School Time Again

Hello to all!

(Warning: Due to the pictures and such, this is a very long post! Read when you have time)

Well, as stated above, school has started again. I made some minor changes to my class schedule. I now attend Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am - 1 pm (on Mondays I also have a lab from 3-5 pm, which kinda sucks, but in 2 hours I can get lots of homework done!!!) and Tuesday and Thursdays I go 11 am - 2 pm. It's not a bad schedule. There's Microbiology (with the lab) which has been interesting so far. I love my professor, he's hilarious! And the lab instructor seems way cool!!! The material is difficult, but nothing I can't handle with a little (or a lot) of studying. In dance we're learning the rumba. Oh my goodness, I love that class. :) Math is simply statistics, so nothing too hard there, and there's not a lot of homework either. So far, it's been really easy. My professor is Chinese, so she has this funny accent, it reminds me of Matt's, after he got home. haha! Oh, I also have nutrition. It's just a one hour lecture with a slide show 3 times a week, I'll let you know how hard the class is gonna be after I take the first test. Finally, I go to institute Tues/Thurs. I'm in a "teachings of the living prophets" class. It's actually really cool! The first lesson, each girl got a nice white rose just cuz the teacher likes us. (The roses went along with a small object lesson as well, but they were nice!)

So that's the school update.

I got mononucleosis the last month of summer (yes, the kissing disease, get over it. It's most commonly picked up from drinking fountains anyways). Basically I was sick for about 3 weeks (the basic, fever and headaches). I was sleeping about 14 hours each night and taking 2-3 hour naps in the day, yet still felt tired! Finally the doc said I had mono, and to rest up. I'm doing better now. I can go running about 3 times a week again! I can only go 1-2 miles instead of my usual 3-3.5. I went sooooooooo stir crazy while I was recovering, my brain would work, but my body still needed rest. I've gone back to normal sleep patterns, but I often feel fatigued still. I learned that most people who get it tend to feel better within 2-3 weeks (that's me!) although the fatigue may last for 2 months, or longer (also me!) and the disease can last up to a year, with recurring sickness (I really hope that won't be me!)

That's the rest of my summer update. Good thing I already hit Lagoon and Seven Peaks!

I promised lots of pictures, so the rest of my summer will be veiwable to you, as well as readable!

Matthew is home!!!! He still has his accent! It is hilarious! His Chinese is so good! We signed him up for a Chinese class at UVU, but it's Mandarin, not Cantonese. He brought home so many wonderful things. The best by far, though, has been the stories he has. He still loves the Chinese culture and has a lot of music and odds-and-ends that he brought back to us.

Look at that happy boy with his all-too-happy parents! We went out to a Chinese restaurant afterwards just for our China man.

There is Matthew's homecoming party!!! WOW!!! Just look at all of that support :) We were so proud of him and so happy to see him again!

In other news, Christopher Scott Williams, my lovely little nephew (who's a good 6 inches taller than me) has graduated from marine boot camp and is now officially a marine! Go Chris!

Betcha can't tell which one is him ;) what a great thing to see, all those marines!

My parents and I traveled down to San Diego to watch this graduation. We are so proud of him! What a wonderful trip it was too! I got to go play in the huge swells on Mission Beach, tour the U.S.S. Midway, and eat at In-n-Out. Oh good fun!

This is my favorite statue! Looking off the USS Midway :)

Mom found the room that her dad (Grandpa Piepgrass) worked in when he was in the Navy, working on the boats. It was pretty special to see up close and personal the tools he worked with and the area he worked in.

Look at those swells!!! I love the beach!!!!!!!! :D

Dad and me at the beach!

We love our In-n-Out's!

Finally, on the way home we stopped in St. George and walked around the temple grounds. It was really a wonderful experience. I enjoyed my trip with my parents so much!

Blog you all later! Peace!

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