funny things about BYU

So I put this on my facebook but for those of you who haven't read it here it is:

So I was walking around the other day and over heard a conversation between two girls that hadn't seen eachother in a while. They greeted eachother in the only way girls do (hugs and shrill excited voices) they continued talking but the one thing i heard was "Oh so how are you enjoying married life?"... can you respond in anyother way aside from Great!... no, you can't

I went on a date last night with a Sr. When we went out for ice cream drove up to the Provo Canyon Park which if you have never been up there you have to drive past the temple to get there. We then sat in his car (lights off so I coudn't even see) and ate our icecream and talked and this was a part of our conversation (sr.) " So where do you see yourself in two years." (Me) "well I will be 20... so maybe.... getting ready to put in my papers for a mission" He said "well what if you're married?" (me)"'i don't plan on being married when I'm 20" (sr.)"well no one plans on it" (me)"but I can prevent it"It was a great BYU experience

I always see kids and babies on campus and I go through the same thought process everytime I see one:
1. Aww its a baby! Its so cute, oh look its smiling/crying/sleeping. I want to hold it
2. Where are the parents, oh there they are
3. Oh my gosh! the mom is my age
4. hmm I wonder where they go when the parents have class... can you bring babies to a lecture?

I think BYU is the only place where if you get injured everyone who sees you will ask you if you're ok, offer to carry you to church/to your apartmen/make you brownies/not laugh at you if you did something stupid to injur yourselfI think Provo has the most college spirit of any college town. Honestly the sound energy of Provo, Utah after a BYU football win could probably produce enough energy to run the power for the entire city.

I was talking to my roommate the other day and we dicided that talking to guys is kinda scary here... some guys are really cool, don't get me wrong, but a lot of guys you start to realize one of two things
A. If they're a return missionary you are pretty much being put on a "potential wives" list
or
B. If they have yet to go on a mission the guy is probably putting you on a "write me on my mission" list

College classrooms are kind of scary. They are SO big and none of them have assigned seating and you usually don't know anyone in the class. You have to search the room, decide which quadrant you want to sit in, front left/right back left/right, whether you want to sit by anyone, if there is anyone cute to sit by, whether you want to sit on the edge and make it difficult for everyone else who wants to sit in your row.... its a lot to think about, I have found that there is always one rule... unless you have to, there must be atleast one seat open next to you. Sitting right next to someone you don't know is practically illegal.

Along with sitting in classes I have found that no one wants to sit by the cripple. A bunch of people are willing offer to carry your backpack or open doors for you, but no one wants to sit by the cripple, especially if you have to store your crutches under the chairs, which I don't get why thats a problem because everyone complains about lack of space and trys to stick their feet out as far as possible but if there is a pair of crutches under your chair, a space rarely used, you cannot sit there...

These are some of the clubs at BYU:FencingBombardmentBreak Dance ClubTall Club Juggling clubJane Austen RegencyMidieval club..... yeah.... this is where I go to school

BYU is a huge campus, approx 35,000 but does that stop me from running into old friends from camps, siblings of people I met at EFY 3 years ago, being in the same ward as a kid I kind of know from my grandparents old ward... no. all of this has happened and it has only been 2 weeks.

BYU is the only place I know of that has kareoke in the main square of campus AND has people actually participating.

I was looking up some information about BYU and there are 70 languages taught here. And 75% of all of the students have "some foreign language proficiency"

Career Path...

So yesterday me and Ke'ala went to campus to find some of our classes. We ended up at the SWKT (Spencer W. Kimble) building and there were little stations that described all of the classes that were offered at the SWKT. They were pretty much all of the life sciences (i.e. Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology etc.) I'm taking a psychology class this semester and I will probably take Sociology nest semester so I went to go learn more about these topics but while I was listening to all of these really passionate people talk about all of these topics that I am also interested I realized more deeply that I have NO idea what I want to do or what I could have fun doing for the rest of my life. I also really like fashion marketing/interior design and business and math and helping people. I don't know what to do. I know I don't really have to decide right now but at the same time I kinda do. I have to take classes and decide if I want to to a Masters or Phd. What do you guys think I would be good at? Is there anything that you could see me doing for the rest of my life?

First Post

Hey so its my first post! So I made this blog so that people at home like my fam and friends could keep up with my life without having to facebook stalk me, so really this is for your convenience. So I have been in Utah for officially one week and it feels like it has been forever. I was thinking about it today and I was like wow it has only been one week I can hardly remember the drive down it feels like it was so long ago. It is also really wierd that my mom left only yesterday morning because that feels like forever ago. So far I have been really enjoying myself and I have only had a few times where I got a bit home sick. Don't get me wrong I really miss everyone especially my family and the air and tap water in Washington but I have been able to keep my self focused on the bigger picture that I am supposed to be in college now and starting a whole new chapter in my life. Even though it is a bit scary to think that my daily decisions may change the entire course of my life it is also exciting.

I have found that I am only able to make it through the day without having a major break down because I have the Lord on my side. I have a quote plaque on my desk that my mom gave me and it says "In the strength of the Lord, I can do all things". This whole being on my own has given me the oportunity to discover that I am weak without the strength of the Lord but that he is also SO willing to give us strength when we ask in humble prayer. My first week would have been filled with more tears and so much less fun if I had not humbled myself to ask for strength from God.

So to fill some of you in on what I've been up to since I got here in the beautiful state of Utah I arrived last friday at around 7 at night after a long day of driving with my dad. Saturday I met my roommate Kylee(from texas) and we both moved our stuff into "Guido". She is really nice and super fun. We have been getting along great so far and have found a lot of errie similarities. For example we both used to play volleyball but we both stopped because of an ankle injury, we also have the same CTR ring. Kylee had been living in the apartments across the street from wyview (raintree) for about a month because she got a job in the cougar wear department at the BYU bookstore. She moved in officially on saturday and I unofficially moved in on monday but I had pretty much moved all of my stuff in before. We have had a lot of fun exploring Provo and making new friends (Nasty included). On tuesday night we picked up my mom from the airport which was pretty fun because there was a lot of construction so we went on a few adventures around SLC, good thing my grandma was there. Wednesday my other roommate Dahea (Dah-Hey) moved in but she left almost right after to visit a friend in Idaho so I didn't get to talk to her long. We (me+mom) finished moving everything and getting all of the finishing touches for my room, which I love, and even got our own personal interrior designer (my Deborah) to come hang out and help us out. Thrusday me and Kylee walked around campus and figured out where all of our classes were and then later that night we(+ke'ala) helped some guys in a neighboring apartment move in and they turned out to be in our ward. I can't wait to meet more people here it is going to be so much fun! Tonight a bunch of people went to the dollar theater and just hung out and it was a lot of fun. Basically in short college has so far been a great experience and I am having a great time and class hasn't even started yet. Hopefully it will stil be fun/get more fun as the time goes on.
I hope everyone is doing well and I miss you all so much. I am coming back to WA for my sister Olivia's baptism so I will be in town for about 2 days during the 2nd weekend in november so hit me up while i'm there. I hope this wasn't too boring and I will try to make my blogs a little funnier. I also apologize for any spelling/grammer errors. My keyboard sometimes decides to not work and I can't spell anyway. Good night everyone!

Miss you all a lot!
Katie