2.5 Weeks

I created this lovely illustration one day when I should have been working, but decided to daydream about graduation instead. Is it a masterpiece or what?

This post is relatively pointless now that I think about it. Pretty much the only reason I created it was to say how incredibly stoked I am to finally graduate. Provided I pass all my classes this semester (knock on wood), I will be a free woman!! Wow!

It's kind of crazy to reflect back on the last four years of my life. Being married and owning a home while working full time, going to school full time, and serving in young womens, has been completely insane. My house is never as clean as I want it to be (we run ourselves dry of clean dishes during finals), I rarely get around to exercising, and sleep has continuously been put on the back burner.

As hard as it's been though, I'm glad I did it. I'm not sure why, but for whatever reason, I know that college was something I needed to do in my life. There's just no other explanation as to how we made it through as a poor newlywed couple in our apartment, putting both of us through school without any sort of tuition reimbursements, etc... It was an absolute miracle that we were able to make it work. It became clear early on in our marriage that our paths were being lead by a higher power and that we just needed to hold on for the ride.

At long last, that section of our ride is finally coming to an end and I'm ecstatic. Tyler still has three more classes ahead of him, but even just having one of us free from school will be excellent.

This post is turning out to be a lot longer than I anticipated, but I can't help it. I'm just absolutely thrilled!! I love learning and I'm so thankful that I decided to major in Public Relations and Advertising. It has been so interesting to learn and to write about the minds of the consumer and to learn about a world that so few people know about in spite of the fact that it drives society on a daily basis.

2.5 weeks 'til takeoff. Bring it on!