first week.

It's my fourth semester here at BYU-Idaho in the frozen tundra that is Rexburg.

This very well could be the craziest semester of my life.

16 credits is a lot of credits and basically every single one of them is for my major.

I hope I don't get sick of talking about marriages and families by April.

You know what's awesome? The restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It's implemented into all of my classes in some way or another, and I love that. The gospel is constant and true and it's something I can always rely on no matter how stressed or frazzled I may be concerning everything else I'm learning about in school.

I've accepted the fact that I'm going to be spending a very large amount of time reading and that I really might live in the library some days.

I'm just a little overwhelmed.

But I've discovered this thing after the first week of school that comforts me: I'm going to learn something this semester! I've learned new things every semester, but this semester is no joke. I'm going to have to work really hard, but I know that my Heavenly Father loves me and He knows what I need to learn. He's the best study buddy ever. I know He's watching out for me and that with His help I will be able to make it through this semester of craziness. I'll learn things for my major, I'll learn things about the gospel, I'll learn things about myself, I'll learn how to balance my schoolwork and my calling and everything in between, and I'll learn to trust Him and rely on Him more.

So those are my thoughts about the semester so far.