satan's tryna git me!

a few days ago i took a lovely stroll to the mailbox, minding my own business, when this monstrosity popped outta nowhere!





notice that the day i am to report is a week after i am to report to the mtc. so that's it. i'm postponing my mission for jury duty. i always knew jury duty was of the devil. haha just kiddin. i talked to an oh-so-friendly woman on the phone who told me to write a letter. hopefully she knew what she was talkin about.

also, today i got free pancakes at ihop. :D there are very few things i love more than free things. and i learned today that ihop actually stands for the international house of pancakes. i'm cool :)

bored and underscored

soooo . . . guess what?? three and a half weeks, less than a month, or 25 days! pick whichever sounds shortest, that's what i do :) it may sound like a very short amount of time, but this past month or two have seemed like an eternity. if the days insist on slowly creeping by like they have been, then, according to my calculations, the next few weeks for me are going to be equivalent to about 5 months in normal (non-pre-missionary) time. i am sure anyone who has served a mission will understand what i mean. the wait is rough!

to fill my time, i have resorted, but not limited myself to the following: building forts with my siblings, watching boring netflix movies, reading seven books, attending the temple 3 or 4 times in a week sometimes, spending waaay too much time on facebook, making medicine bags for scout day camp, sleeping ten hours a night, going to bunco night with mom, practicing piano to the point of annoying my whole family, buying a bajillion things on my missionary list, going around with the sister missionaries in our stake whenever i can, and dying my hair darker out of desperation! see?


some of the things in the above list have some value to them, but sadly, a lot of them don't. needless to say i will be welcoming the transition into missionary life! although i am a little worried about some things. i mean, it's taking a lot of faith to believe that 6:30 a.m. even exists anymore. i haven't seen it in so long. i'm sure the hour will seem all too real soon enough.

i am trying my best to enjoy this time i have, but i am constantly looking towards that blessed day: march 23! it's definitely gunna be a birthday to remember!

¡voy a ser una misionera!

longest. 24. days. of my life. after many let downs and approximately 47 trips to the mailbox, i finally bagged the golden goose on january 7, 2011. behold:

isnt' it one of the most beautiful things you have ever seen? what was inside was even more beautiful. the waiting was sooo worth it because i am going to the best mission ever!

the argeninga rosario mission! yay yay yay! and i report to the provo mtc on march 23 which is my 21st birfday! definitely the best b-day present i could have asked for. everything was absolutely perfect and i knew right when i opened it that it was a call from the lord. i haven't smiled that much in a long time. the past 3 nights i have actually been losing sleep because my brain won't stop thinking about everything! it's getting a little out of hand. it takes me over an hour to fall asleep. i really need that to wear off soon.

here are some pictures of the city:

anywho, if you can't tell, i am elated :) i have lots to do to prepare with the passport and visa and everything, but in just a few short months i will be hermana kastigar! aaah!