I have been blessed

♫ I have been blessed ♫

And I feel like I’ve found my way

I thank God for all I’ve been given

At the end of every day

I have been blessed

With so much more than I deserve

To be here with the ones

That love me

To love them so much it hurts

I have been blessed

This chorus is seriously how I feel right now about my life. I have so much going on in my life and I should be feeling stressed out but instead I feel incredibly blessed. Let me explain.

In October, I got the feeling that it was probably time to move out of the Orem YSA 32 ward. I had this thought before, though after ponder and prayer I got the answer that I needed to stay a while longer. This time that the feeling came, my answer was confirmed that I needed to move.

The very night that I decided to move out I set up 5 appointments to look at apartments in Provo. I looked at one duplex that night and ended up deciding to move there since it was a great place. Perfect location, my own room, laundry a few feet away from my bedroom, a piano, lots of room and all at a fantastic price.

I bought a contract from a girl who was getting married though at the time she didn’t have a place to move into yet. The estimated move in date I was given was 5 weeks after my other apartment ended so I ended up being technically homeless.

Luckily for me, I have great friends that let me sleep over or offered to. I was able to move in after just 2 weeks of living out of my car. While I miss my old ward and roommates but this place has been fantastic.

In August I had the wonderful experience of being able to go through the temple. Mom and Dad got to come out and go with me along with other friends who could go. It was a great experience and I have loved every time I’ve gone since.

Soon after that, I got to go with Maddie to get hers before her mission and Lauren and Krista for theirs before they got married. Being able to be there for my friends in their special moments was an experience I wouldn’t trade for the world.

On Friday the 17^th, I had an interview for an internship at KSL news and while I was there they gave it to me! They have me doing a hybrid of social media for them and writing. I started on Tuesday and it has been fantastic so far. I go up there in Salt Lake Mondays through Fridays in the evenings. I decided to take the FrontRunner train rather than drive so that I don’t have to deal with gas money, traffic and possibly driving drowsy since I get out late. They gave me a pass for the train and I have been able to do homework during my commute, which is really helpful.

Now that I have this internship, my life is extremely busy. With the internship and the school paper, I now have 18 credits. Depending on the day, I leave my place at 8:30 or 11. I go to my classes and work in the dean’s office and Salt Lake then I don’t get home from the train until about 1am. It is quite a long day but I have managed this week and I m confident that I can handle it all.

For general conference in April, the Orem Institute gets to sing in the Saturday afternoon session. They are the only institute that does not need to combine with another to have enough people. There were auditions since so many people would want to join and they had to be sure that those who would be in the choir could sing.

I felt like I should audition and since they were before I even applied for the internship, I knew my schedule would allow for it. When the auditions were over, I found out that I made it into the choir. I am honored to have this opportunity to bear my testimony through song to the world.

All in all, I am so busy that my only free time is on Saturdays but I am so happy right now. I feel strongly that Heavenly Father is watching over me and guiding me through my life, making sure that I have the experiences, opportunities, challenges and everything else that I need in my life. I couldn’t ask for anything more than that.

❤ ﭢ ❤

Life is good!

Yet again, I fail at writing on here! I think about it but then I get caught up in other things and don't get around to it. Here I am to update you on my life since it has been over a year since I have updated.

In December 2012. I got my Associates of Arts. I am so glad to finally have gotten a degree. I was beginning to feel like I had been going to school for forever and had nothing to show for it.

Coming April 2015: Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a minor in Digital Media. I am so very excited to announce this to everyone. This is updated as of last week. I started writing for the UVU in February 2013 and I quickly grew to love it. I took a shot in the dark and applied for a scholarship staff position for this next school year and I made it! I am the Assistant Opinions Editor for the 2013-2014 school year. I will be regularly writing articles and helping the editor in editing the pieces and coming up with ideas for stories. I had a minor in Spanish, but I started to explore other options when I completed the Spanish courses I needed for my generals. The program at UVU caters to those students who have been immersed in the language so those of us who have not had that experience have so much more work to do. I have taken enough classes that I feel confident enough in my Spanish to continue to learn and practice on my own to get what I need done in my life with it. The journalism program suggested taking some digital media courses to be helpful in the world as a journalist. I looked up the classes that I could take and I loved them! With my previous background with working with computers, it shouldn't be too difficult. I'm excited for the courses that I will be taking for the next 4 semesters.

In November 2012, I was frustrated enough with my call center job that I decided to get a seasonal job just to remind me that I really did like my job at the call center. Well, the day after I signed employment papers with Bath and Body Works at my local mall, I found out that the call center would be closing down in just over a week. I was shocked at how blessed I had been to be able to get a new job just in time. I got to stay there after the season was over and I have now been working there for 7 months. It is often tiring since I am on my feet the entire time, but my managers are really helpful in making sure that I get the breaks I need and that I don't work too long of shifts.

This summer, I am not taking classes since non of them were available for me to take. As a result, I was pretty bored for a while. Work at Bath and Body Works slowed down and I had very little to do. I had been casually looking for a second job but I was being picky, looking for a desk job that I would be able to sit for the majority of the time. After asking many times, there was finally a position available for the job I had been wanting for a while. I am now an assistant to the assistant to the dean in the college of technology and computing on UVU campus (did you follow that? haha). Lauren had this job last summer and loved it and ever since I had hoped to be able to get in. It's just the right position for me. I answer the phone and do other tasks that my immediate supervisor needs. Now I am being productive and making money at the same time! As of now, it's not for sure if I'll be able to stay in the fall, but we are trying to make my schedule work with the schedule for the office. If I am able to keep it, I will probably only work at BBW on Friday and Saturdays since the office job is Mon-Fri 3-6 and I will be in classes.

My roommate, Valerie was in a documentary photography project this summer and for it she had several projects she needed to do. One of them was for a cause, which she asked me if I'd be the subject for. Though the class is over, she wants to continue the project. She posted the project as of now on her blog. If you want to take a look, here is the link: http://thelife200.blogspot.com/2013/06/amanda-hollman-muscular-dystrophy.html.

I should update you all in about 2 weeks. My little brothers are going to come out to Utah to visit with me for a week then I'm going to go back to Colorado for a week and spend some quality time with my family. I should have lots of stories after that adventure!

Family Search Pun

It's been a while since I've posted. Sorry! I just wanted to share this picture that I made ;-)

Have a wonderful day!!