I got a good job, I work hard for my money

Lyrics from the song I'm currently listening to, "Boot Scootin Boogie".

Anyway, yesterday was a fantastic day! Chris got home from his mission:

It was awesome to be at the airport with his family and the Whatcotts for the excitement! We went back to his house afterwards, and for a few hours, Chris just told us all about his mission. I look forward to hanging out with one of my best buds over the next 33 days before I head out! I get first date with him as an RM ;)

Yesterday was also kind of a wake-up call. Since I got my mission call, I've had lots of things happen that I knew would happen. John came home. I went to Utah. Temple. Thanksgiving. birthday. Tiff and Sky came for Christmas. Everyone left for school. Chris got home. Now...the next big thing, literally, is me leaving. I realized just how fast this next month is going to fly by. Chris is home; this is something I've been looking forward to for (literally, 2 years) a long time...and now that's happened, and wow. Time is flying by. 3 1/2 months ago, I got my mission call, and I thought it would be eternity before I'd be leaving, but now it's creeping up on me. My lists of things to do are shrinking, my post-it wall is diminishing as I finish things, and I am taking care of a lot of things to get things in order.

On that note, I need to go finish my proposal for a paper for my English class. I need to turn it in like 2 weeks ago, aka tomorrow, so I gotta get that done. And I can't do it tonight unless I pull an all-nighter, because I have to work til 11:30. Fun fun fun! And it's snowing, so that's pretty awesome :)

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