-jessica's blog-

hello to... well, no one, yet! i just finished making this, with the help of the beautiful katie coats, so i thought i'd celebrate by posting my first post. well, this semester has begun... i absolutely love being up here. i'm more tidy, i eat better, i exercise, i go to the temple, i'm always learning, developing new relationships, meeting my goals to becoming a better person, and i laugh more here in one day than i ever have in any other setting.

this semester definitely hasn't waited to hit the ground running. weekdays are insanely busy, and go by so fast! get up, run (sometimes), go to class, don't come home till dark, and then do it all again. i wish there were more hours in the day, but i absolutely love learning, and i love all of my classes. microbiology is my absolute favorite, but definitely the most stressful. i also love being in spanish... i've missed it! i have a lot to learn, but i hope that someday i can reach my goal of fluency. but, it's okay that time goes by fast because that means that the weekends come sooner!

i find i'm living for the weekends. we have so much fun! i am soooo grateful for the roomates that i have. it's strange how fast you can bond with someone.... i've been here what... 2? 3 weeks? and these girls are some of my best friends. we have so much fun! whether we're just talking, watching a movie, just getting ready for the day, taking a photoshoot, or hosting group date nights, we really do have the best time. we're a family, and i couldn't love them more if i tried.

i thought that i would give a little... "spritual thought" if you will from something that hit me in sacrament meeting last sunday... brother steed was talking about a man who always was looking into the future and predicting the events that would finally let him be happy. he'd say, "oh, when i'm in high school, THEN i'll be happy..... oh, when i get to college, THEN i'll be happy.... oh, when i'm married, THEN i'll finally be happy... oh, when my kids move out, THEN i'll finally be happy..." this just made me so sad to hear. but i know that i've had this kind of attitude in the past. it's so important to be happy with our lives, where we are. this is the best time of my life, i think, and i hope that i'm making the best of it! another important thing i learned this week, from devotional, was the importance of setting goals. daily goals, weekly, monthly, yearly goals... to write them down and to have visible reminders of them all over the place to help us reach the goals we've set for ourselves. that's such an important step to becoming a better person, i think.

anyways, life is good right now, and i already can't wait to post something again... i think this little blog and i are going to be good friends. =]