eight months, two weeks

Hi. I'm ashamed of myself. Blogging should not be this hard.

I'm in college now! It's a fun time. I have made so many friends and gone on so many adventures. It's the greatest. If you want a good college experience, seriously consider BYU-Hawaii. I can't even begin to tell how great it is to be here. You get to surf, swim with sea turtles and dolphins and stingrays and ALLLL kinds of sea creatures, jump off of really tall rocks, sleep on the beach, go to bonfires, but most of all, meet some really freaking awesome people. On top of all that, the temple is only about 200 feet away and you can go whenever you want. Life here is totally rad.

Here's a turtle.

Anyway.

I kind of wish I could go back and delete some of my previous posts. I have a completely different mindset now than I did four months ago. I have been dating, and I now see WHY everyone tells you to date. You can't hole up and be miserable for two years!! Dating can help you develop yourself, work on your shortcomings and improve your strengths.
Sorry if I sound totally bipolar-crazy-psycho. I think I'm just a little more reasonable now than I was at the beginning of Jake's mission. :)

Don't get me wrong -- I'm still just as in love with Jake as I was eight months and two weeks ago. Actually, that's a lie. I love him 100000x more now. Here's the deal: he's changing a lot and so am I. It doesn't mean that I love him any less or that he loves me any less, it just means that we're learning to love each other in different ways.

I'm taking a class called "Achieving Eternal Marriage." Laugh all you want, but it's a darn good class. ;) While my professor was lecturing on how to choose an eternal companion, how to know when you've found the right one -- I couldn't stop thinking of Jake. I know he's the right one for me. He rocks.

These last three months I've dated, I've been (informally) proposed to, I've hung out with a lot of guys, but nobody even comes close to my Jake. I miss him so much, but I know the wait will be worth it. :) 15 months to go!