Today has officially ended the first week of the Fall semester. My schedule isn't too bad, with one little exception. I am doing a senior project that I need to do in a week. I have all the data, I just need to spend a few hours a day combining the data and making a poster that I will present in a professional meeting at the end of the month. We discovered a significant tectonic fault where we worked this past summer.
The other classes I am taking are calculus 1 (Math 112), physics lab (PH150), Applied GIS (Geol 440), and CIT 140, a database management class using Excel and Access. I have calculus M-F, physics on Tuesdays, and GIS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My CIT 140 class is online and my senior project is the rest of the time. So far, I'm keeping up. Nothing too crazy yet.
Monday, we had a ward family home evening. We received out group assignments. The M\F ratio is such that there are 3 guys and 7 girls in my group. Most of the girls are 18.
the bishop said that our ward usually has a high number of freshmen girls compared with most wards. Being 24, this is a little weird.
For work, I only TA one class. I spend most of my time in the computer lab or the rock lab. I have usually been stuck working a lot of nights and the weekend. I've been lucky this time around. I was assigned two evenings, but I switched my Friday night shift with an earlier one. I also wasn't assigned to work Saturday.
I like my new apartment. Overall, it is a nicer place. We have larger bedrooms, but our front room isn't as big. We only have four people here, so it's not so bad. My last apartment held six. I've been slowly going through my things and decluttering. What we did with Mom's stuff at home has got me doing the same here. It is nice that I moved into a new place. It makes me want to move as little as possible, so I really realize what is excess.
The open house for the temple was announced. It starts December 29th. It will be dedicated in February. So much construction is going on around here, and it is all finished after I graduate. The new 15,000 seat auditorium and the new student center will be done 2009. Campus is nearly cut in half by the construction of those two buildings.
Sorry that I don't update this more often. Moving back to Rexburg and re-adjusting has kept me busy. Since I will be spending a lot of time on a computer with my projects, I should do better soon.
