College Life

Well...at times I feel completely overwhelmed, especially lately. Whats crazy to me is that 3 days ago I would've told you that college is a piece of cake and everyone lied to you when they said it was hard. And truthfully for me college isn't that difficult. But I definitely think thats because of the classes I'm taking they're all classes that I enjoy being at and its very easy to do the reading and assignments and stay caught up in them. But if you throw on top of college church callings and a boyfriend (whom I love tons and tons)....well then it gets slightly harder to balance time, and then if you think about it all at the same time you feel completely overwhelmed. But luckily one thing I've learned since like 1st grade when I gave myself ulcers...its that you just take it one day and one step at a time and you will succeed. And well thats what I'm counting on. I know I can do whatever is thrown my way :)
I'm planning on doing some volunteer work at the Provo Library and the plan is to read with elementary school kids. And I am sooo excited for that :) For my writing class 20 hours of service is required and then you write a paper on it. But what I'm hoping for is that I will get the 20 hours completed but then I can keep going and keep volunteering so I can feel like I am contributing to the community and of course so I can have tons of fun playing and reading with kids :) Its strange because I've only been at BYU for a little over a week and I already feel myself changing. I feel more mature and capable, and at the same time...because of the change of environment, I feel like I can be myself more. And I love that I can do and say what I believe and no one questions or things less of me for it...because here at BYU they just understand :)