Come What May and Love It

I know I have been a little behind in these posts. I have been planning them in my head, but have been unable to get the time to write them down...so I have a little catching up to do. After the last (and very disappointing) post, I thought I would share one of the many blessings in my BYU life as of right now.Housing.I officially have a place to stay next year!! I am staying in the David John Hall next year in a shared suite. What is a share suite? I am glad you asked. A shared suite is a room at BYU that has four girls sharing a bathroom. Let me get a picture of the floor plan... Isn't it pretty? :) My bed is the blue one. So I am really excited to move in. It just seems so unreal that my dream of going to BYU is finally coming true! Everything is falling into place.

I know it has been a long time since I post. Two things have happened since the last post. One good, and one not so good--so I am going to post them in two different posts. First, for the not so good. I didn't get a scholarship. I found out during fourth hour a few weeks ago and I was devastated. I could not believe it. Luckily I have fifth hour seminary (and a very understanding seminary teacher), a mom who loves me very much, and did not have to work that night (or the next). As soon fourth hour ended, I ran out to my car crying. I thought that I would get SOMETHING...ANYTHING. But I didn't. So I came home and just sat with my mom and cried. My dad was out of town for work, so us girls decided to do something fun for dinner. We went to the store and got strawberries and whip cream and came home and made strawberry/chocolate pudding parfaits. It was delicious! Even though I was sad, I was counting my blessings for having such a wonderful mother who knows exactly what w