College

Friday September 13 we took Autumn to college. We left bright and early. She had mixed feelings. She was excited but her and Jaron had literally not been apart for even one day for over a month. She really didn't want to go but she did. We took her to Rexburg and checked into her apartment. Unfortunately we were the last roommate there out of five other girls and she got the worst room. Right up against the living room. Not only the loudest but the smallest. Oh well. She had a private room, we chose to pay a little more for a private room and don't regret it for a minute. After we got her room set up we headed to campus. She had to register for freshman orientation and we had to get her books, get her Icard, put some money on her dinning dollars account, and just other stuff. Rexburg is on a hill and it is a lot of walking. Not a fun campus to walk.Rich's back was killing him  and it was hot, hot, hot that day. They don't allow shorts, or sandals on campus. Ugh. Kind of a stupid rule, but oh well. He went back and sat in the car for a while when we finished up. Then we had to go to parental/student orientation. President Clark talked to us then they released the kids to play games, the parents stayed for a while and President Clark talked some more. During the question and answer session we left and snuck away to get her books. the line was much shorter than it was earlier. After that we pretty much went back to the dorm and said our goodbyes. I cried almost all the way home. Rich thought I was being stupid because she is only 45 minutes away. Oh well. the next day was Saturday and she was in meetings all day long and that night campus held Inight (everything starts with an I cracks me up). it was basically a big party they throw for the whole campus that was 5.00 to get in and activities everywhere.

Autumn hasn't embraced college life like I had hoped. Honestly she is miserable up there. Her roommates are all really nice and she likes them but they are loud, loud, loud. They stay up super late and watch tv and are loud. I had to buy her some earplugs. She misses Jaron like crazy and hates being away from him. She leaves here Monday morning goes to class and usually FHE that night. Tuesday he either goes up or she meets him in Idaho Falls and they spend the night at his sisters house. Dont worry Mindy makes sure they are in separate beds. Wed. sometimes he goes up sometimes he doesn't. Thursday same thing. Friday class gets out about 1 and she comes home and stays the weekend. he is here non stop while she is home (except to sleep) but that's okay. Often they are off doing other things anyways. Monday rolls around and we start again.

We thought her bishop of the singles ward was going to give her a hard time. They are really strict on church service up there and will pull her ecclesiastical endorsement. My brother served in the Bishopric for a ward for a while and he said they hardly ever allow them to go to a different ward. It made me mad because she comes home and goes to the singles ward and is there every Sunday. It shouldn't matter where she goes as long as she does. She finally met with the Bishop and he agreed to transfer her records back here but he wasn't happy about it. Oh well.

In December we will move her home, she will take most of her classes online and drive up Tuesdays and Thursdays for classes. I think she will be so much happier, hopefully less stressed, and feel better.

One year down...

This past Sunday marked my first year of college complete. The college year went super fast and it is hard to believe I have been back to school for nine months (that's like a pregnancy hahaha). I have done pretty well as far as my grades go, I have worked my butt off. I completed the year with a GPA of 3.79

US/101 INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES (AXIA)
A

SCI/162 PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS (AXIA)
A

COM/155 UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I (AXIA)
A

FP/101 FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FINANCE (AXIA)
A-

HUM/176 MEDIA AND AMERICAN CULTURE (AXIA)
B+

COM/156 UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II (AXIA)
A

PSY/201 FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY (AXIA)
B+

HUM/111 CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING (AXIA)
A


I have now begun my first health care class. This second year the assignments and discussion questions are done differently so this first week has thrown me off my game some. I will get used to it but it is different. Hopefully I can keep my grades up as classes get harder and more demanding. It will be a challenge. The 2 B's I received made me mad, I know it is stupid to think I can pull strait A's but I work dang hard, I was really close to A's with both of them I was at 88%.

My Dad cracks me up, every time I talk to him he asks me how my grades are and if I have any missing assignments, then he tells me it is a good thing I am doing well or he will have to ground me. I would have never thought 21 years after high school I would be striving for a college degree. I am also finding a confidence in myself that has been lost for a long time. For the first time I am someone other than a wife and mother. Not that I don't love being both and am beyond blessed to be both, but it has been nice finding "me" again as well. I hope my girls' decide to go to college out of high school and not wait as long as I did to get their degree.

Third set of classes finished.

Last Sunday I finished my third set of classes. Hum/176 and Com/155. I really did not like my Hum teacher that much. I was pretty disappointed in the class. It was on media and social networking. I thought I was really going to enjoy it, but the teacher was kind of a pain. I worked my butt off in her class and got a B+. My final grade was a 87.8%. Close to an A but not close enough. My Comm Class was good. We were taught how to write essays and all of the steps and ideas. There is a lot of work to a college essay. It makes my head spin. But I did great in that class. I got 100% an A. My GPA right now is 3.83 and I have completed 18 out of 60 credits.
The classes I am taking now are Psychology and Hum/critical thinking.. I have been looking forward to my psych class and think it will be fun. I think my Hum class will be a challenge. In April I will begin my first class for health care. Back to homework I have 2 assignments due tomorrow I have not even begun yet and I work 10 hours tomorrow so it is time to get with it.