Just Thoughts About Life in General

First off, there are less than three weeks until finals! I would say "finally" but honestly, the semester has flown by. Looking back over the last few months, this semester has been really good. I've enjoyed pretty much all of my classes, even calculus honestly hasn't been horrible. It's been a lot of work, and so when I finally understand something it feels great. I like the satisfaction of working to understand something difficult and then actually getting it. Also, this is the semester that I've finally felt that Chemical Engineering is really what I want to do. I enjoy the material, and I think I'll really enjoy the challenge. This semester I've also been involved in my building/ward's dinner group. It's been great! The food is usually good, you get a real meal without any cooking 7 out of 8 days, and you get to actually sit down and eat with friends. I've quite enjoyed it. :)

So, a random thing: the other day when I was sitting in my calculus lecture, I was just thinking about how much I really do not like math, and how much the teacher truly enjoyed it. My sub was clearly having a nice time, and my usual professor is always bouncing around (literally) from her excitement of the "great problem!" :) Well, it occurred to me that since math is a good thing (it has helped in countless processes and solved many problems in our society) and there actually are people that think it's fun, then our Heavenly Father probably likes math too. I've just never thought about that before. He knows everything there is to know about math, and since it is a good thing, He probably likes it. It then made me think that throughout eternity, I'm going to have to learn everything there is to know about math. I mean, I thought I was done with math classes after next year, but really, I'll be doing math for eternity! ....Forever! I suppose I'll learn to like it, especially as my understanding of what I can do with it increases I probably won't mind it. But what a thing to realize in the middle of a never-ending calculus lecture when you're just looking forward to the end of that class! Well, later that day I was listening to some of my favorite movie soundtracks, when I realized that I would also get to study music for the rest of eternity. And since I get to do the good stuff forever, I figured I can deal with the math. :)

And on the plus side: I can leave my apartment without a coat at any time of the day, and I won't die of hypothermia! It's been really nice and balmy lately; I can't wait for summer in Provo. Warmth, fun, no school, game nights, tennis, basketball, friends. It'll be a blast!