College

Well, perhaps it's time for a review of the many intriguing, exciting, and sometimes boring events that happen at New Student Orientation (NSO).

I moved up to BYU on Wednesday, after spending the night at my uncle's house in Provo.  My family accompanied me to check in and helped me move my copious boxes up to the room.  After they left, my roommate and I were the only ones at our apartment, as our other four roommates would not completely show up until Friday the 29th, when our last roommate finally moved in.  Our roommates seem pretty cool and I hope we have a great time living under the same roof.

NSO has been fun so far.  We were put into Y groups and go everywhere as a group.  We get lots of free food and do many fun and boring activities (each activity is not fun and boring, but most activities are fun and few are boring).  We have listened to lots of information about campus, been led by a very fun and very cool Y group leader (who is also our peer mentor for Freshman Academy), eaten lots of food, and listed to lots of live entertainment.  We have seen a very humorous presentation on the Honor Code and Jericho Road came and preformed live for us.

There are lots of people here.  Lots of people.  I like the feel of the campus.  The Honor Code and the people here are very strong in the spirit and the gospel.  We begin everything with a prayer, and embrace the whole "disciple-scholar" thing.  It is very cool.

And very expensive.  I spent $540 on books.  For my first semester.  Crazy, eh?  Although today I did get my scholarship rebate direct deposit - I logged into my bank account and thought I logged into somebody else's.  The number surprised me!  I like scholarships...  Now I can pay for the new MacBook Pro I bought last week.  It has shipped but now I'm waiting for it to arrive and will be very excited when it does!

There are lots of people here who are willing to help.  We have an awesome peer mentor, an awesome RA (resident's assistant), an awesome college advisement center, and more people.

Today I watched the BYU Women's Soccer game, and tomorrow I will watch the football game.  I found myself doing something I've never done before - cheering on the Cougars.  It paid off - we won the soccer game 4 - 1.  It was a good game.  I guess that while I'm at BYU, at least, I must become a cougar fan.  Ah well - I must find the courage to plunge into the world of the blue.