Friday, I moved out to Ephraim. It really is a farm town, and to prove it I saw two tractors on the road in 24 hours. I moved in to Creekside Apartments and found out that I no longer was assigned to a shared room. Also there was only going to be six people in the apartment. I decided to move in early so I could get the best spot, but three volleyball girls had moved in two weeks before. So they got the two of the shared rooms, and the other girl who paid for a single room got a shared room all to herself. The happy thing is I have my own room. The bad thing is my room is half the size of Dad’s office. Luckily I was able to use Dan’s high-rise bed or I would have been out of luck. I am surprised how much stuff I have been able to fit into that little space. So I should be able to live even though my bed is less then 2 feet from the ceiling. In my room I have a wood dresser, a small dresser, a shelf unit, my desk, and my wardrobe and somehow it still seems roomy… ish. I had prayed that my roommate at least would be wonderful, and I got my wish because I am about as wonderful as they come. I am so kidding, but not having a roommate will be nice.
I met three of my roommates, two of them for only 15 minutes. They are all on the volleyball team. I got to know Elle longer and she is from Washington and seems really nice. April and Taylor are the other two and with my brief exchange with them they seem great too. Well I guess I will see. The fourth volleyball player has not yet arrive because she is from the Dominican Republic and what is really fun is she does not speak English. I think she speaks Spanish. Then my last roommate, Heidi, had not arrived yet when I left Ephraim Saturday to head home.
I am really excited to try new experiences and enjoy life. With that is the regret of what I am leaving behind. Saturday I went to a party with all my friends and basically all of them are going to BYU. It was a little annoying to hear them all talk about rooming together and chatting about who was in each of their wards. Well at least I did meat one person I know down at Snow. Who was Bri Lebaron, one of my friends from Junior High who went to AF. Even with lack of friends I am expecting to dive into school with 16 credits. My classes are Calc 2, Physics, Computer Science, PE, and Dance Improv. Also I signed up for Teachings of the Prophets for Institute and I am hoping to get into the auditioned show choir that the institute has, otherwise I will be without choir :( . The people at the Institute were really fun and I even met my Stake President who I think is the president of the institute. I will continue to go to church, read my scriptures, and pray so don’t worry about that.
I found this really good poem from Emily Dickinson I want to share with you. Here it is:
I know as much about God and the world
As a creature with two eyes must;
What I do understand I love,
And what I don’t understand, I trust.
Isn’t that amazing and not just because of who wrote it but is says so much. I trust God will help me through college and I know that he will be there when I need his help. I know this because I love God and I know that he loves me.
