In Retrospect..

I don't think I am very good at translating what I am thinking into words but I will try. I also don't feel I am as funny on paper, which is a shame.

I have met a lot of amazing people in the past couple years...mostly married girls/women and I feel put to shame at what great house makers they are. Not only do they cook, they decorate, they plan parties, they bake amazing little delicate cookies, they are good wives (sometimes mothers) AND they are put together. I know why they are married. They put the rest of us to shame. Granted, I am not in that position, so here's to hoping that when I am I will not let the sisterhood of martha stewart down. They impress me and I admire them greatly. Then I realize I have been away from home for too long because my mom has always done the same thing, I just forget sometimes. In the past three years because of work I haven't been able to see my family really more than 2 or 3 times a year. Talking on the phone just doesn't really cut it anymore. However, I soon get to see them all. Yep. After...ahem 5.5 years I am graduating from BYU. Though to be honest I wouldnt have minded if it took a little bit longer, which i can't believe I am admitting.

It is really strange to have this chapter in my life come to a close. It has been the most rewarding and most difficult experience of my life thus far. I'm sure being a wife and mother will be harder, but of course even more rewarding. I have met so many amazing people, some which have come and go, others I will never forget even if we have lost contact, some I still see. Each one of them has helped me develop into the person I am now. I have developed a lot of compassion and patience. A LOT. Learned to have thicker skin and to let things go. Learned more about myself and the stuff I am made of. There have been some people that really became family to me out here in Utah.

My Nordstrom family.  When you spend 5 days a week for three years in close quarters with 40 people you get to know each other real well. Without this job I would never have met my dearest friend, Natalie Ruth Shill Irwin Torres Howard. When laughter outweighs every thing else you know you have found a great friend. She told me those things I didn't always want to hear, loved me regardless of my faults. We have had some of the funniest times. She teases me about the day I was really stressed and was stoically silent, which was unusual for me. The countless makeovers in which she said I looked and smelled like Christmas. The time I tried the twilight liip venom. The time we drove to the airport and I was chatting away as she silently and horrifically stared as a truck flew off the back of a tow truck and towards us. At the last minute I noticed and diverted the car. The time we were in my mini van and some guys pulled next to us and revved their engine, so i revved mine. What we so lovingly started referring to as "its a chilis day" which was code for "Im having a bad day." She moved to California last October and I miss her every day.

 If i didnt like public relations I would have probably still joined the communications major just for the people. I have made so many wonderful friends. I can definitely be categorized as the class clown. My teachers still love me though! (Not to be a kiss up which I am but my professors think im brilliant and funny, maybe just dkp.i have witnesses..Chuck?) Not only are the students great but so are the professors. I have just loved them. I have made friends with my dearest Emmy. What a beauty! Sweet, brilliant and impeccable style! I just adore her. My bestie Jessica, just like me but a lot more sass ;) Nathan..ahh..i Love that kid. And of course Elizabeth. What a gem! I wont forget my dear Estelle! I'm naming my future daughter after her.

There are so many more past roommates and friends that I love and will miss as I leave on my next adventure. I hope that I am ready for this next step. Even if I'm not I am taking it anyways. New York I'll be seeing you in less than 3 weeks..