A little over 6 years ago I was on my mission in Madrid. I was transferred to new area at the same time as another elder. I remember asking him if was really from Hawaii, since he was so tall and blonde. We ended up serving together in the same district for nearly seven and a half months and had a lot of good times together. He was actually nice to the sisters and a hard worker, without being too zealous and overbearing. I knew he was going home just a month before me and planning on being an English major when he got back to BYU. When I was transferred out of that area, we exchanged emails and addresses and promised to get back in touch some day, like I did with a lot of other missionaries. I got home in January and started trying to contact some of the people I'd been friends with back in the mission. I emailed this particular elder and found out that he had gone to the computer lab that very day in order to email me. We started emailing each other and talked on the phone a few t...
Now that she is in school Monday through Friday, S-Boogie is learning about the concept of a "weekend". It's been nice lately that neither Mr. Fob or I have to work on the weekends, so we've been trying to get out and have some fun as a family. Yesterday we drove out to a pumpkin patch over in the Snoqualmie valley. The scenery was worth the long drive. Although it had been rainy and cloudy, the autumn leaves looked gorgeous with the misty clouds over them. The skies were clear during our time at the farm, though it started pouring as we drove away. We did go to the outlet mall because we've been trying to find some good pieces for S-Boogie's Halloween costume. I seriously doubted that we'd be able to find her a blue shirt and red skirt; it can be hard to find basic kids clothes like that. But we actually found a shirt in the perfect shade of blue as well as an adorable red velvet skirt that will work for Supergirl. With a new cream-colored sweater it also makes a great holiday-type church outfit. We also got S-Boogie a set of Dora rings from the Claire's outlet so she'll stop putting rubber bands on her fingers (The other day I thought she'd covered her finger in purple ink. No, it was just turning black from the lack of circulation.) According to S-Boogie the best part of the trip was when she put two quarters in one of those kiddie rides outside the store. It was shaped like a giant apple with Lowly Worm in it. I'm glad we drove an hour away just for that. Before we headed up to the outlet mall my parents called and ordered me to go to Eddie Bauer to buy myself a new sweater. So I did. They were having a big sale and the exact one I wanted was nowhere to be seen, but I still got a cozy, dark brown cardigan that fits nicely and keeps me warm. I think I like Saturdays.
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I do have new clothes, actually. Pants only, but thank you for noticing.
(ps: why no explosions?)
Good job knuckling down and doing something nice for yourself, everybody needs that now and then