Change of Plans

So there has been a slight change of plans in my life.  I am going to be taking a year off before grad school.  This decision was made because of my stupidity and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.  Let me explain... So I was planning on taking the GRE in december after Thanksgiving, giving me enough time to study and be ready for the test.  Me being the not so common sense smart person that I am didn't make the connection that I needed to take the test BEFORE I was suppose to apply to the schools (First due date for schools I was applying to is November 1st). SO..... having not studied for the GRE enough and now realizing that I would have to take it the first day available made me realize this is probably not the way I should be doing things.  After many phone calls to my mom... who probably was thinking "make a decision already!!"... we came to the conclusion that I should just work, study, and apply next fall to be admitted (hopefully) for fall of 2012.


This is all really hard for me to come to terms with because I just want to keep going with my life and progress all the time.  Also, as most people know I don't do well with change at all, my mom can attest to that.  Well I am really not as stupid as this mistake portrays so I hope no one thinks less of me! haha.

Well being my senior year at BYU I am finally realizing I have a small, small place in my heart for provo but I am so ready to get out of here! haha.  I am truly ready to start building up my own place and moving on with my life.  I am thinking about moving to North Carolina when I finish school and to try and gain residency there so I have a better chance of getting into UNC and having cheeper tuition :)  Also, I have always really like it down there so I think it would be a great experience.  Not that I don't want to live at home and have most of the food and all of the rent and utilities paid for... but I just think that I need to be on my own and establish myself somewhere.


Well I know I don't write on a blog a lot and I am trying to decide which one to use... too many options and indecisive amanda = not a good thing.  So I probably will use this one because I feel like I have more options that I like so I will keep everyone posted :)  Also, I will add posts from my other blogs to keep it all in one place.  So once I start to figure out how to use this I will update it more often :)