So, in case I didn’t make in evident enough by now, I got accepted to attend Loyola Marymount University for the spring semester of 2009. I guess I’ll start by saying what led up to finding out I got accepted. I sent in my application and the necessary materials in early October. I went to the Open House hosted at LMU on November 2nd and it made a great impression right away. I knew that this was the place that I wanted to be for college. I asked a lot of questions to counselors and students about the school and how things worked regarding students joining in the spring. In early November I received a postcard saying that they had received all necessary materials and were to begin the decision process. But when mid-November had come with still no word on acceptance, I began to worry (more than before anyway). I talked to a few counselors both online (thru AIM even!) and on the phone, but they just told me that it was still in the decision process. By then, lots of things went through my mind about my future and I made wishes, prayers, and pleas that I would get accepted to this college.

Throughout work I was able to text Mike and talk about our impending reconcilation (he flew in that night). He was actually at my house playing D&D with the guys before I even made it home. After a short, but fun run through a dungeon in which I dominated the casserole competition, Mike and eventually Cody left. It was around this time that I realized no one had gotten the mail on Saturday. I figured I might as well, after all, I had been doing so for the past 2 weeks looking for a letter from LMU. So at 2 AM, I walked outside and in the dark found a rather large letter from LMU. I immediately ran inside and ripped open the letter to read my acceptance letter and began to celebrate.

So everyone has been asking me what I want Christmas and honestly I don’t really know… I am already getting what I really wanted, and at some level, desperately needed: an acceptance to LMU and a new phone. I also went to Eagle yesterday to talk to my uncle about funds for college and somehow ended up with a brand new laptop! Figures that my grandpa would offer one to me. So now I guess now it’s down to clothes. Otherwise I have no idea. More blogs to come on a more consistent basis. Let’s just say my life has brightened up a little lately