My interesting weekend...

So this week was quite normal went to school, did homework and slept. But this weekend has been a bit more eventful......
On friday night we went to a place called Dr. Slaughters, it just happens to be the largest haunted house in the United States! I was soo terrified and I had debated on not going but I felt that I couldn't stay at home on a friday night so I decided to go with my roommates and some friends. Before we went to the haunted house we stopped at buffalo wild wings for some dinner although I had already eaten I had a good time talking to some friends. We then moved on to the haunted house, by this time I was already tensing up and worrying about how scared I was going to be, luckily I had a friend to hold onto during the haunted house, if I hadn't of gone through with my friend I'm not sure how I would have coped! I help on to him solo tight that when we got out he said he could feel me quivering when we were inside! I felt bad because I did scream quite a lot during the haunted house, and all of the scary people knew that I was the most scared in our group so they would always gravitate towards me! They would scare me, go back to their original position (or so I thought) and then they would come follow me and scare me again!! I think my friend laughed at me quite a bit at how stupidly scared I was!
I did have to listen to church music while I showered in the evening due to the fact that there were sheets we had to pass though in the haunted house and I was not taking any chances ;)
I have also listened to church music for the past few nights not just because I was scared on friday night but I have found it to be very relaxing and helps me to sleep at night.

So on Saturday one of my roommates had been invited to go shooting with a guy from the evening before and while she was getting ready I was talking with him and we got onto the discussion of how I had never shot a gun before, so he convinced me to go.
So it was a lot of fun apart from the fact that we didn't have any earplugs so it was very loud when the guns were being shot, when I shot the pistol our friend forgot to hold my ears for me so it wouldn't be as loud for me and so I was deafened for quite a few minutes and all I could hear was ringing in my ears. Apart from the headache afterwards and the deafness I had a lot of fun and I actually hit something, not someone!! And best of all I didn't hurt myself!!

I love and miss you all at home, not long until I will be back!!! I am grateful for all the support I have!

A bit of home here in the USA

So last week my parents sent me a package of food and little things from home and I was so happy and excited for it to come, but because of the distance I thought it would take a few weeks to come.

Today I happened to go down to our managers office to pick up a package for a roommate and it happened that mine was there! I was soooooo excited when I found out it was here! I was quite shocked that it only took a week to come.

When it got to my apartment I was way to excited and one of my roommates just laughed at me and when I say laughed, I mean like almost wet herself she was laughing so hard. I had run up our corridor and bolted into the apartment hugging my package.

I literally could not control myself, just knowing that there was something from home here with me, and to know that my mum had put so much effort into making my package. So inside my package was a massive british flag, soo much chocolate, Hot chocolate mix, sweets, leather gloves, my mums scarf, squash (for you americans it is similar to kool aid but its fruity and has no added sugars), and milky way chocolate spread, pasta, pasta sauces, along with other little items. I still am on such a high from receiving this amazing package from my amazing family!

I love you all and miss you all back home so much. But I am having such an amazing time here!

Life at BYU-Idaho

So I am still not coping well with the freshen lifestyle but I am attempting to be showered and in bed by 11pm so that I can try and get enough sleep when I have 7:45 classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, which is my psychology class.

I am also feeling quite overwhelmed with all the homework I get, I always get math homework and then usually I have psychology work that is due every Wednesday. It just takes so much time and I am struggling with procrastination, especially when my roommates have guys over most evenings and it makes me want to socialize rather than do work, I am getting better at doing work when it is given to me, then I can get it done and out of the way so I can socialize afterwards.

I have created only a few friends outside my apartment but its all good because they are good friends, my closest friend outside of the apartment is Jasmine, I met her on the first day of class in my psychology class, we also have American Foundations together so we can sit and chat until that class begins. It nice to meet someone to has the same sense of humor and we get along crazy well, the moment we started talking we just clicked which is great! I've met quite a few guys but they are only through them going on dates with my roommates and then coming back to the apartment to meet us all, so it is just frustrating that I haven't met too many of my own friends but I'm sure it will happen, it has only been a few weeks so I have time to make new friends.

One thing that helps me get through the days here is that I am able to text my parents everyday, it makes me feel like I'm not so far away from them, I love hearing from them but whenever we FaceTime and we say goodbye I do get a bit teary and thats the part I very much dislike! But I still love hearing their voices and what is going on back home.

Love you all and am grateful for your support in all of my decisions. I love and miss you all.