Happily Exhausted

Weeks just keep flying by. I find myself saying just get through this week and before I know it the weekend is here again. School is definitely keeping me busy. I have a class that started mid-October that is far more time than the one I had the first half of the semester so trying to find time to prepare for that has been interesting. Overall I really enjoy my classes. For the most part they are more focused on learning instead of getting good grades which I think makes classes more enjoyable.  Often I still find myself day-dreaming and wishing I could drop-out and go back to Europe and just travel. I miss it!

I also picked up another job as a TA for some of the assignments in the accounting jr. core. It has been nice to get some extra income, but it does take up some extra time in my week.

BYU basketball started!!! I am so excited for basketball season! Football and great is all, but I love BYU basketball! We should be pretty good this year and I 'm ready to watch it all.

The other thing taking up the vast majority of my time is a little thing called the lazyman ironman. This is something the student wellness department here at BYU puts on. You have one month, specifically all of November, to meet all the requirements of an ironman - 26.2 miles running, 112 miles biking, 2.4 miles swimming. This means I am doing one of those three things every day and on some days more than one. I'm still going to the RIPPED class in the morning with my roommate and have a Zumba class twice a week which makes for a very tired me most of the time. I've also been working on eating healthier - so in combination with everything it is cool to see the way my body has changed. I'll have to post periodic updates on here - as for now since the beginning of October I'm down 12 pounds and am going strong. (Shout-out to my Zumba teacher Andrea who suggested I blog about my working out and my progress.)

I've seen a lot of people doing gratitude posts since November started so I thought I would toss one into this post as well. I'm grateful to be at BYU and all the opportunities I have had while I have been here. I was talking to a roommate today about our experiences and some of the things we love about BYU. Some of them include: having a gospel perspective taught in classes, genuinely nice people, a chance to learn and grow about yourself in a spiritual environment, and the great people we've met. Take a second and think about what you are grateful for and what has helped to shape you.