What's ahead

You know that feeling you get when you are doing homework and it's toward finals...and then you realize, "I'm graduating in 3 weeks!" Ah, I can't talk about it enough; this is a dream-come-true for me. Mind you, it hasn't happened yet, and I am counting on passing my classes, but I'm just going to assume it WILL happen. I don't know if I have mentioned this before but I will be the first college graduate in my family on both sides for 4 generations (my great-grandaddy, Dewey graduated from the University of Alabama and became a high school Biology teacher). I used to be nonchalant about college: carefree, having fun, not doing assignments I didn't agree with, taking time off. But, I finally realized, thanks to my husband and my close friends, that college (especially at a Church school) should not be taken lightly. There are moments when I want to throw in the towel. Like the time when I just had a baby and I didn't know how I was going to do school and take care of baby and then get an internship. But, it all worked out in the end and I was able to do it. I had a lot of help along the way, and most of it was from Heavenly Father. I don't think I would be graduating if I didn't rely on Him. Even though I started college at the University of Alaska Southeast back in 2005 (I was 19) majoring in Marine Biology, and will finally be graduating from Brigham Young University- Idaho in 2013 (28) with a degree in English and professional writing, at least I will be finishing what I started. The road has been rough and long, but it's also been interesting to see how I have changed and matured over the years. I honestly don't know what I am going to do with myself when I wont have any documents to edit or a Shakespeare play to read, in addition to some crazy contemporary poetry. The funny this is, I told Daniel that I wanted to go to Graduate School. It will be when the kids are older, but I'm already excited about it. Even though I complain about the rules of the game, I like learning and being open to new avenues of education. I'm sure I will find plenty of things to do (after I give myself a long vacation)--maybe sewing!