I Can't Believe It

When I finished my last paper on Friday night after work, something I should have realized but that shouldn't have surprised me so much hit me: I only have three semesters left at ASU before I graduate. It's completely nuts; I still feel like I just started my freshman year. Thinking back on the last couple years, I can't believe how much my life has changed. For a time, I quit working out and gained a lot of weight. Recently, I changed this and through dieting and exercise lost 30 pounds in four weeks. I used to hang out with all my old high school friends: Aubs, Amy, Austin, Ryan, Maya, Nicole, Londynn, Boaty, Anissa, Daniel, Jordan, and too many other great people to mention. Now, I only see a few of my close friends; I am truly thankful to have kept in contact with them, but I miss seeing everybody else and the adventures we had. I was a barely 18 year old kid, just starting out in the world with no clear-cut plan, hoping to just luck out through life by either finding a diamond mine or discovering the largest oil line ever in North America (neither has happened, unfortunately). Now, I'm talking to people about my plans for two years, five years, ten years from now... it's crazy!

Don't let this post confuse you. For the first time in a very long time, I'm truly happy and, incredibly, somewhat content with how I'm living my life and where it's going. I have amazing friends that I've known forever, and recently have been talking to friends I've made in the last few years but lost contact with. Things honestly couldn't be better for me, and I'm so incredibly thankful for it. As I sit here writing this, the only thing I could think about is a song that Keith Urban sings... "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me?"