Ambition- The strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
I think this would be my word of the month for February. Best month I've had in a long time! And it's hard to say that a whole month was good, but all of February really was great!
I passed my culmination project at the beginning of the month which means I can now graduate and that I have very little motivation to go to school. :P 3 more months!
On the 8th was Aaron's one year mark! I honestly don't even know how we got this far. It seems like it was only a few months ago, but I'm thankful for everything I have learned this past year. Less than 11 months to go!
I got into BYU Idaho too. I'd say the word ambition fits here nicely. Even though the acceptance rate is high, it's getting into a university! So I was very excited. I then had to fill out a questionnaire for which track I would be assigned to. There are three tracks at BYU Idaho; Fall/Winter, Winter/Spring, and Fall/Spring. I really wanted the Winter/Spring track so I could stay here and (hopefully) get a job to help pay for college. All the questions were about if I was married and if my spouse was attending the university, if I would be serving a mission, etc. the answer to all of these questions was no so I was pretty nervous about what my track assignment would be. I have full faith that Heavenly Father has a say in what BYU does because I got the track I had been wanting! ;) Three days later I was blessed to have gotten a job at a Driving School. As me and my parents keep saying, I don't think I could have gotten a better job at a better time. I work afternoons typically from 2:30-7:30 and work Saturdays from 11:30-5. I make $10/hour and we figure I'll have about $5000 saved by the time I leave next winter. I can't think my Heavenly Father enough for these blessings.
I found out a few days ago that I don't have to take my online class anymore! Since junior year I have taken an exit 6th period so I could attend release time seminary. My counselor told me last year that if I did this again for both semesters of my senior year that I would be behind half a credit and would need to take an online class. So I signed up for online piano.... And it was such a hard class! I've never played piano in my life and I was trying to learn without a teacher. The class was pretty overwhelming and the binder for the class sat on my floor for about a month, so I decided I would calculate my credits online to see if I really needed the class and turns out I didn't! Hallelujah! If I had waited 10 more days to check, I wouldn't have been able to switch out of the class and probably would have gotten a bad grade. This is why we always need to listen to what the spirit tells us. All these good things that are happening to me are results of paying my tithing, attending seminary, going to church, reading my scriptures, etc. I would never think for a minute that I'm a "lucky" person. Heavenly Father does not give out luck, he gives out guidance so we can make the right decisions on our own. That's a part of free agency that I love; I chose. I chose to do the things I did and the consequence was a good one. It makes you think what other people define happiness as. I see it as being satisfied with the way your life is going. Being able to smile at other people's joy, and always being able to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Optimism goes right along with happiness. If you believe you're going to fail, it's a lot easier to fail. Students in my pottery class always raise their hand and say "I can't do this. I'm failing. I suck." Mr.Jackman comes up to them and says "Well if you believe you can't do it, you never will." Optimism and words of wisdom right there. And I believe that too. If at first you fail, try and try again.
