Only The Temple

I went to the Logan temple tonight and had a great experience. I noticed a few things while there. Only at the temple do you see a sign that says "Thou shalt not park here." Only in the temple will I be complimented on my Spanish. Only by the temple will you see an old man who shuffles behind his wife carrying her suitcase for her. I LOVE THE TEMPLE!

Toughness

This week was a pretty tough one. Not with homework, but mentally. Yesterday was a year since my dad died. Many memories flooded me all week. I think the hardest thing is that I wasn't able to say good-bye and have unresolved issues.

The toughness really started at devotional. The speaker was Craig Jessop, the previous conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He shared experiences that he's had over the years. One was pretty close to what I was feeling yesterday. I just wanted to break down and cry, but I still had to play postlude.

In the afternoon my friend Jessica and I went to a movie called "Life Happens". We thought it would be a cute romance. WRONG! It was about a guy who was trying to deal with his wife's death. Thank goodness the theather was dark so I could shed a few tears. It was difficult for both of us because we've lost family members recently. It's could to have friends who can cry together.

The whole day was even worse because I had a tummy issue all day. I lost my lunch and dinner. No chicken bowls or pizza any time soon!

Pictures

So, I finally bought a new camera. I took some pictures of my apartment. Hopefully the quality is good. If not, the camera goes back. :)

From the door looking into my living room
From my couch, towards the door

Into the kitchen from my front door.

Stress

I can't believe it's only been a week since my last post. It feels MUCH longer than that. I was able to go home last weekend to visit. It was fun to see everyone. It's amazing how much I miss the little ones. I played and slept too much and didn't get much homework done, so when I came back on Tuesday I was panicked. I did homework for 8 1/2 hours straight...and could have kept going. I had barely added a class for my TAship, so I had to catch up with that. Later in the week my department head told me I needed to add another class so that I could be full-time in order to be a TA....so that's 5 classes this semester for only 9 credits. Needless to say, I AM STRESSED. I think I could do homework round the clock and I would still feel stressed. Ug.

The week went fairly well, considering all of the changes. All I did was class, homework, sleep and eat. It's been crazy, and it's only going to get worse. I truly hope that I pass everything. Especially my Theories class...studying 18 different theorists in 15 weeks. It's nuts! We could take a semester for each of them.

I tried to post pictures of my apartment, but my camera decides to bleed all batteries to death. So, I still have no pictures to post. Sorry.

I feel like there was something exciting that I wanted to post, but my brain is too full of other junk right now....time for bed.

Chaos

Chaos seems the be the recurring theme of my life. It is in total chaos these days. I'm trying to be organized, but I never feel on top of it all. Probably because there is always more to do. The past week has been interesting. I can no longer go to choir on MW. I was kicked out for bad behavior. Not really....I was offered a teaching assistantship and the class I work with meets during the time of choir. I'm sad because I LOVE choir, but having a teaching assistantship is a huge opportunity for me. I couldn't pass it up.

I was out with a migraine on Tuesday and tried to recover from it most of yesterday. I wish they only hit on the weekends. It would be much more productive that way. At least I didn't have any classses....just meetings that needed to be rescheduled for today when I am more coherant.

My ward is interesting....lots of little ones. I was conned into doing nursery my first and only Sunday there so far. It was fun, I have to admit. Who wouldn't love 15 crazy kids under the age of 3? I guess that makes me crazy. :)

I get to go home this weekend. I feel like it's been months since I saw my family, even though it's only been 3 weeks. I can't wait to see them all. Wahoo! Just not looking forward to the Labor Day traffic. Yuck.