whew, I'm growing up

Well I have about 1 hour & 40 minutes 'til I am officially out of my teenage years. Crazy, I know. "I'm growing up so fast." Hah. ;)

Of course many of my friends have been through their 20th birthday so it's nothing too too special, but for me it kinda almost feels like a big deal. Or maybe there are just so many changes happening in my life right now that it is just making me feel older. This is the first birthday I actually feel like I grew older...

Maybe it's because I am packing up my last "childhood" room to move. It is my last because I'm sure I won't be decorating my new room in the new house all "little girly" etc since I probably won't be living in it full-time again like I did back before my college years & such.

Or maybe I feel older because many people my age have been getting married this past summer or engaged, or even having children of their own. Whew, definitely don't feel like we're old enough for all of that.

And with all of these changes, it just feels like my mindset on things are changing as well. I'm not even really sure how to explain this either. I guess I'm realizing what is really important to me and what I want my life to look like and be like.

But even as I think how much older I am weirdly feeling, I know I am still young and have hopefully another 100 years to serve my Papa God ;)

Yay for another birthday to celebrate!! I am so thankful :):)

IWU Profs :)

If there is one thing I LOVE about Indiana Wesleyan University, it would be the professors! They are amazing!! I have been so impressed with them over the past few years that I have been a student at IWU. They are alwayyyys willing to help you out. Let me give you a few examples... :)

I remember my dilemma with trying to figure out what I should study in undergrad if I wanted to continue my education studying Meteorology (the weather fyi) in grad school. My wonderful chemistry prof, Dr. Brinkman, printed out a ton of information from some research he did about studying meteorology and gave it to me one day in class. It was the coolest thing I had experienced that far.
Then you have Dr. Greene, an amazing math professor that I adore. Many people are a little scared by her because yes she is a really tough professor, but I looooove her so much. She's pretty much the reason I want to stay with the math department too hehe. When I was having a really hard time this past spring semester, she would be printing off Bible verses for me & putting them on my desk when I walk into class and was just pouring so much Truth & encouragement into me. I would walk into her office crying my eyes out & she would just hug me. Now tell me what's so scary about that? ;)
Then you have Dr. Elsberry, who I have not yet formally met, but is one of the professors in the Education department. As I am considering going back to my original major of Mathematics Education, he has been such a help. He brought up my degree audit and went through all of it to see how many more classes I need for my major and is trying to help me graduate in the next 2 years. He is also willing to go to the Record's office at school to turn in an add/drop form for me to switch out all of my classes before I even step foot on campus. That saves me a ToN of time!

I have a BILLION other stories that I could share with you, but I'll just leave you with that for now. Indiana Wesleyan has amazing professors, what more can I say? :)