Momentous Occasions

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SCHOOL STARTS ON MONDAY.

I HAVE TWO MORE DAYS LEFT AT WORK.

LYDIA HAS MOVED TO PROVO.

I'M DATING A MOST SPECTACULAR GUY.

Or in other words:

On Monday the sequence of getting up, being responsible enough to go to class, organizing my time to get my homework done, and learning as much as possible shall begin.  My current schedule consists of 16.5 credits, four of which are CHEM 105.  I think of the class and I think of my textbook and I get frightened a bit.  I have filled the other 12.5 credits with 6 classes.  They shall keep me on my toesies! I have 5 classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday beginning at 7 am and ending at 3 pm.  Tuesday I only have my Chemistry Lab (my easy day, AKA, my day of homework.) and Thursday I have 3 classes.  BRING IT ON BABY.  I feel like I'll have a lot more time this semester than the last semester even though I only had 14 credits last semester.  Why?

Because I'm leaving my job as the Secretary for the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science.  AND I'M HAVING AN EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL BECAUSE OF IT!  Okay, maybe the situation is not quite that bad, but I have almost started crying a few times when talking to others about leaving the professors I work with.  They are stupendous, amazing, marvelous, patient, wonderful, spectacular, terrific people.  We've had our ups and downs, but I feel like I'm leaving my children!! I've realized I feel exactly as I did when I had to leave my piano students when beginning college.  It will all be okay though.  The professors are very understanding of the situation and have said multiple times that they know I'm here for school, not for them.  And that's 100% true, but at the same time....  :(                      
I'm going to miss them.

Although, one person I'm not going to miss this school year is LYDIA!!!! Because she's in Provo now!!  She's moved into Heritage Halls and will be studying at BYU.  I'm so excited to have my sister here with me!  I'll get to hear all those stories about roommates (there have already been a couple...), classes, irritating boys, the ward, times of hilarity....  It will be wonderful.  Now if only Laurel were here as well.  It would be an even bigger party.



Laurel being gone is also an issue because I want her to meet the guy I'm dating!  Goodness gracious!  He's met a ton of my extended family already and I just want him to meet Laurel!!  However, the time will come when they will be able to meet.  He and I were in the same ward Summer Term but he moved to another apartment this week. We've been dating for a month and  I do declare, I'm pretty happy about this person.

  
:)

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