Three weeks ago, I packed up all my things for the day-long trip from Albuquerque, NM to Rexburg, ID. We left on Wednesday and headed up. That first day included unpacking and meeting my roommates, who are great guys (all seven of them (it's a big apartment (three floors))). So now I am here...
So, how about a tour of my apartment?
This is our entry way.
Here is our kitchen. (Oven/stove side)
This is the other side of the kitchen. (Sink side)
Here's the bathroom.
And the bathroom sink.
This is me upstairs looking down.
Behold, my closet. (I have a single room.)
This is my desk area that I created out of what was in my room.
Here is my dresser.
...And this is where I sleep! (Very comfortable.)
The next day (Thursday) I got a tour of campus with my sister, Sheree, my parents, and Sheree's husband, Brett. I also got my student ID, textbooks, and met my orientation team. That night the I-Teams (the orientation teams) played games, including a sack race and melting a frozen t-shirt (Not at all easy).
Day 2 included other activities all day, learning about the school and whatnot. I auditioned and got into the New Student Talent Show singing "When Words Fail" from Shrek, the Musical! It was a lot of fun to be able to sing that song in front of around three thousand people.
The next week was the start of classes. My first class was Writing for Communication. It requires a lot of writing, believe it or not. My second was American Foundations. I have Brother Marshall for that, and he is excellent! His lectures are extremely engaging and interesting, and I really like the class.
My third class is Book of Mormon Pre-Missionary with Brother Riggens. Brother Riggens loves teaching and what he teaches, and that class is very enjoyable. Oh, here's a picture of me next to a viking, by the way. The viking used to be our school mascot, but apparently it isn't anymore.
Fourth class is Science Foundations, which focuses mostly on the relationship between science and religion and says why the two can work hand-in-hand and you shouldn't say that scientists can't be religious people. Very cool class.
My Tuesday/Thursday class is Voice Diction, a theater class in which we experiment with our voices. It is also a lot of fun. I have a one credit class on Thursdays that is simply an introduction to Communication careers and majors. I am also taking an online test-our option for a basic math course (Already two-thirds of the way through it.) and an online Economics course as well.
First week I prepared the songs "When Words Fail" and "Me" (Beauty and the Beast) as well as a monologue from "The Star-Spangled Girl" for an audition for the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone." I got a callback the next day, and then waited for four days until the cast list got up. I got on the ensemble, but I will know either tomorrow or Tuesday if I will get the opportunity to have a bigger part. I hope I get the chance.
I also joined Scroll Digital, the broadcasting internet news channel for BYU-I. So far I have not gotten any assignments, but... it will come, I'm sure.
My new church calling is one of four Fast Offering Coordinators who make sure that people go out and collect fast offerings on Sundays. I think that's it.
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Craig D. Griffith the First
