Rexburg Bliss

So, I have to apologize first for being very MIA. School has gotten so crazy. I am really enjoying my statistics class and my circuits class. On Tuesday in circuits we will be soldering. It is super hard to solder, I practiced yesterday for a bit and am pretty terrible.

It's been really cool to come to Rexburg and see all the things that are different. Now the BYU-I center is complete (it is a lot like the conference center in Salt Lake only smaller)

BYU-I center

heres the conference center

So it's obviously a lot smaller but it is amazing! The choir sounds so beautiful in there. Next week for devotional we get to hear from L. Tom Perry, which is super exciting, and with the BYU-I center, all of the students will be able to be in the same room.

Work has been super fun. Tutoring students rarely feels like a job to me. I absolutely LOVE it. Especially international students, they say the funniest things!

The weather here in Rexburg has been really strange for this time of year. There is still no snow on the ground and this has been the 2nd consecutive day of rain. RAIN, really? In January? it's crazy. I hope it doesn't just all dump on us at once.

I am applying for internships in Calgary for the summer in engineering. There are many companies looking for interns, and I miss Canada so much!

Consensus: Rexburg is definitely the place for me to be right now.

Back at school

I forgot how much I love learning! I love having something hard to do, and having the satisfaction of doing it well. I love being busy, and being organized. I also love living in a place with so many LDS people. I forgot what that was like.

So here's my synopsis of my classes so far:

1) Fluid Mechanics --> this class is calculus, statics, dynamics, and chemistry all rolled into one. It is by far my hardest class, and most time consuming, but I'm liking it so far! My teacher Brother (DR.) Daines worked on rocket engines for Nasa Stenis. So he is literally a rocket scientist! You can tell he loves fluids and everything about them. That makes me really excited.

2) Engineering Statistics --> This is identical, so far, to the stats class I took in high school. the only difference is all of the examples are engineering based, so it's a bit more boring than the other stats class. I like it though, it's nice to have an engineering class I don't feel lost in all the time.

3) Fundamentals of Circuits --> This class is taught by an electrical engineer, at 745 in the morning. I'm hoping it's not all that hard, but it seems really interesting and I'm excited to learn more about electricity and that part of engineering.

4) science foundations-->this is hopefully taking care of my general biology credit. If not I'll be taking it next semester. This is such an easy class, and I have mostly freshman in my class so I feel super old and super smart. But it's interesting. We're learning mostly about the brain and how it perceives light and sound.

5) 2nd half of Old Testament--> I'm excited to be able to feel the spirit in one of my classes (I usually don't in the engineering ones, haha) and to hear from a Jewish prospective. My professor has a degree in Hebrew, so he can understand the old testament better than lots of people. it is pretty exciting.

So all in all it seems like a good semester. My roommates are awesome, and more social than me! So I feel like a hermit holed up in my room constantly reading engineering books, but I am confident that this semester will be a good one! I am excited to see what happens!