Wow!

Geez! I'm probably the laziest blogger in the world! It's not my fault though ;-) A lot has happened since my last post... I'm MARRIED now, the fall semester has started, and that means my life has completely disappeared! It's my last semester at BSU and it's definitely bitter-sweet. I love it here and have had an amazing time and I will miss it! I LOVE school and I love learning, so I guess that means I'll have to put my Kindle to better use at home after this December :-)

As far as marriage goes... it's pretty much the same as it's always been! Haha, not much has changed, other than the fact that I have better insurance now ;-) I'm still on the fence about changing my name. It's something I struggle with to this day, and initially, I wasn't sure why. But after careful consideration, I've finally figured it out: my last name is the last physical connection I have with Daniel. I will always have my tokens he left behind (like all of his baseball trophies, which I store in my closet, next to my other precious possessions), but it's the last thing I have to show OTHERS that I was related to him. I'm so proud of my brother, and I want people to know for the rest of my life that I was related to him. So if I'm no longer a Likins, how is that possible? Ugh, it's all kind of a mess. Currently though, the fate of my "Likins" butt is still unknown!

I've been traveling a lot lately as well, which has been amazing and given me the breaks I've needed throughout this stressful semester. But I am absolutely not done!!! I'm planning to go back to Vegas in December with some girlfriends (hopefully). I've needed more and more time alone over these past few months and I know most of it is related to school. When it ends, I'm hopeful these urges to just get up and leave subside a bit! I'm also looking into going on a cruise in February or March, but we'll see!