T minus 1 month

Anyone that has had a conversation with me that lasted more than 10 minutes knows about Matt. I dated Matt for about a year and a half before his mission. We started dating right before senior year and dated up until he left for Guatemala November 19, 2008. Now it's been 23 months and 17 days since I last saw him. The other day I was thinking about all the things I wanted to do while he was gone and I started to get a little sad because I felt like I haven't done anything really worth mentioning. But after thinking for awhile I proved myself wrong.What have I done since he's been gone? Well let me tell you...

I left my teenage years

Rode a motorcycle for the first time

Went to the Grand Canyon

I had jdawgs for the first time and fell in love!

I learned to knit

I've always wanted to go to dinner at La Caille and I did

I was part of a world record: the biggest water balloon fight

I went to the Utah Copper mine for the first time

Discovered that cookie sheets make great sleds

I went to a party dressed as a Christmas tree

I went to the Killers concert

I went to the Justin Bieber concert

I went to my first demolition derby and LOVED it (yes, me and Rachel are dressed like white trash) 

I jumped into Bear Lake in the middle of the night and the dead of Winter

Got a little culture in me by attending the festival of Colors twice

Decided to be a goth girl for a day

I was a counselor for a girl's camp

I welcomed a new nephew into the world: Dean Barney

I ate a chicken heart!

I had sushi for the first time

I participated in a parade

I got a job that I actually like

I ran my first half marathon!!!!

I did some service at an orphanage in Mexico

I went to Vegas- two times

I went to New York twice and was on a billboard in Times Square!

I went to California with the fam (or part of the fam)

I lived with my sister

I hiked mt timpanogos

I threw a party that was shut down by the police (which has been a goal of mine since I moved to Provo)

I crossed something off of my bucket list: go to Carlo's Bakery in New Jersey

Made the world's largest cookie

rode a llama

Became a soccer fan

I've finished two years of school at BYU

Decided to go on a mission...?

The greatest thing I have done is strengthen my relationship with my Heavenly Father and Savior and develop a stronger testimony of this wonderful gospel

That's a pretty good list, right? There are so many more things I wanted to do and so many more things I wanted to improve on. Sometimes I don't feel like I'm good enough for him yet. But ready or not it doesn't matter because he will be home in 31 days. 744 hours. 43,640 minutes. 2,678,400 seconds. However you want to look at it.

                                                                                         I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!