This morning, woke up nice and early so I could get to campus and start studying. I walk outside of my apartment building and there it was! My dream come true!  A huge hot air balloon was blown up and still ready to launch, just waiting for me to get on for the ride! Ok, not really. They were waiting for it to have enough hot air to get off the ground, but it was way sweet. Now I am on campus, in the work office because the HLRC is not open yet and I feel like I should be doing some kind of work because I am in my office. But I'm not going to ;)

So school has been great. Really tough, but I am enjoying it. It has gone by really fast. I have some really great friends in my Arabic class. We often study a bit extra to try to understand this language. It sure is tough, but I think it is coming along. Insha'allah. We're tough. Like these guys...



Not quite Arabic but you get the point. Maybe during the summer I will make an Arabic version of it.

I have been reading the Joseph Smith Papers Vol. 1 (it was my birthday present, thank you family!) and I absolutely love it. I haven't had a book that has kept me up late for a long time. I probably shouldn't do that but it's the only time I have and I want to read it more than anything else. It's great to read because it is putting the sparks back into my great love and appreciation for the prophet Joseph Smith. This book which covers much of his journals has helped me better understand who he is, what he did and why he did it. He truly was a prophet of God, he did see God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. And he really loves his fellowmen. That is the biggest thing I am learning through this book about Joseph is that he truly loves his brothers and sisters and gave so much to help them. In my D&C class, I often know the random facts that our teacher asks about things like when was the quorum of the twelve apostles organized. I stated February 14th 1835. He asked how did I know so many things like that. I said, "I read church history books for fun." It's true. I love it.

Last night, I was trying to study but I just couldn't. I have felt very uneasy the last couple of days and can't explain why because I have no clue why. So I couldn't study, I could have easily wasted time doing other things like facebook or reading a book but it wouldn't have done any good. And then I got a phone call from one my best friends Spencer Fields. Spencer and I have been friends almost my whole time here on campus. He's been an RA in my ward, RA's together in the same ward and have done many things together. He was just recently married to a wonderful girl named Kim. Spencer is now a hall advisor in the dorms. He called to invite me over for dinner. It was perfect. We ate a home cooked meal (haven't had one of those in over a month) and then we watched "Cheaper by the Dozen."
I don't know what happened, but near the end there when the son runs away and they find him, I freaking started to cry! What the heck?! I've seen this movie a good handful of times and never cried! Why then? I don't know. Except maybe I've been thinking a lot more of my own family and how much I am grateful for them. Maybe because I have been thinking of my own future family and what it'd be like, desires, and wishes. Definitely want to do it right. And definitely want to have it. Just got to convince a girl to take a chance on me.

Anyways, this post was mostly for my own sake. If it made sense, great. If not, sorry about that.