Countdown-cause I love them!

But before we get to that, lets give a shout out to my college best friend STEPHANIE!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRETTY GIRL!!! I am so very grateful to have shared my college years and so much more with you! And I am super excited for our LONG drive to San Antonio together!!

Now for the countdown:

? days until I take the NAPLEX

43 days until I move to San Antonio!!!

Accomplishing everything on my to do list, except STUDY!!

I got my apartment in San Antonio! I'm super excited! Its my first apartment by myself!

I also got the moving company their deposit. Thus, I am officially moving!

I also folded all the laundry, put away the dishes, and cleaned up the kitchen.

In addition, I wrote all my thank you cards, organized all my study materials, and made more to do lists.

But I still haven't started studying today. I've got a little over an hour to get ready for lunch with a friend. So I figure I will waste time on my blog, posting pictures from graduation! ENJOY!!

“A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”

A few weeks ago, I found out that someone from my past was back in Virginia. I jumped on the opportunity to reconnect with Him. While reconnecting, I discovered that he had moved to San Antonio-the place I am now moving.

I don't believe in coincidences-I never have-but now this person is back in my life and I feel like we are two ships passing in the night. He's returned to Virginia and I am on my way to Texas. I'm confused by my emotions concerning the whole situation-its weird to remember how I felt at 18 and yet it is exciting at the same time. Its also unnerving to know that this is probably just a happenstance-a coincidence. Especially since I don't believe in them.

So now I am sitting with my thoughts and trying to figure it all out-when in all reality I should just let it go and be in the moment.

I'm just rather nostalgic right now. The move is doing this to me. I think I am desperately trying to hold on to everything and anyone that I can-because I know that a few months after I have left, everything will be different. I will lose many friends and probably make new ones-its all just making me very emotional.

Post-Graduation Exhaustion

Well, I did it. I am officially a Doctor of Pharmacy (AKA a Pharmacist). I mean yes, I still have to pass my boards-but I got the diploma and that counts for something!

The last two days have been a whirlwind and I will post pictures very very soon. But tonight I am physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. I am grateful for all my many family and friends who supported me. I ache for the ones I know I am losing in this new chapter of life. And I can't tell tonight if my tears are because I sense the loss or if its because I'm so proud of myself or because I am completely exhausted.

Today you are You, that is truer then true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You

"I have brains in my head. I have feet in my shoes. I can steer myself in any direction I choose. I'm on my own. And I know what I know. I'm the girl who'll decide where to go."

I graduate today!

I dreamed a dream and I made it come true. I worked harder for this moment then I have for any other achievement thus far in my life. I did it-with the love and support of many people and my Father in Heaven-I made one of my greatest wishes come true. And while I have so far to go, for today and tomorrow I am going to relish in the knowledge that I did it-that I am now a Doctor of Pharmacy.

I have so far to go...

‎"Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something..." ~Elder Dallin H. Oaks

My theme this year is all about my choices. About how I can choose to let the Lord enter my heart and correct my many flaws. This week with my mom has just reinforced how far I have to go.

I love my Mom. I love her so very much. But we butt heads like crazy. I've been told by a close friend that this is the natural progression between Mother's and Daughters. I just wish I could understand why it hurts so much.

I don't see eye to eye with my mom-we are very different people. But that does not mean that I don't love and admire her. I want her to be proud of me-I want her to know I am proud of her and that I want to be the best I can be for her. But when we are together, I feel like I just fall short. I feel like I can never get it right-like I am constantly trying to say/do all the wrong things just to get under her skin.

I've been really trying to remember that I choose how I interact with my mom and been trying to remind myself that one of my greatest desires is to have a loving relationship with my mother. I just have so far to go....

HOLY SNOT!

I graduate in t-minus 3 days!