The Bus Sunday September 17, 2006

Today was my first day to take the bus believe it or not. I took the bus to church, and thankfully one of my friends was there to help me. It was interesting to say the least; because here I was in heels and you walk to the door of the bus before it comes to a stop and then I have my purse and scriptures to balance, beside myself. What makes it even better is the fact that bus 6/7 that runs on Sunday does not drop you off right near the church (bus 5/105 does Monday – Friday). So from the bus stop, you have to walk on an asphalt path through this meadow area and cross the round about to get to church…in heels. If I take the bus next week, I will probably wear flip flops and then change shoes at church. We had a fireside afterward in the Chorley meetinghouse, which is right next to the Temple. There were quite a few people, about 50-75, and after we registered for institute. Elder Eyring spoke on having the gifts of the Spirit and how we should be careful as to our desire for wanting the Spirit. We need to make sure we want the Spirit for doing the Lord’s will, and not for our own selfish reasons. For the refreshments, we had this drink called splash, or so I think??? It is concentrated juice that you mix with water or fizzy (carbonated water?). It is interesting, but everyone drinks it. It reminds me of Tang. After all was said and down Matt Crowder gave me a ride home and we figured out that gas here cost $6.82 a gallon; that sucks! He is an American that has been living here for ten years because his dad works for Boeing. His mom has volunteered to feed all the young single adults in our ward (~12 of us) every fast Sunday, I love free food.

A new girl moved in the house today, and she brought pots and pans. I have forgotten her name, but she is really cool and her home is less than an hour away. She is studying sports therapy and is really into football. This is great because now I have someone to go to a football game with, awesome!

Not much else happened today, but I did find out that there is a Costco just 30min away which I am now on a call list for the next car trip down there. Other random stuff is that Velveeta does not exist here, either does mac & cheese (maybe at Costco). Also, I thought I was going to fit in with my pasty white skin, but there sure are a lot of “fake n bake” people here. I see a lot of orange people, but not as many as in Texas. Last random thing, is that a family invited me over for FHE tomorrow and for tea. I really hope “tea” is dinner, but I just said sure and it will be a surprise.

Here are some pictures of a building on campus. At first glance I would say it was a church, not only because of the architecture buy also because of all the grave stones around it. But it is not so, the building belongs to the art department and is use for a renovation/preservation class…I think?