updated

it's been almost a month, whoops! :) well well well, a BUNCH has changed lately. alot of new changes on the outside, and on the inside. hmm.. where to begin! I went to Junior Prom! which was a total blast! :) i went in a dress i loved but never imagined myself in, and my date was sooo much fun! it was definitely one of those great days i'll always remember.

The day my mom and I went shopping for the dress etc. was one of the longest days of my life. it was quite the stressful experience, buuut totally worth it in the end. :)

i finally got a job! i got hired at the wave pool as a lifeguard. it was stressful taking the class and the interview process too, but totally worth it (which seems to be a reoccurring theme). i haven't started yet, but i'm super excited/totally nervous to! i'm grateful because i'll no longer have to rely on my mom for money, which will be better for the both of us! and I can begin to save up for college. :)

i'm planning (as of now...) to apply for BYU Idaho. I've always loved Idaho, and it just seems like the right goal to set for now. although the likely hood of that staying that way is still fairly small. i'm still not sure what major i want to go into, but i do know i would like to try to become a seminary teacher. I love the gospel, and i have only felt glimpses of it when i have shared it with other people. and i really do love teaching/speaking. so hopefully that works out!

i've finished a number of really good books lately. one called "Faults in our Stars" by John Green. It was just another one of those books my mom had bought on her kindle and it had popped up on mine, and i needed a new book to read. it's about a girl named Hazel Grace and her short journey through a part of her life with a boy named Augustus Waters. I also should mention it is one of the cancer books. veeerrryyy sad. and very thought provoking too. i'm actually already re-reading the book because i rushed through it so quickly the first time.

I've also finished book one and book two of the Divergent series, which has been actually really thought provoking too. it's about where this society is sanctioned into 5 different factions. It's in the view from a Divergent girl named Beatrice (Tris). It's also a really good book. but I just finished the second book today, and it just came out last week. I haven't really been a reader since this year, I used to hate reading as a kid because I wasn't very good at it and I could never find suitable books for me. which has really caught up to me lately, but there is still time! i have read more in the last six months than i have in my entire life. weird, right? i'm really glad i picked it up though.. i know it will help me throughout the rest of my life, and it will give me something productive to do now.

that pretty much sums it up i guess!

thanks for reading