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Greetings from Provo, Knudson Family!

I don't know if anyone ever reads this blog besides Meagan and Kristi and me, but I decided to let the family know what is going on in my life right now anyway.

I don't have a whole lot going on, just school. Homecoming is this week and it's neat to see the Y all lit up. I'm not going to any of the dances, and I wish I were going to the Spectacular, but I'll settle for the football game. GO COUGARS! Like Sister Samuelson says, this is a great season to be a fan of BYU Football.

In school, I just finished my 4th midterm of the past 2 weeks marking the end of the first period of extended stress. I do have another midterm next week...and one in volleyball as well...so maybe I should be a little more worried than I am. I like my classes and I'm learning a lot this semester. One thing that helps is that my geology and geography of landforms classes cover a lot of the same material, so I kind of learn it twice and that helps my grade in both classes. Volleyball is fun, and we might actually start playing in teams soon instead of doing drills to practice specific drills. Yesterday was the worst! The skill was blocking--probably the thing I'm worst at, and the drills are horrible. In the gym, there are three full volleyball courts side by side. For the drill, we learned the two-step block and had to do it all the way down the line of all three nets. Step, step, jump, step, step, jump...all the way down 3 nets. Then we learned a three-step block. We did that all the way down the nets: step, stepstep, jump, step, stepstep, jump. Then, we learned another three-step block. Same thing, all the way down: step, step, turn, step, jump. Finally, we had to go all the way down the net in combination! step, step, jump, step, stepstep, jump, step, step, turn, step, jump! I seriously wanted to run out of the gym screaming. Blocking is my worst skill because jumping is my worst ability. My teacher did say that if any girl gets a block, she gets an A. For me, it's out of the question as the nets we use are even higher than MEN's standard height. So, that was my 15 minutes of torture yesterday. I came out smiling though. Something I've been working on in volleyball is not getting embarrassed when I can't do something. I'm getting better, too.

My one activity outside of school is tutoring at a local elementary school. This semester, I'm working with an after school program to put on their school musical: ALADDIN! 2 weeks ago I helped some 6-year-old untie his shoes after he tied them together. This week, I learned a Halloween dance. It was a lot of fun, and I really like the group I'm working with. Some of the kids are a little crazy, but those are the ones who need someone to work with them the most.

That's pretty much all that's going on in my life. I have 2 new roommates and one that's the same from last year. All are sophomores and for the first time in my life, I'm the oldest! It's a weird feeling, but we get along great! In weather news: The snow has arrived, in the mountains anyway. All that rain that came just for Conference weekend translated to snow in the highest places.

Goodbye for now, family. I hope that you all enjoyed Conference. I know I did! Have a wonderful day, and KEEP BLOGGING!