Shewel

Schhhhhhhhhhooooooooool. school. I do that. I go to school. I go to BYU (Brigham Young University) and btw its awesome. This semester was my first one in my major (cuz im awesome like that and I got into my major;)

Anyway, so as part of my career I have to take this class/certification type dealy thing called a WFR (Wilderness First Responder pronounced woof-er woof woof lol). It's a little bit like an EMT certification and in and of itself has been really great and fun and educational. I'm learning all sorts of ways to help you die slower if you snap your leg and start bleeding out, I'm around awesome people while doing it, and the acting during our scenarios is all great fun. (seriously it's great.) But also, I've had this amazing adventure getting from provo to salt lake every day. (The train ride is 2 hours in case you were wondering.) It just feels like this fantastic trek I make every day, to leave the world of what I'm used to, to leave behind all of my fellow scholars, and to leave the convenience and civilization that is easy for me to hop on this train and spend a long time just traveling. I do lots of things on the train, I meet new people, have the most interesting of conversations, study, crochet, eat, talk on the phone with my super fantastic manfriend (because he is definitely not a little boy), and sometimes I even sleep. I have managed to do almost everything I do at home on this train and it feels interesting. I feel almost enlightened to some degree to know that all I really need right now is a place to sleep at night. A place to keep my food cold sometimes. A place to keep my dirty clothes. A place to put my backpack. It isn't the typical definition of home you think of. Usually a home is your whole world, you eat there, play there, leisure there, study there. It is your everything, not just your bed, storage bin and food supply. I guess the second perspective just makes me feel a little bit more out there, a little bit more adventurous.

And BYU is awesome. my classes are great, my professors and TA's find the most awesome ways to teach concepts. Like in my grammar class to relay the importance of grammar my teacher showed us a weird Al video, and my physics TA welcomed everyone to class with beyonce, T-swift and other pop music. My recreation teachers are just inherently cool. Part of entering the major means taking this class with this professor, his name is raymond and we will get back to him later, and on the first day you get your "TR name." (TR= Therapeutic recreation) So everybody in my major has awesome nicknames we call each other, mine's "Birdy." And just in general BYU is awesome, and there are many more things going on around campus that just get me pumped on the first week. Lots of music, lots of free stuff, lots of enthusiasm. It's all really just wonderful.

That being said I have college things to attend to, and I will write more by Wednesday at the latest, (Why are weekdays capitalized? Honestly they arn't that important.)

~Birdy