The Wonderful Land of Provo

Well two full weeks of school have gone by. I moved into my new apartment at King Henry. Our room is so tiny! It was kind of a shock when Lexi and I walked in with our things and realized that we actually had to fit all of our stuff in there. But we made everything fit and we have decorated our walls with pictures and the apartment is really nice. We have a living room and a larger kitchen and it's just a lot more cosier here, more like home. My roommates are all really nice. My classes all seem interesting. In fact, I am loving my classes. Except my Spanish class is kind of a dull one. I've realized that I do a lot better when my Spanish class is not my last class of the day. I am constantly watching the clock, waiting to get out. But I am also taking Social Dance 3 and Latin Ballroom Dance 1. Those are so much fun! I absolutely love ballroom dancing. I am going to the Social Dance club again and this Tuesday I had a blast! It's so much more fun now that I am in the upper level class and I actually know how to do the dances.
I also have a job now with BYU Catering. So far it's really fun. My favorite part is the food. We eat so good at Catering. It is really going to help out with my groceries and the fact that I really don't want to buy any. So far I have worked two football games. They are so much fun! I work in the President's Loge, which is pretty much the best place to be at a football game. Reason #1: it is the only place in the entire stadium with air-conditioning. Reason #2: Our events coordinator, Lynn, is so nice. Reason #3: we get to eat fantastic food. Reason #4: I am serving the top people at BYU, like the President, the Deans, and any General Authorities. I love my job so far.
Friday night was party night for Lexi and me. We went to three different parties. That's right. Three. We went to a Las Vegas Reunion where I ate a ton of pizza. We went to the Fall Back into School Party at the Wilk where we met up with our old roommates and some ward members and danced the night away. It was incredibly fun. However, it was also sad in a way because our boys weren't there. We had fun, but there was definitely something missing we felt. When that was over, Lexi and I went over to the King Henry Poolside Party. We actually didn't stay very long. We staid like maybe 5 minutes. But still we counted that as our 3rd party of the night. We left not long after we got there, because we decided we wanted to go get ice cream instead. Tehe
Yesterday I worked pretty much all day because of the football game. My feet were exhausted when I came home. I did my homework, and then I walked to the Y and hiked it. Except for the fact that I got lost coming home from it, which scared me since it was also dark by that time, it was a really great experience for me. I felt a lot closer to the Lord and felt that I had a better vision of what I should do with my life. I officially decided on that mountain that I am going to switch to the family life major and then do the masters program for Social Work. While on that mountain, I knew that that was what I was supposed to do. So tomorrow, don't know how, but I am going to figure out how to switch my major.
One thing I have been learning during this past two weeks and that I am working on, is that I need to be positive no matter what happens to me. Everything has a reason. Every bad experience is a learning experience. All of my hard times have made me stronger. I am who I am because of both the good experiences and the bad ones. Thus, I need to remember to stay positive no matter what comes at me. Because something might happen in the future, something really tragic or trying, and I do not want to be depressed no matter what. I am thus working on being positive now, learning to see the bright side of things no matter what happens (like last weekend when I flew for the first time). Everything that could go wrong pretty much did. But I look at that now as a learning experience. I know now what to do in all of those incidents. I look at this what could have been a frustrating experience as a learning experience, because someday an even more frustrating experience might come my way, and I want to learn now to stay positive.
And so I challenge all of you to learn to be positive now. Do not wait to learn to be positive. Practice now. Smile, since an uplifting song, and write a list of things you are thankful for. I am so thankful for every experience in my life, and I am so thankful to be here at BYU and to finally realize what I am supposed to do with my life.