. They had us do a combined worship service with another housing community and then finally seperated us from there into two different wards. It was a lot of "Welcome and prepare to receive a calling soon." I am excited for church meetings and our bishopric seems very lively and energetic, which is great.
Well that's it for now. I don't have any pictures yet; I haven't really taken the time to do so, my bad. But next week I will definitely post some pictures of campus and all. Next weekend, I am headed off to BYU and Salt Lake City so I look forward to that and being able to see friends from Wisconsin!
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Welcome to Utah Casie! (Can I welcome someone to a place where I am not?) Well, I lived there for long enough. I hope you're starting to enjoy Utah State. You'll definitely meet people in time. Just be your beautiful self!
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