You know you are at college when...

So this past weekend we had a fun experience. haha Me and my roommates were sitting in the living room doing homework when we get a knock at our door and my roommate Rafi opens it. This guy walks in with a boombox and says, "Oh so this is where the party is at!" and he plugs his music in and starts dancing all by himself in our apartment living room. Then we get another knock on our door and about 15 people come in and start dancing with a strobe light and loud music! haha So they pull us in and have us dancing. Then they said, "k lets go to the next apartment!" So they brought us along and we went through 5 more apartments and had our own little dance parties. People looked at us like we were crazy at first but it was way funny and pretty fun! So you know you are in a college apartment when you have crazy dancers show up in your living room.

Fun times...

Demolition Derby








So this week has been very eventful with the first FULL week of school! I will be studying a ton for my spanish class and for physiology. This week on Wednesday I got to play volleyball in my volleyball coaching class, and it was like being in Heaven! I've missed playing sooo much, but this week are the tryouts for the competitive teams and the girls up here are really good so wish me luck. I have heard that there are a lot of girls in my situation where they gave up full ride volleyball scholarships to come here. So it'll be way fun, I can hardly wait!
On friday we had a little pasta dinner for our Temple to Temple relay team, and then we all went to bed way early cause we had our race at 7:20 Saturday morning and we had to be there at 6:40. To start off our race from Rexburg Temple Zac ran 2.5 miles, then he passed off to Tom who ran 3.3ish miles, then Nikki ran 7.4ish miles, then Micah ran 5.5 for me because I was still really sick with a cold, and then I ran her leg which was 5 miles, then Alyssa ran 6.9 miles, then Sara ran 4 miles, then Bobby ran 2 miles, and then we all ran about 1/4 of a mile to the Idaho Falls temple! It was such a cool experience, even though I am really sore it was a blast! EVERY team was cheering for each other when we would drive past a runner we would all honk and scream for them. It really helped when I'd be running and feel like I couldn't go any farther to have a bunch of cars drive by and scream for me. My roommate Nikki had a good analogy for this run. She said, the people who go before us know what it is like, they are like our ancestors and then they "pass on" and cheer for us from somewhere else, while those still who need to come (our descendants) are learning from our example and cheering us on because we cannot give it up or else they won't have a chance to come show what they have prepared. I thought it was a good analogy.
On Saturday night we heard about a Demolition Derby in St. Anthony (Very ghetto town)so me, Sara, Bobby, and Zac went. It was so much fun! I love demolition derby's cause they just run cars into each other until they don't work anymore. haha It wasn't as good as the Fairview one that I went with Griffins family to, but it was still fun!

2 years!

September 13, 2008

Two years ago today was my first date with my best friend in this whole world! (Homecoming senior year) I am so grateful for the influence he has had on my life and helping me grow to be a better person. He is my best friend I have ever had and I can tell him anything and I know that he will be there for me to listen and give me advice. It has been a fun two years getting to know each other better and I'm grateful we are where we are now in life. I'm grateful he is serving our Savior in Ecuador and I wouldn't want him anywhere else! Thanks for the memories Griff!!!

The Beginning!

Hey all! I AM DONE WITH ANATOMY!!!! It feels so good to be done with it, I took my finals last Friday and ended Book of Mormon with an A and Anatomy with an A- which I was totally happy with! After finals were done I drove home to Utah and we went to Bear Lake for the weekend. It was so much fun to spend time with my fam. We rented Jet Skis on Saturday and it was a blast! I'm glad I got to go have a break at home in between semesters. :D

So far I love having tons of people up here. It's weird going from having no one in the streets or around like it was in the summer, but when I drove into Rexburg on Wednesday from Utah I knew it was going to be way different. People were EVERYWHERE!

My classes started on Thursday at 9:00 am. I had Spanish, my teacher is going to be way fun but it will be a hard class. She asked if anyone in the class had taken Anatomy or Physiology and I raised my hand she said, this class will be a rival for your time with those....I was like "Great, welcome to college Erianne!" haha I also have Book of Mormon (the second part), Intro to Home and Fam, Volleyball theory (to coach someday), and Physiology! It will definitely keep me busy, and I will have 8-10 hours a week with the competitive volleyball team I am trying out for in a week! I am way excited to play again though, I miss it tons!

My roommates are AMAZING! I love them already, and I got so blessed to have who I have in my room. Nikki and Sara are still in my same apartment and I'm so glad cause they are amazing girls who are great examples to me and make me wanna be a better person everyday. They are super smart and I'm glad we are all taking physiology together (Sara isn't in our same class but she still is taking it) so that we can study like we did for Anatomy and help each other survive it! I love them! And then when I got back here from Utah I had 3 new roommates to meet and I was kinda nervous at first to see who would be in my room with me cause I've had my own room all summer. But Briana is awesome, she is from South Jordan, Utah. She is super cute and we get along great! She is so nice and I love her cause she is so cute, but she isn't cocky at all about it, she is way genuine! She is going to go to beauty school in a year so she always does my hair and I love it! We also have Sierra and Rafi in our apartment, they are from Oregon and they are fun girls! We are all normal and get a long great! I really was blessed to have to roommates that I have because I have heard some pretty bad horror stories with roomies!

To start off Fall semester Nikki, Sara, and I went to John Schmidt concert here at BYU Idaho on friday! It was really really good. At the end he had someone random come out from the audience and play with him, He was just a student and it was fun to see them just make stuff up on the spot together! On Saturday night we hung out with a bunch of our friends and played basketball I jammed my finger but it was way fun! After we played basketball we went in the lounge and played Foosball and talked. I whooped this kids butt playing... haha 10-5 and then 10-4! I had a lot of practice playing with Griff almost every weekend. :D

I'm loving it up here though and I'm glad I decided to come here over my full ride at Northwest for Volleyball. I was thinking today of my decisions in life especially over the past year how my "split second" decisions will effect my entire life. Yeah, I really had a week to decide about my scholarship for volleyball but in the eternal scheme of things it really was a split second that could make or break my life. And with my decision to come to the Lords school I have been so blessed and my testimony has been so strengthened!

Here are some fun pictures me and my roommates took after church today! Enjoy, and I love you all!