So the Tradition of Honor thing was way good. There were a lot of performers and of course the famous "That's against the Honor Code" song. Wow it's been a long time since freshman year. But yeah it was fun to watch and there were a lot of uplifting things. It makes me proud to be a BYU student and to love by an honor code. Today we had our orientation for the program. So I spent most the day listening to more info about OSHA and HIPPA and all that jazz. We got some new clothes too of course. Oh and we got shoes which is the latest. So i'm not complaining not like I ever have anyway. There are a ton of new 1st semesters it's crazy. Any who after that I went and saw a friend from the MTC. She's was in town for the day for a friend's wedding. So I sat and talked to her while she was waiting for the bride to be done with the make up and such. But yeah it was fun to talk to her and such. Sis. Nihipali is so crazy and funny! But yeah after that I came home and took a quick nap then went to another Y group activity. This one was a little different but fun. Pretty much they did a bunch of wierd games to mix people up and to force you to get to know people. It would have been nice except for the fact that I was with a bunch of freshmen haha! Well I'm going to bed because I gotta get up and do my last day of this cramp study then go to work then watch the football game!! Yay I'm excited for that!!!

Alright so yesterday I got up in the morning and went to the temple which was really nice. I saw Susan W. Tanner there and she smiled at me!! haha....didn't know she works at the temple. After that I ran a couple of errands, did the cramp study and then did Y group stuff. They checked in then we gave them a tour of campus. It was actually really cool because we were given a ton of info about the buildings mostly about the people that the buildings are named after and I learned soooo much! The theme of the New student orientation is being a Disciple scholar. Wow I had no idea that those men sacrificed so much for this church and for the building of those buildings. So it was fun to talk to the kids about it and to strengthen my testimony and such. Then we ate dinner and they watched a movie but I left to help a friend unpack a little. Oh and I got another call asking me to translate again. I thought I was going to be done but no! But it's okay because I have been giving a lot of service these past couple weeks and it's fun!
This morning I got up and did the rest of the tour of campus then went to the "convocation" for the freshmen. A lot of people spoke and it was very powerful. We also watched a movie there that especially touched me. It talked all about how BYU was started and about the first presidents of BYU and such. Wow!! I had no idea that people went through so much to get this university started! They almost gave up so many times! But both those times they had dreams/visions of thousands of students and buildings here on campus and they kept going. Way to save BYU Jesse Knight! And he used to be less active then when he became active he payed all the tithing that he missed plus interest, plus donated a ton of land. Seriously I am so grateful to be here at BYU. It truly is the Lord's university because if not then it would not have even been build. I am so grateful especially to Karl Maesar for teaching and starting this college and making it into what it is. One thing that Pres. Samuelson asked is "Why are we here at BYU? What do we need to get out of this experience?" It got me thinking a lot about why I am here and what I have gotten out of my experience and what do I have left to get out of my experience. That's something that I'm going to be thinking about a lot this next little while. Anyway, I left to go to work which was good but I gotta go back in a couple of hours for the "Tradition of Honor" presentation. Pretty much it'll be talking about the Honor Code and such. I'll let ya'll know how that one goes but I'm gonna take a quick nap before that because I am so exhausted!!

Well this morning I got up and went to a training meeting for the Y group leaders. Danielle Hurd had e-mailed me a while back asking me to volunteer with her. Anyway, so I accepted of course. So it was a good training meeting and I learned a lot. It was pretty fun and I'm actually kind of excited to be helping these freshmen somehow. But after that I participated in day 1 of my 5 day research. I had participated before but this was kind of a continuation or like I call it, this one's "for real." So yeah pretty much they are testing my muscle contraction when my big toe cramps which means I get shocked a bunch of times until my bog toe cramps so they can observe the muscle activity. It really wasn't too bad. After that I went to work which was nice then went and talked to the girls in apt. #8. I pretty much live over there! But Caitlin is back so I'm way excited! Welp i'm going to bed now because I've gotta get up early to go to the temple in the morning before more research project stuff then Y group stuff the whole rest of the day!! Fun!! :)

