Schoolwork, housing, and a Jazz game

This week has been pretty normal for the most part, and I've been busy with a lot of schoolwork. We had our second midterm in Spanish, which Grant and I studied a lot for. It went really well for both of us (though I did beat him on the test ;). I went to the basketball game on Thursday night with Lauren and Amelia, but I didn't take any pictures. However, the Cougars played Gonzaga (the #25 team in the nation) and won! It was a great game! We had to get there two hours early to get seats in the student section. The whole Marriott center was packed and riled up :)

On Saturday morning, I woke up at 4:20 am to get to Monticello apartments by 5 am with my friends. We decided that we want to live there, and the new tenant signings were at 9 am. It's very competitive to get into Monticello, which is why we decided to get there so early. Lots of people even camped out! I went with Amelia, Meredith, Mikayla, and Lauren. We waited in the cold for four hours until they started the signings, then finally signed our contracts by 11. Amelia, Meredith, and I are sharing an apartment with one other random girl in the fall, and Mikayla and Lauren are sharing the apartment next door, since they are staying for spring and summer also. Monticello seems like a great place to live, and we're really excited about it! It's also a relief to have that huge decision made and out of the way for a while.

When we got back from Monticello, we took a 3-hour nap, due to the fact that we had gotten 4 hours of sleep the night before. After my nap, I showered and got ready, then went to pick up Grant. We drove to Salt Lake, where we went to his older sister Monica's house and I met her and her husband, Thomas, for the first time. Grant's brother Brian and sister-in-law Aubree were also there, but I had met them before. We ate dinner together and then went to the Jazz game, which we unfortunately lost. It was a fun time even though I was really nervous :) We got back to Provo by about 10:30.

This is Aubree, Brian (Grant's brother), Thomas, Monica (Grant's sister), Grant, and me at the Jazz game:

It's been a fun week! I have a couple of midterms coming up and some papers due, so this week will be pretty busy. I hope everyone's doing well! :)