I don't get a lot of pictures from Nathan. He'll often send me a picture like the first one below that shows where he's sitting at the BYU game. He's really been enjoying the sports, when he's lucky enough to get a ticket. He had to buy a ROC sports pass to be able to attempt to get a ticket, but they're still not guaranteed to get one. They opened up the ticket portal on Tuesdays at noon before the Saturday football games. He learned that he had to be in the "queue" online right at noon and then hope he got a ticket. They were all gone immediately - you couldn't wait even 15 minutes to get in the queue or you were out of luck. A couple times he had 3 different devices ready to increase his chances, and he'd get a ticket from whichever device got in the system first. He got tickets to all the games when he remembered to get online at noon. He had a couple friends that he'd usually go to the game with. The BYU vs Utah game was particularly exciting as BYU won by 3 points. I was watching it on TV, so that's my picture of the TV screen at the end of the game. He didn't go down in the crowd, but the whole field was a sea of blue.
Sophomore year has been harder than freshman year, as expected, with tougher classes. He had to study more to keep up with everything. He's been working on a computer science degree so far, but he's thinking of switching to accounting if he can get in the program. He has to take a couple accounting classes before he can apply for the program. And then the acceptance is about 60% I think, so that's not guaranteed either. He's thought about some different majors - economics, statistics, and some other fields, but accounting seems to be the most interesting to him.
He continues to work on campus part-time during the week as a cybersecurity and systems technician. He really likes his tech job and the people he works with.
It also was a little different experience living off campus and not being right in the middle of all the social activities. A couple of these pictures are from a conference he went to with speakers and a concert. They do have opportunities to go to several events or devotionals to build their spirituality, which Nathan has enjoyed. He continues to attend the Provo City Center Temple once a week and also serves in the temple one evening a week. I think he also currently serves as the Elders Quorum Secretary in his ward. He's been really busy, and unfortunately not leaving much time for girls! Maybe this next semester will be better for social time. Keeping up with everything has been a bit overwhelming for him, but I think he's doing amazing.
