Here I am!
Wow. I can't believe I haven't been on LiveJournal in basically like...two years. I think I've visited here and there over that time, but it seriously has probably been at least a year since I've even logged in. I'm not sure if it's worthwhile to still write in this journal...maybe I should preserve it as an old history (high school plus a handful of early college entries) and start a fresh new on-line journal. It's hard to say. I did start a journal/blog or two on Blogspot...one was supposed to be a creative outlet/"advice from me" kind of thing, but it ended in complete disaster after only 2 or 3 posts (there are some strangely harsh critics out there). It probably would have been a flop anyway. The other isn't bad -- it's supposed to be about what's going on with me and Dan -- a quick "update" sort of thing. I've written a few times, but you (whoever "you" is/are) know how much I've been bad about writing. I'm hoping to get in a better habit...like I've been hoping for the last...forever. Actually, I have to admit that I've been doing a bit better. In the last year or so I've been writing a *little bit* in a "non-electronic" journal...you know, an actual book-type thing. While I haven't written that much, it's probably better than nothing. The sad thing is, the past few years are probably going to be quite a blur since I haven't been writing them...I haven't even been taking pictures. Seriously, I don't think I've taken any pictures this year (2010), and I probably took like...5 in 2009. How pathetic. The worst part is, so many significant things have happened in the past few years. I should probably go back and document as much as I can in some way or another...hopefully it's not too late.
Anyway, one of the reasons I'm writing is because I just finished the semester on Wednesday. YAY! Every other year that I've been at BYU, I took Spring Term (which starts this Monday or Tuesday, I think), but I decided not to this year. Don't get me wrong -- I actually loved going Spring Term, but I think I needed a nice break this year after Fall and Winter semesters. So, now I have all of the free time in the world until about the end of June when I start Summer Term. I'm really excited about it! I really don't have anything specific that I'm doing besides at some point taking a nice trip visiting Texas and Michigan (and some states in between -- we'll be driving). If you know me, you'll know that whenever I have free time like this, I'm always excited to do things that I normally feel too swamped to do during the school year. I'm hoping to form some habits that I can continue doing throughout busier times of my life, and I'm hoping to learn new things, become more well-rounded...all sorts of great stuff. I just hope that I don't end up wasting my time...which is pretty much what I did last summer when I had free time. It felt like I did nothing every day -- just watched TV and sat around. Seriously, some weeks I'm not sure if I got dressed out of pajamas or even left the house. This break will be different, though. Dan and I actually made a little "pact" to report to each other at the end of the day at least one productive thing we did that day. Hopefully that helps a little bit. Anyway, I'm getting pretty ramble-y. Here is a list of some of the things I hope to do or work on over the summer:
- Read, read, read!
- Organize papers and other miscellaneous things around the house (get rid of junk)
- Thoroughly clean the house and keep it clean
- Practice piano
- Volunteer/Serve
- Take pictures and scrapbook
- Write in my journal
- Exercise
- Spend more time outside
Well, those are only a few things I can think of off the top of my head. I think it's a decent list, though. Anyway, I think I'm going to get going and maybe start working on some of these! It's pretty exciting :)
Anyway, one of the reasons I'm writing is because I just finished the semester on Wednesday. YAY! Every other year that I've been at BYU, I took Spring Term (which starts this Monday or Tuesday, I think), but I decided not to this year. Don't get me wrong -- I actually loved going Spring Term, but I think I needed a nice break this year after Fall and Winter semesters. So, now I have all of the free time in the world until about the end of June when I start Summer Term. I'm really excited about it! I really don't have anything specific that I'm doing besides at some point taking a nice trip visiting Texas and Michigan (and some states in between -- we'll be driving). If you know me, you'll know that whenever I have free time like this, I'm always excited to do things that I normally feel too swamped to do during the school year. I'm hoping to form some habits that I can continue doing throughout busier times of my life, and I'm hoping to learn new things, become more well-rounded...all sorts of great stuff. I just hope that I don't end up wasting my time...which is pretty much what I did last summer when I had free time. It felt like I did nothing every day -- just watched TV and sat around. Seriously, some weeks I'm not sure if I got dressed out of pajamas or even left the house. This break will be different, though. Dan and I actually made a little "pact" to report to each other at the end of the day at least one productive thing we did that day. Hopefully that helps a little bit. Anyway, I'm getting pretty ramble-y. Here is a list of some of the things I hope to do or work on over the summer:
- Read, read, read!
- Organize papers and other miscellaneous things around the house (get rid of junk)
- Thoroughly clean the house and keep it clean
- Practice piano
- Volunteer/Serve
- Take pictures and scrapbook
- Write in my journal
- Exercise
- Spend more time outside
Well, those are only a few things I can think of off the top of my head. I think it's a decent list, though. Anyway, I think I'm going to get going and maybe start working on some of these! It's pretty exciting :)