So I have been thinking over the last few weeks about how I could force myself to write more, because I am so obviously a slacker. While I came up with a few different ideas, now I can't decide which one I actually want to do. Therefore, I'm actually going to start with something a little bit different than I had planned and see where it goes from there. But first, a (VERY) brief catch-up.
This summer I spent my days pretty much working for the most part. I was nannying for a family in Oak Park and working at Cornerstone Photography in Moorpark where my beautiful sister-in-law Alyson works. She was so great because she helped me get this job, which I REALLY needed to save up to come back to school. I had the most amazing time, and I think we all really had so much fun! I learned a lot, not only about photography but about myself too. I got to meet some great people who I will never forget.
I also dated someone, which I realize probably SHOULDN'T be news...but well, it is. Because let's just be honest here, I don't date. Ever. I'm still not entirely sure what I do to repulse guys but whatever it is, it must be pretty serious. I guess I'll try to work a little harder on figuring that out and stopping it. We'll just have to see how well that works out. If I had to guess, I'd say it won't work at all. Anywho, back to the boy. He was great, he really was. He was nice, he was funny, he was quite attractive. The funny thing is, even when I know I should NOT get involved, I always do. It's like a curse of stupidity, and even though I know I'm doing it, it doesn't stop me. But this time, I think it's kind of what I needed at the time. It restored my faith in the existence of good guys, so to speak. Because let me tell you I have dated some real frogs. But not this time. It was nice to be treated well. Compliments can easily go a long way, especially when you actually trust the person telling them. Let me just say, I really appreciate when parents teach their sons how to treat girls. I hope that one day I will be able to do that with my children as well. It's been awhile since I've had that. What made it even more perfect is that it was just summer. With both of us going back to school, we knew it wasn't going to last. Sometimes that has made it harder for me, but this time it was good. I could be open and honest and not worry about anything. Perfect. And that's all I'm going to say about that. :)
Since I've been back at school, it's been back to no dating, but that's probably for the best right now, because this semester has been, in one word, ridiculous. I feel like I probably say this a lot, but I've truly never spent so much time over an entire semester working on homework everyday. I've had bad weeks, but this was consistently intense. I'm pretty sure my used phone minutes are at an all time low because either I don't answer my phone, or when I do I say "I can't talk I'm doing homework" and hang up. Rude, I know. But I was just so scared of never finishing anything. I also had my very first 7:30am class of my college career, and it was HARD. Honestly, I can not even begin to imagine how I attended and GRADUATED from seminary my 4 years of high school. I had to be there at 5:30am everyday, and I don't remember it being this hard, and this class was only 2 days a week. Luckily, I really enjoyed this class (good thing too, because it is my major) so I never missed one day. That in and of itself is a major accomplishment for me. I also am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel because I graduate next year and I am truly SCARED. I have not even the faintest idea of what I am going to do, or more importantly what I should do. I've pondered about some different decisions quite a bit and I'm having big problems with it. I'm just glad I have a couple months before I really need a definite answer.
I also got to go home for Thanksgiving this year, and I have to say it was THE best week I have had in a very very long time, definitely top 5 ever. My whole family was there so I got to hang out with my siblings who I rarely get to see and it was just perfect. We went to Disneyland, we had movie nights, and of course we went riding. But, most importantly, we just hung out and laughed. I couldn't have asked for anything more. I love my entire family so much and I rediscovered how wonderful and perfect (while sometimes dysfunctional) we all are. I am so incredibly grateful for the gospel and knowing that I can be with them forever.
I think that's all I'm going to write for now, but I will introduce my little project to help me write more. I claim absolutely no responsibility for coming up with this. I just happened to be blog hopping and found something I thought was interesting. While it probably will not be interesting at all for any of you to read, I think it will help me a lot, so I'm going to do it anyway. I apologize ahead of time for any annoyance it causes you guys. :) It is simply 50 topics to write about, 1 each day. I may not actually be able to do 1 every day, but I will get them all done, I promise. So, until tomorrow.
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