life of a student.

I am so DONE with being a student.

I want to wear cute clothes all day and not dress with the freezing uncomfortable library and campus in mind.
I want to cook. To have time to go grocery shopping and try new recipes.
I want to be able to not feel guilty about working out because it takes too much time.
I want to be off at 5 and be done for the day.
I want to have time to blog and take pictures and scrapbook and sketch and create.
I want to be able to have the time and energy to do things outside of my necessities to-do list.
I want to be graduated from BYU.

But due to my degree from FIT (taking time off from BYU) and deferring to prepare for my wedding - I still have 3 semesters left. Only about 36 credits. After this semester I will have completed 136.5 credits combined with FIT and BYU. So many classes... I am incredibly grateful for my education and the opportunities I have been given. But I am ready to move on.

Now back to studying. Only 3 finals this semester. If only my brain could concentrate on business law rather than wedding plans....

Our Divine Origins and Destiny

I am taking a SFL 100 Strengthening Marriage and Family - from one of the best professors on campus, Larry Nelson. It is more of a scientific take on Marriage as opposed to a religious take (which I took last semester - REL C 234 LDS Marriage and Family, from another great professor Brother Dorius.)

I read the first assigned chapter just barely and LOVED it. I have a feeling I'll be posting a lot about this class... it's very inspiring.

TOPIC: The Creation and Our Divine Origins and Destiny 

"Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and as such, each has a divine nature and destiny (The Family: A Proclamation to the World) – TRUTHS from this statement: We were created by God; we were created in the image of God; we have heavenly parents; we are literally the offspring of God; our spirit creation includes identity as male or female; we have a divine destiny.

QUOTE: Man is the child of God, formed in the divine image and endowed with divine attributes, and even as the infant son of an earthly father and mother is capable in due time of becoming a man, so the undeveloped offspring of celestial parentage is capable, by experience through the ages and aeons, of evolving into a God. -Smith, Winder & Lund

QUOTE: As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may be – Lorenzo Snow 

QUOTE: The command be ye perfect is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. He said (in the bible) that we were “gods” and He is going to make good on His words. If we let Him – for we can prevent Him, if we choose – He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into a god or goddess, a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly (though, of course, on a smaller scale) His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and in parts very painful, but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said. – C.S. Lewis 

Such amazing truths and doctrine. I am so blessed to have been brought up in the gospel to KNOW that these statements are true for EVERY SINGLE PERSON who EVER lived on this Earth and who will ever live here. It is beautiful to recognize where we came from, to recognize the miracle of life. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and His plan for us.

my 8 month break is over...

I start school again on Monday. I have mixed feelings about it. I always enjoy school so I am hoping that once classes start I will be in the mood to wake up and head to BYU campus every morning. My schedule is pretty good and I should be able to stay somewhat sane this semester - hopefully. This is my lightest school load (credit wise) yet. Since I have the fashion show coming up, my wedding to plan, and my wedding gown to complete I have a lot more I need to focus on besides school work.

MW:
6-7 Wake-up/shower/get food ready/etc.
7-9 Workout/read scriptures/miscellaneous tasks
9-10 Teach dance
10-12 Break for homework/wedding planning/sewing on or off campus 
12:30-1:45 Acc 241 - Accounting Business Law with Taylor
2-3:15 Bus M 241 - Marketing Management with Taylor
4-5:15 SFL 100 - Strengthening Marriage and Family
5:30-9 Homework
10 Bedtime

TTH:
6-7 Wake-up/shower/get food ready/etc.
7-8 Read scriptures/miscellaneous tasks
8-9 Teach dance
9:15-10:15 Pilates
10:30-1:30 Break for wedding planning/sewing off campus
2-2:50 Dance 180 - Social Dance with Taylor 
3:30-4:45 Bus M 200 - Personal Finance with Taylor
5-9 Homework
10 Bedtime

F:
6-7 Wake-up/shower/get food ready/etc.
7-8 Read scriptures/miscellaneous tasks8:30-5 Avenia Bridal
5:15-6:45 Teach dance
7-12 Date Night with my lovely fiance

S:
9-10 Yoga 
10-7 Homework/wedding planning/sewing/meetings/possible shifts at Avenia/etc... 

Here are some leftover pictures from break...

dinner at Riverside Country Club with my family

Kelsea's Wedding Reception with Taylor and Kenzie

Happy Schooling!