Cool Happenings

Hi all! I'm just going to say it now. I'm tired. Pooped. Sleeeeepy!

There. Now that that's out of the way I can tell you guys some cool stuff that's been happening!

First, I'm getting my Associates of Science from Weber this spring! An official degree! I'm very excited and very happy to be getting this degree. Mind you I still have to finish out this semester and pass all my classes before they'll actually give me my degree, but odds are I'm gonna get it. ;)

However this good news brings me to a bit of a dilemma in my life. I don't know how many of you know this, but I am planning on going on an LDS mission. I can turn my papers in 4 months before I actually turn 21, which so far is my plan. This means that January/February of 2012 I can turn in my papers.

But where does that leave me as far as school is concerned? I'm going to declare myself an English Education major with a minor in either Sociology or Communications.
Here's where the problem comes in. If I'm going to be leaving for a mission in the spring of next year, I probably won't take any classes spring semester. So do I try and get into the teaching program at WSU in the fall only to leave for a year and a half? Or do I postpone even declaring another semester or two and just take classes that will count towards my degree without actually being in the program? Or do I try and finish my degree and then go?

So there's my dilemma. I know everything will work out. I just need to talk to my counselor at WSU and see what she says about it. But I'm super excited to be that much closer to being done with school and to go on a mission! :D

And believe it or not there are some more cool things happening in my life. Today I entered a short story I wrote in WSU's Writing Contest! Now, I haven't won or anything. Today was the last day to submit entries (yes, yes, I am a procrastinator in everything I do) so I won't know for a little while if I win anything. But I'm just so happy about the fact that I did it! That I entered a contest! That I wrote something I think has a real shot of winning. *Knocks on wood*

I do love writing. So, so, so much. But to be honest this last yearish or two of college has kind of sucked the fun out of writing. School does that. It really does just zap the creativity right out of you. There's just so much pressure on writing in college. I feel like anything I write is something that's going to be criticized and scrutinized so even writing in private becomes a chore. Of course it's all about my state of mind. Some words are mine and mine alone and no one will ever read them til I'm dead and gone. Like my journal or even some things I scrawl in notebooks that get lost in my room. Writing in those is a breath of fresh air.

Don't get me wrong, I love writing on my blog! I'm writing this post aren't I? And at 12:54 a.m. no less. And I love it when people comment or tell me they actually read this. Haha. Authors are totally vain and totally insecure at the same time.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling. So those are my cool happenings! Graduation, mission, writing contest. I'm really proud of my short story, so I'm going to feed my vanity for a moment. If any of you want to read my short story just let me know and I'll email it to you. And if no one wants to read it, that's okay too. :)

Have a great weekend!

P.S. Be sure to check out my school blog: www.diamondsforstones.wordpress.com. This week I delved into the joys of couches. ;)