So, I'm sorry i've been late on the whole monthly update thing.
At the beginning of September I went on a Camping and Kayaking trip over the weekend to Jordanelle Resevoir with an organization promoting adaptive recreation and such. It was extremely fun, especially getting into the kayak and racing around. I also stayed in a tent that is big enough to fit under with my wheelchair and then sleep on a cot with a paco-pad and sleeping bag. The person in the kayak with me was my physical therapist in the hospital, but now we are just very good buds. Her mom died a month after mine while I was in the hospital, so we have a very good connection.
School is going very good! It's a lot easier than high school, so far, and therefore am not too stressed out with things. As far as majoring goes, I went to a Major Exploration Expo where they had all the possible majors/minors/intern/study abroad/whatever you could possibly do with an education. I checked out the bussiness table and decided that minoring in bussiness would be more interesting than majoring and so I'm going to do the extra cources for that and am very exciting. It basically gives a general overview of all the different categories of business (finance, marketing, accounting, management) and then you pick a couple of elective cources that look interesting. As far as the majoring goes....i'm still exploring but I'm going to look into Geology. When I was in fourth grade we had a rock project and learned about the ways rocks are made and the different types, and I loved it. My mom had a friend who is a geologist and so he gave me a bunch of rocks for my collection and told me all about it. So I think I'll take some general education classes in geology and see where it takes me. Another incentive to go into that field is that the department will actually pay for you to get a degree with them. Apparently former students make big bucks in the oil industry and then send money to the department. Depending on how good your GPA is, they'll give you some scholarship money. Woot woot!
So far my favorite class is History of Rock n' Roll. It is very interesting and makes you appreciate the stuff even more, if that's even possible. We've just finished the Psychadelic Era (Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, etc.) basically rock n' roll on LSD. We listen to music and he tells us about the bands that were influential of the era and what was going on culturally if it had an impact, and all sorts of good stuff. We're gonna be getting into the Proto-Punk and Punk era pretty soon, which should be interesting. I'm not a big fan of punk, but i'm hoping after this class i'll maybe be able to appreciate it more, who knows.
Well Utah has been pretty interesting lately. It's basically rained the past couple of weeks which is kinda rare seeing as how Utah is in a desert, not to be confused with dessert. Right now it's cloudy and last night there was a big thunderstorm, woke me up from my sleep and then i couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. But because of the rain it's starting to get cooler. Rain is very interesting when in a wheelchair because your lap gets all wet and then when you get into the car you have to sit there with the car door open while you break down the chair to put in the car. At least it's not snowing yet. I can't wait to drive up a hill in snow, and then wheel around in it...make sure i put chains on my tires.
Well nothing else really to report. Thanks everyone for all your support and love!
P.s. Brian, I still have my Patriots stickers and jersey, so don't worry!
