*I remembered my first day here and this post. If you remember it wasn't such a great way to start off my next four years but at the same time I think it was a GREAT way to start off my college career.
*I remember when me and my friends would play volleyball until like 10 at night. One such occasion I tried to impress some boys and ended up twisting my ankle really bad and had to have friends carry me to my dorm and then had my sister drive out at like 10:30pm to bring me ice, and medication.
*I also remember making a cardboard rocket ship, hiking the Y, and the Creamery visits with my new found friends.
*I also will always associate the movie "Enchanted" with the night me and some friends went to the movie in the park and watched that movie.
*I will also remember when my good friend kicked me in the mouth and good friends drove me around Provo looking for a doctor and also when I had my first non-dad priesthood blessing. (Funny how a lot of these are ending in me injured.)
*I remember when two different friends came and visited me two different times in my little town of Roy and we went to museums, played mini golf, and went to the drive in.
*I remembered all the drives we took through Provo Canyon in the fall, went to Park City, and did the to the Alpine slides.
*I also got to feel the Fall Football Fever as a Student in Lavell Edwards Stadium. It's so much better as a student than as anyone else.
*I will never forget the night when BYU beat Oklahoma. Me and my friends watched it in the Varsity Theater and there was so much excitement/screaming after we won. That was an epic game/night.
*I also had my first and BEST real birthday party.
*I experienced the electrifying feeling of BYU basketball.
*I also experienced a break up that left me more broken than I thought possible. Ironically it has been exactly 5 months today since that break up. I also learned how to pick myself up every time I hurt from that, even now.
*I went and threw chalk on myself at the HOLI festival.
*I learned how to get along with roommates that I didn't like at first.
*I felt so much sadness when I had to pack everything up and leave my apartment and say goodbye to so many friends I wouldn't see for months and some for 2 years.
All of these memories are so important to me and even though some were painful or sad. I, like a photographer, have gained a perspective on my last year. I look at the whole picture of last year and I like what I see. It wasn't ideal by any means and didn't start off well but I'm happy about where I'm at. I'm content/happy with what's happened this last year. Would I go back and change things if I could? I would be lying if I said that I wouldn't but I would. I would do things differently.
*I wouldn't procrastinate homework or studying.
*I would be more open/happy/kind to those I care about.
*I would probably try to not twist my ankle or get kicked in the face but it's me and I can't help but injure myself.
*I would change my attitude towards my fall/winter roommates and been better friends from the start.
The list could go on and on. I look at my year and while some would look and say it was ugly and horrible. I look and say that it was beautiful and exciting. It was full of wonderful moments, laughter, long walks/talks, good food, and good friends. I'm grateful and I can't wait to see what my picture will look like next year. Where I will be, what I will have done etc... I guess I will just have to start forming it now the best I can and take my lessons learned and apply them. BYU is beautiful. I have seen it in all four seasons and love every single one of them. I'm blessed with wonderful friends and family that I appreciate more than ever!I'm lucky to have the life I do. Sometimes when I'm walking around campus I can't believe that I'm actually at my dream school. I think BYU is the best school out there! Most importantly it's the best school for me. I love it here and I love my life and I'm grateful my perspective on my last year is a beautiful picture!
Some pictures I took today on my walk around campus!
Nothing like a little "Come, Come Ye Saints" every hour!!!
It's like the North Star!!
The "whirly twirl!"
The Stairs of Death!! I don't walk up these everyday but I walk up ones that are just as bad maybe even worse!!
"Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but on what happens inside of you." Harold B. Lee
"Each of us will face trials and tests, and as in this simplistic example, it is how we react to those difficulties that will determine our success and happiness. Each of us will face adversity no matter where we are. We are taught in the scriptures that there “must needs be . . . an opposition in all things.” We will each face times of difficulty, and the question is not when we will face them but how we face them." -Elder James B. Martino
2 comments:
Brooke, I loved this post. The pictures of campus make me miss provo so much! You are so talented. Also, I love hearing all your first year experiences. I can't wait for the next three years!
Great post, Brooke. It was a big year with lots of ups and downs, but how nice to be on this side of it and have a little perspective. There are great years ahead, too. Enjoy the all!
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