Getting Behind On Homework: Never A Good Idea

I'm here to preach about a single decision that will directly affect the way your life will turn out. Okay, maybe that's going a little bit too far, but it could happen...

That single decision is when you do your homework! Seems like a pretty trivial decision, right? Like, how the heck is that going to affect how my entire life turns out?

Look, I'm currently in a mess of a situation right now because I'm getting behind on homework. So let me tell you how dang "awesome" it is to get behind on your homework.

I didn't do any of my homework over the weekend, because YOLO, right?! Wrong. So wrong. Don't get me wrong, I had a somewhat valid excuse for not doing homework (if there is such a thing? I don't think there actually is...) because I went to Lagoon with a friend, and I got to go FO FREE!

So do you know what I have to do tonight for homework, because I failed to do anything over the weekend? Well, let me just make a nice little list for you.

• Read 80 pages from the Book of Mormon 
• Practice my guitar (for like 2 hours) 
• Read a ridiculously long chapter out of my Writing & Rhetoric book
• Read a huge part of a blog
• Read Thomas Paine's Common Sense 
• Watch a movie and write a review on a blog 
• Get in touch with a bunch of service programs to try and work something out (yes, it is an assignment)
• A solid 3 days worth of homework from Music 101 (reading lots of stupid entries in the stupid book, listening to lots of music from the dang middle ages)

And then on top of all of that, I also have to:

• Do laundry (lots of it)
• Tidy up my room 
• Find time to live/breathe/cook 

The moral of this story is... Do NOT put off your homework until the very last moment just because you think you can. Life gets crazy busy, and if you ever want to have time to enjoy life and not be stressed, get your homework done right away. Seriously, it will make your life so much easier. 

--S.E.

Exhausting

College life is exhausting. Who knew?

Seriously, I went to bed at 10 last night and I woke up at 8:30 this morning and I've continued to be exhausted. DYING!

I don't know how I'm going to have a dang social life. :o

Hope everyone is having a great day.

--S.E.

Another Successful Day of College Life

I consider today a very, very successful day! I had two more classes today.

Music 101... I'm not sure how I feel about this class yet. I'm kind of leaning towards not liking it...or, you know, not liking the teacher. He is very, very full of himself and tries to be really funny. And he's really just not as funny as he likes to think he is. He does seem to know what he's talking about, and the class material seems to be interesting enough. So I guess we'll see how I feel about it by the end of the semester!

Writing and Rhetoric 150... This class is going to be AMAZING! My teacher seems really awesome! It's going to be a lot of work, because it's an honors class, but I feel like I'm going to be learning so dang much and having a really fun time doing it. And my class is super small, which is always a plus! I think it's going to be a really amazing class, I'm really looking forward to it! {Plus, she promised us that if we show up to class and turn in every assignment that we will get at least a B... Pretty solid promise, I think!}

So, here is why my day was very, very successful now! Okay, I came from a small place where there was no traffic EVER! So now, I'm obviously in Provo, UT and there's a bit more traffic than I'm used to. Well, I needed to go to a guitar store so I could get a book for my guitar class, which meant that I had to drive, in traffic. I was only slightly terrified. But I got there and back (TWICE) in one piece. Yes, I did mean to say twice, the first time I ran over there I realized that I forgot my wallet, so I had to go back home to grab my wallet. OOPS! Only I would do something like that.

So, that's why today was a success. I hope everyone else had a lovely day!

--S.E.

Day One of Class: Success

So my classes today were a success! :) I already told you that I only had two, but I really enjoyed them!

We'll start of with my Book of Mormon class! It's going to be a LOOOOOT of work! We have to read the entire first half of the BoM (1 Nephi 1-Alma 29) in two weeks. TWO WEEKS I say! Which, as it turns out is only 20 pages a day, but still. That's a lot of work. Very manageable, but a lot of work. Especially when you add on work from other classes. My professor seems to be very nice, and very knowledgeable! I'm really looking forward to this class, because I feel like I'm going to learn A LOT!

