Back for Round 2!

Hello again friends! I am back for some updates on the ever-shortening road to graduation. Again, graduation happens this April (And the week after my graduation my WONDERFUL sister Lou comes home from her mission in South Korea! Double reason to celebrate!). Anyway, I’m all signed up for graduation and cap and gown, walking, the whole bit. Now all I have to do is make sure that I pass the rest of my classes. I’m taking British/American Contemporary Literature, Advanced Professional Writing, Senior Seminar Writing, Advanced Literature Theory, and Visual Media. Lots and LOTS of reading, but I’m a nerd and I LOVE it all! But loving it isn’t the same as being perfect at it…I WISH. So there’s a lot of work going into this semester.

But seriously, how did I already become a senior in college? I do NOT feel “old” enough or ready enough to be finished here already! I remember starting school back in 2005 with the idea in mind that I would probably be married by the time I got to this point in my life. In the back of my mind I vaguely pictured myself married and able to stay at home while my husband (whoever he was) went to work to support our family. Imagine my panic when I realized around my third year that it probably wasn’t going to happen that way and that I really needed to make sure I had marketable job skills. Now, I didn’t go to college with my MRS. Degree in the front most of my mind people! But I also didn’t see my future turning out this way either! But now, instead of being scared of stepping out on my own, I’m actually really looking forward to it!

So there’s been a lot of thinking happening in the last few weeks, and some decisions have been reached.
I’ve decided to go to Graduate School.
Nope, haven’t the slightest clue as to where I want to go. I have several ideas-the most fantastic of all being Europe. Oxford anyone? However I will probably have to be a little more realistic. I foresee a LOT of planning for this next step in my life, and for sure more than one leap of faith as I venture out into the unknown. Everyone has been wonderful to share their experiences with me and I welcome any and all advice.

Yesterday’s devotional was really wonderful as well. Elder Russell M. Nelson came to BYU-Idaho to speak and he touched on the subject of education. The link to his whole talk isn’t up yet, but when it is I’ll put it up. He talked about our duty to continue our education when possible. It was really wonderful to hear an apostle of the Lord encourage all of us to do the best that we can and to learn as much as we can. It gave me even further motivation to continue learning my whole life. I’m not just talking about school, but to try and always keep an interest in new things, whether it’s actual knowledge from a textbook, or maybe just a new hobby. The trick is to avoid letting pride be the driving force behind your quest for knowledge. If we neglect our spiritual knowledge then our secular knowledge will avail us nothing. Our Heavenly Father is the source of all light and knowledge and He is more than willing to share with us when we seek it out. Elder Nelson encouraged us to seek wisdom and knowledge from the best books. It’s all there for us. We just have to be willing to seek it out and work for it. Our Heavenly Father loves us so much. He wants to give us everything. We are so blessed here.