life, school, and shu umera

Well! I have now officially moved in to the Heritage Halls dorms here at BYU. My roommates are all very nice, and so far we are getting along quite well. I have settled in nicely; our kitchen and bathroom get cuter every day and my room is adorable.

Our ward seems good, today was my first Sunday there, but I love our presidency so it is grand.

I have also gotten used to using the accommodations here: I did laundry a few hours ago, bought food at the Creamery, used the printer in the Central Building, and have found refuge in the piano room. I already have my favorite spot on campus (the benches behind the ESC and HRCB).

The only thing left to do is begin classes. This is where the fun stuff starts. I sadly quit my modeling job because I had too many hours between that and the transcribing job (which starts tomorrow as well). Here is my schedule for tomorrow:

8-9:15 Intro to Interiors
10-10:50 Anthropology 101
11-11:50 WORK (Transcribing Archaeology and the Bible)
12-12:50 Honors English
1-1:50 WORK (Transcribing Biology)
2-2:50 WORK (Transcribing Contemporary Theory)
3-3:50 Intermediate French

Then I have FHE that night. It is a little crazy, yes, I know. But it will be grand. By the time I graduate I will be ridiculously rich. And more tired than I can possibly imagine.

I'll let you know how the first day goes!

Love,
Lizzy ;)

best of SYTYCD!

This season of So You Think You Can Dance is over, and here are a few of my favorite moments:

This is Jeanine and Phillip's first routine on the show. It is a hip-hop piece to Mad by Ne-Yo, choreographed by Tabitha and Napolean.


This is danced by Kayla and Kupono to Gravity by Sarah Bareilles. It is a piece about addiction choreographed by Mia Michaels.


Jeanine and Brandon do a Louis van Armstel Paso Doble to "Tetsujin" from the Matrix Revolutions soundtrack.

back from Colorado!

Well, my mom, Edward and I have returned from a random and crazy, but overall fun, visit to Denver, Longmont, and Minatou Springs, Colorado. Pictures to come (see Facebook).

Also, BYU has given me $6,000 more in grants. So that was nice.

Also, I move out in 17 days. That's barely over 2 weeks. Holy. Cow. I am really excited, and almost ready--I bought towels and dishes, it was weird--and I'm really looking forward to my classes. I've been ordering my textbooks, and I am freakishly excited by them. This is such a weird/crazy transition, I almost can't believe its really happening. Like, I will have an apartment and roommates and health insurance. I will be a real, live, adultish person. How odd.

I decided to turn down the animal caretaker job, but I'm going to continue to model during the fall. I really enjoy modeling, it is a weird but oddly fun job, so I figure I'll keep doing a couple hours a week like I have been. I will also start my transcribing job, which I'm a little nervous about, but I've been training for months and am almost ready to start. That job pays $13 an hour, too, plus I get paid an extra hour for every class I transcribe for. So the money is awesome.

My best friend is going to be my roommate, so that's really nice, and there will be 4 other girls in the apartment. I am looking forward to getting to know them.

Things with Edward and I are still going strong and awesome. He leaves for an LDS mission in January, and I'm nervous about that. But right now, things are really ridiculously great. :)

Overall, life is great!

Love,
Lizzy ;)