"No time to say 'hello', goodbye!!"

That is totally how I feel most days right now. D and I have just been running from one thing to the next, and taking one day at a time. School is going well, but is keeping me crazy busy and I'm already counting down the weeks until the end of the semester (11 weeks left of classes, and 12 until the end of the semester). I have SO much going on between now and then that it seems so stinkin' far away, but I am trying to enjoy the moment and savor this time in my life. I am super excited to finally graduate next April, but I can guarantee that I'll miss school when I'm no longer here. UVU is currently my second home. In fact, I'll be here longer than at my own house today (14 hours on campus today)! And then I'll be spending half of my Saturday here again too. Whoo! Bring it on, baby!!

I have come to REALLY LOVE check marks!! It's so nice to be able to cross a "to-do" off my list, and to put a slash through every day that goes by. Don't get me wrong, I really do love having the opportunity to be so involved on campus this semester, but I'm also really looking foward to not having so much on my plate. Right now my life pretty much consists of being at school all day, going home and working on homework, making dinner, spending a few minutes of "down-time" with D, and then we're off to bed and ready to do it again the next day. It's hard enough to find time to get everything done that I need to, let alone make my visiting teaching appointments and prepare our Sunday school lessons. Who ever decided that 24 hours in a day would be enough? When somebody figures that out, would you let me know?

P.S. I substituted a class for one of my professors yesterday and I'll be doing it again today and tomorrow...I have officially decided I could NEVER be a teacher. Honey and Pappy J, you are my heros. Thanks for having the patience to teach other people's kids. I don't even have the patience to teach/instruct college students!

San Francisco....here I come!!

Along with 3 other students and a couple of the professors and their spouses, I've been invited to attend the 71st NCFR (National Council on Family Relations) Annual Conference in San Francisco in November! I feel so privileged to go because I'll be one of the first students to major in Family Studies at UVU because the program is brand-spankin'-new this fall. The university is doing everything they can to boost this new program, and I'm so stoked about it!

I'm really excited to go and be part of this conference, but I'm totally bummed that D doesn't get to come with me. We were originally trying to work it out so he could come too, but we're poor students, so thus is life. I'll be gone for 5 whole days, but I think we'll survive ;) This will be the first time I leave him to go on a trip planned for me...usually it's him who leaves on trips while I stay home. This will really be an awesome experience for me, and I'm so glad to have this opportunity!

Happy Birthday, Bean!

Today is Bean's 20th birthday! Happiest Birthday, Little Sister!
P.S. For those of you who know her and care, she's having a baby girl in January!