Chim – Chim - Cheree Tuesday September 26, 2006

The past few days have been quite interesting. This past Sunday was fast and testimony meeting and as I was sitting in the congregation I wondered when they were going to ask me to give a talk. I did not have to wonder long, because after our first meeting, a member of the bishopric asked me to give a talk at the end of October. Now I wonder; what if I did not have that question, would I be giving a talk? Oh well, I knew it was coming sooner or later. I have not been given a church calling…..yet, although I was asked to be a substitute teacher for Relief Society.

After church all of the Young Single Adults (YSA) went to Matt Crowder’s house. His mom volunteered to feed all of us once a month. This is great! Their house is AMAZING! It is so huge, which makes it massive for European houses. Next month we are having a pot luck; so maybe I will make something American, if I can find the right ingredients.

Monday was rather blah. I just did a lot of running around with my friends Josh and Sarah. I did a lot of walking in town centre, and since Sarah runs on warp speed we were walking fast. In the evening, Sarah and I walked to her house from mine. No big deal except her house is a 45mins walk from mine. It is not that I mind walking 45mins, but she talked the whole time and I literally only said two sentences; which I had to interrupt her to say.

Today I woke up late as usual. I am really trying to get up early, but I am not finding any real reason to do so. I even tried leaving my curtains partially open so the sun would shine in and wake me up. This didn’t work; I just pulled the covers over my head and was lazy. I went to the library, health centre, and the financial building. At the health center I was going to get a (free) shot for meningitis C, but I have to wait until tomorrow. This afternoon I went to B&Q (hardware store) to buy a scale. I definitely need this, because I am finding lots of treats that I like; hopefully walking and workouts will cancel them out??? I found these things called flapjacks and I am pretty much addicted. They are composed of oats, syrup, butter, other good stuff, and then pressed into a pan and cut (like rice krispies but denser) and some are dipped halfway into chocolate…heaven! Today I went into a local pastry shop and had a meat and potato pie; it was also good. This evening I went to Josh and Sarah’s for dinner with a bunch of other people. They feed the missionaries tonight and they always fix the same thing, but it is good. It is a curry meat sauce over rice; filling and cheap. I took the bus home tonight, which was interesting because I really did not know which one. Luckily the elders had a bus map and helped me. Taking the bus is a learning experience and one day I think I will buy an all day pass and ride all of them just to figure out where they go.

When walking around I am often reminded of the movie Mary Poppins and the chimney sweepers’ scene. Also, I would have never thought that I would see tractors driving down these tiny streets or in England!

Tomorrow I actually have something to do for school so it should be interesting….or really boring.