Life or something like it.

It's crazy to think about how much my life has changed in the last few years. Even just in the last year. After graduating from college, I was faced with the big question, "what's next?" I felt like I had spent my entire life in school, always knowing the "next step", always having something pressing; homework, projects, tests, papers, presentations... and suddenly, I was done. Now what? My first thought, MORE SCHOOL! I can't be done. I need more classes, more projects, someone to tell me what to do! I felt so unprepared for the world! I thought I needed to go to graduate school, but I didn't have a CLUE what I wanted to go into. Grad school seemed so final, like I had to decide and be sure what career I wanted to be in for the rest of my life. That was a scarier thought than being out of school. So, I figured I just need to stop with the panicking and breath for a minute. I spent 5 weeks in Thailand, which woke me up to some things in my life that I needed to change. Now, 2 years after coming home from Thailand, having immediately moved to Hawaii, and then from Hawaii to Las Vegas, I find myself back in Utah. Life throws some interesting curve balls, that's for sure!
I still don't know what I want to "be when I grow up". But, I am happier than I've ever been. I have spent about the last year and a half getting reacquainted and falling in love with one of my best friends. We grew up together, had crushes on each other, went to prom together, but we never dated. The timing of our relationship has always been off, until now. We started talking again about a year and a half ago, and never stopped. It was startling, and completely unexpected. We never would have thought we'd be where we are now. We definitely have our challenges, but we manage to breeze through every obstacle in our way, and come out the other side a stronger couple. I can't imagine my life without him and his beautiful children in it. I wouldn't trade them for anything.