Random and miscellaneous updates.
Well I haven't updated in a bit because I've been busy copying and pasting ALL of the last two and a half years worth of LJ entries into a word document to save them. My mom warned me to do this probably last year at least and I so should've. lol. Would've been much easier to just maintain rather than building up this much more that I need to save. I've also gone back and updated on a few things that have been going on that I forgot to mention when they first happened, but now they are backdated entries so as to be under the approximately correct dates they occured. They're just within the last couple of months though so if anyone is interested, just go back a few pages or so. On the upside though it's been interesting skimming through all of my old journals and being reminded of some things. I especially enjoyed the journals from WA around EFY and seeing what I want to get back to and how I was. It was also...interesting...to read some of the journals from last year dealing with Joe. I think it was good to re-read some of those journals in light of what we are going through now. It made me realize some things which I will not mention at this point but maybe later at a more fitting time. Anyway, now onto the real updates rather than my excuses for not updating.
First off, I have a calling! I now work in the nursery. This is sort of old news- I was set apart in late March I believe but obviously I haven't remembered to update on it yet. So now that Institute is over I have this calling and I am still a missionary at the cannery. So I'm still getting some church interaction lol. It has been a motivation to go to church a lot more. I mean- a couple times a month rather than none, so we're still better off. We'll work on improving that as the year goes on ;-) It's good though- the kids that cry don't really bother me because I hear it so often at home anyway and most of the time they just play happily with each other. So yeah. Good times.
Second...oh well this is sort of blah news...not great but I guess isn't the end of the world. Recently my mom said that she doesn't think she will ever want me to drive the suburban after what happened with the van. I've been asking when my dad would take me practicing in it even in just a parking lot so that I could get back on the horse and so yeah...now she tells me this. However she did say that they would be willing to pay the $20 to extend my permit an additional 6 months. It seems that that leaves with the options of a) getting a job and saving up for a used car and paying my portion of the insurance for it and then hopefully having enough time to practice in that and get my license which is great in the fact that I'd much rather drive a regular car than a suburban anyway and I need a used car anyway so that I can get myself around, easier to go to school in, be more independant etc. This would all need to be done by I think the end of February next year if my parents extend it for me. b) if I don't do all that in time...get the car after I have a job and the same thing only in addition to that before I can practice- save up and completely retake drivers ed and/or whatever they would require by that point for me. So I have a couple options and even though I'm not thrilled with the above...I would much rather practice in a smaller used car than a huge suburban. It'll just take longer with the whole job, needing to save, etc.
Suprisingly, I think that's all I needed to update on. Soo...I need to get busy doing some other stuff I spose. Love, Moi.
First off, I have a calling! I now work in the nursery. This is sort of old news- I was set apart in late March I believe but obviously I haven't remembered to update on it yet. So now that Institute is over I have this calling and I am still a missionary at the cannery. So I'm still getting some church interaction lol. It has been a motivation to go to church a lot more. I mean- a couple times a month rather than none, so we're still better off. We'll work on improving that as the year goes on ;-) It's good though- the kids that cry don't really bother me because I hear it so often at home anyway and most of the time they just play happily with each other. So yeah. Good times.
Second...oh well this is sort of blah news...not great but I guess isn't the end of the world. Recently my mom said that she doesn't think she will ever want me to drive the suburban after what happened with the van. I've been asking when my dad would take me practicing in it even in just a parking lot so that I could get back on the horse and so yeah...now she tells me this. However she did say that they would be willing to pay the $20 to extend my permit an additional 6 months. It seems that that leaves with the options of a) getting a job and saving up for a used car and paying my portion of the insurance for it and then hopefully having enough time to practice in that and get my license which is great in the fact that I'd much rather drive a regular car than a suburban anyway and I need a used car anyway so that I can get myself around, easier to go to school in, be more independant etc. This would all need to be done by I think the end of February next year if my parents extend it for me. b) if I don't do all that in time...get the car after I have a job and the same thing only in addition to that before I can practice- save up and completely retake drivers ed and/or whatever they would require by that point for me. So I have a couple options and even though I'm not thrilled with the above...I would much rather practice in a smaller used car than a huge suburban. It'll just take longer with the whole job, needing to save, etc.
Suprisingly, I think that's all I needed to update on. Soo...I need to get busy doing some other stuff I spose. Love, Moi.