I did a collage about my life before, and I thought it was so great, I'm going to bring it back again! I'm sure that this picture just made your day.
First, Andrea (my sister) just graduated with her bachelors degree from USU on Friday. Not only is this amazing because it's such a big accomplishment, but it's also fantastic because she's only 20! What an inspiration. On another much smaller note, the UVU logo is there because I graduated with my assosiates this semester. I don't really tell people because a) Andrea's graduation COMPLETELY overshadows mine and b) I really should have gotten it finished a couple semesters ago, but I never took Ethics and Values. c) I only have a couple more semesters until I've finished my bachelors, so there's no need to get so worked up right now. So, lots of graduations are in the air! Congrats Andrea!
I didn't put this in the collage, but along with finishing finals, I also finished up working at both of my jobs for the semester. ILP is so amazing and I miss those girls that I worked with so much. I also finished up working at my TA job with one of the psychology 1010 professors at UVU. This is where the grandma meme comes in.
"Clicked something accidentally, accepted to UVU". These were my thoughts exactly when I was grading for the psychology class this semester. Mostly I would be reading and grading papers, and there would be the most ridiculous writing errors that I've ever seen in my life. I received papers that had the word "funner" in it. Come on people, you're in college. I'm definitely glad that the semester is finished and that I'm done grading papers for this semester. The professor that I graded for actually said that I could come back and grade for him in the fall-- so I suppose that I did a good job. It's definitely been a great job for some extra income so that's one of the jobs that I'll continue to have in the fall.
Concerning the rest of the pictures, I have been increasingly bored these past couple weeks because I've been alone at home with no where to go. So, I've been busy entertaining myself with reading the Harry Potter books (hopefully I'll finish all of them before I go to camp), cooking up a storm (I've made thai food, homemade pasta sauce, Texas sheet cake, pizza, etc.), and staying up until 7:00am (not pm).
I'm not a night owl, I just find that when I have nothing really to look forward to the next day, I tend to sleep in, and then it gets harder to sleep at night, then I find things in the middle of the night that I should do (like organize my room), then I forget to go to sleep. It's a rough cycle and hopefully now that Andrea's home, I can break that cycle.
In other amazing news, my brother (Ian) is engaged to the lovely Anna Bean. She is terrific and I couldn't think of a better sister-in-law.
I leave to camp June 10th-- so about a month left in Utah!
I'd like to finish up by saying although my life isn't everything that I wanted it to be right now- I wouldn't change a thing. I'm so glad that Andrea's home right now. I'm thankful for my friends, my family, and the church-- all of these things keep me grounded in this crazy world. My life is nothing like I had originally planned, but I wouldn't change a thing. If my life had gone the way that I wanted it to, it would be a really sad life. I know that the Lord has a plan for all of us, and he blesses us more than we know.
That's all. So, until next time --Alicia
