this is the best week of my entire existence

this has been the best week of my life on so many levels.

a. i went to the temple. that puts me in the best mood immediately.

b. i went to institute.

but after institute i drove home to look on line to see that......

I'VE BEEN ACCEPTED TO BYU-PROVO!

This was a dream come true! I've been wanting to go to BYU since I came out of my mothers womb. Seriously. 

My cousin, friend and mother all knew that i was accepted before i was!

Since I was at institute, my cousin called me to say that she didn't see my name in the  "byu directory", and so to me that meant I hadn't been accepted (turns out she just spelt my name wrong when looking m up). So i started crying as I drove home. I had been expecting to get rejected this whole time, so it was bearable, but I was still disappointed. So when I came home, I told my mom not to bother to even come in the room with me to check if I had been accepted since I was expecting the rejection. So with my heart pounding, i made a few clicks on the computer, and it popped up. When I read "admitted" on the screen, my mind read it as "rejected". My heart sank, I looked again, and than I read it correctly. "ADMITTED." I almost died. I started bawling and hugging my mother so tightly I think I squeezed all the air out of her. I have never cried-screamed-hugged so much in my life as that moment. This truly is a miracle that I made it in. But I am so grateful to be attending the Harvard of the West! 

But some even greater news....

BYU called me today concerning a scholarship I filled out in the beginning of Feb. I'll spare you the details, but I almost didn't apply for it because I was certain I wasn't going to get accepted to BYU. I got home late from work, I didn't feel like doing it, I couldn't figure out where the link was to submit it, the list goes on. Yet, Lynette kept encouraging me to do it. So i busted it out in about an hour and turned it in. And rewarded myself to Pride & Prejudice afterwards. 

Little did I know how valuable that hour was spent.

I WON THE LEADERSHIP & HUMANITARIAN SCHOLARSHIP

(ie half tuition!)

sorry for gloating....but this has just been the best week of my life.

And....it keeps getting better, my camera came! 

(here are a few favorite pictures)