Oh my goodness....I am so sick of everything...I need to come home to Michigan and see my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Books, Blood and Viggo Mortensen

Today, I had both books and blood under my fingernails. I spent four hours picking tiny stickers off books and putting new ones back on them. The stickers dug under my fingernails and it was very painful! Also, on the really old books, some of the binding came off with the stickers and my hands and fingers were filthy.

But, there is a wonderful thing that I discovered today, one of the positive effects of watching Lord of the Rings over and over again. I was listening to my MP3 player and after my break decided to listen to some Lord of the Rings soundtrack. It was amazing, because I could match up the songs with what was going on in the movie, even with the exact dialogue! So basically, instead of being bored to death doing this work, I watched Lord of the Rings. In my head.

Looking at what I just typed, it made me feel a little crazy.

I'm going to the pool.

So, I figure I should post since everyone else has (I almost jumped for joy when I saw that you posted, Rachael---it has depressed me several times a day to get on, click on your website first, and see that it wasn't updated in a week!!!) Anyway, today I had a wonderful time at Ruth and Jordan's. We ate some delicious food (go look at Ruth's blog--I would make a link, but I don't know how, and by the time I figure it out, my computer will have run out of battery) and had some good time together. We had a good long conversation with Dad on the phone (47 minutes!!) and then we tried to call Papa, realized that we didn't have the right phone number anymore, tried to call home and get the right number, but the line was busy. So, Happy Father's Day, Papa! Sorry we didn't get to talk to you, maybe we will try next week when we are back together again. Both of you are wonderful examples of fathers and really actually influence what I see and like in guys here. You have both made amazing differences in my life and I am so blessed and happy to be your daughter and granddaughter. Thank you for everything and we can't wait to be back with you!

Then I went back to ward prayer, when my roommate Kailey and I talked to lots of new people and made lots of new friends. There is a purpose to ward prayer. Then we went and played games at someone's apartment for a while. And I can't write anymore, because my computer is about to die in 5 seconds.

Love you all!!

So, this morning we were cleaning for cleaning checks. At one point, I picked up my phone and noticed that it had been lying in a little puddle of water on the table. Shoot. Now it doesn't turn on, and I am trying to dry out the battery on the windowsill, but it is annoyingly cloudy today and i live in the basement.

So, if you need to contact me...I guess email me. :(

Dosie-Do!

Last night I went country dancing!! It was so much fun--it really is a big difference just from normal church dances. The guys that are there are so confident and really good at dancing so there's no awkwardness-can't-danceness. Except for me, but I got a lot better throughout the night (one kid said he couldn't believe it was my first time). But it is amazing how good some of these guys are and how they just spin and swing and throw you around like you're nothing. There were some pretty interesting parts though--at one point I was dancing with my friend (who is a really good dancer, i think he was in clubs or something, can't really remember) and he accidentally elbowed me in the mouth! I got a fat lip and he felt really bad...but it went away soon. Then there was this other kid i was dancing with, and next to us, a guy lifted the girl in the air above his head and my partner was like, "Do you see that?" and i was like, "um......yes......" and then he did it to me!! It was very scary and I don't think I did it right, but it was fun.

Also, all the boys are very muscular and strong.

Rosalind...you should come country dancing with me when you come out here. I think you will like it.

It was a ton of fun, although it could be very tiring and very good exercise! It was also really fun to have a dance be completely country music! It was so cool to see how many people go and how much fun they all have. So different from the east. Anyway, Harriet just asked me if I wanted to go to the pool before work, so I need to go get ready.

Tonight I am watching Friends with Ruth and I am excited!!!