Another Year Already?

Hi all! I have trouble believing that one year has really gone by. The time really does seem to fly by!

Well, sometimes time seems to fly by. Like over Winter break. Those three weeks flew! This week . . . not so much. If all of the coming weeks are as long as this one has felt I'm in big trouble. Hopefully as I settle into a routine with school and work the time will start to fly again. :)

But overall I'm doing well. I think there are some changes coming in my life. I'm still preparing for a mission. It's amazing how just preparing for and striving towards that goal is influencing my life. I feel inadequate, but excited and happy for the chance I'll have to serve. But yeah, lots of changes on their way.

As far as my resolutions for the new year, here's the list:

1) Wake up the first time my alarm rings.

2) Quickly act on all promptings.

3) Stay caught up in school (readings, homework, etc).

4) Study "Preach My Gospel" and the scriptures daily.

5) Sunday--Day of Rest (a.k.a. no homework).

I think it's a good list with some good, worthy goals. Now it's just sticking to the goals I've set for myself. It's already been a week since the new year started and I've had trouble with #1. But I've also made progress at prioritizing how I spend my time and being productive during the time I've been given.

So, overall, my life is going so great. I feel so blessed! I have a great family, amazing friends, and the gospel! What else can a girl ask for? :)

Three Weeks of Freedom!

Hi all! I hope everything has been going well. Things in my life have been a bit crazy, sad, and awesome all at the same time.

Lately I've been reminded of how many blessings I have in my life. I have an amazing family, great friends, and a freaking awesome ward. I get to have lots of laughs everyday with people I care about. The world is beautiful (even though there's no snow and we're almost halfway through December *cough*).

Fall semester ended last week and I am so happy and relieved to be done! Things started getting really dicey near the end, but I'm happy to report that I'm fairly positive I've passed all my classes (and not just C passed, but like B at least passed), which is great! So now I have three weeks of freedom to do whatever I want. Like stay up late feeding my k-pop obsession and reading all the books in my "To Read" pile.

I also plan on doing a lot of writing during these three weeks. Something I really appreciate about school is that it always gives me new ideas for stories. That's why I still take courses that aren't related to my field of study, but that I think will generate good ideas or give me good insight for future stories. So I'm hoping to totally take advantage of all these ideas from Fall semester during the Winter break.

Another thing I'm doing during these three weeks is a sort of sleeping experiment. I want to figure out how many hours I generally need to sleep every night. Sometimes I feel like it's 10, other times 7 hours a night. So I'm hoping to pin it down so I can come up with a good game plan for waking up for Spring semester.

So, not a whole lot going on, which is just how I like it. I plan on completely enjoying and living these three weeks to their max! I hope you'll all do the same! :)

P.S. I also hope you'll all enjoy this video by Eclipse Singers. I've been a fan of Eclipse for a long time (like Jr. High long time) and I'm in love with their Christmas CD. Check it out!