Wow I can't believe I haven't written since I've moved down!  I thought I did, but must not have.  So I'm now moved out of my parents house and playing nanny at my aunt's.  Its fun. I have a new singles ward and school, and kind of a new life.

So the insanity has not ended. I broke down and bought the 7th season.  I couldn't really afford it, but I did it anyways.No more fun stuff for a while.  However I am pacing myself, I can only watch it while exercising on the bike. It keeps me from spending hours watching it and gets me moving, two things that I need.  Speaking of addictions.  My aunt is watching Glee...and there is a chance by the time I move out that could be a new addiction.  I hope not! One is as much as I can handle.  For you les mis fans..youtube glee and I dreamed a dream!  Beautiful!

Amish Friendship Bread was amazing.  I'd forgotten how good it was.  I get to bake some more on Thursday. My aunt and her family said it was good...I hope they were telling the truth when they said  they liked it, because its coming every ten days.  We're working on figuring out how to give it away better.  The bread sticks to the loaf pans.  Thats a problem. I'm sure we can figure it out.  

School is fun, My teachers are on such opposite ends of the spectrum its crazy. My first teacher is a mormon mom graduated from BYU, I like her she has a good sense of humor and teaches communications.  Then I go to my second class who is this guy from New York with this thick New York accent so I’m trying to decipher what he is saying, and then on top of it it’s a psychology class so he’s using all this big words that after I figure out what the word is I have to think of the meaning…in between spews on evolution which I miss most of the time because I’m still three sentences behind.  It all works out.  Then I go to my music class and its this crazy guy from Arkansas who sings opera, but is totally just into any kind of music.  Picture a big football coach sized guy with a flavor of rock in the 80s but is growing his beard out because he will play Isaiah in Lex de Azevedo’s Hosanna in December.  He is southern Baptist and totally has the personality that goes with it.  He’s nuts and entertains me, so I like him. (I always like people that entertain me)  When that is over I go to institute which is such a good feeling to walk in and just feel the spirit.  Then I go to my English class which is a lady who wears a mini skirt and sleeveless top…but doesn’t shave.  Yeah got her pegged as the vegetarian tree hugging involved in all these crazy causes type.  She seems ok. At least she seems to be growing on me the more I go to her class. Maybe she just doesn't like first days of school.  


I also had an amazing experiance on Friday.  Missionary experience!  I went to institute for Friday Forum.  They won’t have a speaker until the 10^th (bummer).  But there were free hotdogs…so I stayed. I also was trying to make friends, it gets kind of lonely not having any friends down here to hang out with.  I ended up talking to this recent convert; she was baptized about six weeks ago.  She was telling about her sister who was baptized a week before her.  Her sister has stopped going to church, saying that the members were ‘too much’.  I talked to her for a bit and by the end I was testifying that God does watch over his children he loves her and will help her come back when it’s time, his time.  Like what President says, even if they fall away, they are baptized and they can be found.  She told me that she prays for her and I shared one of my favorite scriptures 2 Nephi 33:3-4 and how just as Nephi prayed for his people, we too can know as we pray for those we love God will take those prayers and use them for the gain of who we pray for. It was really cool, we traded numbers, and I’d like to keep in contact with her she’s pretty cool.  AND THEN: as she was leaving this kid randomly comes up asks if there are different degrees of sin. I was kind of like what?  But I started talking to him and we talked about what happens after we die and then by the end we’d gone over most of the plan of salvation.  It was really cool.  He likes the plan of salvation, I tried to tell him it’s because it’s true and bore my testimony.  He declined meeting with missionaries, but it was fun to figuratively put the missionary tag back on and feel the missionary spirit.  Although I am repenting of the fact that I didn’t have an extra Book of Mormon, I’ll have to dig in my missionary stuff and pick up the one I brought home and stick it in my bookbag. I even tried to tell him to go to mormon.org.  To be honest I never thought I would have the opportunity to spontaneously do a ‘ITL’ in Utah.  I figured if I did any missionary work it would be with someone I meet in class and over the course of the semester…  It would be way cool if I could do that again.   It was neat that the Lord trusted me to be his tool, I'm sure he could have tweaked it so that the kid asked when the institute council was there, or when the teacher was coming out, but I was blessed to be a part of that.  It was really inspiring.  

I've also discovered Mormon Messages.  They came out while I was on my mission so I'm kind of late in the game... this is one of my favorite talks ever. I love Elder Worthlin.

No matter what life throws at as, learn to love the moment, there is so much to be gained from every experience.  I hope I can remember that.
  

Well I think thats plenty for tonight!  Have a good night/day/morning...whatever time you are on