Happiness is a journey, not a destination...

The Festival of Colors at the Krishna temple. Ben and his new scooter. Draper Temple open house. Random trip to WalMart.

I finally got the Valentine pictures! I think they're really cute!

Life is treating me very well. There are bumps in the road, but I feel very happy. I have amazing friends, and a particularly amazing boyfriend. I am going to a great University and gaining a lot of knowledge. I've gained control of my life financially, for now. Things are going pretty well. There have been a few issues among my friends, but I have faith that we will persevere. I just wanted to write this short blog saying that I am happy, and I want to spread this happiness as far as it can reach. :)

Sometimes things have a way of falling into place. The past few weeks I've been stressing a lot about money. My tuition is due on the the first of March, and I hadn't received a grant. I started the process for a loan, but it was taking a long time and I was getting worried that I wouldn't get it in time. Last Friday I was checking my financial center on BYU's website. I was shocked to find a pell grant. It was enough to pay for my tuition and give me a little extra to get some stuff I've been needing. I was amazed that things suddenly worked out. That among other things (ie: scheduling conficts, impending deadlines that I wasn't prepared for, matters among friends) just suddenly worked out. Everything fell into place. I'm contunuily amazed by the love of my Heavenly Father and his awarness of my life. I went to the Draper Temple open house and it was amazing. The spirit was so strong and I knew that my Heavenly Father was watching out for me. I know that He's happy with the way I'm leading my life, and He's helping the little things work out.

The weekend at my Grandma's was amazing! Ben and I got to talk a lot about things that we really needed to talk about. We got to know each other in a different way. It was a lot of fun to spend time with him and my brothers. For Valentine's he got me a big teddy bear and a rose. :) I woke up that morning and found them in my room. For our date, we got dressed up and went to Olive Garden for dinner. He looked so great, and I loved the dress that I finally picked (after several maybes and one that I actually bought and returned)! I don't have the pictures yet, but as soon as my Grandma sends them, I'll post them.
Yesterday I started feeling like I was getting sick. I hurt all over and I was extremely tired. I had to miss dance lab, which I was really looking forward to. I went home and Ben sat with me and watched a movie (it's nice to have a boy take care of you when you're sick) and at 10 I took Nyquil. By 10:15, I couldn't feel a thing. :) I slept like a baby for 10 hours! It was amazing. Brie, my room mate, says that I was entertaining... I wonder what she did... Today I feel a little better. I felt rested when I first woke up, but as the day is going on I can feel my body getting really tired. Also, my throat began to hurt this morning and my stomach is a bit upset. Hopefully this won't get too much worse... I've got midterms coming up and I can't miss school or work...

I'm am so excited to have a Valentine. Ben and I are going to my Grandparents house for the weekend. We're dressing up for dinner and going out because he knows that I like to over-dress. :) On a side note, we went to his house a while ago to hang out and Caiti (his youngest sister) fell asleep while I was holding her. We decided to sit and watch a movie and once we did, Cami (the second to youngest child) came to me and said that she wanted to cuddle with me. So I passed the baby to Ben and held Cami. It was a cute experience.
Have I told you how beautiful my friends are? I was just thinking about it, and I am so grateful for my friends and I think they are beautiful. :) I love you all! (I know I have so many more friends than this, but it would take a lot of space to put you all. Know that I love you!)

Life can be monotonous. But it's not boring necessarily. I don't really have much to update simply because life has continued much the same as it was the last time I blogged. Ben and I have been together for a month. Things are still going really well for us. We're both extremely happy.
I'm loving living on campus, but I miss the 8th ward. I went with them last week for an activity at the ice rink. It was a lot of fun.
I'm approaching the first round of midterms and I think things will go well. The only one that I'm a bit concerned about is Astronomy because I added the class late.
Well, I suppose that's all. I hope that I can continue to keep this blog updated even though things are monotonous.