Virginia is a beautiful place!

I spent 14 hours on a plane in the span of 2 days flying home for the beautiful Jordan Boone's wedding. She was so happy, I was SOO happy for her and Brace. I am grateful I have such a good example to look up to, I LOVE her.

 I enjoyed seeing my family, but it felt super wierd to be home, like I was living 2 lives. I met the most interesting people at the airport and in the process of my trek across the country. The airplane ride was a little sketchy, seeing as turbulence was INSANE!

This weekend was spent back in rainy Virginia. Me and Tara attempted to make our way to the city, but decided it wasn't worth it. SOOO, instead we tried a new resturaunt probably not known to .0001 more than the population of Virginia. It was called, Golden China, refreshing name eh? They gave portions the size of China. Then we went to the thrift store and tried on all sorts of nothings for a least 90 minutes. I bought two skirts. I was pleased with them until I got home. They are super ugly, the light of the thrift store sold me. Never again. We then ventured to a town called Reston and met up with a bunch of friends and had a fun night eating and then played a game.

I realized that I LOVE to grocery shop and do laundry. I love to ride in the car and I absolutely love music. The ward I attend out here is fabulous, the church is great where ever I am in this world. I am so grateful for the oppurtunity I have to be out here and experiencing these things. Something I never thought was plausable. There are so much things to learn and accomplish, I decided I am going to go out and accomplish it all!

So this one time, I moved to Idaho. 

It has been almost two months since I felt like braving my blog. What am I supposed to say? So much is going on, I feel so inadequate for the life I am living.

But I decided today that I am going to just go with it.

Every opportunity that presents itself, I will take. Also, Every opportunity I want to make happen, I will.

I have learned that I am the only one that can make decisions for myself. I want to get off the sidelines of life, and get in the game. 

Yep, I will mess up. Yep, I am bound to get some pretty sweet bruises. Hey, I might even make a couple enemies. But through all these experiences that are scary to think about, I know I will grow and I will learn so much.

Friday Gratefuls:

-the bells on campus that sing hymns when I am walking to class

-everyone one of my little roomies

-the people who live at the rehabilitation center who help me forget about my little problems, and see life in such a bigger picture

-my parents and that they love me, still.

-This adventure called life. Never in a million years would I have imagined that I would be up here, schooling, homeworking and starting all over. 

Friends are amazing. I am so grateful everyday that I have such good friends. They are far away, but what a dull life it is to walk amongst people whom I have yet to become aquanited yet. I want to meet them all. It's kind of a slow process.

But, I created a goal. Every person I meet, it will be with a smile. Every person I meet I will remember their name. Wish me luck, this could go either way. 

Challenges are blessings. That is why we are here on earth, to experience trials and tribulations we couldn't experience before we came here. It's hard, but I am trying to embrace it all.

This is what I have been thinking about today

let go of the life you think you want. and start living the life God has in store for you.