Kitty

I have a kitty-friend.

When I first went to my dinner group, I noticed this cat sitting in front of an apartment door. He was so cute and furry that I felt compelled to touch and pet him. And so now, every time I see him, I'll pet him. Last night, I reached down to him to let him smell me and he pushed his head up against my hand! He likes me! And he rubbed himself against my legs, too. It's nice to have a kitty-friend who likes me!

This is what he looks like:

Obviously, that's not really him. It's a picture of a cat who looks similar to him. But that's his coloring.

I don't even know if he's a really a boy. And I don't know his name. But he has a collar, so I'm assuming he has a name. Maybe I'll check next time I see him. Or maybe I'll just give him a name myself. Any suggestions?

Prophet

I just finished watching the devotional for today. President Hinckley spoke. It's strange that such a little old man has such influence for good over my life. He's 97 years old and I don't expect him to last much longer as our prophet, but I will miss him so much when he passes on. He speaks so powerfully yet so lovingly to us. And he has such a light in his eyes that I cannot doubt his faith. Today, as I listened to him, I realized that I really do believe he is a prophet. Even if I couldn't see it in his very being, I could see it in the fruits of his labor. I think my own faith is one of those fruits. I've never even met the man, yet he inspires me and countless others to believe in a loving Father who has a plan for His children. I will forever be grateful for his example.

Absent-minded

I just now realized that this afternoon, after finishing up an assignment in one of the computer labs on campus, I neglected to remove my jump drive from the computer I was using. Of course, I hadn't turned in my assignment electronically yet, so I began panicking when I realized what I had done. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to look up the computer lab's phone number online, then call them. They were super-nice and found it, still in the computer, and set it aside for me to pick up tomorrow when I'm on campus. I'm so grateful for those helpful people!

Dinner

Now that school has started, I'll probably have more to blog about. That's just the way my life works.

Classes have been a bit of a hassle to figure out, but I'm almost set, I think. I've ended up dropping Latin. It was causing me far too much stress on only the second day of class, so I'll just take 102 next semester and finish in the summer. This means I have 4 credits to fill up, so I tried to add a New Testament class today, but it was very full. I found a Teachings of the Living Prophets class, though. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to add an English class, which won't make for a fun semester, but I can do it if I'm not all stressed out about Latin. So, with some luck, by the end of tomorrow, I'll be in the black with my classes.

Monday night, at FHE, one of the girls in my ward invited me to join a dinner group. I thought it might be a good idea, so I went tonight to try it out. We had spaghetti and squash and biscuits. Nothing too gourmet, but it was probably better than what I would've had tonight. So I'm gonna do the dinner group. It'll be good for my social life. However, I requested that I don't do cook by myself. I think disastrous things would happen if I tried to do it alone. I can picture kitchens catching on fire. Scary.

Frustration

Right at this moment, I feel that my entire academic experience has been useless. I'm feeling completely overwhelmed by my Latin 201 class. I don't remember much of anything and I just don't know how I'm going to get through it. And it's only the second day! What's the point of taking all these classes if I'm not going to retain anything? It's such a waste of money. Ugh. I hate school. I just wanna get a job and not have classes anymore.

Too bad I love the job I have. Cause once I'm done here at BYU, I'll have to leave it.