Then my guitar class! I'm so excited for my guitar class! I got my guitar a little over a year ago, and I love it to death! But I'm not super great at playing it, mostly because I hadn't had the time to put into learning it. Which is so very sad. But now I'm taking a guitar class from a very cool guy who seems to know a lot about the guitar! I'm so excited! I feel like I'm going to learn a whooole lot! Today we only sat down and talked. My class is huge, by the way, over 100 people and people are continuing to join the class! SO CRAZY! There are TONS of cute boys in my class though, something my classes have been lacking due to the change in missionary age.

So, those were my classes!

Oh, the good news that I was hoping to have to tell you earlier? Yeahh, turned out to be bad news. I had gone through two auditions for a choir at BYU and found out today if I had a callback or not. It turns out that I did not get a call back. Initially, I was extremely disappointed, but I'm going to use it as a learning experience now!

Crazy story real fast: So, there are {I think} 3 people I know from high school who are going to college with me, on a campus of well over 30,000. I was leaving the BYU Bookstore after picking up my books, and I ran into one of the guys I went to school with! It was so crazy, especially since this is the first day of class and the bookstore was super crowded. So yeah, small world I guess. Confession: I had a huuuge crush on that guy back when I was a freshman {he was a senior}. I still think he's super cute, because you know he just is one of those guys.

--S.E.

My Tuesday Thus Far

Today is my first day of class! What?! Haha. But this is college, so ya know, I only have two classes today, which is so dang fabulous I can't even.

Today, my two classes are Book of Mormon and (wait for it) GUITAR! Heck yes! Book of Mormon is my first class and it doesn't start until 2, so I've just been hangin' around my apartment, not knowing what to do with my life. And then my freaking GUITAR CLASS starts at 6.

I'm so freaking excited for my freaking guitar class -- again, I can't even. I'm going to learn so much and have so much fun and become so good. BOOM! It's going to be legen-wait for it-dary!

I'll post again later today, to report back on my classes. And hopefully some good news? Until then,

--S.E.

I Love College Life

Well, everyone. It turns out that I really, really love college life. :)

I know I've said it about a million and a half times already, but I'm going to BYU. I really love BYU! I love that I'm surrounded by people who share my same standards and beliefs. I love that I can go all spiritual in my homework.

I'm living in an apartment style dorm on campus with 5 other girls. I have such great roommates, I know that I'm going to become great friends with all of them! Emma is my actual roommate, she's been gone a lot lately, but she seems super chill. Sierra and I have been hanging out a bunch lately, she's so much fun! Pamela has been hanging out with Sierra and I (the three of us are bonding like no one's business!), and she is so sweet! Courtney seems super nice, a genuinely sweet girl. Samantha also seems super nice. I'm just surrounded by 5 of the sweetest girls ever. I can't wait to get to know everyone so much better.

I actually start classes tomorrow, and I find out if I have a call-back for Women's Chorus (I've already gone through 2 auditions, but I'm nervous!) Tomorrow will be good, because I only have two classes; Book of Mormon and GUITAR! I am so dang pumped for my guitar class! I'm also really excited for my BOM class, because I love reading the scriptures and learning about them! I'm so excited!

I'm really looking forward to seeing where this year will go! I just feel so blessed to be right where I am right now!

--S.E.

I Am A Terrible Blogger -- Sorry

I have been such a terrible blogger lately, what the heck is up with me?! I was doing so dang good! Nah, I've just been super, crazy busy. It'll happen, right? Yeahh...

So I guess I'll go through and explain to you what all I was crazy busy with, right?

Well, I was working a lot. And I was trying to get all packed up for college. And then, ya know, I moved down to Utah to start college. And evidently college life is CRAZY!

I actually have to go soon, since I'm going to BYU we do a lot of Church-oriented activities. So, we had an ice cream social last night. Church today. A break the fast dinner/social. Ward prayer. Introductory interviews with the bishop. Aaaaand TUNNEL SINGING!

So, I have to go be busy with Churchy things. But I promise that I will be a better blogger! :) Until next time!

--S.E.