Uh...
Sooo… It’s, uh, been a while!
I know I said I was going to take a week off for finals… But
obviously that kind of became a three-week break. And I debated on letting it
become four weeks… But then I figured that was pretty bad. But three weeks…
Jeez that’s a lot of events… So prepare yourself for a bunch of random stuff!
Well finals went well! My grades all turned out great, so I’m
leaving my GPA at a very comfortable number before leaving for my mission! Haha
:) We’ll just have to see if I can keep that up after my mission...
Things have been great since coming home! Actually getting home was
a little bit of an adventure. My flight got delayed 5 hours so my flight didn’t
take off til 12:15 in the morning, and I got home at 2:30 am with the time
change. I was soooo tired.
Holy cow, I forgot how rambunctious my family is. For example, my mom
threw an orange at me for not unpacking fast enough, my sister and I act like
complete weirdos (especially when we dance or do weird laughs), my brother Adam has been teasing me non-stop… And don’t even get me started
on what it’s been like with my friends here in Oregon. Two people in particular ;) Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever
been so loud and obnoxious in my life! Hahaha. It's been a party here at home!
The past two weeks were insanely crazy because my cousins and
aunt came to visit for Christmas Break. I swear we watched so many movies and went out more than I
did in the past four months… Well I gotta be honest, whenever I was getting ready to go out in Provo, it usually ended up like this:
The stuff we did was really fun though! We went to a new nickel arcade in the area
which was fun! Except that I’m super bad at arcade games haha. If you've ever seen me play video games... Yeah, I'm just plain bad at those too. Then on New
Year’s Day we went to Canon Beach and walked around there. I was glad I got to
go to the beach one last time before leaving for my mission :)
OH MY GOSH! EXCITING NEWS! New Year’s Eve I received my endowment
with my sister and brother-in-law! It was so great to go through the temple
together for the first time. Then I got to see them sealed for time and all
eternity! I’m so happy!!! :) :)
Also since coming home, I've spent a lot of time with my best friend from high school, Lori!! It was really
great to see her again. I spent New Year’s with her. It was really fun! We
found old videos we made our freshman and sophomore years in high school… Holy
crap those were painful and embarrassing to watch hahahaha. Dance videos, a rendition of America's Next Top Model, How To Be Gangsta... Oh my gosh. Some of them were
pretty funny though, so I was cracking up! A good
start to the new year, I’d say :)
Okay I have a cool story for you!
So I have a friend from high school who's serving in Madagascar. He left on his mission about a year and a half ago, and while he was in the MTC I wrote him about 4 Dear Elders. Thennn I wrote him a couple e-mails in May to see how he was, sent him a few Dear Elders in August telling him I was going on a mission and said I'd tell him when I got my call. Aaaand I never wrote him. I thought about it, but I just never got around to it. I'm quite the terrible person when it comes to writing missionaries. I don't know what it is, but I'm just bad at it! Ask any missionary I've ever known, besides Elder Gibby hahaha.
So anyway, this missionary sent me an e-mail on my mission e-mail, which was the following:
"If this happens to be Chanel Lawson, sister to Adam Lawson (the Ridiculous), please let me know. Otherwise, delete this message."
I replied to it, apologizing and telling him that I had received my mission call four months prior...
He told me the whole reason he tried e-mailing me on my mission e-mail is because he thought I might already be on my mission, because the girlfriend of a missionary he lived with left for her mission to England. He was looking through some pictures that she had sent, and as Elder Arrington walked by, he swore the girl's companion looked JUST like me. Whaaaat? :D
But obviously it can't be me, since I'm not in England right now... But I have a doppleganger!! YESSS! THAT'S SO AWESOME! I always wanted one of those! It's either that, or that I have a twin that my parents never told me about! Either way, now I just have to find out this super cool sister missionary's name and meet her one day!! :D
Anyway, going back to talking about being terrible at writing missionaries... something awful happened last week. So I was busy literally ALL
Sunday. I went to two wards, went a to church with my friend in downtown
Portland, then came home and spent the night at her house. Then Monday morning
I checked my e-mail at 10, and I saw a couple e-mails from Elder Gibby. It hit
me that I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO WRITE HIM!
I couldn’t believe myself. And it was
worse cuz it wasn’t just any other week. IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY!!! I
hadn’t forgotten his birthday was coming up, but just forgot to write the dang
e-mail. Gahhh I felt AWFUL!! I felt like I was the worst person to walk the Earth!
I wrote him back right away with about a paragraph-long
e-mail apologizing and wishing him a happy birthday and telling him that I was
receiving my endowment the next day. He got to get on his e-mail later that day
and replied, which made me feel a lot better. He said he wasn’t too worried but
wanted to make sure everything was okay. So I guess I technically haven’t
missed a week e-mailing him! But that was still a close call. Jeez louis
hahaha.
Elder Gibby loved his birthday present! Especially the light
sabers! I was sooo happy I found those for him! hahaha :) I knew he’d like
them! He said he’s already had a few battles and sent a picture of him winning
a battle against his companion. Star Wars dorkiness at its finest! Hehehe :)
By the way, Elder Gibby is now is a Zone Leader! My brother told me once
you’re a ZL, you’re basically gonna be one for the rest of your mission except
for the last few transfers… Which means Elder Gibby has a long road ahead of
him! I’m sure he’s going to do absolutely fantastic though :)
Man, it’s crazy that I only have a month left til I leave for my
mission!! I’m starting to get really nervous. I feel so unprepared!! I need to
get on studying and everything! And I haven’t spoken Spanish in months either…
Oh goodness this could be bad haha...
600 Days Left! :)
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