Getting used to life in the USA!

So I have been here on my own for almost a week and a half, I feel used to the jet lag but not the routine, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I have to be at class by 7:45AM! Which means that I have to wake up at 6am! It is so hard to get used to, especially when there are people over the apartment until late, I don't want to miss anything so I don't want to go to sleep and miss out on fun stuff! 

We have made many good friends since being here and I am grateful for the friends that I have, especially the guys who are worthy to hold the priesthood and to be able to exercise their priesthood when called upon, I am grateful for the guys that were able to give me my back to school besting, not only did they help me with comfort but also to be able to increase the level of friendship that comes from this experience. I hope to create more friendships that will last a life time from this school. I love that I can be walking back from campus and if there is anyone walking in the same direction as you and you can just start talking to them and have a nice conversation without knowing them!

One thing I have noticed her is that it always feels really late when it is still early! I feel like I'm getting really old and cannot handle these late nights and early mornings! I feel like I need a nap everyday to be able to handle the freshman lifestyle but I physically cannot handle it!

I love all my friends and associates here that have helped me through my first week and a half through school and cannot express my gratitude to all those who have made an impact on my life already in the past week.

Home sweet home

So this week was the week that we left England to come to Idaho. 

The journey began on Monday evening as we drove down to Heathrow to stay the night in a hotel as we had an early flight the next morning. 

On the morning of the flight, I woke up at 4am an hour before my parents so I laid in the bed for an hour whilst I waited for my parents to wake up, once we were all up and ready it was off to the airport we went. 

We went through security quite quickly and were in the duty free for what seemed to be a long time....and finally it was time to board the plane.

The flight to New York was 7 hours and the movies on the plane weren't that good so I was bored quite a bit on the flight when I was struggling to find something to watch, I didn't even attempt to eat any plane food as I wasn't feeling good anyway and plane food is horrible!! (unless you are in business class)

We then had a few hours of a lay over in New York, we ate McDonalds and walked around the Duty Free before sitting down to people watch (its my favorite thing) it was fascinating to see the different people that were around, it seriously it is my favorite thing! And the best thing is that there is this place on campus called the crossroads where there are restaurants like Chik-fil-a and krispy kremes and there are so many people that go to study there and its the best place to people watch. 

The plane to Salt Lake City was really bumpy and we were sitting right at the back of the plane which didn't help, there was also a toddler and a younger girl in the row in front and the younger girl cried most of the 5 hours! I was able to have a sleep though as I was really super tired.

When we got to the airpot we had to wait for an hour for our rental car and had to deal with the manager, it was a very stressful time and it was even worse as we were tired as well.

By the time we got to our friends house which was half an hour away from the airport in the Highlands, it was about 9:30 and we stayed up talking about England and our friends son who we met as a missionary in our ward, (that is our connection with them and how we came to be in contact with them) we stayed up until about midnight, and due to jet lag I woke up at around 5am. 

The next day we had to run errands such as going to ikea, we had to wait for the store to open so Mum got some breakfast whilst we were there and then spent an hour or so in the store getting my dorm things, we also had to go a pick up my MacBook pro, it was so amazing to walk out with it and knowing that it is mine :') Later that evening we went to Bountiful to meet one of Dad's old missionary companion he hasn't seem since they were together on their missions in Canada. 

On Thursday morning we left about 9:30-10am to leave to go to BYUI, we stopped off at Farmington to pick up my laptop case (michael kors case) after then driving for half an hour or so we realized that we left my passport back at our friends which was an hour and a half drive back, then we stopped for lunch at a cute bakery place called Kneaders. After which we began our 3 hour journey for the second time. The drive was quite boring once out of Salt Lake, after napping and waking up it was another hour until we arrived in Rexburg. 

Once we had arrived at BYUI we then moved into my apartment about 6pm in The Willows, it took us about an hour to move in and get everything in its own little place, my roommate had been there since 12 and was still unpacked until the next day, all my roommates were amazed that I had moved in so quickly. From the moment I met my roommates we have all gotten along well so good and they are super sweet and beautiful! 

So when my parents came round on Saturday morning and gave me some photo frames with pictures of me and my family and me and my best friend, she also gave me some cards from each of them, when I read them later on I did get a bit teary. I disliked saying goodbye to my parents very much! They might not have seen but I did cry a bit after I had walked away to go to Church, I found it difficult to say anything when saying goodbye without crying, I'm not sure if they cried either. 

I have met so many amazing people here at BYUI and I cannot wait to meet more amazing people here, if you are considering BYUI as a college/university then I would highly recommend it and I've only been here for 2 days. 

Time is running out in England

So I leave my beautiful England and my friends and family in just a few days!
It's crazy to think how fast the time has gone since being accepted to BYU-I in January! I remember the moment I opened the email and saw that I had been accepted into BYU Idaho, it was an amazing feeling! To know that my family were proud of me and that I was proud of myself was a bit surreal.
Slowly but surely it has been becoming more and more real. I still feel like its not actually happening! I can not believe that I am actually leaving everyone and starting this amazing adventure. I know that when the time comes to say goodbye that it will be a very emotional moment, the one thing that helps me in these situations is the knowledge that I am not leaving forever and that I will be able to contact my friends and family daily.
I am very excited for this amazing opportunity that I have, and I am ready to seize this opportunity and to be able to create so many memories with new friends. I feel as though I have some friends in my roommates through being able to be on contact with two girls for a few months, the thought of meeting them in less than one week makes me more excited to be there!
But I am not ready to say goodbye to my family and friends at all! The thing that will make it more bearable is that I will be in constant communication with them all the time.
It's crazy to think that the next time I might post could be in the USA! I can not wait for all the amazing experiences I am going to be able to have!
Thank you for all your support, I love you all :)