Days like today

I love days like today because I can see that the Lord has a hand in my life. Today my roommates gave talks in Sacrament meeting and I have a feeling that their talks were more for me then them. I learned so much from them and they are such good examples to me. I am proud to call them my roomies and I will be so sad when I have to leave them in August. Thank you Charlie and Sam for being there for me and having the patience to live with me for 2 years. You guys have helped me out in ways that are unknown to you. I love you guys!!!
After church I was on facebook and I have a certain few people hid on my live feed because I could care a less what is going on in their lives but I'm still friends with them. Maybe one day we will be again. Who knows. But I tell myself that I have them hidden for a reason and then I don't listen to myself and go on their page. Which that leads me to people I am not friends with and I look at their page and I think to myself, "Gee, I am sure glad that nothing happened with them back then." That's actually happened a couple times, there were these boys that I used to like back in YW and thought that there should be something happening between us and there never was. I question things like that and then I see pictures and go, "Wow, I totally wouldn't be happy if I were with them." Then I think that the Lord really does know what we want in an eternal sense not just a here and now sense.
Today I have learned lessons on reading and really studying the scriptures and also that the Lord really does know me and where my life is taking me and what will make me eternally happy.
There are trials in our lives for a reason. If I had gotten into the BYU nursing program then I wouldn't have the chance to go to Duke. I'm sure there is a huge reason why I am going there and I may not know the reason now and I may not even know the reason in this life but if I continue to have faith then blessings will come. I know that I am known to Him, that I lived with Him before I came to this earth, that I was instructed by Him on how to come back to Him, that He watches over me now, that He loves me more than I know, and that He wants me to find joy and peace in this life by living His commandments and learning of His Gospel.
I know He is watching over me and that I will not end up where I am not supposed to be if I heed to His will and to His counsel.

BIG news

I don't know how I failed to post anything on this when I found out my BIG news. But here you are...
I got Accepted to Duke University's School of Nursing!!!!!!! AHHHHHhhhhhh!!!!
I have been waiting for years for a school to finally say yes to me and it happened.

It's an accelerated program, which means that all applicants must have a previous bachelor's degree in something. Mine will be in Family Life from BYU and it will be recieved about 15 days before I start this program. Crazy!

The program goes from August 2010- Decemeber 2011. It's only 16 months and there are no breaks in between semesters except for little ones like Fall break, Thanksgiving, Christmas (which I would like to add is like 3.5 weeks long) and I even get a Spring break. It's the little things really that make me happy. See, I've never had a Spring Break because BYU doesn't have them because we get out early to mid April as it is. No need in pushing that back any further.

So my new home will be located somewhere between Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (We're still apartment hunting.) Plus, we are having to do it from 2,000 miles away which doesn't make it easy. I love the east coast and I'm glad that I get to move back. Plus, NC is only about a 10 hour drive from my house in Florida so I should expect my parents more often than they visit out here... which might be a good or bad thing, haven't decided.

Plus, being in North Carolina means closer to a Publix- I will be making that 4 hour drive to the nearest Publix, don't think I won't! Also, there are Panera Bread's!!! The only place that I love to eat that I will be leaving in Utah is sadly In-N-Out but who knows they are in Utah now so it will only be a matter of time.

I'M GOING TO NURSING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to all my roommates who have had to put up with my emotions every time a rejection came my way, or those that had to put up with my intense studying and constant nose in text books. Your patience has meant everything to me. Thank you from the depths of my heart!!

I'M GOING TO NURSING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!