And she lived happily happily happily ever after...

Kris left a few hours ago and I'm feeling rather sad. We had a good weekend and spent a lot of much needed time together. My work/school/show load is quite ridiculous and being able to forget about all everything for a few days has been just what the doctor ordered. We went and saw the BodyWorld Exhibit in SLC and it was so amazing. It made me want to be a Doctor again. It was so fascinating getting to see the human body in so many different ways. I LOVED IT!! We ate at the Cheesecake Factory, saw some old friends, watched Season 4 of the Office, slept in late, went shopping and found Kris some lovely posh clothes, I got some MAC brushes, we went and looked at cars and Kris got to see my show. So many things in so little time. And now he's gone and I feel a little empty inside, well a lot empty. Being away from someone you love is never easy. So now I'm back to the real world.

Things have been going pretty good the last little bit, this has been a stressful and crazy semester but I feel good about life and can't believe that I'm soon going to be out of Provo and into the real world. I've decided to take a much needed break after graduation to just be alive-to be a normal functioning member of society (whatever that is). I'm going to do things that I haven't been able to the last five years; read, paint, spend genuine time with friends and family, watch movies, relax, etc. I'm excited about the future prospects and am 6 months away from a big change. Next semester is going to be fun mostly because I'm only taking 6 credits of classes, most of which are block classes and will be over with in Feburary YAY!! I'm not going to know what to do with myself, and I looovveee itttt!!!!

I came across this the other day and thought to myself about how true it is: "Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you." It makes me discouraged to live in this place, but I'm not too naive to think that no matter where I live there will be a lot of artifical people running about. My goals this semester have been going well and I feel as if I'm getting back to where I was before coming here. Val is coming to see my show on Wednesday and who better than to bring back my hope in mankind than her. She's who I think of when I hear the saying about considering yourself lucky if you have only one true friend in your lifetime. She fits the tab and as I grow older and meet more people I understand where the wisdom in the saying comes from.

It's autumn time, the trees are changing, it's raining and smelling yummy outside, my boyfriend is lovely and my room is filled with flowers, whatelse could I ask for tonight? I can't think of anything, except for him to be snuggled up in bed next to me.