A lot........I mean A LOT has happened since I last wrote. Since I last really.......wrote........
I am living at home still. Yeah, I know. How many times did I say to myself "I will not ever live at home!!" Well, it happened and I'm here to stay at least for now. I'll get into that in a bit.
I'm currently working at Musicians Friend. I think I may have mentioned this before, but i'm not sure. It's a boring old call center job, where I was hired on at $10.50/hour. Not amazing. However, at this job we have the chance to make more by selling "Incentives" such as products on special, warranty's, etc. So it's not too bad. They have me working Sundays, although it's gotten better recently where they're going to schedule me a Sunday every once in a while, or like every other. I guess they NEVER do that and it's a pretty large exception for me. Guess they like me staying around. The nice thing too is they are working around my school schedule.
School. Has begun. I was really debating this semester what I should do. There are a few classes I need to probably retake, but retaking them, my Pell Grant doesn't pay for them anymore. So I decided just to go ahead and take ones I need to.
Hearing Tests and Measures: This class will be the most difficult. It's the second "Hearing" focused class in a row. I didn't do too well with the preceding class last semester, but the teacher is less hardcore (or so it seems), and I feel more comfortable already. That's probably a mistake itself, but I'm positive I can make things work.
Medical Speech Pathology: This class is the one I've enjoyed the most (as far as classes for my major go) and I don't see it having a ton of homework, more than just knowing the stuff we are talking about in class and such. Essentially, as far as I can tell, it's a break down of the medical field side of Speech Language Pathology, which is EXACTLY what I want to do with my degree later on. We've only had the class 3 times, but I've enjoyed every minute of it. Dr. Channell can be a bit tedious and boring, but the class and information is great. It's encouraging to me mainly because it is giving me a glimmer of hope to get a foot in the medical field, which is my dream, and which I will succeed someday.
Language Structure: I should have taken this class a year ago. I didn't. I'm taking it now, and essentially by not taking it back then, I delayed myself graduating for a semester. This class is just based around grammar and everything related. the book is "Rediscover Grammar" It hasn't honestly gotten into anything I don't understand or already know yet, so I don't think it's potentially a problem class. Maybe studying and getting down the terms and what he wants me to know.
Old Testament: This is my last religion class. Honestly, the "core" classes were bothersome, but the ones i've taken in the past year have been extremely enlightening. American Christianity really opened my eyes to the world of Christians and why they believe like they do. Writings of Isaiah really took me into a whole new world of understanding the ancient times. That class was AMAZING, and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone at BYU (Take it from Brother Ball). It seriously took Isaiah, which anyone can agree is SO CONFUSING and SO hard to understand, and made it actually enjoyable. This O.T. class has a good outlook. I think. The teacher seems to know his stuff, and it's going to be good. I think it will have way more work than should be required for such a class, but whatever.
Judaism and the Gospel: Yep. Another one. This one is only 1 credit, but as soon as I saw the class title, I wanted in. There was another one for Islam, which I think would be even more fascinating, but this is the one I got into. I don't even NEED the religion credit, and I'm taking it. It's only once a week so that's kinda crappy........I mean how often do you actually LOOK FORWARD to a class? yeah, it's that cool. I'm excited to get into what Judaism is and how it relates to my beliefs.
So those are my classes. Since i'm living at home, I am taking the bus down to class as much as I can. Monday and Wednesday's I have a full day of classes, so I don't even work those days. I get to the bus at 7:50 or 8:05 and then don't get back until 6:50 or so. The other days, T, Th, Fri., it just depends on my work schedule. If they schedule me later, I can take the bus. If not, then I get to drive. But at least two days a week, I get to take the bus. GET? Yeah, really, I ENJOY taking the bus. Weird I know. Brent reminded me that in high school, I used the term "Gay" in reference to taking the bus. Isn't it weird how things change?
Well that's it for my life. Now for my family.
Ozzy. He's home from his mission for a hopefully temporary medical release. He was diagnosed with clinical depression. Crazy I know. However, after staying there as long as possible and trying to "fight" it, all decided (himself and the mission) it was best to get home and get it taken care of. It's something I can't understand, and to be honest it's a little trying, but I know he can get through. He has a TON of support from the family and all those around him. I think he just needs to realize what a special kid he is and that he's not alone. Today in my Judaism class, the teacher said "Christ's Assets are greater than our Liability's" WOW......Seriously.........all day today, All i heard were things I can say to help my brother......so yeah, he's here. I also know I'm living at home for this reason. When I debated on whether or not to move back to Provo, I just DIDN'T feel right about it. At all. Now It's all clear. So here's the mind boggler......did I get fired for THIS? Was that all for my brother? I mean I know I learned a TON from it, and wouldn't change it now that it's over, but how can things be so foreseen? Obvious question I know. I just can't comprehend it. Maybe i'm not supposed to, so I'll just try not to.
Dating life: Non existent. Right now is just nuts. I've tried this past summer, but the one girl who I thought I had a chance with, was just a frailty (not sure if i used that word right or even in correct context) My Aunt had someone lined up for me, but I put off calling her and now she has a BF. I even played around on eHarmony. Nothing there. Dating will happen. I will get married. I just need to figure out how to make it work. Kinda like everything.
This post has no pictures. For this I apologize. I'm not sure who even reads this, but I have a pretty awkward experience that happened today that I need to share. However at this time, I'm hungry and am going to go eat food.
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