I'm worried this is too serious for the blog...

So, as you all know, I am a sophomore in college and I am studying pharmacy.  The administrators in the school of pharmacy have not been so nice to my class ( I did an Early Entry program, if any one has questions about this type of program, PLEASE email me at pearlsandpeeps AT gmail DOT com).  We've been lied to, had our scholarships cut, taken more classes per semester than any other class, etc.  Well, on Monday, we found out that we're graduating with our Bachelor's in Pharmaceutical Science in May 2010 (ONE YEAR!).  This sounds like a good thing, but it's not.  Why? Because we become graduate students and lose our scholarships (more than 14K a year for me) and girls in sororities are cheated out of a year because of national rules requiring graduate students to pass to alumni status.  And here's the thing, it wouldn't even bother me so much, except we still have to stay at our school's main campus for another year after we graduate instead of moving on to the medical center.  We're stuck as seniors (in age) but as graduate students (in tuition, scholarships, and sororities).  I know it will all work out in the end, but seriously, this is SO annoying to me and to a lot of other people in our class.

Oh, and in addition, I will not be able to graduate from my fabulous Honor's College because there is no way I can do research, write a thesis about it, and defend it before next May because we are being required to take a class all summer.

I know I am complaining here, but this is really not what I signed up for.  It's ok.  It will all work out, but it is just terrible to be lied to like this.

Thanks for listening!

Silly Boys!

So there's this boy (isn't that how it always is?).  I kinda like him, I know he likes me, but we're so different.  I am not even 20 years old yet, he is 28.  I am a silly, vain, and (sometimes) shallow girl.  He was in the US NAVY for 8 long years and is back in school getting a degree.  I am all about my church and my religion, he is anti-organized religion and told me he is almost agnostic (not quite sure how you can be almost agnostic, but whatever).  I don't know what to do.  We are definitely not anything yet, probably not even "talking".  But I think about him, a lot.  We chat on facebook (for HOURS).  What to do.  What to do.  So, here are my questions: 1) is 8 years too much of an age difference when you are 20 and 28?, 2) is he too damaged by his time in the Navy to appreciate my silliness and occasional (who are we kidding, they're everyday) whims?, 3) how can I deal with his agnosticism? I have promised myself I will be married in the Temple.  I don't mind waiting for that, if they man I decide to marry is converted and needs time to be Temple worthy, but I don't want to "flirt to convert" or marry the "Sunday School Project", there is enough of that going on in my ward, and it always ends sadly.

Thanks for the help!