It's a long one...

I've attempted to update my blog at least like five times now. But either my internet kicked me off (thanks to Hotsite Networks...the company Tyler works for...cough cough) or I realized that the update would have to be pretty long and I decided I should probably do some homework instead. So, now that I have finished my first two weeks of the semester, I decided it was time to sit down and do some typing. So sorry for the long blog.

First weekend/move-in: I arrive to Rexburg, check in to my apartment and start moving all of my junk in. I had originally signed up for a four-person apartment (2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom). So I unload my car and I even meet my roommate. As I am unpacking, I just don't feel right. I have no clue why but I didn't like the apartment and something just felt different. So a few hours later, I go to my manager, Stephanie (who used to be Kimi's old roommate) and I was going to ask her if in case I didn't like my apartment for the first week if it were possible to move. Don't get me wrong, I was going to try things out...but something just wasn't right. Stephanie asked if I just wanted to move right then and there. So I did it. I moved into a six-person apartment (3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms). I am still in the same apartment complex but the six-person ones have recently been remodeled. For those Ricks alumni out there, I am currently in the old boys' Breckenridge apartment. They remodeled them and made them girls' apartments. They are now called The Cedars.

First week of classes: So I had this super cool scheme to surprise Mom and Dad this semester. I enrolled in the University Orchestra and then I was going to send them tickets to my concert in the mail and make them come to Rexburg to see me play. Everything was going pretty well, I had Mom fooled for a while. But seeing as I haven't played in an orchestral setting for like three years, I was a little rusty, and a bit out of my league at the BYU-Idaho University Orchestra. So, when you are enrolled in the orchestra, you get the opportunity to also enroll in private violin lessons. The cost was $190 for the semester, but I thought it was worth it at the time. I was introduced to my violin teacher and as I was talking to her she asked if I wanted to have a lesson right then. Uh...ok. I have the lesson, learn a few things, and then go home. I was scared out of my mind! The orchestra already required 2 hours of practice a week, no big deal. But my lessons required 6 hours of practice a week, NOT including the 2 hours for orchestra or the time spent at lessons or orchestra rehearsal. So I would be putting 10 hours a week, 200 buckaroos, and a total of 18 credits for the semester into this grand surprise I was planning for my parents. Needless to say, I dropped both the orchestra and the lessons the next day. The classes I am currently enrolled in are: Professional Communications, Book of Mormon (2nd half), Science Statistics, Leisure in Society, Basic Skills (learning how to camp!), canoeing, and weight training. Total of 15 credits.

Weekend: My best friend Kirra got married on Friday April 24, 2009 in the Boise temple. I drove home Friday after class so I could go to her reception. She was beautiful and the reception was nice. I haven't received the photos of us at the reception yet, but here is one of there pictures from the temple.
Also that evening I went to Christine Cordoza's wedding reception. Lots of weddings!
And after all of the weddings, I went to the Institute fake Prom with a bunch of my friends. It was kind of fun to get all dressed up again.

Finally, this last weekend I traveled to Logan for Aubrey's graduation. I'm so proud of her! It was so good to spend some time with Tyler and Aubrey. We had some yummy pizza at Firestone.

Also...today there was a CES young adult fireside being broadcast from BYU-Idaho with Elder Bednar as the speaker. Somehow, I got a seat in the second row, down in front. I was about 20 feet away from Elder Bednar! It was amazing! Of course it would be completely inappropriate and disrespectful to take a picture at the fireside...but here is one from the internet.
This concludes my never-ending blog. Things are going really well. I really like my roommates and I am loving my classes.