First Day

I have about an hour to kill before my first class, so I thought I'd give a more detailed update. Things are going great so far! This past weekend was stake conference. The Tallahassee stake was getting a new stake presidency so we had visiting general authority, Elder Kenneth Johnson. It was really good. Unfortunately they had to cancel the Saturday adult session because of the rain caused by Tropical Storm Fay. But the rain lightened up considerably during the night. Today, in fact, we have blue skies and sunshine! Mostly I was just glad our power didn't go out. Not that I'm afraid of the dark... No, seriously though, if the air conditioning went I out I would have checked into a hotel. Some pioneer, but whatev. I'm comfortable with my pampered lifestyle.

I'm excited for classes to start. I hate not having some sort of schedule in my life and it will be nice to get rolling with that. I only have classes Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Funny how I was never able to get that sweet of a schedule doing my undergrad... and I didn't even have a choice this year. Yea for grad school! (Hee, I'm pretty certain I won't be that excited in a few months when the real work starts... Oh well, I will enjoy my moment of glee for now)

An odd addition to my college life is having to drive to class (okay, okay, so we're all a little spoiled at BYU... Most students live within a few blocks of the school). I'm still trying to work out how long it takes me to get to my building. The neat thing about this stake, though, is that the stake center is across the street from campus to they let the YSAs park there to get to class.

Speaking of YSAs, I've been able to meet quite a few of them over the past week. My roommates brother was kind enough to invite me to a few get-togethers this weekend, which was great since I won't be able to meet in the YSA ward until this coming Sunday.

So exciting things ahead. I imagine I'll update more after my classes this week.

Tallahassee

I just said goodbye to my parents. What a week! For those of you who don't know, I was accepted to a graduate program at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. School starts on Monday so last Saturday my parents and I packed up my Camry and began the long drive to FL. We arrive Monday night and we've been on the go ever since. My apartment was unfurnished so we had to get the necessities (bed, desk, etc.). Thankfully with all the driving around I now know how to navigate to school and back (and to Wal-Mart)-- at least in the day time. What else could a girl need? Oh, I know how to get to the mall too. :-)

Both my roommates are LDS, which is great. I've already hit it off with one of them. We have a similar sense of humor, which makes her twice as cool. Tonight I will most likely chill and enjoy the new episode of Psych, my new favorite show. My roomie watches it too. Again, cool.