Apartment 21 Soundtrack

School has officially begun and soon I will be buried in homework, tests, and papers. Fortunately, I have five roommates and a great ward to dig me out at least twice a week. My classes are really interesting and I am really excited about them. I don't want to bore you talking about my classes, so I am going to highlight some of the fun moments I've had with my roommates and friends so far. This past Monday my apartment made a CD. That's right, we have our own official soundtrack!! It all started when one of my friends (who is a musician) came by and started playing the guitar just for fun. He ended up playing songs that he thought fit each of my roommates' personalities. He was right on! My song is the shortest and the craziest because we were laughing so hard. The song he had for me was the oldie, "I feel good." Mine was the loudest, craziest song of all my roommates. What does that say about me?? The others' songs ranged from sounding a little country to a little Elvis. I said a lot of quotable things that night that wouldn't make sense to anyone but those who were there, but all the same, it was fun. It seriously was one of the most memorable nights of my college life and I have the songs recorded!
My favorite times have been just staying up late and talking with my roommates and laughing. We are all so much alike, which makes things even better. This is the best set of roommates I've ever had and I am grateful to have them for my last year here at BYU. They really help me to stay balanced between having fun and studying, which is what I need. I am no longer the oldest in the apartment, but I'm not complaining. We all get along great and compliment each other in so many ways.

This past week I turned in my graduation application. I am planning to graduate in April and I feel really good about it. I don't feel like I am very grown up yet, that is the only problem. It's kind of scary thinking about it, but I believe it will all work out. Right now the plan is to apply at different adolescent treatment centers and next fall start the seminary teaching training classes to see if I can teach seminary. I would love that!

My new calling is activities committee co-chair. I'm really excited about it, but nervous about how busy it will be and worried about the success of the activities. As for mentoring, I am going to start being apart of the BYU program called Impact where I will be partnered with a guy and we will be a Big Brother-Big Sister duo for an adolescent. I won't be starting for a couple of weeks, but I am really excited about it!

My Brother's Mission Call Came!!

I know most everyone that would even be remotely interested in reading this already knows this, but my baby brother Ryan finally received his mission call to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and he reports on November 12. I am very excited for him!! Here is his mission page so people can keep tabs on what he is doing. http://www.missionsite.net/ryankelly/main

As for me, I am starting my last year at BYU tomorrow and I am pretty excited. I have wonderful, fun roommates and a great ward. I will be very busy this semester (14.5 credits, mentoring, and a busy new calling), but I feel the vibes that it is going to be a good one. :)