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I heard back from WSU this week. The verdict is in... I am now officially a Husky-Cougar hybrid!

That's right folks, I was accepted to Washington State University's Intercollegiate College of Nursing as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing candidate. Whew... that's a mouthful. I am very happy and excited to have a plan for next year, but I don't think that it has fully hit me quite yet. Which may be a good thing, considering that I have SOOOOOOOOO many things to think about now. Not the least of which is a move to Spokane sometime in August and all of the things that that will involve. My parents and I are planning on taking a quick 2-day trip to Spokane sometime in early June to go apartment hunting. And while I am ecstatic about all of this, there is a little, tiny portion of myself wondering what in the world I have gotten myself into. I think that same part of myself is also asking how I'm gonna deal with the fact that I am now an official Cougar. They are supposed to be our arch-rivals, after all. My grandpa will be happy. He went to WSU back in the 40's(?) and although he never says it, I think that he was a little disappointed that I went to UW instead. I've pretty much decided that to fully enjoy my experience at WSU, I will embrace being a Cougar as long as it doesn't get in the way of my being a Husky. I will always be a Husky first and foremost. Thus, come Apple Cup, I will definitely be wearing purple and gold!

Anyway... on to the details. I will be leaving sometime in the middle of August for orientation and then classes start on August 20th. Now, although I am actually a WSU student, I will NOT be going to Pullman. **Repeat** I will NOT be going to Pullman. Some of you may not care. But for the people who are at all familiar with Pullman, this is something that is of utmost important for me to emphasize. The school is in Spokane, so that is where I will be. There are many unanswered questions about this still, the major one being where I will go to church. Honestly, I have no idea. I may just be listening to Portland's Sunday morning service online for a while. This is pretty much where I just have to stop thinking with my mind and using my human processing because I realized long ago that it is beyond my comprehension to fully understand what the Lord is ever really doing. I have seen His hand in every aspect of things leading up to this decision, and that gives me peace. I could write out the list, but maybe I'll just save that for a later date. Anyhow, I am excited.

Having a plan for next year also makes it way easier to be excited about my upcoming graduation from UW... in just 23 days! Lately I have been working on my homework (of which I still have quite a bit), planning things for graduation, and looking into things for next year, all while trying to enjoy my last quarter ever at UW. It's only once you no longer have something that you truly get sentimental, so I am trying to anticipate that and live my life accordingly so as to not miss anything or take anything for granted. Anyhow, I am afraid that I am going to start getting too introspective or something, which was not my goal at all, so I'll end this here. I just wanted to share the good news with all of the faithful readers of my blog.