I managed to cram a 4 year degree into only 6 years.

I have finally graduated college… officially. Most of my immediate family came down and I had a great weekend. My brother had to back out at the last minute because of car trouble. That bummed me out quite a bit because I was really looking forward to playing ultimate frisbee with him and his wife. But hey, the unexpected happens and life goes on. I got to sit between my friends Ben and Kimmie. We had quite a bit of fun just goofing off during the ceremony. My graduating class consisted of 23 students, so they combined the college and seminary ceremonies. Though it would have been cool to have a whole ceremony for 23 people, I think it was a good decision to combine them. My family fed me very well. I ate out more in three days than I had in the past three months. I love my family. They are fun. I also appreciate how well my mom, stepdad and dad get along. They’re certainly not best friends but they got along very well. Each one of them asked me if I wanted more time with the other instead of a group setting. *(or maybe they were just trying to get away form me.haha)

My roommate Chris is getting married this Saturday, and my other roommate, Scott, just went back to Georgia for the summer. For the first time in my life I have a house to myself. That is being remedied by John crashing there during the weekdays because of classes and I will certainly have friends over. But it is cool nonetheless.

Now that school is done, I’m working about 40 hours a week between my two jobs. (The law firm and the Slammer.) Assuming nothing drastic changes I will be completely out of debt when I get my next paycheck. How cool is that?!! No student loans, car payments, etc… God blessed me so much in the past four years financially. I have a charmed life.
On that note. My car hasn’t died yet!! My prayer now is that it lasts me until I head to Portland in September.

The North American Mission Board is still processing my application so please pray that they deem me worthy of their assistance. I’m pretty sold on going, so I will probably just find another way to go if they reject me. We’ll see.

God’s awesome and I’m grateful.