Vegas

This past Saturday I made it to Las Vegas for my student teaching. It has been quite the experience already and I have only been here for two days.

Let me go back and recap my last week. Last Monday I went to Oregon with Brady Janiece and Hannah. It was so much fun. Basically I got to hang out with all of my guy friends that I haven't been able to really be around much since before their missions. It was a lot of fun to get to know them again. I got to be around Nathan and Brady the most. They are HILARIOUS! I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Thank you to both of them for making my week probably a million times better than it would have been if I had stayed in Middleton. We got back on Thursday night thank goodness because the next day they closed the pass because of high winds.

Friday I repacked all my stuff and loaded my car and around 3:00 I left for Utah. The drive wasn't too bad. There were really high winds and it was a little scary at times but for the most part, I made it ok and didnt' even get too tired. I got to stay at Karissa's that night and see her and Toby and Zeke. It was a lot of fun and I got to see how HUGE Zeke has gotten. Catherine came over and had breakfast with us on Saturday morning and then I left around 1:30 to go the rest of the way to Vegas.

The drive from Utah to Vegas was kind of scary in some parts. One hill I went over was especially bad. I wasn't sure my car was going to make it up. I was sliding a little and I was just overall nervous. I called and talked to Daniel for a while. It was nice to talk to someone and get my mind off of things. I was starting to get a little nervous for everything and I wasn't sure how to handle it. I don't know if you have ever driven into Vegas at night but there's this hill that when you're driving up it you can't see anything and then all of the sudden you can see all of the lights of Vegas. When I got to that point it was probably one of the times when I have felt the most overwhelmed in my whole life. My mom called me and I started to cry a little just because I was scared and nervous. I made it to my apartment ok and moved in. Since I got here things haven't been so bad. My roommates seem pretty nice and my ward is good. I actually feel really young here. Everyone is way older than me which is weird because I haven't felt that way in a long time. I went to my school today and met my cooperating math teacher. She seems like she is going to be to really good so I was happy about that. Tomorrow we go and get fingerprinted and then we have our orientation meeting. Wednesday is our first day in the school. That will be another nerve wracking day. Well, that's all for now.