6. My Journey at BYU

I'm not use to being away from my parents for so long. I've been at BYU now for about 20 weeks, away from their loving care. It's all gone by way too fast, but it's taken a lot longer than I thought it would at the same time. But while I've been gone for this long, I have had many experiences that have been so great. I've gone to a Cabin down south, been to raging football games, gone to Nickel City and Rollup, and I've even had time to go to the movies.

All these places have been really great, but one thing that I never would have expected, is the relationships that I've made with so many people. My roommates are fantastic, there is a girl here that I can't seem to stop thinking about, and the people at work are some of the most fun people I have ever met. These people have made all of my experiences here become great experiences. They have become the highlight moments of my experience.

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For the rest of the semester, which isn't very much, I plan on seeing my parents over Thanksgiving break, I plan on studying (for the first time) for my finals at the end of the semester, and I plan on going to the Canyon, in Vivian Park, to celebrate with many others over a magnificent bonfire. I plan on continuing my work experience at BYU Food to Go and going on a few more dates here and there. Mostly I just plan on having spontaneous fun!

While here, I learned something that I probably should have learned a while before I came here. I learned it's all up to me; my future depends on my actions and how responsible I am in the here and now. I broke my mom's laptop at the beginning of the semester. I had to pay over $700 to get it fixed. Let's just say that I was extremely upset. Almost every cent that I earned in the summer I had to spend to fix that laptop. At that point, I became broke. I had no money. The rest of the semester depended on how responsible I would be.