The Times, They Are A-Changin'

I figured I had some spare time this afternoon, so I might add something new to this.  Forgive the ramblings, but that is sort of the whole point of this thing...


I graduate in precisely 47 days and will enter the world as a college graduate.  I haven't quite decided how I feel about it.  I am unsurprisingly excited in some ways, mostly because this will be my first summer without classes since before I started at BYU.  Also, I think it's safe to say that obtaining a bachelor's degree in just about anything is some kind of accomplishment.  At the same time, though, I am a little apprehensive about the whole idea.  Graduating means closing a chapter on a time in my life that I have fully enjoyed.  It'd be truthful to say that I'm a little sad to let go of that part of me.  This also means that my future is relatively uncertain.  I did apply to the master's program in sociology at BYU, and I am pretty confident that I will get in (although waiting for the actual decision has proved incredibly frustrating).  But honestly, I could do just about anything with my life at this point.  I like that I have a plan and at least some direction (I did have to pick a major, after all), but the very idea that I can go anywhere and be anything is still slightly more frightening than exhilarating.
Nonetheless, I have done something that no one in my immediate family has ever done, and by going to graduate school, something only a few women in my extended family have ever attempted.  And that's pretty cool.


So with all of this opportunity for change in my life, I think I might take advantage of it.  By the end of this summer (if all goes according to plan), I will be living in a new apartment, in a new ward with new people, with a new phone number and new cell phone plan with a new company, with a new (for me) car, and a new title to place at the end of my name (B.S.).  (...I am particularly fond of the latter two.)  I think it's a sign of growing up when I am no longer cowering in fear at the thought of these new things.


And yes, I am listening to Bob Dylan right now.