Well, another semester seems to have come to a crashing halt. I don't even know where the last month has gone. It's funny how every semester seems to go faster and faster. We're seniors now, and that's weird. It's a little scary and very exciting, but I'm also kind of sad that our time at BYU is almost over. The last two semesters have definitely been my hardest and most stressful two, but somehow they seemed to fly by.
First block of this semester was pretty awful at times, but the second half was really good. I learned so much stuff that I never thought I'd learn. About plants and fungus, mostly. :-) I have to say that I never would have signed up for plant biodiversity or plant classification if I didn't have to for my major, but I'm glad I took them. I don't think I'd ever be a botanist, but it's always good to learn new things. It's helped me open my eyes a little more this spring and see the beauty in the plants around us, especially here on campus where they put so much work into making it beautiful. Ecology, on the other hand, was pretty boring.
This semester I've learned a little more about myself, too. I've been starting to realize that I can be better at reaching out to be a friend, even when I'm busy. For a while I was feeling pretty lonely (besides having Spencer, of course), and some really great couples in the ward invited us over to their houses for dinner or FHE or games. I realized that I'm probably not the only one who could use a few friends. I've been trying to be better at it. I'm not very good at breaking the ice with people, but I like talking and socializing, so one of my goals this spring is to befriend new couples that move into our ward. We get a lot of turnover now because so many people graduate and move out, and new couples get married and/or move in.
Anyway, my finals went alright. I only had 3 because some of my classes were block classes, and they were all scheduled. I like the testing center, so that was a little sad. On the other hand, there's no way I would have chosen to take them all on Friday and Saturday (the first two days of finals), but they were scheduled so I'm done!! Spencer has 3 finals left, so I'm going to try not to rub it in his face that I'm done studying, and also try not to be distracting. I have some goals for how to use to my new-found free time, so that should help. I seriously need to start running. Also, I want to get back into playing my guitar, and it has been so long that I've forgotten almost everything. And it makes my fingers hurt. That will be fun. Other than that, this week I am going to finish up little Hannah's baby quilt and hopefully get it in the mail. I also ordered an independent study course to get another prerequisite for PT school done. Hopefully I can get that done before my summer classes start up in June.
Okay, that's it for now. Good job if you made it all the way through that post. Maybe we'll do something fun soon and I'll have a fun post.
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