Well Good mornin’ to yeh.
(In what sounds like an Irish accent) That was me attempting to do a
really terrible Scottish accent. That
was really bad.
So mom, just thought I’d check in, the pancakes were pretty
good. It does feel like I’m eating sugar
by the spoonful, and so I don’t know how I feel about that, especially since I
literally just talked about how I’ve lost some weight and how I was really excited
about that. Ok, this one’s a lot better, I think the last one wasn’t cooked too
well. This one everything is cooked in
it, it definitely tastes a lot better.
(Companion mumbles something) (Nick responds to companion) - May the Lord
Bless you and keep you. Extra cool points if you can tell me where that song is
from.
You know the other day you were telling me about Madison and
Zach and all the things they are doing in school and everything and I just
really think it’s so cool that I have siblings that are, not only just find out
who they are, but I can relate to them more.
Zach, I can actually relate to him a little bit. Well, we could always relate to some degree,
but I just feel like we didn’t have a really close relationship back when I was
home. It’s something I’ve just always
wanted to really develop more. Cause I
love that kid. He’s an awesome brother.
Oh, so I’m still going back and forth on the decision to
have dogs some day. (Big sigh) I keep
telling myself I’m not going to and then like I’d go visit the Cheatham’s, and
oh, Vector, he’s just so adorable. And so nice, and never barks.
Hypoallergenic, doesn’t shed. They said
it was the easiest dog to ever potty train.
But, I don’t know? I definitely don’t want a cat, that’s been decided
already. Cats hurt too much plus I
sneeze too much and my eyes hurt too much.
Of course I keep talking about all of this like I get a say. We’ll see what happens.
We were listening to Hank Smith the other day and he brings
up an interesting point that in his talk he’s talking about how him and his
wife are fighting, and it “was one of our Grand Fights” he says. We were fighting over a microwave. We moved into this new house, and he starts
getting out the microwave and his wife says “oh we’ll have to get a new
microwave” and he says “Why? It works perfectly fine.” To which his wife
replies, “Well it doesn’t match.” And he’s thinking Match? Like, it works, what
do you mean it doesn’t match? And so she takes him around, very carefully, and
starts showing off the appliances. She shows him the stove and says “What color
is it?” And he says “Well it’s” oh crap, I can’t remember, it’s that nice like silvery
color, stainless steel! “It’s stainless steel.” And she says very good, now
what’s the dishwasher, and he says “Stainless steel” and she goes off and
everything is stainless steel, and then she goes, “Now what color is the
microwave?” and he says “White.” And she says “See? Now you understand why we
have to get a different microwave. And
so he said they fought about this for awhile, and he said that microwave must
have come in and out of the box 800 times.
He said he came home one day to find it duct taped in a box in the
garage, and so he got it out, and used it.
But he said like all great arguments, she wanted a new microwave, I
didn’t, so we compromised and we got a new microwave. He then gave the example of, which is what
got me on this tangent, of “My wife loves cats, I hate cats, so we compromised,
and now we have three cats.” So, there’s that.
Oh, so we were in Boulder the other day, and while Boulder
was wonderful, love it. Beautiful. The house we live in is beautiful. The house we live in, the water pump or
something is broken. And so we only get
maybe 3-5 minutes of water before we have to reset the system. And so, in essence, we were camping for a
couple of days. Obviously we got enough
to wash our hair, and quickly freshen up, but today, being able to take a nice,
beautiful 10 minute shower, was just so wonderful. I love that feeling. I was so, so happy. Almost as happy as Toshi the dog that we live
with who, (I’m definitely not going to get one like Toshi) but she’s been,
apparently my watch has been reflecting light while I’ve been eating the
pancakes, and she’s been going berserk. Just like trying to catch the light. She looks so happy doing it. And that’s how I
felt when I took a nice wonderful shower this morning.
Let me think, what else?
I’m getting a hair cut today, it’s going to be great. Hair is getting a
little long. Oh yeah, definitely getting
a hair cut today. At some point we’ve
got to go put in Standards of Excellence and all the key indicator
numbers. Umm, I don’t know. Today I think is going to be a relaxing
day. I don’t think we will be playing
podball too much. Sister Wadsworth says
that if it starts to get competitive, then we were to all immediately stop
playing, and take a break, and go do something relaxing to calm down. Oh, bless her heart. So, I don’t know how much of that we will be
doing today. Elder Shumway is a really sportsy
guy so he’s a little saddened by that.
I’m totally fine going and finding something to do.
Oh! So, I think I’ll get your thoughts on this, cause I’m
really excited. But we got a call the
other day, asking to help out on May 20th, which means I might not
even be in Helena, that’s in 3 ½ months so if I stay, I think 2 more transfers,
so I mean that would be 3 transfers in an area, that wouldn’t be too
unbelievable. That’s how long I was in
both Greybull and Powell. But they asked
the missionaries, every year they’ve done this for the last 15 years, to help
out at a race. Some race for cancer, or
something like that. And one of the options is to do a 3k. And I’m thinking
that I might be able to do that. If I
work really, really hard, be very, very gentle with my knees, and get them up
to maybe that par, I might be able to run again and do a 3k! I’m really, really
hoping I can. I’ve missed running so
much. I was talking to some people the
other day…
Oh! So one thing I’d
like to look into, I’ve come up with so many things I want to look into after
my mission, but I was talking to someone the other day and he’s someone who
works in a control tower. And he’s
telling me about his job, and it just sounded really, really cool. It’s something I might want to look into. I
know I was, I don’t know, I’ve had a couple of different things, and I know I
don’t need to worry about that right now, and I’m not, it’s just some random
thoughts. I remember being so dead set
that I was going to find a way to make being a lighting designer work, but I
think it will be a hobby. I can’t really
think of a way that that would work, I wouldn’t want to be away from my
family. I don’t want to do anything that
takes me away from my family. That is
the one thing that I’ve learned. The one
thing I’m sure about. And probably I
don’t want to go into anything with English.
That’s one of the other things. (laughs) Or chemistry. English or
Chemistry are the two things I don’t want to go into. But yeah, that’s about it.
The pancakes were pretty good, the batch made five of them,
I’ve eaten 3 and I’m stuffed. And my companion is stuffed, so I will find
something to do with these two pancakes.
And I’ve got to clean up. Man
that’s definitely part of growing up, dishes don’t magically clean themselves.
(laughs) Yeah. Laundry doesn’t get
folded. By itself. Things I’m glad that
you made us learn how to do, and do, but I definitely still took advantage of
when I was living back home. Buying
soap. I don’t even have to pay any taxes
or any bills yet. That’ll be fun.
But yeah, “Things are going good”. (laughs)
I hope you guys really enjoy these, I know you keep telling
me that you do, and I enjoy making them for a little bit, and like come
whatever minute I’m on right now, so I think I’m going to stop, at like minute
8, especially when I start running out of things to say, and I’m like rambling,
I hope you find it okay.
But I love you guys a lot!
I hope you have a great day. I
hope to talk to you more. And I can’t wait to see all that’s in store for us
this week.
Yeah! That’s about it, Love you guys, bye! (whistling Star Wars as he finds the off button)
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