Man! Here I am, and my trip is coming up right around the corner! AWWWWWW!!! Geez! I don't think I can wait another day! I honestly can't even believe this is really happening and its here and I am GOING BACK EAST!!! Geez! Okay, so if you all must know, I am going back east for three weeks, with the school, a.k.a, BYU-Idaho, starting August 1st! I get to go on this trip with one of my greatest friends, Mckenzie Leonardson! Which makes it ALL the better! :) We are taking classes along with the trip, so we are gaining credits and are required to work and learn even more about the sites we are seeing! Oh my word, I am sooooooo excited! Let me tell you all the back story about this. Last semester, I was in my American Foundation class when we had a guest speaker come in, Brother Pulsipher. He had come to talk to us about this opportunity to go back east for three weeks and it was a steal deal! I had to know more! So, I signed up on a list to know more about it. $3000 for tour fees, airfare, hotels, two meals a day, then plus tuition for classes and spending money. That was a crazy insane good price for this trip, but I didn't see a way that I could go. But, I felt like it was an opportunity of a lifetime and I felt like if I didn't do it now, I wouldn't ever get around to it. So, I put down a deposit and called my mom. We talked about how if I came up with half of the money my mom would pay the other half. I mean, that was almost $2000 when we added it up! I had two semesters to come up with the money and I was just waiting and saving! After a couple of months of trying to find a job and juggle really hard classes, I finally just said, to heck with this! I just can't handle a job on top of these difficult classes, and I still need money for food and what not. I then went to my finances to drop my deposit, when.... you'll never guess..... A $3000 SCHOLARSHIP!! Say WHAAAAA!!!??? I then just sat there. ASTONISHED! DUMBFOUNDED! Any other synonyms for I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! It was just too perfect, too good to be true! How in the world does something so miraculous happen to me?! I cried for a little bit, as I opened the email that stated, "Sorry we got this scholarship out late. You get $1500 a semester and congratulations!" If I would have gotten that scholarship at the beginning of the semester.... It would have been gone not fully but it wouldn't have been conveniently there when I needed it! What a tender mercy! So, I called my mom and we both cried a little bit and were both just amazed! I guess I am supposed to go on this trip this summer! Then I thought about it.... A year from now, who knows where I will be. I could either be saving up for my mission, or getting married! WEIRD!!!! Hahaha! Sometimes its still hard to believe that I am getting to that age! I just can't even see myself being old enough to do any of these things! Haha! Well, I am going to try and post every day and keep you all updated on my trip and adventures :) There is going to be a lot and I can't wait any longer! :) Here is a list of places that I am going, just as a heads up,
- Washington D.C.
- Lexington and Concord
- New York City, Manhattan
- Nauvoo, Independence
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
I am soooooo excited! :) I can't wait and I will try to keep you all updated! :)
Signing out enthusiastically,
Tauni Ackerman
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