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And Sophomore Year Begins!

     I figured since I haven't posted anything on my blog in almost two months and I'm procrastinating writing a history paper, I'd share a little bit about the first few weeks of my sophomore year at BYU!

1. Living in an apartment is the GREATEST. I have five roommates and I love them all! Kaylee and Alyssa are two of my great friends that I met last year! Kiersten is a freshman and on the swim team! She is so funny and I love her! Jessica is so sweet and keeps us all organized! Keighley is so much fun and has the best stories! I love them all! Yesterday we rearranged our living room and got our TV to work and we are in heaven! We watched TV for two straight hours last night before we went out and did stuff! We were literally so excited to eat dinner in front of the TV! Simple joys I guess! It is so nice to be able to make my own food! I'm just loving it.

2. Another bonus of living in an apartment is being able to have people over! Last Saturday we had an awesome movie night! We invited some people from the ward over and watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off, one of my all time favorites! Everyone stayed and talked for awhile after the movie until unfortunately the clock struck midnight and the boys had to leave! We are planning a football game party for next weekend now that we have a TV that works!

3. Football season has begun! I absolutely LOVE going to the games! You just get so swept up in the school spirit and it's so much fun! The first two games were home games and we won them both! Today we are playing our ultimate rivals, The University of Utah! The Holy War as they call it. Some people from the ward are getting together to watch it which should be so much fun!

4. Classes are actually going really great! I took my first test of the semester yesterday and did really well! I was pleased! My favorite classes are my two religion classes! I'm taking New Testament with an awesome professor! My other religion class is called the Living Prophets and my professor is somewhat of a Mormon celebrity! It's Lloyd Newell who does the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir every Sunday! The class is SO cool! We are studying the lives of the prophet, First Presidency, and Quorum of the Twelve! I love it! I'm also taking this awesome Dance Aerobics class that's such a good workout and so much fun! My other classes aren't quite as exciting, but I think this will be a great semester!

5. I finished the process of applying to my major! I have officially decided to major in Elementary Education with a minor in Music! I absolutely love working with kids! They say the funniest things and have such sweet personalities! As a teacher if I'm even to make even a small difference in their lives, it will be the most gratifying thing in the world!

6.  Other random fun things: My friend Anna auditioned for Divine Comedy and out of 150 people she was one of only 24 called back! She was absolutely amazing and so hilarious! My grandma's coming to visit me on Thursday and I'm SO excited! I'm loving being able to spend time with friends from last year and making new friends! College is the best!

I guess you could tell from this jumbled wall post that life at BYU is great! I miss Virginia of course though, especially my wonderful family! I totally need to give a special shout out to my sister Amy for getting the part of Meg in Brigadoon! It makes me so sad that I won't be home for it! One of the downsides to going to school so far away! Now here's a few pictures from the first game of the season and there will be more to come!







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  1. BeckySeptember 25, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    Great post Sarah -- sounds like you are loving life at BYU! So proud of you!

    Becky

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