World Traveler: A second apartment (the church!)

(5/6ths tonight!!)

T5B: 1) I eventually got home from church. 2) I got to talk to Jerod and Dre today. 3) I got to skype with my parents and Anjo & JT. 4) I had a yummy dinner. 5) I put my laundry away.

basal temp: 36.23

Morning:
- didn't sleep so well :/ ~ 73%
- got ready for church
- messaged Jerod and Dre
- left early so that we could pick up another person
- took my comp to church (since we were early), did some updates
- no translator for me so I didn't catch much of sacrament meeting :/
- RS was good - we talked about Heavenly Father and his attributes :)

Notes: --

Afternoon:
- I declined to be in a picture because I felt really crappy
- everyone was gone forever and choir got started REALLY late - then only 6 people showed up
- we practiced
- my hometeachers visited with me and I shared a message with them (they weren't really prepared - but that's ok :>)
- skyped my parents and got to talk to my Papa for quite a bit :)
- messaged Jerod
- finally got home

Notes: The lady who give me a ride is now the RS pres so she has to stay at church for a while. I was there almost 8 hours. :/ Yeesh.

Evening:
- made myself food! (I was starving) -- spam mac & cheese (essentially) - it was good!
- watched some Cowboy Bebop
- messaged Jerod
- felt sick (most of the day plus a migraine :c)
- killed a spider on the wall by my bed :/ At least it's dead but COME ON!!
- put away my laundry

Notes: I forgot to mention yesterday I accidentally spilled a pot of boiling water on my hand and foot. My foot was protected by a sock, thank goodness, but my hand throbbed for a while. Looks ok now! Hope you all are being less clumsy than me! XOXO, A

blast from the past: This story isn't so much funny as a comedy of errors. When I first met Jerod (we met on an internet dating site), I was reticent to make the 45 minute drive to where he lived. It felt really far and thus unsafe. He was very kind about it. He said he would take buses down and at first we arranged for that but I chickened out and called it off. He was very sweet about my fears and patient. In any case, I finally settled on a day and printed out directions from google maps. He'd told me he lived with his brother and I got it in my mind that his brother was married and had a wife and kids and a house. Anyway, google maps SUCKS but luckily I'm good with directions. I found where the address SHOULD have been and it was an apartment building! I was confused and thought I was at the wrong place. So I called Jerod. He didn't pick up. I was supposed to call when I got there and we had also arranged on a time.. aaaaand nothing. I felt sick to my stomach and really confused. Did he send me on a wild goose chase? Was he standing me up? He had been so sweet up until that point... So I decided to stick it out. I had my mp3 player with me. I got it out, turned it on and started to sing in my car and watch my rearview and sideview mirrors. About thirty minutes later I see this VERY handsome guy rush behind me (I saw him in my sideview mirror). I turned my head but he was already gone. I thought it had looked like him. Sure enough a few minutes later he called me panicked, "Did you leave already? Are you still here?" I told him I was outside and that I thought I had just seen him. "Red hat?" "Ya that was me!" Come to find out: his phone died, he missed the bus, and he got a flat tire on his bike. The universe conspired against us but we needed each other so we found a way. Even now, we've found another way aroud the brambles and thickets of trial and pride. :)