Blessings and Stuff

As I am laying here in bed at 6:32 in the evening while all of my roommates are gone, I can't deny the fact that I am sooo incredibly blessed, despite the fact that I have a terrible cold and and have had a headache for the past four days strait, (which is why I am home alone and in bed at this time :)).  It could be the amazing weather that we've been having, it could be the fact that I get to see my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew this coming weekend, it could be the fact that I have incredible roommates who make me do things that I would never do and who keep me up way too late making awesome memories, it could be that I don't have to teach Relief Society again for 28 days... But more than likely it is all of these things.  I am soo thankful for all that I have been blessed with in my life!  I KNOW that I need to be in Rexburg right now.  Even if I don't know exactly what I'm going to do for sure after this semester, I know that what I'm doing right now is what I need to be doing.  A girl in my ward made a comment during Relief Society that I think REALLY applies to me.  She said that sometimes we pray to know what we need to do and we feel like it takes Heavenly Father a really long time to answer us.  While we may want to know exactly what we need to do really far in advance, sometimes, the Lord tests our patience, our trust and our Faith by waiting until he know we are ready to do what we need to do.  I know I have seen this sooo many times in my life.  Especially with my decision to come here to BYU-Idaho.  I know that I have told several people about this experience but I felt like I should share it again.  I prayed, fasted, and prayed some more to know where I needed to go to school and what I needed to study.  I kind of felt like Heavenly Father was ignoring me, although now I recognize that he was giving me little nudges all through out my Senior year that I ignored.  I got my acceptance letter from BYU-Idaho in November.  I was NOT expecting it that early and It really caught me off guard.  It didn't shock me that I got accepted, because really, i don't know of anyone who has been denied by BYU-Idaho, but it shocked me that I got it so early.  I really didn't want to come to BYU-I, it was just more of a back up plan.  My entire life, I had wanted to go to BYU Provo.  Maybe because all of my family went there, I don't really know.  But anyways, I was just sure I was going to get into BYU Provo.  I waited for ever to get that email from BYU Provo admissions and when it finally came in March, and it said that I was denied, I immediately felt peace.  It was the weirdest thing.  Heavenly Father knew I needed a drastic shove to come here to BYU-Idaho.  I am a really stubborn person and I don't know if I would have come here if I would have had to choose between BYU-Provo and BYU-Idaho.  Although I complain about being here A LOT, I am sooo thankful that I did come here.  I have learned some lessons that I know I could not have learned any other way and I have met some incredible people.  I am soo thankful for the fact that Heavenly Father answers prayers, exactly how we need them answered.