...The Truth About Dorm Bathrooms...

Dorm bathrooms are overflowing with girls trying to shower and go to the bathroom all at once: Myth. Every time I go into the bathroom, there is not a soul in sight. It looks as though it is a ghost town. I take my time while showering in silence. Every time I get out it becomes the new "best shower of my life." Don't always believe what you hear...

Okay, I do shower at odd times though.

How Could The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Not Be True?

Today was my first day in the BYU 153rd Ward. Our first time meeting together, we had a fast and testimony meeting. I thought for sure it would be awkward and no one would want to share because nobody knows each other... but it was the complete opposite! The spirit was so strong. I sat in my green padded seat, listening to the testimony of our stake president, our bishop, and then peers. I am short, so I had a hard time finding a good view of the people at the front of the classroom. There was a constant flow of people going up to the pulpit, sharing their very own testimonies. My heart was pounding a million miles an hour. I didn't have anything in mind I wanted to say, but I knew I had to get up there. In what other church do you have such physical actions that don't calm until you share a message? The instant I finished my testimony and sat down, my heart relaxed and I was at peace once again.

Late Night Partyin.

First college party hosted at my casa? Check. All you gotta say is pool party and people come. It's not that everyone really wants to swim, it's the fact that it is a place to hang out that is not outside of a dorm room on campus. I loved tonight!

You know it's a Provo college party when...

1. There is no alcohol.

2. People think the party house is huge because the owner is a bishop that stole tithing.

3. There are more people there that you don't know than you do know.

4. People are counting the number of girls wearing bikinis and feeling bad for them.

5. Everyone introducing themselves to one another and forgetting a second later.

6. You hear the question, "What's your major?" a zillion times.

7. The only thing that gets everyone to leave at 1 a.m. is a typical August storm.

...Dorm Rooms...

There is such a hype when it comes to college. You get to choose out a cute bedspread with matching pillows, decorations, lamps, print off all the pictures you can think of to hang up... to make it feel like home. Once your dorm room is set up and all that excitement passes, reality kicks in. Classes. I have lived in Provo since I was 10 years old, but where is the JSB, the SWKT, the HBLL? Everyone tells you to buy your textbooks used... but where? Who has the answers to all these questions? No one. You started your own independent life and you are expected to figure it out on your own. How long is it going to take me to walk to my first class? Who knows... trial and error. How and where does this dumb meal card work anyways? Just go up to a restaurant and ask. Classes start in approximately 4 days. That is when I will answer my questions for myself.

Moving out. ....of your home.

Moving in. ....to a dorm.

Moving on. ....to an independent life.