I leave tomorrow! Craaaazy!

Hey all! Since we leave for Ohio tomorrow, I'm taking a few minutes to send out an email. I have no idea when my new preparation day will be. I will keep you posted. I'm crazy nervous but also super excited! We leave tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. I'm the travel leader so I have to get us there! It should be simple . . . but some of the people in my group are pretty boisterous!

Lauren asked if MTC Media has been harassing me. The answer is a resounding YES! They have been harassing me at every moment possible. There is always at least one camera on me during large meetings, if not more. In the new sisters' slide presentation they usually show a guy with steam coming out of his head (indicating that he's stressed out). Well, Media changed it to be a slide of me with steam coming out of my head! So last week I'm sitting there in new sisters' meeting and suddenly there I am, on the screen. I was soooo embarrassed! It's now hilarious, but at the time everyone looked at me and I just leaned over and tried to hide. Oh and don't worry -- they were recording my reaction! Now all the sisters call me Sister Steamhead. Tonight's devotional is the last big meeting I will have to endure! Hooray!

Another funny story: I apparently teach in my sleep. Many lessons . . . in my sleep. My roommates are really good about it! [As long as she stays IN her bed while she's teaching in her sleep. Mom.]

The other day our teacher was telling us about our first day in the field; he said we would be tracting. He said they would designate a rendez-vous time and place, then just turn us loose. I thought to myself, "So I could just go hide and then come back at the appointed time?" Small problem . . . I accidentally said it out loud. Yep, the whole class looked at me and busted up laughing. Oh well . . . they're going to find out how chicken I am sooner or later.

Companion story: Sister R. has this thing about defying everyone. She's as stubborn as heck! (We LOVE her!) However, we're trying to teach the elders in our district that they should do nice things for us, like hold the door and return our lunch trays in the cafeteria. But Sister R. likes to hold the doors & collect lunch trays before anyone else can do it. It's become a battle of wills! On Monday my will won; I held her tray to the table and asked the elders to subdue her. They just looked at me and I realized that obviously they couldn't grab her. So I quickly solved the problem. How, you might ask? I took a leaf out of Mom's book and sat on her. Then I asked Elder N. to take her tray. It was magic! Ironically Sister R. loves me even more now ... go figure!