the last three months

I realize I haven't blogged in ages. There really isn't much to blog about! The most exciting news is that I am done with school and I have decided to stay in DC for the time being. For those of you who know me well, this is big. I don't do decisions well and after months of people asking me what I am doing with my life, it is nice to finally have an answer. Honestly, I felt so incredibly happy and excited after I finally made the decision to stay. This semester has been the craziest four months of my life. I have mixed emotions about it ending. I am not ready for the real world.

When I wasn't at school or at the hospital, I was doing the following: (courtesy of the iPhone-or else I would have never remembered!)

picking pumpkins-naturally

hanging with the roomies

 Halloween

Boston with Marg

My favorite friends came to visit me in DC-we had a blast laughing for basically two days straight!

Surprised the fam at home on Thanksgiving!

Sleepover in Park City

Turning on of the DC temple lights with Senator Hatch's very own Becky Hayes.

In less than one week, I decided to move from my apt in Bethesda, found a place to live in VA, and packed all my crap and moved it all across the river!

I am going to miss this apartment-we did so many fun things here!

Christmas sugar cookies! Kyle was awesome and helped me move my grown up full size bed into my new place!

DC2nd ward Christmas party

DC2nd ward Christmas after party!

Merry Christmas from apartment 101!

Graduated from GW! See that little pin on my shirt, ya that is all I got...awesome.

My new place in VA. It is about four miles from the National Mall and a five minute walk to the metro. It has a huge backyard and I have a private room! Everyone has to come and visit!

I got a job! I think I am more scared than excited. I really am not ready for employment. I just want to go back to school and not think about 401ks. I kind of get scared just looking at this picture.

but since I won't officially be employed until January 16th, I am trying to enjoy the holidays by hanging out with family and friends!

amanda's homecoming

and drinking way too much of both of these! I think utah just brings out the diet soda drinker in me!



 "Each of us must grow up and leave the security of home and the protective care of parents to enter a world full of problems and challenges that reach far beyond our experience. As we venture out, we would like a ready source to tell us how to handle every difficult situation. But that is not the Lord’s system.It is not the design of heaven that we be rescued from all difficult situations. Rather, it is the Lord’s will that we learn to handle them.The sense of being overwhelmed is very much a part of the journey. The power with which God clothes us in His holy temples does not imply that our journey will be an easy one.As we accept our lot and move forward with what the Lord has asked of us, we discover that we enjoy the company of the Holy Ghost, angels feel constrained to join us, and the heavens open to our vision.As you seek direction, the Holy Ghost will lead you far beyond your own thoughts and mark a course that reaches beyond that which you can see even by the light of day."Joseph f mcconkie“But behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right” (D&C 9:8).