SUU Orientation

The Orientation Part

WOW, I can't believe that this whole SUU thing is actually becoming real!  It's so exciting.  I was super nervous about going up there, but I totally lucked out and had my orientation the same day as Jake (Ya I know, that poor guy has got to be so sick of me already!).  We drove up early that morning and went straight to Heidi's house so she could show us where to go.  We got our Student IDs and walked around the building looking at different programs.  We went into a small auditorium where they did a couple drawings before splitting us into groups.  Jake was the first name drawn and I'm slightly jealous of the sweet socks he won. 

We went into groups with people who shared our major.  My group was really quiet, but none of us knew each other, so I didn't expect anything different.  However, I was relieved when lunch came and I could sit at the Honors Table with Jake instead of still trying to make small talk with the Psychology Majors.  We visited Heidi at work and went to a few more classes.  There was one last drawing, and I won a T-shirt.  It was way funny that Jake and I both won!

After Orientation, Jake and I went to Lin's to turn in his application, and then grabbed a snack at Great Harvest.  Heidi was still working, so we just went back to her house and chilled for awhile.

The Fun Part

Jake humoring me for a picture



Heidi and Jake

When Heidi got back from work, we went on an adventure with her and some of her friends.  We had planned on doing the Kanarraville Falls Hike, but it was stormy so we were doubting the safety of the idea.  We started walking to the trailhead when someone drove by and told us there were flash flood warnings in the canyon.  We joked that he was one of the Three Nephites and had intervened to save our lives. 

Even though the slot canyon wasn't a great idea, we all still wanted to go for a hike.  We drove around to a random trail and started driving up it, but noticed a "No Trespassing" sign and saw an elderly couple up ahead.  My first thought was "Oh great, we're intruding on this grumpy old couple's property, let's get out of here!"  But, two of the people with us decided to walk up to the people and ask for directions to a good hike.  It turned out that the couple was extremely nice and helpful!  There wasn't room to turn the truck around, so we had to back the whole way out.  Too funny!

We got to the trail the trail we were directed to and had a way fun hike!  We had to keep crossing a river throughout most of the hike, but Jake and one of the other guys made a goal to not get their feet wet.  They did some way crazy leaps across the stream, I was super impressed by both of them!  I didn't think they'd do it, but they sure proved me wrong.  When we started walking back to the car, Jake told me a story about his dad's first date (any story involving that man seems to be hilarious), and I had to stop walking for a minute because I was having such a horrible laugh attack!

We went out to dinner, then it was back to Heidi's house.  She was with a couple friends for awhile, and me and Jake weren't up for socializing with all of her roommates, so we just kinda chilled in her room.  He was pretty excited to put on his new socks.  While we were sitting there, we both were reading our scriptures and writing in our journals.  When I thought about how totally comfortable we were doing this in front of each other, I just kept thinking about how great all of my friends are.  I'm SO glad that I went through high school with amazing people that were open with each other and had the same standards and goals. After we were both finished reading, we just looked up funny memes and things on the Internet. I think we were both pretty exhausted!

The next morning, Jake came with me to see my apartment.  I wanted to get a feel for what I needed to bring and what wall space I would have since I'm obsessed with covering my walls with sentimental things!  After that, we headed home.  It was comforting that the drive was so much shorter than I remembered.  I'm glad I'll be so close to home when I'm up there!