Changes

First you should know that this is Paige speaking. No need for Amber to be held accountable for my random ramblings...We move in on Wednesday. I am excited but I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous.  Perhaps is it silly of me because I won't be very far but as time progresses the pit in my stomach is ever more present. It isn't the distance that worries me I am still close to home. It isn't even the stress of fitting all my belongings into a tiny dorm room. No, this is a result of the changes big and small that have happened or are soon to happen in my life.  I will no longer wake up to a chore list carefully prepared by my mom every Saturday or need to hide my favorite hair product from my sister. These are funny things to miss but if I inherited anything from my father it is the love of tradition and all things familiar.  Some of my best friends have already started their new lives in Minnesota and Logan. While I know we will forever be friends we will each meet new people who will hang out with us every weekend and eventually learn all of our pet peeves and favorite things. Even though these changes may be hard to deal with I wouldn't have it any other way. The new places, responsibilities, and experiences will help us to mature and become the people we need to be.
A short list of some things I will miss..

• watching movies on Sunday nights with the family
• my bed
• two closets and a dresser
• being within walking distance from Chelsea's house
• mom's cooking
• waking up to Tanner playing the drums
• the Draper temple
• familiar roads (with no sense of direction I am sure it will take me forever to master even the simple streets of Provo)
• listening to whatever music I want as loud as I want right when I wake up
• Frogurt (though I am sure it won't take long to find a replacement)
• taking LONG showers without wearing flip flops
• Staying up way too late talking to Kels while she writes Ryan
• Taffy and Belle
• knowing that dad is waiting up for me to come home every night