Luckiest Girl

Well, I had a crazy day!

I went Christmas shopping with my sister. Well okay, she took me to get some gifts. (Thanks Lins!!) I got the cutest gift for my roommates and my friends. I can't tell you what it is yet, because my roommates or friends might read this! :p Anyway, then I bought a gift for my cousin Noah since I drew his name out of the cousins to get a gift for. I'm so sad about that a little because we're all getting older and that tradition is slowly dying. It's so different when you're younger. You want so badly to be older with all this freedom and such, but then you get to that point in your life and you miss all the fun, silly, and good traditions you had when you were younger. I'll keep that alive with my future family though :)

I came home, and got started on my studying. There is so much that I have to understand and know for Psychology and Math by Monday night!! Ahh!! I never knew how stressful a test was for school until I came to college :/ I'm so happy to be done with my first semester. It's been a long, very hard road, but I've learned a lot. I'm excited to start new and learn more next semester!!

After I got a little burnt out from studying, I put together some of the gifts I got. They turned out cute and I'm so excited to give them for Christmas this year :) I kept worrying that it wouldn't be as nice as maybe some people expected, but then I kept reminding myself that, that isn't the reason for giving at Christmas time. It's truly the thought that counts. Then Brady's mother called and told me they'd be home in a half an hour, so I continued what I was doing and when the time came, I headed over to Brady's house.

I wasn't sure how to feel about this. It truly was weird at first coming home this weekend and not being with Brady, and now, here I am, going to his house without him. Haha, but I made it without tears or feeling nervous. When I got in his house, I just instantly was overwhelmed by the smell. It was my best friends smell. I couldn't believe I was in his house without him. I've missed him, his house and his family! It was so good to see his dog too. Weird as that sounds, Kortni has become apart of my life because of how important she is in Brady's life.

His mother let me in and we started to talk. She went and got the box that Brady had for me. He put together quotes and thoughts that I can read when I have a bad day, he signed them and kissed them all too! :) Cheesy, I know, but SUPER cute! So then she took me downstairs, to read the email he sent her on his first P-day, but we stopped in his room so I could see how clean it was. I almost started to cry at that point. I miss my babe :( I miss his smell, and his clothes and his hugs and him. But I didn't cry :) But I must say, he sounds SO grown up in his letter!!! (Click here to read it.) He's matured in just over a week. It's amazing! I can't wait till I get my first letter, I hope it comes soon! Anyway, so then we talked some more about how he's going to grow so much from this. She showed me pictures of the night he was set apart. He looked so cute with his missionary tag and all. We looked at the pictures from the airport and such. It just felt good being at his house. It truly helped me. I was even having a hard night, thinking about him too much, and being at his house helped me.

The time came for me to leave, and his mom told me to come over whenever. I left feeling good. It was a good visit, and I'm so happy I went :) I remember feeling unsure about it, but now I'm so sure it was a good thing to do. I'm so proud of Brady. No matter how hard it has been, and most likely will continue to be; no matter how much I miss him; how sad I get; how much I whine; I'm so proud of him. It's a huge deal to up and leave your family for two years, in an unknown place, preaching the Word of God. But how amazing :) I've felt the Spirit tonight, just reading his letter, and I'm so excited for others to start feeling that Spirit from Elder Ziegler. He's truly doing so well and I can't wait to start hearing about his mission :)

Overall, great ending to a good day :) I'm the luckiest girl ever. Happy Holidays! Wish me luck on my finals and cross your fingers that I get a letter this week, or next week!!