So, it's that time again...finals week. And so to prolong my studying a little longer, I decided to update my blog again. I realized it has been almost 6 months since I last posted and well, a lot has happened since then. Pretty much everything that defines my life right now has happened! I am going to get totally cheesy on here for a minute (but it is my blog and I can do that) and talk about someone very important to me. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram then you probably know where this is heading and I am giving you permission to skip ahead and avoid things you have most likely repeatedly seen or read already. So there is Dakota...yeah did not see him coming haha! A lot of people ask me how we met and to keep it short we were in the same LDS stake back when I lived in TN and he lived in MS years ago. I thought he was super cute, just like all the other girls did, but he was totally infatuated with another girl. Besides, I didn't care all too much about it because I was "dating" someone else at the time. Anyways, he moved to Florida and I moved to Utah but in June he made the move out here to Orem to start attending school. He saw that I was living out here and asked if I wanted to meet up for lunch and I obliged and the rest, so far, is history. Dakota and I are now dating and loving every single second of it. We literally see each other every single day at some point, whether it's for a hour or a whole day, unless certain circumstances don't allow. (Like right now where he is in Florida for 10 days until I fly out there. It is the longest we have gone these past 6 months without seeing each other and it hasn't even been 24 hours and I have already cried. I am writing this post to help me KEEP. IT. TOGETHER.)
Now, that date where I made him fall completely head over heels for me was June 17th and today so happens to be December 17th so I guess you would say that today is our 6 month anniversary (if we aren't getting all technical)! *typical Mormon girl love rant starts now* So...Happy Six Months, Dakota! You know how to drive me up a wall and push my buttons, but you also know how to make me smile, relax and see the light at the end of the tunnel. You always encourage me to try my best and to become the person that I hope of being and you always forgive me when I make mistakes. When I am hard on myself, you always are there to give me a hug and to help me get back on my feet. I have told Dakota a few times that one thing I have learned and love about him is that he truly has the biggest and sweetest heart of any guy I have met. I even joke with him that he is too sensitive and emotional and I am the man in the relationship. But in all honesty, he would do anything for me and for anyone else he loves and cares about. The way he looks at me and how he tells me all the time that he is lucky really makes me the lucky and feel like a queen. Every girl deserves a guy like Dakota, someone who adores and respects them and wants to give them the world plus more. So thank you Dakota for all that you have taught me and done for me these last six months. *typical Mormon girl love rant ends here*
Ohhhkay. Lets see. In September I ended my job at Charlotte Russe and started a new job at H&M that just opened here in Orem. It is definitely different than CR, but I love it. I would be lying if I said that it wasn't overwhelming at first considering it is significantly different in size and you have people practically trampling over you among other things going on at once. I wanted to give up and quit, but the thing is..I didn't and I am so happy that that is the case. I work with some of the funniest people and have a lot of other benefits that I would've just thrown away. This is just another challenge that I have learned from that has strengthened me and taught me a lesson and I am so grateful for that.
I was also in school this past semester at BYU. I do not have much to say about it except for that it was extremely hard/tiring and such an emotional time for me. I know I probably say that after every semester but seriously props to those who actually make it 4+ years at BYU. It kicks butt, in both good and bad ways. Oh, and don't take Econ 110 from Kearl. Trust me.
Now it is the holiday season again, my favorite time of year, and I just want to share and express my thanks to everyone who has helped me along these past 6 months. My family, Dakota, my awesome roommates who also happen to be my best friends and just random people who smiled at me or brightened my day with kind words that were said. I seriously could not have done it without you (or I just would have lost my mind and made some stupid mistakes). I am also so grateful for my D&C teacher, Brother Anthony Sweat, who taught an amazing class this semester. He inspired me so much and helped to strengthen my testimony by bringing the Spirit into his class and saying the most amazing, beautiful things. I love my Heavenly Father and my brother Jesus Christ. If there is anything I continue to learn day by day, week by week in my life it is that they are always there. Whether we fall, stumble, break or lose our way, they still love us, want the best for us and support us. I would not be here after these past six months without them.
Merry Christmas!
-Deanna
