Stress, School and September

Hello to my family and friends!

The first week of college classes breezed on by and I found enjoyment in the majority of the classes I am taking this semester. My Creative Arts class, which is basically a class to learn how to appreciate the arts, is okay. We listen to a lot of classical music so I enjoy it. I have seven performances to attend over the semester, including High School Musical- the play, an opera, a string quartet and a ballet. I am looking forward to a few of the performances (not the opera!). I absolutely love sociology. It is so engaging and relative to the world I live in. I love learning about the society and seeing how different parts interact. My Biology class is super easy, at least right now. And my physics, well, I knew I would hate it going into it so nothing has changed. My only education class is good too. Our first night, we had to write a song. It's nice to be with people who share the same passion of children as I do.

Other than classes this week, I did a lot of other stuff too. I went to the doctor on Saturday. I found out that I may have ulcers or at least the start of one. So now I am on two different medications and I have this nasty green liquid to drink every day as well. The doctor assumes it is a result of stress. Wow, our family just never gets the hang of handling stress, do they? At least I am not having panic attacks or hives like other members of our family. I haven't really been able to eat a whole lot because of stress. I am lucky if I eat twice a day. But with that, I have lost five pounds over two weeks. So hopefully the medication I am on will allow me to get back to eating more! The doctor asked me how much I ate before coming out to Utah and I said "A lot. I love to eat!" So I am excited when I will be back to normal again.

This weekend was exciting because I went to Salt Lake City and Brigham Young University. My best friend from Wisconsin, Janet, goes to school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. So for Labor Day, instead of water-skiing, I went down to Provo and Salt Lake City. We mainly went to Temple Square in Salt Lake. Jodi came with us and her grandma provided us with a home-cooked meal Sunday night. I stayed at BYU and I got to see the campus and all. Here are some pictures from the weekend. We had a blast for sure!

And some of you asked so I delivered. Ask, and you shall receive! Here are some pictures of my dorm room as well as campus.

This is our "square" room. All it has is a bunch of shelves and a big mirror.
This is our living room! Recognize the refrigerator! It has gone through about 5 college students over the past 15 years and still works!

My side of the door room. My bed is the tallest possible!
Here are some outside photos of the college:

This is Block A. The story with this is that in order to become a “True Aggie,” you must kiss someone on the block on a full moon at midnight. The school sponsors these nights every few months.

This is my dorm hall, Richards Hall. It is pretty sweet! I like it a lot!

I have more pictures but this is enough for this blog update. You will just have to come back later (bribery, perhaps?). But I miss you all and hope you all are enjoying life back home!