Good News!

So, a lot of good things have been happening lately! 

First of all, my classes this semester are OVER! 

Only 2 finals to go until I can relax and breathe easy again. 

That is, until school starts again in January...

But this semester has been great, 

definitely one of the best so far. 

Here's the good news:

I'm going HERE!

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And for those of you who don't know,

these pictures are of

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

VINA DEL MAR, CHILE

and

MACCU PICCHU, PERU.

I'm doing a little Summer Study Abroad

with a group from my university.

We'll be doing 3 weeks of classes on campus

and 5 weeks of traveling. 

I'll be getting 9 credits for classes I would

normally have to take sitting in a desk.

Other good news, I got a scholarship

to help pay for this 

little adventure!

I'm so excited.

Guess You Learn Something New Everyday

Sooo...I've been gone for awhile. Just jetting around Europe. Lake Powell. Enjoying my summer. Revisiting the past and repeating mistakes. But most of all learning some really important lessons. Someone else always says it better than I do so here's what I now know:

Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.

 -Mike Murdock 

(P.S. If it's a weakness...that's red flag number 1)

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
 -Albert Einstein

You did what you knew how to do and when you knew better, you did better.
 -Maya Angelou


I think we make the same mistakes more than once because we don't like to be wrong. We hope we weren't wrong...so we give it another try. Sometimes it takes falling on your face twice before you learn your lesson. Other times it takes three, or five, or fifteen. But the important thing is that you do eventually learn from them. 


I may be a little embarrassed how long it has taken me to learn certain lessons but I'm happy I've finally reached the point where I can wake up everyday and feel good about where I'm at in life. 


Another semester has just started and I couldn't be more excited. I like beginnings. They're a chance to leave the old behind and start new and fresh again. And I have a feeling this is going to be a good one. :)


P.S. My new apartment has the most worthless internet on earth. Can't get any pictures up now but I'll post some soon of my trip!