Good Times

Life is great.  I'm really having fun with my new roomates and friends at Glenwood.  We've started a tradition of inviting different girls over for Sunday dinner to get to know them.  Last week was Mexican week, and this week was French themed (well, it was soup themed, but we thought that was too boring.)  We keep being pleasantly surprised how amazing the food turns out each week (since these are things we've never made before), and also how fun the girls are (since we try to invite apartments that we don't really know).  Each week seems to get better.  And, I feel like I know half the ward already, so that's another bonus.

So, this week I've got a lot on my plate.  Well, that is except for a date.  I don't know what I'm doing for a date this week.   But other than that, I've got a ton of accounting studying to do, plus other stuff.  Really, compared to accounting, my other classes are a piece of cake.  Speaking of cake, there's not much I enjoy more than leaving my accounting class, where we talk about debits and credits and financial statements, and heading over to cooking, where we have serious discussions about making sure your meal has a variety of color, texture, and temperature.   For a college course, cooking feels like such a joke, but I love it.  I also have a speech to give this week for public speaking.  We are doing recitations this week - choosing a piece of prose, and reciting it using a variety of tone, volume, pitch, etc.                                             

I'm considering participating in a program called Conexiones - where you have a Latino family in the area, and you and a partner go and read with them each week to promote literacy.  I think it would be a fun way to learn Spanish since that's something I really want to do, but I don't know if I have the time for it.      

Back at the Y

Life is looking up for me.  I recently moved to Glenwood, and I love the place so far.  Well, not the apartment itself - it's pretty ghetto, but the people.  Here's a few of the things I've done in the last week:

-Met a ton of people - I have a goal to be one of those people who always remembers people's names the first time, and then doesn't forget them.  Switching wards is great practice for that.  The people I've met are great so far.

-Had a bonfire -  I took an old pallet from work (with permission of course) and we went in the canyon for a big apartment group date.  I'd never done a winter bonfire before.  It's actually pretty fun.  I think the snow and freezing cold makes it better.

-Watched The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - an excellent french film that I would recommend to anyone.  It is based on a true story of a man who suffered a massive stroke and is resigned to complete paralysis except for the ability to blink one eye.  Very eyeopening in understanding those with disabilities.  I also saw The Emperor's New Groove this week, and it was seriously the funniest cartoon I've ever seen.

-Had Chinese dinner night - we had an apartment of girls over on Sunday for a chinese dinner, and it actually turned out great, considering we didn't know any of them, and none of us had ever cooked chinese.  This sunday is Mexican night.

-Got my new laptop (finally!) - I was such a wreck without it, but now it's here.  I like the upgraded network card that lets me surf the internet and download at literally 10 times the speed of my old wireless card.  Plus the webcam is pretty cool.  I'll be practicing and reviewing my speeches for public speaking with it.  Here's what I look like now, while I'm typing this.

-Went to amazing devotionals - I really appreciated seeing President Monson on Sunday, and Elder Holland on Tuesday.  I think their talks were a great strength to me.  I'm so grateful to be here at BYU at this time in my life.  There's so much to do, and so little time to waste!

OK, I'd better go now, I have class in just a few minutes.  Have a great week!