my freshman year of college is over... that is crazy!! where did the time go?!? as i sit here alone in my dorm room surrounded by boxes and crates, i cannot help but reflect back upon all that has happened this year. let's see... i came here to wsu last august, and the first thing i did was rush, or sorority recruitment. i joined a house, but ended up dropping it by the end of september or so. it was a good experience, and i'm thankful that i did it, but am so glad that God showed me greek life wasn't what He'd planned for me. another big change came right around the same time... i decided that i was going to switch my major. ever since junior high i had planned on being an interior designer, but as i began id and architecture classes here, i realized it wasn't exactly what i wanted to do. even though major changes are quite typical, it was a very difficult decision for me to make, because for so long interior design was the only thing i'd pictured for my future. it was during this time that God revealed to me my lack of trust in Him. He was calling me to hand myself over to Him. to no longer worry and fret about the future - to just trust! during all this, God richly blessed me by giving me a special friend - laura. she and i met sort of randomly, and ended up growing very close very quickly. it was a great encouragement to have someone to talk to and spend time with as i was struggling a bit with all the previously mentioned experiences. other new friends were made, some even being people i'd gone to high school with but hadn't ever gotten to know. and a friendship that had basically ceased was restored - peter and i got to know each other again, which i'm so grateful for! sometime in october i began having many conversations with a new friend named jason. he was very intriguing to me, and i really enjoyed talking with him. despite the fact i allowed myself to become more emotionally attached to him than i should have, i am deeply thankful for the way God used jason to help me see areas in my life that needed changing. i suppose that about wraps up the main events of first semester... after christmas break, it was back to wsu... but with a new roommate in a new dorm. laura and i both felt we needed to leave goldsworthy, so we decided to move in together in stephenson. this proved to be a good choice - we had some amazing times being roomies! classes second semester were turning out to be much more enjoyable, and i started on the track of my new major - communication with a public relations emphasis. yet, halfway through my com course i realized pr was not what i wanted to do either. no offense to pr people by any means, but i became aware pretty quickly that life as a "spin doctor" wasn't going to work for me! thankfully, i was taking psychology also, and with one more major change i am now very excited about going into psych. we'll see what exactly i do with the degree... right now i'm considering high school counseling. throughout the semester, God faithfully continued to work in my heart, teaching me many things and revealing Himself to me in unique ways. and after first semester He had led some friends of mine to places other than college... but brought new ones into my life, like brandon! oh, and many good times were had this semester, for sure. "piercing day" with laura, a road trip to yakima, so many movie nights, and the styling of pjo's hair to list just a few. ah yes, it's been quite a year... and i am overwhelmed by the love, grace, and patience God has shown me through it.
