And.....here it begins.

So, today I said my first real goodbye. It was hard to decide what to say. It was kind of surreal. It is all really happening. I just can not fathom doing this time and time again over the next week. It is pretty struggled and fairly hard to do. But, it is something I have to do.

One by one, I am going to have to give my hugs and shake hands with those who I have grown up with. It is weird to think that two years from now I will be coming back to a pretty different world than I am leaving two weeks from today. A couple of the girls I grew up with will be engaged (not for sure, but at BYU...ya know) or married. Some of the guys I thought were angelic beings will turn out to be societal failures. Some people that I thought had firm testimonies will have left the Church. My brother will be a Deacon. My sister will be going into her senior year. My mom will be in her late forties, and my dad in his late fifties. My Grandma Pearson will most likely have passed away. A couple more cousins will be married. There will be an election going on the fall after I rejoin society in all normality.

On the bright side. I will be a much stronger, more independent adult male. I will now have contributed to society. I will have an important standing in my own little piece of the world. I will have all of life ahead of me with few if any plans set in stone. I will be going into my sophomore year of college (junior if you go by # of credits...). Dating will be a for real thing. I will be discovering what I will do the rest of my life. No pressure on me?!?!

Oh well! The next two years will be life changing and that is an understatement. I am so looking forward to AZ. I am ready for heat...kind of. I am ready to teach. I am ready to learn. I am just straight up PUMPED! I want to buy my bike. I want to ride my bike. I want to go out and do something productive!

Also, I am 19 in a couple of days here if anyone was wondering.

Just a couple of thoughts to think about....