Snow Falling Gently to the Ground

It's snowing. And as I look out my bedroom window I feel a sense of overwhelming peace.
Life has been anything but peaceful lately. So it's nice to just sit here and look and watch. I forgot why I loved winter so much.
I'm a little worried...my computer is acting up right now.
Anyways.
After Tanner passed away a lot of changes have been going on in my life. I have pretty much failed at most of my goals...but I can still keep trying. But, I've been trying to get up in the mornings and read my scriptures (it hasn't happened in a couple of weeks though) instead of at night. Anyways...I have also made some other changes, but they're more personal.
So, the thing I think I learned the most from Tanner's funeral was that he lived his life to the fullest. He didn't have anything to regret...at least that I know of. So, lately as I have been making decisions, I have been able to reflect on that and make better decisions. Case in point. Next weekend is a dance at the institute. This is probably my last semester at the Ogden Institute, so I wanted to actually go to the dance as kind of a last fling kind of thing.
Somehow, I got up enough courage to ask someone to the dance (since it was girls' choice). I felt good about asking him and thought everything would be fine. Turns out he has a girlfriend...ha ha. So, I figured that adventure was done and over with. Then I went to ward prayer. My friends started bugging me about asking someone else. The person they were telling me I should ask is someone I see every day. I have actually wanted to have a chance with this young man since I saw his beautiful face. He really is (at least to me) the best looking young man I have ever met. He is such a nice guy and has been nice enough to make me smile on occaision. So, when they told me to ask him out, I finally caved. So, not only did I muster up enough guts to ask out one person, but I ended up asking out a second person. This is like a world record for me.
Anyways. He said yes and now I've been going absolutely nuts. I want nothing more than for things to go well at this dance between us. I don't know if he's looking or if he's even interested, but I'm at a point in my life where I would love nothing more than to settle down and so on. I know I need a lot of practice in the dating world....and I forgot where I was going with that thought. Anyways. I know I can't expect too much. But, I hope beyond anything that this goes well. As far as I know, he is an amazing person and I feel so honored that he would agree to going to a dance with me.
The day after the dance the Weber State Wind Ensemble flies to New York to play a concert at Carnegie Hall. We've known about this trip since this time last year. It's hard to believe that it's here. We leave in less than a week! I can't believe it. I'm not sure how I feel about it still to be honest. I've had mixed feelings since I heard about it. But, I think we'll be fine.
I'm mostly anxious for this dance. I'm so glad I have the dance to worry about to keep my mind off of how much I hate to fly.

:) I guess that's all for now.