It has been quite the bittersweet week, I must say. Tomorrow is the day I have been looking forward too (and actually dreading) since that fateful day last November when I received my acceptance letter to Brigham Young University. I have wanted to go to BYU ever since I can remember. When asked what I wanted to do when I grew up, I always would say "I want to go to BYU and be a Mom." (and an elephant, but that's a story for another time). And not much has changed. That's really what I want to do (except I don't want to want to be an elephant, and I'm wanting to get a degree...not just get married..maybe ;-) jk). For the most part, I can hardly wait, but I can't help but be sad and anxious/nervous about the future and what's to come this year! I think I will name this week..the week of tears. All of my goodbyes over the past couple of days have been hard in different ways. I can honestly say my family are my best friends, and it's really hard to say goodbye to the people I have been so close to for the past 18 years, and I'm really going to miss them all so much. Isn't it so great that we have so much technoloy, like blogs, webcams, cell phones, etc. that will make it so much easier to keep close even when we're far. I'm so grateful that we're an eternal family! I don't think I've cried so much in one week befre (and the worst is yet to come...Saturday!) Even though I'm leaving most my family in Colorado for awhile, I'm SO excited to be near Cindy and AJ and Daniel. I'm so happy that I'll have three of my siblings so close, it makes moving to Utah so much easier, and I can't wait to spend time with them all. I can't believe I'm actually leaving...It's so weird. Utah ain't no Colorado, but it'll suffice for the time being :) Honestly, i can't think of a better place for me to spend my college years than at BYU. It's kind of sad. Friends from high school have been posting pictures from their first weeks of College..It makes me sad, really..all the pictures they have are of them being all drunk and high! I'm so grateful to be going to a school where I won't have to worry about things like that :) Anyways...I leave tomorrow (well, I guess today..) at about 12, and we'll get there at 7 or 8 and go get Daniel for dinner at the best restaurant EVER...WINGERS!!! I'm actually not going to move my stuff in til Friday. So friday, i'll bring my stuff to my apartment, and then go to some orientation things, and then go up to SLC with my parents and Michael to see Cindy and AJ (Yes, i'm prolonging saying goodbye as much as possible). Saturday we'll come back down...and let the water works begin..I'll be left in Provo. No looking back. Am I ready for this whole new life? Well..maybe not entirerly, but I'm really excited, and I know that I'm in the right place. My ward seems like ts gonna be great, Im leaving in Heritage Halls, my roommates seem so nice and fun, I got my job with ChaCha, and my classes are just what I want! Don't worry everyone, you'll be reading plenty of blogs in the months to come... :)
So for now...I'll say farwell to Littleton..but don't worry, I'll be back :-)
And for entertainment purposes...here are some before and after pictures of my room (pre-packing and post). The first pictures...my room isn't normaly like that, I just had all my clothes and stuff strewn across everywhere, and the after picture? Probably the cleanest it's ever been, thanks to Kristalyn and Diana and My mom...I couldn't have packed my room up and gotten everything ready without them..Thanks guys :)
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