3 Weeks and 6 Days

Just 27 days until I am done with this semester, people. My grades really suffered near the begining of the semester when we were cleaning, packing, and preparing to move from that "darling" house on 6th Street.
Yo. Buying a house is stressful.
Something had to give... and I chose to slack on my 20 credits. My teacher pulled me aside on the Friday after we moved noticing that I was a frazzled mess of emotion and exhaustion (and greesy hair) and said, "Erika, really. What would happen if you get all C's this semester?" And that's when I realized that nothing would happen and everything would be fine and that perfecting my writing skills of getting in and out of diatonic secondary dominant fully-diminished seventh chords wasn't crucial to the happiness in my life.

After settling down somewhat (or not), I was able to turn my attention back to school and I've raised my grades back to all A's and 2 B's. It always evens out, my friends! It just always evens out for 'ol Erika.

And between a crazy-stupid amount of homework, memorization, and practicing, oh--and driving 34,000 miles, I am burnt out. Seriously. I have completed 82 credits (34 classes) since starting school last Fall and have not had any breaks and am in STILL in awe that my brain has been able to handle it all. I have learned an extensive amount of mostly useful knowledge, but still feel unprepared to leave for some reason. The more I go on in school, the more I realize how little I really know, and I can't quit thinking about that.

When I went back to BYU-Idaho in August 2011, I had planned to graduate Spring of 2013, but figured that some time along the way I would get distracted, run out of money, or miss Lillie and Jack so much that I would stop after one or two semesters. Now I'm here with just 17 online credits left for Spring semester and I'm still in utter disbelief that it's going to happen. Going to school wasn't an if for me, but mostly a when. I'm amazed that the Lord has graciously made it possible for me to accomplish this goal right now, all while still enjoying my cute life with my cute husband and two tenderhearted children. I have been given everything I've ever desired all before age 26.

Here are pictures from our life the past few months (in case you needed proof or something). Did I mention that Lillie learned how to ride her bike without training wheels a couple weeks ago? I also just registered her for Kindergarten. I guess I'm a real mom now with real grown-up kids that will go to a real school.
What the heck, life?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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