*that's because it just happened. Fairly fresh in the memory.
Well, my computer broke. It was in the shop for almost a month, and I finally got it back today!*
*Thus the post title. It's really sad how much I missed this thing. My life is too dependent on Technology.
Anyway, here's what's been going on!
Last month, My roommate*, Berlynn, turned 19! We took her out to dinner at a Provo favorite, and then had a pretty fun surprise party for her in the clubhouse at our apartment complex.
A few days later, we went on a Caribbean cruise with my mom's family for Thanksgiving. This is the 3rd time we've done a cruise together, and it was a blast. The weather was far from perfect*, but we made the best of it, and even though I didn't get very tan at all, It was wonderful to take a break from life and hang out with my family.
*And by less than perfect, I mean it was pretty nasty half the time.
On the back deck of the boat, just as we left Ft. Lauderdale
Ready for Jamaica!
Best photobomb ever. Grandad somehow made it from his balcony into our picture
Cousins! All of us together for the first time in almost 3 years.
Had some fun playing with my camera
My cute parents
Sisters!
The whole family!
Since then, it's just been school, school, school. Only one more week of classes, and then we have finals. I'm overjoyed.*
In all honesty, this has been a really rough semester for me. I realized that I was not happy with my major (business management), and have been struggling a lot with figuring out what exactly I want to do. I'm only 19 years old, and the idea that I have to decide what I want to do with my life right now is really nerve-wracking for me. After a lot of praying, pondering, and maybe
*That was pure sarcasm, my friends.
(drum roll, please)
I'm going to change my major tomorrow... to Elementary Education, with a minor in Art Ed.
It's funny, because after the initial freak-out over the realization that I hate business, I've gone through a couple different majors that were "definitely the one". I was pretty excited about all of them, but, I really feel peace about Education.
I've recently realized that I am not very good at accepting that I don't always get to know God's plans for me ahead of time. I'm a planner. I don't really love being spontaneous. I like to know exactly what I'm going to do and exactly when I'm going to do it. I'm starting to figure out that this is not how life works... not even a little bit. I don't like it. But, I do trust God, and I know that if I follow Him and do my best to align my will with His, He will guide me to where I need to be.
You are all wonderful people! Happy late Thanksgiving!
Jenna- thanks for writing this. I needed to be reminded about letting go of the need to have all the answers right now...and I'm a lot further down the road than you. The reason I think you can't go wrong with El Ed is because not only will you learn strategies for teaching, but you learn about children and it will help you be a better parent. So much of what I learned in my professional education courses has directly translated to my family life, my volunteer work as well as my brief stint as a professional teacher. Trust the Peace. Love ya!
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