Video Games & Phone Calls Aren't My Forte

It was my sister’s birthday on Friday! She turned 25. A quarter of a century old. That is DANG OLD. Relatively speaking, of course :) It was a lot of fun! And we ate the best cheesecake I've ever stuck in my mouth! Olive Garden's raspberry cheesecake. Never tasted it? Put it on your bucket list. IT IS TO DIE FOOOOR! 

Saturday night I spent the night at Brooke and Anthony’s house. We played N64!! It’s been a looooong time. I did absolutely terrible at Mario Kart… BUT I DOMINATED AT SUPER SMASH BROS! Kind of. I won one round with Kirby. But that's pretty good for me!

Honestly, I’m so bad at video games... Like I never beat Zelda or Pokemon. I would always get distracted and just want to play around even though I had this huge destiny I was supposed to fulfill! In Zelda I would just ride Epona everywhere and play the Ocarina and travel to different places just cuz I liked hearing the music hahaha. We should all be glad that I don't have the destiny to save the world, because I'd definitely be quite the distracted savior...

But c'mon, riding a horse and playing an ocarina is lot more fun and a whole lot less scary than trying to find some ugly, troll-looking, freaky guy named Ganondorf (*cough* Ganondork *cough*) and defeating him...

It's not that I don't like to play video games. I like them a lot! But there’s a reason I was always Player 2 growing up… I'm plain terrible at them. I always just watched my brothers play on the N64 and XBOX. Yup, I was THAT bad. I don't really know if it's that I don't have the hand coordination or what... But watching is what I'm good at haha :) But I honestly don't mind watching people play video games!

I've only beat 2 video games in my entire life: Kingdom Hearts and Fable 2. I have a pretty short attention span with video games, so I get bored with them and stop... But have you played Candy Crush!? HOLY COW that game is dang addictive! Despite it being basically the same thing over and over, I still haven't gotten bored with it! It's incredible... I think it's gotta be because the game has to do with dessert hahaha. 

Now that you have this background on my history with video games, I'm sure you can understand why I reacted like this when my sister asked me play Call of Duty with her yesterday night.

I haven’t even seen that game for 3 years. My junior year in high school my guy friends would play Call of Duty whenever we hung out, and I would just watch. Oh gosh, I don’t think you can fathom how bad I am at games like that... They tried to make me play a couple times, and let's just say it didn't turn out well... I kinda just sat there like this:

Anyway, Brooke was being serious, so she made me play because she gets too scared when she has to play by herself (which I completely understand, hence me playing with her). I actually didn’t do too terrible! ... Well, besides all the accidental grenade-throwing and missing most of the time when I tried to shoot the enemy. Pretty much, every time I saw the enemy I would start chanting "Die, die, die!" while pressing all these buttons, shooting the gun every which way, somehow missing... 

The first round I got 2 kills (and died like 12 times… oops)… Aaaaand my stats just went down from each game from there... I'd rather not talk about it...

So if you ever want to play a video game with me, you'd probably just be better off to ask me if I want to watch. If you really want me to play, I will, but don't go looking to be impressed... Cuz you definitely won't be! Hahaha :)

Anyway, change of topic! I found out from the Elders in my ward that we actually have sisters in the area now!!! It’s the first time since ever!! So I got the sisters’ phone number and I’m planning to call them soon to see if there’s something I can do with them. The Elders said they’re really great, so I’m excited! :)

The problem is I get pretty bad anxiety when I talk on the phone. I always have to rehearse in my head like 10 times beforehand what I'm gonna say when I'm gonna make a phone call. And even then I mess up...

The anxiety extends to when I receive phone calls, too. If I don't recognize the number or figure I can get away with making the person leaving a voicemail, you bet your socks I'll do it!

Except I never do that with mom's phone calls. Everyone knows never to ignore a mother's phone call! But even when I’m on the phone with my mom I get all awkward. Or I start acting weird. I mean, being weird is a pretty common thing with me, as I'm sure you're well aware of now, but this weirdness is caused my phone-anxiety. I try to sound normal when I answer the phone, but it ends up sounding like:

Basically, I'm hopeless when it comes to talking on the phone. So I guess I'm just forewarning you that if you call me on the phone, I'll probably be freaking out and debating on if it's worth the mental stress to talk to you. I’m MUCH better face-to-face. Or just text me! I'm a lot more witty over text anyway ;)

GOTCHA!!! Just kidding... I get awkward or weird no matter what mode of communication you contact me in. Even if you wave to me from far away you'll get a weird reaction...

But I promise you, it'll be a lot more pleasurable for both of us if you choose to talk to me any other way than by phone call :) Uh, anyway, we'll see when I actually get to calling the sister missionaries... Let's hope it's sooner rather than later!

I have a quick funny story for you! So last night before playing Call of Duty, I was on Pinterest when I saw this little bugger:

I was cracking up when I saw it! And then I showed it to my sister. Because of this, for the following twenty minutes EVERY SINGLE THING we said was like this:

"This hair is so hair."

"That leaf is so leaf."

"The moon is so moon."

TWENTY FREAKING MINUTES.

I ended up getting the hiccups... It's been a while since I've gotten them too! My hiccups are pretty embarrassing. They're fairly loud, and I've been told they sound like a chicken or a piglet... Good to know my hiccups sound like farm animals! Hahaha... 

Oh gosh, sometimes I wonder how in the heck I have people who associate with me... Good thing my family's stuck with me, so they have to love me! ;) Anyway, I'm so glad I have a sister who will do silly dumb stuff like that with me :) Do I have the coolest sister or what?!

Gahhh, I can't believe it! I’m reporting in 3 weeks… I’m so terrified. My mind has been so scattered and I keep wondering if I can actually do this. I was so preoccupied this past weekend that I forgot to write Elder Gibby AGAIN.

WHAT THE FREAKING CRAP CHANEL! I have some serious issues, I know!!! 

So Monday morning while I was showering, it dawned on me that I hadn’t written Elder Gibby an e-mail, so I jumped out of the shower, kind of did a hop-skip thing into my room, opened my laptop and started typing like a madman trying to get a decent e-mail out of my fingers. Lucky for me I was off the hook! He didn’t write me til the afternoon, THANK GOODNESS :)

I swear the days are just flying by, so I’m losing track and I HATE IT. I wish I could slow time down a little bit...

592 Days Left! :)
And a little celebration with the Aristocats because this is my 50th blog post! Woohoooo!