Moving

Whew!! I am drained! This morning I went to the gym and saw Aunt Amy there. That was fun! Then as soon as I got home I started moving all my stuff to my new apartment. It took me soooo long! I started at like 10 or 11am and just now finished getting everything moved over here and the other apartment cleaned. I still have a ton of things that I need to get organized here. But I didn't eat breakfast and almost passed out trying to move so I had to take a break to eat lunch. It is so hot outside and I had to move all that stuff here on the 3rd floor by myself. Now I remember why I hate moving! Anyway, I guess I did get a little help for a few minutes and that was nice. So here I am typing away when I really should get in the shower because I smell and I need to go grocery shopping because I have no food (meaning no milk or bread). And then I have to go to work for a little bit. So yeah I really should get going again!

Well today was a pretty good day. I went to the gym then went to work. Work actually went really well too. I was able to get a lot done. Anyway then I went and saw Kung Fu Panda with my friends. It was actually a pretty cute movie. The kids were making me laugh too. Anyway, that's pretty much it for my day!

Well you can tell that this week hasn't been too busy since I've been writing here a lot. Anyway, so the latest is that I'm going to be doing men's basketball this fall. I wasn't planning on it but things seemed to work out and what not and it feels right so I'm just going to go for it. So I e-mailed my clinical advisor back and he said it's fine. I might not have to do an assignment in the winter after all. Hmm....maybe he's going to be nice to me this year I don't know. So all day today I spent trying to fix my schedule around and make sure I'll still have time to work and such. I might end up taking a class next spring just so my schedule isn't too tough so I won't get bad grades since I'll be so busy. I did do okay fall semester when I was with football surprisingly enough. I know I just need to have more faith in myself. But I would still walk in April but not technically graduate until June I guess. Then I'll get to teach at the MTC longer and study for my certification exam. Anyway, I think I wrote all this already. But yeah that's what is going to be going on this next semester. I still have to add a couple of classes these next couple of weeks. I should get in....hopefully. So that's pretty much it for today! Anyway, I need to go to bed so that I'll have time to go to the gym in the morning before I have to work.

Well today has been interesting. Well not really. Anyway so I got up early this morning (and yes 6:45am is now early for me) to help a girl in the ward move. It was really random. Last night she saw me and was like I know you probably don't know me (I know her but she doesn't know me) but I have to move a ton of boxes early in the morning and need all the help I can get. So of course I said yes. I mean it's an opportunity to serve and I didn't have any other excuse. So I got up early this morning to help her move and she really did have a ton of boxes. We managed to get 4 cars to help her get all her stuff and it still took 2 trips. Then after that I came home and showered and managed to have some time to watch the end of the U.S. women's soccer game. It was so awesome and we won!! That was such a great match. Then I headed off to the attorney's office and translated for the filipino lady. It turns out that she wants to drop the charges. Of course the attorney was a little upset and I was a little too because when some man has raped 3 people and gotten away with it who wouldn't be upset. But he obviously picks on people like this because she's going back to the Philippines in like a month and really doesn't want to have to worry about this and obviously she's scared. But anyway, it's a really hard situation. But afterward her and her sister took me out to eat lunch and they were so nice and stuff. It was so fun to talk to them and I realized that my Tagalog is really rusty. Wow!
So after that I came home and I had gotten this e-mail from Jeremy the person in charge of making our assignments for Athletic training. Well Rob, the Men's basketball and baseball trainer had called me last week pretty much begging me to help out with men's basketball next semester since he didn't get a student assigned to him and has games starting at the end of october. And he said he trusts me which is nice. Anyway, he's really nice and really willing to work with my schedule and everything. So.....i'm kind of considering if I'm going to just do it or not. I think I might take less classes this next semester then take one or 2 classes in the spring and graduate after spring term. I can still walk in April but then I'll be able to teach at the MTC too until June or so and take my certification exam then get a job. I don't know. Tonight i'm going to sit down with my friend and figure out my schedule and see if it will work. I'm not sure. I kind of have a good feeling about it but we'll see. I'll let ya'll know tomorrow what I've figured out. So I'm gonna read and watch the rest of Pride and Prejudice now! Ingat!! :)