Math, Humanities, and CHOIR!

I suppose I’ll post the ‘MWF’ version of my last post (not my brothers last post)

The day starts out with FDMAT 108 or ‘math for the real world’ definitely my speed. But the professor is pretty darn scatterbrained. the first day was spent waiting as she tore up her bag looking for her flash drive and repeating herself over and over again, only to realize: ‘I already told you that didn’t I?’ I suppose it could be worse I don’t dread the class so life is good.

Next is Humanities which so far as been art appreciation 101 and had nothing to do with literature. I’m hoping that this one picks up because I was pretty excited for a ‘Homer to Tolkien’ class.

Then MENS CHORUS! I am so excited for this choir. a few of the pieces we are singing are: Hope of Israel, The Morning Trumpet arr. Mack Willberg, and an Ave Maria arrangement by Franz Biebl that I did in Europe, but the men’s arrangement is so different and amazing. Among others we are also doing an Eric Whitacre that I have never heard of before.

So there’s MWF. In other news it rained up here today (cold and wind driven) so… There’s the random news you all know you really needed.

He He (Evil laughter) this is going to be fun

oh Eric!

guess what

you forgot to log out of your computer at home

Do you know what this means?

I can mess around with your blog!

this could get interesting

-Scruffy

Arabs, Doctorine and Busy Work

That's about how every Tuesday and Thursday will be for the next four months.

The day starts with FDINT Middle East. This class I am actually excited for. Mainly because it is the only social science oriented class that I have this semester. (History Education Major taking no history classes....hmm oops) But this class will be fun, challenging and informative based on one day in class.

The next class in 15 min. Is FDREL 122 or the latter half of the Book of Mormon. My professor is amazing. Brother Satterfield. And a good friend of Bob Walsh! Yay! He was kinda panicked when he came in. He said "is this really a 122 class?" after hesitant nods by the freshman laden class he says "Oh dear......I haven't taught this in 16 years....I don't have a syllabus.....I'll be giving the prayer today." So he commences to pray for the lord to inspire us to help him know how to teach the class. Well, turns out he teaches 121 by using the whole Book of Mormon and discusses it by topic. He used a talk by .....dangit..can't remember. But the quote was that a cover to cover reading of a book of scripture is only the first step to let the living water flow, and that the next level is to study by topic (thus needing the whole book). He asked by raise of hands how many of us had read the Book of Mormon cover to cover. Almost the entire class Then he asked how many of us had already been presented a chronological approach to the Book of Mormon OK we're at BYU Idaho...anybody who did not raise their hand did not understand the question...lets define chronological....seminary...sunday school...primary etc. Well that turned out, obviously, to be most of the class. So it looks like, hopefully, we will be using his 121 method looking at the Book of Mormon by topic and just throw out the idea of only using just the last half of the Book. I'm excited.

Finally FDSCI 101.....

Oh Dear....

I did not know college had that much busy work...

It is going to be an interesting class....

So: day one of four months down.

Please restart your blog now…

So I've noticed that every one of my posts have been….Oops, Sorry, Forgot I had a blog. And then commence to Post something really random.

So apologies aside. I’m Going to try…*hehe* to keep up with this blog thing here at BYU IDAHO! yep. Here I am up in Rexburg Idaho. It’s really been loads of fun but Different Than expected. Yeah. You may have read Jeremy’s post on his larger plates but the freshmen Orientation was EFY for three days. We had councilors (I team leaders) Companies (I Teams) and the I team leaders even wore khaki and orange polo's. So that was unexpected. Not bad but unexpected.

I also met someone who knows John! I was talking to this Kid in my I team who also lives in Buddulph (I will learn how to pronounce and spell that before I leave here) anyhoo.This fellow, Mitchell, Is from Washington and he started to explain how he was from a really small town with a crazy Indian name and I asked if it was near Kennewick. He said kinda’ and I just absent mindedly informed him that I had a good friend who was serving in Kennewick and he asked who.I said John Gay and he got excited (not many Elder Gays in the mission field) Well Come to find out he ‘loves Elder Gay he’s so cool’ and that Elder Gay helped baptize his sister’s boyfriend. It was pretty awesome.

Yep. Life is good. Classes start tomorrow and while I may eat these words I’m actually pretty excited for class to start. More then.

P.S. if any of you folks feel inclined to write me My address is: Biddulph Hall #246 Rexburg, ID 83460-0046

2500 Miles later:

So that was a fun and very LONG trip. Literally about 2500 miles in a minivan with 5 people. Now all of you with huge families laughing at me can just be quiet for a second, because the average leg of the journey went something like this:

My dad is driving my grandmother is co-piloting and the stupid GPS named Archibald is hollering at everyone RECALCULATING! meaning grandma told dad to go a different way the GPS doesn't like, and my dad really can't hear either my grandmothe,r the GPS, my mother or my brother and I killing each other in the back seat... Fun stuff!

But really it was an amazing trip. I Am always amazed at god's creations and the idea that we helped create some of this earth is another amazing concept I'm still trying to grasp. So life is good and I'm home. (Which in the end is always an amazing feeling in and of it's self.)

A Post From California

Hey Folks,

I don't Have a lot of time but we'll see what I can do.

The redwoods are amazing. Northern California is beautiful. And I have interesting relatives....

Life is good. Sorry about the lack of details...I should be home on Sunday the 7th. A little early but that's just fine.

PS. Skyler I owe you an apology Nevada was actually quite beautiful. I stand corrected.

Just Thinkin'

Oh boy,

Ok I won't try to recap what's happened since March..whatever when I last posted so here is what I'm thinkin' today...

Lasts: It is amazing to me that there have been so many lasts recently....my last real day at work was today. I've cleaned those same rooms for 3 solid years. Hated much of it, hollered at my vacuum (both out loud and to myself) I've held long discussions with myself and a handful of all of the rest of you reading this. I've met and enjoyed the company of my boss over that time. My boss is one of the coolest guys I've met. I haven't said much about him but he is a real man. He is one who 'works hard for his dollar and never passes the blame' he is fun to talk with, or just listen to and he has a heart a size fitting of his large 6'3" stature. But today was the last day and the thing that was interesting about it is that it wasn't. It wasn't interesting or different it was just another day. I went and didn't see anyone I just did my work and went on with life.

That's what has stuck out to me with all of the Lasts that have been happening, or that are coming. They have been pretty anti climatic. Just there. Like today the last real day of school. it just happened. nothing special. Hmm Oh well. I'm not complaining and I'm sure we'll all make memories before we let this school year die out but that's what's on my mind. (sorry if this is not all that exciting for a long break in posting but it's as good as it's getting.)