Wait, only 68 days?

Hello friends!
It has been a little while since my last blog, or my first really.  Last week was a strange one, I don't know what about it was so unique, but it took a toll on me.  I finished up my midterms like any college student, and am so glad that I am blessed with this new week ahead.

Last week was full of realizations, and I think that is a reason it felt so different than the past weeks in this semester.  While taking my first midterm on Monday for Arabic, I had a thought that I never thought would run through my mind so soon.  This is my last, first midterm.  That test was the last time I would take my first midterm.  As I went on through the week taking the rest of them, the thoughts just kept coming.  This is my last, second midterm.  This is my last, third.  And finally, this is my last midterm.  I have had 4 years to prepare myself for little things like this, and yet it doesn't seem to have been enough time.  I am graduating in 68 days.  When did the 4 years of my college career come to a close?  I am excited to be done with registering, the dread of getting out of bed to go to a class, having to deal with the down pour of rain while going from class to class, and all of the annoying things of college.  But right now, those things seem to be special to me, like somehow I will actually miss accidentally stepping in a puddle and soaking my entire foot.  It's what Robin Scherbatsky calls Graduation Goggles in HIMYM.  Everything that I didn't like about college, I now love just because I know that soon, all they will be are memories.  And I am okay with that.  I am ready to graduate, I just need to process the fact that it is really happening.

I am excited for what is coming after I graduate, I just don't know what that is yet.  It will come in the right time.  Sometimes I wish the Lord would just show me what the next chapter of my life looks like, but that would take all the fun out of it, wouldn't it?  :)
All I know about this upcoming year is that I will be living at home again with my parents, so this time will be filled with family, friends, love, and a whole lot more of my beautiful niece, Grace.  And that I am more than okay with.

I have a blog?

So my awesome friends Lakin And DeNae want me to start to blog...  Here I am!  I made this account 3 years ago, but never did anything in it.  I am not very good at writing, but I think this will help!  What I want this blog to be isn't a place where I can rant and complain about my life, but a place where I can share my days with the ones that I love.  This is an exciting time in my life and I want to share it with all of you!

Right now, there is a lot going on!  Me and my long-term boyfriend, Brian Murphy, have recently become engaged on Christmas Eve.  We are beyond excited that this time has come for us!  A few weekends ago, we drove up to Young Harris, GA with our moms and looked at a beautiful venue.  It is outside, right next to a river, with log cabins and fire pits.  It is about 10 minutes away from the mountain house my parents own, and it is absolutely perfect.  We all loved it so much, and we have chosen to be married there!  May 17, 2014 is our date, and we couldn't be more ecstatic.  The Lord has truly blessed us and our relationship up until this point, and we cannot wait to see where He takes us next!  Because it is more than a year away, I haven't planned a whole lot yet, but we will be taking engagement pictures soon.  I am SO excited for that :)

Also, I am soon graduating from my home at Georgia Southern University, and am forced to go out into the real world.  I don't know exactly how I am feeling about this.  I am excited to be done with school for now, but am sad to leave my home in Statesboro.  Yes, Statesboro is very lackluster and boring, but it has become my home and has such a special place in my heart.  But that's mushy enough for now, I still have a few months!

I think this is good enough for my first post!  Until next time friends!