Springtime is here!!!

This week has been crazy!!!! Thursday was the semi-finals for the Volleyball tournament. Because BYU was ranked #1 the games were played at BYU. The first game was between Long Beach and U.C. Irvine, it was a good game but because the winner didn't matter as much to me I wasn't so invested in the game. The next game was BYU playing against UCLA. This was one of the best volleyball games I have been to this season! BYU lost the first 2 sets and everyone was disappointed. Then on the third set BYU started playing better and won the set! The fourth set was close but BYU ended up winning that one too. We then started the fifth set and it was intense! Both teams played well but in the the end BYU pulled ahead and won the set 15-10. The cheers in the Fieldhouse were deafening! It was so exciting to win the game and move on to the Finals! Saturday night I went to watch the finals and it was great but the game was not as exciting as Thursdays game. BYU won the match with a sweep and won the title! I am so glad that the volleyball team did well this year! I love the games and they are something I look forward to every year!

I also worked a lot this week... There were a lot of events going on due to graduation. I love working the graduation events but this year was interesting. Technically I would have graduated this year (I have been at college four years already!) but because of changes within my major I don't graduate until next year. Although I don't graduate for a year I have many friends who graduated this past week and it was crazy to me to see everyone decked out in their cap and gown with their family everywhere! I am so excited for graduation and seeing everyone else graduating has made me even more anxious... I can't believe I have to wait another year because of my internship!

In other news... My internship, I had a meeting the other day and we talked about themes and decorations for a classroom. I am struggling with ideas for my classroom theme. I don't want to do anything too cookie-cutter but I have not had any extremely creative ideas at the moment... Oh well, I have about 3 months to plan for it!!! I get to go to my school and meet my facilitator in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait! I have so many questions and I can't wait to get started actually planning my year! :)

By the way... I have created a new group blog (see it here.)! I'm super excited for it... The idea is for everyone to post little things that make their life better. A gratitude journal of sorts. I think that it can be a good thing to have when I need something to cheer me up!

Well I think that's about it for now but I do have one last thing to share... There is a new Mormon Message that talks about love and loving as Christ loves I hope that we can all come to accept those who are different from us and that we can realize that "different is good!" I truly believe that if we put forth the effort and learn to accept people for who they are we will see them as Christ sees them and recognize who they can become!