Summer School

Well, for those of you who don't know I decided to stay in Rexburg and take classes this summer so that I can hopefully graduate in April. During my 4 years here at BYU-I I've always heard how great the summers are here. The classes are supposed to be easier and there is supposed to be more stuff going on. I'm not sure what those people were thinking. The fact that I am making this post on a Saturday night should tell you something about summers in Rexburg. I am sure there are plenty of things going on tonight. In fact I did get invited to a party at the sand dunes but those parties are usually lame. I was also invited over to my F.H.E. sisters apartment to watch cheesy movies but that didn't sound like to much fun. So here I sit, blogging away.
School is really starting to pick up. The first week was a real struggle for me. I usually don't get stressed about school but for some reason when this semester started my stress level was about as high as it had ever been. I guess the realization that this is it for me at BYU-Idaho, I pass these classes and I graduate in business, I don't pass and I've basically wasted the last 4 years of my life. The first week of school was probably not the best time to start a new job either. This past week I've found myself in class everyday from 8-11, at work from 11:30-5 and doing homework until around 10. In the past two weeks I've lost about ten pounds because I am lucky to get in one meal a day.
Anyway, the stress level is at least to a manageable level now so that is a good thing. I no longer have drastic thoughts like changing majors or dropping out of school for this semester. I'm sure now that I'll be working less hours at work the social scene will start to pick up as well. So looking forward I'd have to say that it should be fairly smooth sailing from here on out. I hope

A sad day

I found out yesterday that a girl I dated right after my mission was murdered. The murder actually happened almost two years ago but I didn't find out about it until last night. I don't get a chance to watch the news much especially when I am at school but for some reason I decided to record it last night and watch it later. As I was getting ready for bed and watching the evening's news cast I was shocked to see the story about her unsolved murder. Even though I hadn't talked to her in years I was extremely sad to hear that she had been killed. She was such a nice and caring person I just can't even believe that someone would want to hurt her, let alone kill her. I've been thinking all last night and today about the times we had together. If I hadn't moved to Utah who knows what might have happened. If I had kept in better contact with her maybe somehow she wouldn't have been in the situation that led to her death. I realize that you can't keep up with everyone you ever know and that some people no matter how good of friends you might have been at one time will slip out of your life. It just makes me sad that such a great person would have their life cut short like that. I just hope that even though the murder is currently unsolved that someday some evidence will come forward to bring her killer to justice and provide some closure to Nori's family and friends.

Something Brand New

I figured it had been a while since I had blogged and some stuff has been weighing on me lately so I figured if I put it down here maybe it would help. I decided to stay in Rexburg this summer. I hasn't been what I thought it would be so far. Granted we haven't even been in school for a week yet but it is just so different from the other semesters I've had here. It been weird having all new roommates. I truly had some great roommates the past two semesters but now they are all gone. The new guys seem alright but they aren't nearly as lively or exciting or entertaining as my old roommates were. That's been a huge adjustment to deal with. This semester my classes are structured in a way that I've never experienced before. I'm taking 4 business classes (the business core) they are all rolled into one class that meets every day from 8 to 11. Everything we do is in teams. I don't mind working in teams but so much would prefer to work by myself for most of the time. So that's another thing I'm trying to adjust to.