Happy as a Clam

Over two years ago I made a decision. I decided I wanted to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It wasn't something that could be accomplished over night. It took a really long time. There was lots of planning to do but most of all a lot of counseling with God. I wanted to make sure I was going for the right reasons. I wanted to be sure I could do it. I wanted to go at the right time. Finally, this past January, I set a date. May 25th. This was my availability date, or the day that I would be available to be called on a mission. This is when all of the craziness began, all of the paperwork and shots and appointments. It took longer than I expected and I was getting antsy. I just wanted to leave! I knew I was making the right decision and I wanted nothing more than to put on the black name tag and serve God for 18 months. Once all the paperwork was completed it was sent to Salt Lake City to church headquarters. Sometime during the next few weeks, by ...

So, this is somewhat of a continuation of the last post, this one has some real pictures. First, is the last picture I took with my amazing roommates Kelsey, Holly and Lauren. I love these girls. We had an amazing year with McDonalds and Glee and He's Just Not That Into You and boys and all of our silliness. Now we are all off living life to the fullest in different parts of the world. I'm sure one day we will all get back together for one more night of craziness. Next is just a picture of me graduating from college. I was so excited! It was one of the best days of my life. Graduating from high school is exciting, but mostly because you're happy to be done with it since you HAD to go to high school. I paid thousands of dollars, moved away from my family and friends, stayed up until midnight reading, trudged around in the snow all by choice. It was hard. There were plenty of times when I wanted to give up. But I didn't. And I finally made it to that glorious day when I c...

Life after college. This is what an ordinary day consists of: -Wake up -Breakfast -Scripture Study -The Gym -Shower -Reading -Nap -waste time in some unproductive way -Movie -Bed It is pretty routine and probably looks super boring. But every once in a while mom and I go out to eat. Sunday there's church, Monday nights FHE, Thursday nights CFYA (center for young adults at church. We play games and sports and have food and a fireside. pretty fun) and sometimes we go see a movie and sometimes I wander around WalMart and sometimes I loose my mind to boredom but I do what I can. My schedule will change a little bit pretty soon. Within the next few days I will receive my mission call. Once I know when I go into the MTC (missionary training center) than I will know whether I a) have 3 or more months of this lying around or b) have one or two months to get in shape, buy all my clothes and luggage, and buy a plane ticket back to good ol' Utah. So life isn't that bad. I...