Well it's my last week (or rather half a week) in Vegas. I leave to go back to Provo on Wednesday. My mom and I staid at my grandma's house in Lompoc, California for two weeks. It was beautiful there. I went running all the time, even in the middle of the day, and didn't have to worry about the heat. I am no longer training for a triathlon, I am training for a half marathon, and I managed to run 7 miles, so about half way to my goal. My family and I then spent a week in San Diego. That was a blast. We visited Old Town the first day. The second day we rented and rode bikes to the Aquarium at Scripp's and my sister and I splashed in the ocean that night. Wednesday we went to Sea World. Thursday we went kayaking and snorkeling, and that evening my family and I went to the San Diego Temple. And then Friday we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was such a fun vacation. We were all very disappointed to come home to hot and ugly Vegas.
And now the summer is already over and I'm about to start school again. I am very excited to go back, but I am also kind of weary of how busy I know I will be. I am taking 16 and a half credits, and I will be starting a job with BYU Catering, I want to keep exercising and training for the half marathon, and I would still like to have a social life.
Coming home has been good for me. I really did learn more about myself just by coming home. I'm starting to realize the effect I have on people, and how I can influence people to do good. So many people need me in their lives I'm realizing. I realize that there were people in my life that fell away, that made wrong choices, and I never said anything because I didn't want to hurt their feelings. But now they are gone from my life. I could have said something to them, and I probably wouldn't have really changed them, but I could have set them thinking in the right direction. I don't know if that really makes any sense to any one else, but I guess I've just never really thought about how much I affect people, or how much I could affect people if I opened my mouth more.
I need to be a role model for my siblings, but also for my cousins, and the younger girls in our ward. I know that my coming home for the summer has been a blessing to my mom, that it really helped her. I love my family so much, and I am so glad that I got to spend the summer with them. And now I am going to go spend some time with my mom, since this is my last Sunday at home with her.
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