Exciting Weekends in Utah!

Classes have been in session for over two weeks now and yet it feels like I never left school. I like most of my classes but can tell that this semester will be far more challenging than last. Each of my classes has more reading assignments and more scheduled tests and exams. Plus, many of the classes give essay exams in addition to multiple choice tests, which I haven’t had since my senior year in high school. I am hoping I did not lose much in my writing abilities since then. One of my classes, Parks and Recreation, is very interesting. The professor used to live in Wisconsin and actually was the previous camp director at the camp I work at. It was very fun to meet him finally and talk about camp and how it is progressing. I am taking another statistics class this semester that is extremely boring since it is a review from junior year. The professor is from Germany and has a very rich accent and that is probably the best part of the class. We spent the last few days learning about how to find the mean… and it is a 2000 level (at most universities, that would be a 200 level) class.
Last weekend on the 11th, I had the opportunity to go listen to President Monson speak in Provo, Utah. He spoke at BYU so some of my friends from USU drove down for it. It was a long day but well worth it. It was absolutely amazing to hear him speak again. We also got to have a homemade dinner at Heather (my roommate’s) house in Highland, which is located about 30 minutes outside of Provo.
This last weekend, we had the delight of having a three day weekend. I had to work most of last week and put in almost 30 hours within four days. But then Sunday and Monday, I was able to rest and relax. On Monday, some friends and I decided to go hiking in the mountains. We left too late though and ended up walking back down the mountain in the dark. But we arrived home safely, no worries. I included some pictures of the hike for some enjoyment.

this is in the Wind Caves up in the Logan Canyon.
Yep, they're pretty much the coolest thing in the world!