Family Newsletter October

i have a massive midterm i need to study for, and all our talks in church today were about not procrastinating, but this is something i need to do sometime today anyway, so i may as well get it out of my system now. Days of late have been pretty awesome, i had a minor emotional breakdown from failing a physics test and getting a c on a paper, but as it turns out, i was above average on the test, and that's my drop grade, and i'm going to re-write the paper. more importantly, i got a hammock that day which gave me something to occupy my thoughts other than, "oh crap, i'm going to fail college, lose my scholarship and have to go to UVSU." (not that there's anything wrong with going to Utah Valley State...)

Otherwise life's good. The red sox are in position to go to the world series, and it's possible that i am as well, since a friend of mine's family loves the rockies, and are going to try to get as many tickets as possible, and i might be able to sit in for a game. (how awesome would that be, Red Sox vs Rockies). I went to a utah soccer game on thursday and that was really exciting, and it reminded me how much i love and miss playing soccer a lot, so now i'm thinking i need to set up a indoor soccer team for intermurals. It snowed yesterday, and me and my friends went sledding on my clothes hamper, which worked really well. I also played racquetball yesterday. On friday i watched transformers in the dollar theater (awesome), and on tuesday i saw Ratattoulli in the dollar theater. I guess that's the gist of what's been going on. I had a midterm in IT on thursday, and i think that went pretty well. I think that about most of my midterms though, so we'll see how that turns out.

Alright i guess i'll type out the real family newsletter now. I always find typing them a little awkward, because here, where i write like it's a journal, there, i have to write like it's a letter. And i'm not a big fan of writing letters, but whatevs:


Salutations!

The talks in sacrament meeting today were about not procrastinating, so it's somewhat awful that i'm writing this as my calculus midterm ticks ominously closer, but in priesthood we talked a little about the importance of family, so i'll take care of this first. So far i'm loving life in salt lake. Friday me and my friends made the obligatory hike up to the giant U on the mountain, which was actually a pretty nice hike. I wanted to trek off into the brush, but my friends weren't in the mood for getting lost in the mountains, so we ended up taking the fairly tame path up the mountain. Yesterday it snowed quite a bit, so we went sledding in clothes hampers and had snow ball fights. I feel like i have to make up for the last 14 years of my life with no snow, and so far i'm doing pretty well.

In other news, college is going alright. Me and Cami made it up to Cache valley a few weeks ago to visit Grandma and Grandpa. It's great, and a little surreal, to be so close to family i usually only see during the summer. In a few hours there's a fireside at the Institute by Elder Uchtdorf. Last month we had Elder Holland, and the institute was skirting the edges of the fire code, so this time it's a little more organized, and you really have to get there early in order to get seats in the same room. We also have a temple trip this week, up to the Bountiful Temple. Last month we went to the Salt Lake Temple, but i didn't have a recommend yet, so i'm excited to actually be able to go this time around. So between family, the mountain hiking, the snow, the General Authorities, and the bounteous temples, Utah is treating me very well. I'm looking forward to winter and some more significant snow fall (we only got a couple inches yesterday, enough to sled, but i find myself craving a snow fort). But until then, i should go ahead and study. So long.

~Ammon

So yeah, that about covers my life, now i need to study. blech.