With time, comes change

Ya know, I thought this blogging thing would help me do better than journaling when in reality I'm just as bad at posting on here! During this time last year I was attending my last Youth Conference as a youth. This time last year I was packing to move to Provo. This time last year I was counting down the days until I started at Brigham Young University, more excited than words could describe. Well a lot has changed! Although I loved BYU, I have felt the prompting I need to transfer to BYU-I. This decision has been harder than I have let on to anyone because I had some of the best times in my life in Provo. Even with the bitter sweet feeling, I cannot deny the peace I feel when I think about my decision. In my mind, I know God has purposes for us that we sometimes cannot understand. I also know His plan is always so much better and more perfect than we could ever imagine. I think I'm going to stick to His plan, even though I've contemplated not to do so, so so many times.
There are some perks to this change though. One of them is I get to room with my best friend! This knowledge allows me to breathe a bit better and gives me comfort knowing I'll have a familiar face to see everyday! When we are together it is the best of times so I have that to look forward to. Another perk to this change is my decision to change my major. At BYU, I was an Elementary Education major. Yes, I was an El Ed major. For some reason at BYU if you tell anyone that they say ohhhhhhhhhh you're on of those girls. But people. That is a GREAT major! Especially with us Mormon girls wanting to have a family, this is a great occupation to balance a profession and a family. After thinking about it and praying about it I decided to change my major to..... drumroll....... Communications! With an emphasis in Public Relations. This excites me. A lot. In high school I was greatly involved in our media program. It was a huge part of my life and something for which I was very passionate about. I am so excited to get back into it! After looking at the classes I get to take I am literally so excited to go back to school!! Weird, excited about school! I guess that's the first sign that I am going to do something I love and am passionate about! BYU-Idaho has a track system instead of semesters.... So they assign you 2 tracks out of the 3 they have. I have been assigned the Winter/Spring track, which means I will go to school from the beginning of January to the end of July!
So I have some family news! My brother, Chris got engaged! It is so exciting and his fiance is just wonderful! She is definitely, I think, the only girl he's dated that I approve of. I guess it's good timing because they are getting married after all! His fiance's name is Amy, and she has an adorable boy named Zander! He's about to turn 1 in August! This means soon, I will be an aunt! I am so excited about this! I will be the best aunt ever! What I think is more amusing, though, is that my parents will be..... grandparents! I think about this and laugh. Chris and Amy's wedding will be September 14 and they, and Zander, will be sealed in the Mt. Timpanagous Temple that day! How precious! I am excited we will bet to be in Utah for a little bit. This means I will get to see my Provo friends! Yay! Aaron also just turned 15, which means he got his permit! Mom made breakfast yesterday and asked us to go pick up something at the grocery store so I told Aaron he could drive. I have never felt more protective in my life! I was in the simplest form of saying it: freaking out. First off, I can't believe he is old enough yet! I feel so old! Second off, he is a new driver and just made me so nervous with how close he was getting to the mail boxes! But in the end we made it safe in sound back home and to yummy breakfast.
Other news for the summer is I got a summer job! I am an employee of Chick-fil-a in Blue Springs! I actually really do like my job! For once, it's nice to feel responsible and making money. I am going to pay for my first semester of college, housing and tuition. I am so excited and happy about me doing this! I also have saved enough money to by myself a Macbook Pro laptop! This will be an awesome asset to my change in majors, and I also just today bought an iTouch! Life is good, life is good. On to my crazy boy life! Oh yea, non-existent :) Haha. But this is okay, because oddly enough I feel I don't need one dangling in my life at the moment! It may change, it may not, but all I know is I am content with my life right now.

Change happens everyday. Some good, some bad. I feel, though, that all the changes that have occurred in the past year have been for the best, and in return, has made life splendid. Cheers to change.