So a lot has happened this year. It feels like it went by really quick, but when I think about all the things I did it seems like the longest year ever. For one, I started pioneering! That gotta be the best thing that's happened. I feel like pioneering is such a protection from making decisions that could be detrimental. As long as I keep my priority on full time service all those other decisions that you have to make while growing up will fall in place. I don't like making decisions so it feels great to have a building block like that towards future goals.
It is crazy to think that I didn't have a license at the beginning of the year! And that my mom was still dropping me off in the morning for that one silly class. And that Avril was in Costa Rica!
I started dual enrolling at Valencia this Fall. Dual enrollment rocks! No cost school. I took a graphic design class and a photography class. I had a really awesome schedule. I went to school monday and wednesday from 2 to 10 and had the other days to work and go out in service. I was so determined to not get behind in my work in my high school work that I turned into such a study and always ahead of the work load, but seriously what is the point in that! I guess if I didn't do that I would have inevitably gotten behind so maybe it was a good thing. But for now on I love balanced schedules. Ones that give you time to breath... or nap, or to have afternoons to do nothing but take photos by yourself, or to hang around the house working on some crappy painting.... or to play with little kitties.
Violette took her two cats back. I had them for like a year and got to watch them grow up. Me and Nina were quite attached. It was probably hardest knowing that they were going to leave soon but not knowing when. So I demanded Violette to just take them already! It just so happens that Jimmy M. had like 14 cats. Two of which are my new Kitties! Sadi and Rafi....Blacky and stripey!
We had so many good laughs out in service today telling cat and dog and pet stories. I really love animals. They bring me so much amusement. Especially recalling the adorable Bermie who jumped into the car window on the way home from bookstudy, gave him a bath, defleaded him, and he was good to stay. I still miss him but at least he moved up in the dog world, all the way to Heathrow.
