Friday, September 9, 2011

Moments that stretch us...

I am now going into my fourth week of college. Can you believe it??  I can. haha  While I was home for Labor Day Weekend, Drew was driving me home and we started talking about how we had REALLY enjoyed being home.  He said something like, "I am just a home body."  That got me thinking... I am too!  I have realized that I just love HOME.  I don't feel uncomfortable here in St. George, and I don't feel uncomfortable being on my own... but I still long for home and family.  I am continuing to grow as a person.  There is so much to learn when you're on your own!!

On Tuesday, the Bishop called me in for an interview.  I WAS NERVOUS! And for good reason too.  He gave me a calling that made me have a mini panic-attack, but then after talking with Drew and Mom for a little while, it was all good.  I learned that the Lord sometimes stretches us because he knows our potential, and just maybe, somebody needs me in that position.  Or... maybe I am the one who just needs to be in this position.  All in all, the Lord knows exactly what he is doing and he has prepared me for this.  I kind of felt like it was coming... but didn't feel qualified.  I am so grateful for those people who were there for me to talk to and that they were so encouraging.  Sometimes God is the only one who knows what we are capable of.

Last night, I went to bed at like 10:30! p.s. That's EARLY for college.  I was so excited that it actually happened, but all of my roommates will tell you that I NEEDED IT. haha  I have let the stresses I've been experiencing really get to me and I have not really been very pleasant to be around.  I am so sorry.  I have been really trying, but I do need to force myself to get to bed earlier so I can function.  I re-took my Spanish test first thing this morning and I felt pretty good about it.  The first time I took it, I got 82%.  I didn't think that was too bad, but I figured I would re-take it the one time a re-take is being offered just to see if I could get better since they are taking the better score of the two.  Hopefully that went well! Then I had a job interview at 10:30.  I feel like I presented myself well and now it is just up to my schedule.  She said she really liked me and she just had to see if my schedule flows with when she needs me.  I would start off making $8.50 an hour, so I would really love that, and it is a job that I really think I would enjoy in college.  She acted like it wasn't even a big deal that I didn't have a car, as long as I got there and back.  She is great.  Now it is in the Lord's hands.  On my way there (Megan let me borrow her car so I didn't have to ride my bike in a dress), I just prayed out loud that whatever was supposed to happen would and that if it was right, that I would be able to get the job.  Now it is out of my control.
I hung out for a while and then walked to my Physical Science class with one of my roommates. She is not in the class with me, but she was going to the science building too. It is only a 50 minute class, so I sat in the shade by the fountain and just listened to music and played Solitaire on my ipod.  :) It was glorious!  I learned in my stress management class that I shouldn't feel guilty for letting myself relax, so I just took it all in and enjoyed every second.  It was a BEAUTIFUL day! :)



That is candy!!

I bought Haley "noise putty" from the dollar store for her birthday so that is what this is a video of haha she's not really farting!


We have a joke with all of our friends that we're going to start a band and I don't do anything special so I said I would play the tambourine and one day I came home and this was on my bed :)

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