The Game of Life!

I seem to have totally forgotten about blogging! It's a terribly sad thing!! I really enjoy blogging, I do! But since my last blog I have tackled the difficult feat of leaving a guy a care so deeply about to follow my dreams of going to a college that is changing my life! I left home and moved to Idaho to attend Brigham Young University-Idaho. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it has changed my life so much and I couldn't be more grateful that I followed my dreams and went!! While away I learned a lot about being a totally independent adult! And might I say, I love it! hahaha! :) I met people who I hope will remain my friends for my entire life time! They have touched me and helped me in so many ways! I've changed the direction of my life, and I'm no longer going to be a nurse practitioner, I'm going to be a social worker. I've decided I'm going to change the world! Are you with me!

So I've accomplished several things in the last year(the time since my last post), so I thought I would share some of them with you! I've lived completely on my own for 7 months and I look forward to heading back to school and doing it all again!! I've completed my freshman year of college with a 3.87 GPA! I'm very proud of that one! I've entered the dating world, I'm not sure how I feel about that one! haha! The best thing I've accomplished is learning so much about who I really am! I was so out of my comfort zone, it forced me to look inward and learn about who I am, what makes me, me and all of the things you never notice when everything is good or you are surrounded by people who already know mostly everything about you!

I met my best friend in college! She is incredible!! She is so talented and boy am I grateful for her talent! See I have lots of creative ideas, I just can never make them turn out right!! But I can just explain them to her and she can make anything, draw anything, it's amazing!!

The last thing I think I'll mention in my post today is what I referenced at the very beginning! At the beginning of this post I mentioned leaving a guy I care deeply about to go school. He and I spent the last 4-5 months of last year working together, hanging out, and preparing me to leave for school! I have to say that I'm so grateful to him, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't love Idaho, I wouldn't have even given it a chance! About the middle of November he began asking me if I could go to a college closer, in state; I told him every time it came up that I had to do this or I'd "what if" myself forever! Then when it came time to leave I didn't want to, and he was so amazing, he told me this was something I knew I had to do and that the 7 months would fly by! We talked everyday after I moved and I'm so indebted to him for everything he has done for me! But see, I'm back home for a break and they tell, once you leave things will never be the same. It's so true! Justin(I changed his name) now has a girlfriend and every time we see each other its just like old times! While I'm home, I don't really have to many friends anymore because our circle of friends were the same, and it would be awkward to hang out with all of them with the situation like it is! Justin and I were never totally totally honest with each other on how we felt, and my best friend tells me I should just tell him. That's way scary!!

Life is good, I head back to school in two and half months! And my best friend and I are taking a road trip so it's gonna be fun!! :) I hope you all have a wonderful day! Don't forget to smile! :)

--Kaitlyn

P.S.

Have you heard this Scotty McCreery song, "The Trouble with Girls"? It's so good!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmN9z6YMGMo&feature=related This is the best one I could find!