It's been a year!

I have officially been a consistent blogger for a year now! My goal was to blog once every few days... I have 94 posts counting this one, which is almost two a week! I'm very proud of myself for making a goal like this one and sticking to it. I love blogging. It's great going back and looking at the fun things that I have done. I hope to continue blogging for years to come! It will be great to see what I am doing in another year.

I started my weight watchers online diet a little over two weeks ago, and I have lost 8 pounds! I know I would have lost some more but I started to slack at the end of last week and didn't count my point like I should have. I promised myself this week to eat better and go power walking every morning. And so far I have kept that promise!

I will be home for a few more weeks until I head back to school. I do regret not blogging so much last semester, but I was just SO busy and had some pretty tough classes. But all my hard work paid off because I got 5 A's and 1 B+.

As a a communications major, I have recently learned that grades don't matter as much in the long run. I have even been advised to not put my GPA on my resume because potential employers don't care about it. So why do I work as hard as I do in school? Getting good grades and doing well on tests and assignments is how I prove to myself that I am smart and can accomplish anything I set my mind to. And it's not like I don't have any fun while I'm at school. I get my homework done when it needs to get done and then have fun. I have a few friends at school that have told me I work too hard. I probably do, but I am happy when the end of the semester comes and I get the grades I deserve. I love being a hard worker and being a student that teachers are impressed with.

I'm a senior now, which means I'm going to have to work harder than ever before. I am excited for the classes I am taking next semester. I will be doing an internship on my off-track from January-April, and also be taking an online art class that is only offered online. My last semester next spring, I will only have to take 7 credits, and I am so pumped when that semester comes! 3 of those credits are for a baking class I plan on taking for fun. Would you believe that I have not taken any fun classes? They have all been for my major or minor. My adviser made me promise her that I would take a couple of fun classes before I graduated. I thought it was funny but I agreed with her that I deserved to take a couple of fun classes after working hard for 3 years straight! This semester, my "fun class" is going to be Preparing for an Eternal Marriage. Although I don't need anymore religion classes, I love them so I really wanted to take Preparing for an Eternal Marriage. No I'm not engaged or planning on getting engaged in a while, but it's never too late to start preparing for the future!

Sorry about all the randomness in this post, but those are just some things on my mind right now. I'm going to keep enjoying my summer break and have fun with my wonderful family and friends, and try not to miss my social life at college too much!