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!
4 comments:
Hey I read this too! ;) You're amazing Kristen, I am so excited for your new adventures. I didn't realize you were leaving so soon! We'll have to try and get together. But, back to my point, you're amazing and I see only great things for your future! :) Love you!
Ah, thanks Kat! You're pretty amazing yourself. We definitely need to hang out!!! I'm back in Layton now living at the parental units abode for the next few weeks. I hear you have a new apartment. I totally need to see it! Let's play soon!
I totally agree with you, Sister :) Darren and I met, fell in love, and got engaged while we were away in Baltimore, selling pest control, THOUSANDS of miles away from our normal wealth of friends, family, and "other options." We have firmly agreed that we probably would not have married each other if we hadn't met in an environment where there wasn't a lot of options and we really only had each other....and before that sounds WAY too unromantic.....it's because we wouldn't have given each other the chance and the time to realize that we were perfect for each other. The silly little superficial things would have sent us both packing long before we had a chance to really SEE each other if we had met where there was always "greener grass" close at hand. Y'know?
So here's to finding Mr. Right in Georgia! Bahaha :)
p.s. You rock my socks.
( I love reading your blog :) )
Your new adventures sound amazing!! I may just have to come visit you! i have never been to Georgia!
besides, same story here in Southern Utah with the YSA
♥your face!
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