Stuff and Things
(This is the part where I mention that I haven't updated for a long time.)
Somehow, this school year is already winding down. Finals end by the 20th of April, and then I'll have experienced an entire year of collegiate education. I've learned a lot of things this year, and I'm kind of sad for it to be over. I've kind of got my own little life here in Provo, where all my friends are people who live in all corners of the country. I'm with a girl from Phoenix who I'd never have met outside this "bubble", and who will go in completely different directions from me at the end of this year.
I've learned I'm not as much of a hot-shot as I thought. (The rhyming, by the way, was strictly unintentional.) I've learned that being smart isn't always what's important. I've also learned it's easy to let things that you cherish drift away for seemingly no reason.
And the most exciting thing- I'm going on a mission for two years. I'm probably turning in my papers in May, around the time of my birthday or so, meaning I'll find out where I'm going in June or something. And then at that point, the next two years of my life will be spent focused on one thing. There's something exhilirating about focusing that much time on something you feel strongly about. It's kind of putting your money where your mouth is, so to speak.
It's an odd feeling to realize that no matter what I do for the rest of this semester, I'll be spending the next two years on a religious mission. I just get the feeling that everything's dying down right before I leave on this thing.
Anyway, I'm beginning to get excited to come home to Oregon and see my family, and see how everybody's been. As great as Utah is, I'd trade almost any of it for one look at a good ol' Oregon Douglas Fir.
Somehow, this school year is already winding down. Finals end by the 20th of April, and then I'll have experienced an entire year of collegiate education. I've learned a lot of things this year, and I'm kind of sad for it to be over. I've kind of got my own little life here in Provo, where all my friends are people who live in all corners of the country. I'm with a girl from Phoenix who I'd never have met outside this "bubble", and who will go in completely different directions from me at the end of this year.
I've learned I'm not as much of a hot-shot as I thought. (The rhyming, by the way, was strictly unintentional.) I've learned that being smart isn't always what's important. I've also learned it's easy to let things that you cherish drift away for seemingly no reason.
And the most exciting thing- I'm going on a mission for two years. I'm probably turning in my papers in May, around the time of my birthday or so, meaning I'll find out where I'm going in June or something. And then at that point, the next two years of my life will be spent focused on one thing. There's something exhilirating about focusing that much time on something you feel strongly about. It's kind of putting your money where your mouth is, so to speak.
It's an odd feeling to realize that no matter what I do for the rest of this semester, I'll be spending the next two years on a religious mission. I just get the feeling that everything's dying down right before I leave on this thing.
Anyway, I'm beginning to get excited to come home to Oregon and see my family, and see how everybody's been. As great as Utah is, I'd trade almost any of it for one look at a good ol' Oregon Douglas Fir.