my life plans

i'm turning [twenty-five] in a month and a couple days.

at a younger age the picture in my head of what i'd be like when i reached 25 kind of involved this...

get married at 21, 22 tops, right here (salt lake temple)

to one of these (a country boy)

in humble apt beginnings while he and i finish our Bachelors:

then graduate and live in a cute little country house like this for awhile

and by 25, yeah, i'd for sure have two cute boys.

and VIOLA! i would be a happy wife, mom, and woman!

it wasn't too unrealistic right!? i mean all of my married friends right now are living my plan, or something comparably close to it.

well, then i recently heard this quote:

[if you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.]

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so little 14 year old, planner Brittany, lets pull out that check list you had back in 2000...

graduate high school with a outstanding GPA

go to BYU

meet mr. right

have a romantic, perfect engagement with mr right

graduate college with mr right

get married in the salt lake city temple

become a teacher

have 8 kids (names already chosen)

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time to fast forward to a 2011 reality check.

graduated high school with an average GPA

rejected from BYU

2006 enter BYU-I

graduate 2010

oh wait, graduate again in 2011

graduate unmarried, twice

have 900 kids! of which none belong to me

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ok, ok so looks like my future didn't go exactly how i had planned.

BUT THAT'S OKAY!

because i still tried my very hardest in high school.

BYU-I became the love of my lifetime.

even though i didn't graduate with a husband i enjoyed a great dating life.

graduating twice was, well, kinda cool.

and having 900 kids will help me better prepare for my own (:

(side note: did i really want EIGHT kids?? heavens no! i only want 5 now. but the names i've chosen have pretty much stayed the same, however after dating i've learned that the boys too like a say in the names, and not every boy likes the names i have planned... but i still want my little country boy!)

and if convincing myself isn't helpful enough then hearing Elder Uchtdorf's amazing talk this week, "Forget Me Not" sure will!

it came at such a great time in my 'planning my life' days.

i will post the link as soon as it is up on LDS.org

so i decided i will plan for things that ARE in my control.

so i made 3 goals for before i turn 25:

very simple.

but hey, this IS simply brittany.

1] do the [SPLITS]. i used to be able to do them, and when i took my ballet class earlier this year i was an inch away! time to crank out the daily stretches, wall presses, and what not!

2] workout 5 days a week. lose [8 lbs]. ever since i've left BYU-I i don't have a free gym to attend or any stadium stairs to run so it has been HARD! but i bought a work out video and some weights and now i have a goal!

3] most importantly [read and pray EVERY day]! pray morning and night, and read 6 pgs a day (i'm trying to meet my finish the BOM by the end of the year goal as well).

these are 3 great goals i can control and i think this will be a good month!

so i can end my 24th year on a nice BOOM! (:

so you can expect to see a blog entry a monthish from now on my birthday, [november 2] of how it all went!