ONE WEEK!!!!

That's all I have left until I leave for Rexburg! I'm super excited!

I've already started packing things up. Crazy, I know. I am having some mixed feelings however. As boring as this summer has been seeing as I have no friends here in good ole Charlotte, I do love being just 10 minutes away from my family. It's been nice to be able to run over and see my nephews and niece when I'm needed or just to visit.

I am rather excited to get out to school though. I can't wait to start my new major of Elementary Ed! (For those of you that didn't know, I did officially change it.) It's exciting to work towards my goal as a teacher and some day be able to teach and change kids lives. I look forward to that day. And, I'll be able to teach my own kids even better and they will all turn out to be geniuses! (I can hope can't I?) I'm also looking forward to the social aspect. As my father loves to remind me, "You're there to get an education. Not to socialize." However, I'm me and I love to have fun when I can. And seeing as my summer was rather dull, I look forward to seeing my AMAZING friends that I have missed oh so much! Especially my roommates and certain guy that I've been counting the days down to seeing :) Oh goodness! I just can't wait!

Now for how I'm getting there! This is an exciting part as well. My Mom and Dad are simply amazing, wonderful, kind, and generous parents and are graciously letting me take the little '98 Honda Civic out to school. Yes, I'll have a car, and yes, I'm driving it all the way out there. The fun part however is that I'll be going with my sister Laura! I'm way excited to take a road trip with her. It should be super fun! Even if the car has no A/C. It's not that big of a deal though. It'll be up in Idaho. How often will I need A/C there? Right? But yes, we'll be driving up to St. Louis the first night and staying at my roommates house. So I get to see her! FINALLY! I've missed her oh so much!!! Anyway, after that, we'll be driving up to Nauvoo and sight seeing a little bit. Seeing some Church history and walking on Temple grounds. So exciting! Then we'll take 2 days to travel to Utah, spend the night at our cousins 2 nights and then I'll drop her off at the airport :( and drive up to school myself. It's sad she can't come up with me, but her children and husband need her.

So that's the plan. I'm excited. And praying all my stuff and her's will fit in my little car.