Last Month of School

I have a large calendar on my wall. Each day is marked with the homework and stuff I need to do. I keep looking at it thinking, three more weeks of classes and one week for finals and I'm done! Well, until next fall anyways.
I'm working on a second bachelors. I'm crazy I know. But, during a mission, I realized that my first degree in Elementary Ed. wasn't for me. I realized I was doing it to make my mom happy. And it wouldn't make me happy to do that. So I went back to school. At first I planned on working on a masters in library science. However, I realized that once again I would be limited to only one option as a career with all that time gone. (And that i was paying an arm and a leg more than necessary.) So I switched to a 2nd bachelors in Family Finance. There's a list of jobs I can do with that! If you really must know you can read through the small print!
Family Finance Emphasis. Majors choosing this emphasis will be prepared for careers in financial counseling, advising, and education. Coursework focuses
on the financial decisions that individuals and families face relating to insurance, investing, credit, budgeting, and home ownership. Students will complete an
off-campus practicum and a Financial Counseling practicum at the Family Life Center on campus. At the Family Life Center, students will encounter various
types of financial experiences, including new home buyer counseling sessions and workshops, as well as financial problems related to credit and budgeting. The
Family Life Center’s housing and financial counseling services are approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and provide
counseling and education to the community. Employment opportunities include consumer credit counseling services, credit unions, the armed forces, corporate
employee assistance programs, employee benefits counseling firms, college financial aid offices, bank loan offices, hospitals, corporate credit offices, bankruptcy
courts, community housing programs, Federal Home Administration, Housing and Urban Development, personal banker, mortgage loan officer, credit
counselor, financial counselor or educator, consumer relations coordinator, military financial educator, debt collections coordinator, credit investigator, fraud
detective, insurance broker, stockbroker, and financial planner. 
Students in the Family, Consumer, and Human Development major receive the necessary preparation for graduate study in a family, consumer, and human
development-related field.

And so, I've been toiling away for a whole semester starting this new bachelors. I'm not regretting it. Even if I don't end up getting the second degree before having a family, I'll still be able to apply the things I've been learning to my family.
Ian is still trying to figure out what he'd like to do. He's working on his generals and getting used to school life again after a mission. I still don't think he'll be fully prepared to be married, work, and go to school. We'll have to work on balancing all of it. I've talked him into taking a class called Balancing Work and Family, next fall. Hopefully it will help. :)

Creating My "Dream Home"

So I found this random, and funny site. Take a little quiz and it tells you about your dream home. I tried it a couple of times. It's fun! http://www.directhomefind.com/dream-home/

Your home is a Magic Gamer's Castle                         Your kitchen is stocked with chips, dips, and assorted caffeinated beverages. There's a pantry with emergency backup caffeinated beverages. You also have some breakfast cereals in there, but you haven't had breakfast since last Spring. Your master bedroom has blankets printed with images of Mario and Link. Your study includes unread copies of various gamer magazines, each purchased for the free demo CDs. One of your garages contains a life-sized X-Wing fighter, and KITT. (KITT was a gift from a well-meaning uncle.) Your home also includes a roost for griffons. You've never actually seen a griffon, but you keep the roost ready anyway. Your guests enjoy your collection of every console and associated game ever made. Except the Intellivision -- those controllers drive them NUTS. Outside is the moat that protects your home from goblin invaders and extended family. And, you have a pet -- a koopa named "Shelly". Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Real Estate

lol, and...

Your home is a Wizard's Stronghold                         Your kitchen is manned by a team of Keebler Drow Elves. There's a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming your favorite room of the house. Having one is also becoming a trend among your wealthy neighbors. Your master bedroom is decorated to look like the treetop village of the Galadhrim. Your study has every fantasy novel ever written, including multiple editions of the Silmarillion and advance copies of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition. One of your garages holds your collection of ferraris, and is measured in acreage. Your home also includes a roost for griffons. You've never actually seen a griffon, but you keep the roost ready anyway. Your guests enjoy your home theater with hi-def plasma screen TV, and the thrones you watch it from. Outside is the moat that protects your home from goblin invaders and extended family. Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Real Estate

Waiting for the Ring

I'm impatient. We all know this already, right? I know I'll be getting a ring some time in the near future. I just don't know when!!! It's hard being so close to that. People keep asking too. Can I help it that I haven't received it yet? NO.

