Oh look, Ryanne, a new post!!! Pretty sure you're the only one who looks at this. That's okay, cause I love your face!!!
So, I've been home sick for a whole week, and am finally starting to feel better so I thought I'd update this thing.
Lots has been going on lately. I have two weeks of work left and then I'm off to Korea for two and a half weeks. I'm home for ten days and then off to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue a PhD in molecular and systems pharmacology. I'm really nervous and really excited.
I've been thinking a lot about the decisions and circumstances that have led me to embark on this great adventure. Some things have not been what I though I wanted - like the boy I loved getting married to someone else in a week. Some things have been fantastic - my amazing boss and job, my mentors at BYU. All in all, the good and the bad, I'm glad that I am where I am today. I look at my friends who got married when they were 18 or 19 and I'm so glad that I didn't have to make that choice. I'm really glad that I've had the time to figure out who I am before jumping in to such a life altering decision. I'm excited to pursue my own dreams. Hopefully somewhere in that course I'll be able to find me an awesome man!
I have this Salt Lake theory. Salt Lake, the Mormon epicenter, is a great place for young single adults to congregate. I think that there are probably somewhere in the vicinity of 2-300,000 YSAs on the wasatch front, maybe more. My theory is that this great number is problematic. Those guys/girls in your ward - they're all right, but there's probably someone better out there than this person. And so you break up and let your need for perfection keep you from being happy with someone who may not be perfect but has a testimony and is trying to do what's right. Anyway, that shouldn't be a problem in GA. There is one singles ward in all of Atlanta with about 100 active members. I've been once. There definitely aren't as many cute boys as in Salt Lake, but there aren't NEARLY as many cute girls either... So it all works out!
Anyway, I'm excited for my adventures. I feel like Atlanta is the place where I'm supposed to be so I'm just going to jump in with both feet and figure it out as I go. Love you all!
