MAcc, CPA, CMA, CFA, CFP. What?

I don't know what I'm doing with my life.  I keep going to all of these accounting meetings, and after each one I walk out even more confused.  I am graduating with a degree in accounting and finance in less than a year, and I don't even know what accountants do.  I can sit in my accounting class and learn, go to the library and do my accounting homework, and pass my accounting tests.  It's not always easy, but I can do it.  But I have no idea what an accountant with an actual accounting job does.  

All of the accounting professors say I need to be doing internships.  I need to be in all of these clubs, I need to be networking, meeting people in all these different firms.  I need to get my Master's degree.  There is so much stuff that I am not doing, and have actually never even thought about.  

How am I supposed to go and talk to all of these people when I don't even know what an accountant does? How am I supposed to know if I even like what accountants do?  I really enjoy all of my accounting classes, but how do I find a job where I will be doing the parts of accounting that I like?  

I thought I was pretty dang cool to almost have a degree in both Accounting and Finance in less than a year, but now, I'm thinking I'm pretty dang clueless what I can even do with those.  Now I feel this desperate need to get every possible certification possible, just to cover all of my bases.  

At least that way I will probably never have to actually start working...

A New Addition

I decided my room needed to be decorated with some of my great memories.  I've had some amazing times in my life, and I'm excited to have even more so I can add to my collage!

First Day of School!

Lexi's mom told us to get some first day of school pictures.  So we did.  They're obviously really nice looking, because we didn't have a photographer, and our counter is kind of short, hence why I am crouching down to be in the picture.

I really liked my first day!  I have four classes, more than I have ever had in one day, but they all seem interesting, and I think I will really like all of my teachers.  I'm hoping for a great semester!

After this, we had to walk up the real steep hill to campus.  We're  gonna be in great shape.

We Love to See the Temple!

Lexi and I went down to Brigham City today to participate in the temple open house.  It was really nice.  It's amazing just how beautiful everything in the temple is.  One of our favorite parts were the windows, they're kind of stained-glassy.  I also loved the paintings, they're all so lovely.  There were several which included peaches, which is something Brigham City is known for.  I like how they incorporate the temples location into the design, it makes it even more special.

Also, in the evening we ran to the Logan Temple.  It was a pretty temple centered day!

Chopped Champions

We have 1:30 church, so we decided to take advantage of Alexis's potatoes and my barely used spice rack. We found a mashed potato recipe that called for a plethora of spices, and whipped up some real lovely potatoes for the dinner party we hosted.

I felt like a Chopped Champion managing all of the dishes we were preparing.  Right before the crowd arrived for dinner, we were reheating our cold potatoes in the oven.  Then we had to switch them over to the microwave because the brownies arrived.  We were boiling corn, rotating the potato dish in the microwave, making gravy, minding the brownies, making sure everything stayed hot, and decoding our stoves faded labels.  We're pros.

This is Alexis on potato duty.

The tinfoil and bowl were tag-teaming it on the hot corn mission.

I'd say dinner was a pretty grand success.  And yes, there were other people there, we just don't have any good pictures of the group.  

Mmmmm.

Welcome to Apartment 10

I'm finally back in Logan, and I am thrilled!  My mom was nice enough to help me move up and get my fabulous new room and apartment organized.  Doesn't it look great?

 I'm already pretty fond of it, and I have yet to even sleep in my bed.

Also, it's pretty awesome that my roommate is Alexis, who has been an awesome friend since kindergarten.
More on how awesome my first day back was when I get some pictures back.