It'll happen when it does, until then....wait, just like me! I'm more anxious than anyone really. I guess I just want proof it's really going to happen. Hmm. I'm just a normal girl after all.

New Semester

If I haven't already told any of you, I'm currently working on a second Bachelor's degree instead of a masters. (It's way less expensive.) I decided that a degree in Family Finance would be much easier to use, in the work place or otherwise. It's week two of the spring semester at USU. It feels like it's been a month really. I already have my first tests next week! It's crazy. I'm going to have to get used to the lower level classes again. It's weird.

I do have some really cool classes though. An FCHD class I have, Balancing Work and Family, is great. There are three teachers and the current one is so funny. His direct words are in our text book. (Because it was written by my professors.) So I'll start the readings and stop to make sure I haven't already read this chapter, when I realize it's something he said in class. :)

I'm also taking Institute Choir again. I love institute classes. You get to study the gospel in the subject matter that interests you. Not to mention the classes there are free, unlike the university. Anyway, choir is great this semester. We have our first concert this Sunday, and it is going to be amazing. We also get to sing at a fireside with Elder Ballard!! He'll be coming up to Logan in February. (They've even been having extra night practices from 8:30 to 10pm on Thursdays to get ready. I haven't gone because I've been too tired/lazy to.) 

Everything is still going well with Ian. Though I think we need some time to just talk. We do a lot of activities together, but i haven't had an intellectual conversation (not just swapping mission stories) for a month or so with him. It feels like something is lacking in our relationship and I think that might be it. I've told him we need to talk more. Hopefully it happens in the next day or so. :)

New Year - No Resolutions!

I've decided not to make any new year's resolutions. I've found that they never turn out anyway. I have, however, created a to do list. I have things I want to get accomplished and I've broken them into manageable steps. I'm going to put it on my wall or mirror, haven't decided which, then I'll be able to see what I still need to get done and work on it when I can.

I'm hoping that this will help me actually accomplish something this year. :) Wish me good luck!

Christmas Wishlist

Dear Santa,

I am a poor college student. I've been fairly good this year. All I really want for Christmas is money.
That's right, cold hard cash.

-bluey

Lol. Okay, okay. So truthfully I really am poor but I do have a small list of things I wish I could afford this year and sadly, but truthfully can't. And if you really want to know here:


http://amzn.com/w/1H3L9Q5OIP3RT
or
http://my.barnesandnoble.com/Jessica-Furrows-Christmas-Wishlist/wl/16879145/

I'll eventually get these items either way, but if you really want ideas, there you go!

-me

Happiness :)

OK, so long story short, I'm dating my friend's little brother. Yes he's 4 yrs younger than me, but we don't care! (and girls usually outlive guys anyway!)

 It's been a month and a half already. Wow. It feels a lot longer than that though. But I am a lot happier. It's strange. I always thought that a girl didn't have to have a guy in her life to be happy. But I don't know if I could ever be as happy without him. (sappy, i know.)
I've never been in a relationship like this before. It's exhilarating and scary. I just don't know what to do with myself! When we're together, I feel so much better about myself. But when we're apart, I question everything. I don't always feel good enough. I feel like I need to be better than I am. It's such a roller coaster.

A friend of mine is also dating someone right now. She's a lot of fun. She's the pianist in a choir I sing in and she's actually dating my BF's cousin. It's just so cute to watch them start out. (They've been officially dating for a whole week!) She's my same age and he's younger too. So we chat a bit about the circumstances. It's nice to have someone going through the same madness I am.

Though I must admit, I don't suffer from this insanity. I enjoy every minute of it!