Back to Basics

Well, I'm back at SUU in Cedar City now, and boy am I loving it!!! One of the most exciting things (well, maybe not the most exciting thing, but it definitely makes the top ten list) is that Smash Mouth is coming in concert to SUU!!! How exciting is that?! And to make things better, I bought a ticket to the concert for $20, and I'm in the seventh row from the stage. Awesome!

Classes are going well beyond that, I have three English classes (crazy I know), and none of them are in the english building. One is in the General Classroom building, one in the Business building, and one in the Science building. It's not too bad however. One of them is Literature in Culture (and that class is fairly easy so far, just going to have to do a lot of service projects). One is ENGL 2010 which is required from everyone, but I like the professor for that, so it's not as bad as I had expected. And the third is Intermediate Poetry, which I am loving so far. We are working on the Haiku, which is more difficult than I expected, but it's still a really fun class.

Last semester I made the ballroom dance team. Apparently there was a technique class which I could have (actually should have) taken, but I didn't even know about it until halfway through the semester. So this semester I signed up for it, before I even came back to Cedar. I went to class for the registered time and found out the class wasn't going to start until after team try-outs, because that is what it was designed for in the first place. So instead of dancing I got a chance to talk with Mark (who is the Ballroom director, in charge of the whole program), and it sounds like I have a spot on--at least--beginning team for this semester, which I am very glad about. I still have to try-out, but things are looking good. Not only that, but I met the new assistant dance director (the previous one got married and moved away). Her name is Debrah (or something like that), and she seems to be a very awesome person, so I'm excited about that this semester. Try-outs are Thursday, so I should break out the dance shoes, and start practicing.

I have also had a chance to at least talk with some of my friends, and catch up with the rest. They all seem to be doing well for the most part, and I have a lot of different people to try to catch before the semester goes for too long.

All in all, it's been a very first week. I should probably go to the park and do some Chi exercises, since it helps to relieve stress, and I'm going to have to get into the habit of stress reduction.