The first 2 paragraphs of Molly's message to Eric were about the package she assumed he had already received. Well, he does NOT have it! I don't know if the post office messed up, or if the box is sitting on a counter somewhere waiting for the zone leader or district leader to deliver it.
Well this is awkward, I haven't gotten my birthday package yet. Way to spoil the surprise. I got a ton of stuff from Grandpa when he came and visited me. (I told him not to come visit me but he did anyway...well I guess I told him that nothing was stopping him from coming but I still told him that he shouldn't. Did you know anything about that?) I've got a lot of posters of art from Deseret Book and stuff, and I got a pocket Hymn Book like I asked. I hope you knew that they got me one because getting two would be kind of awkward.
I finally remembered the name of that terrible Thai restaurant around here. It's called Thai-Aroy-D. I'm serious. Is that not the stupidest and most unappetizing thing you've ever heard?
Yesterday I decided to eat at the Nauvoo Cafe in the Joseph Smith building because I haven't eaten there before. It's super expensive, I ended up paying $10 for a complete two halve sandwich meal with chips and a drink. The sandwich was pretty good I guess, it was a Coca-Cola Pork Loin sandwich which sounded like something I would eat. And then when I found out that refills weren't free (they have a soda fountain machine out in the seating area so I assumed they were) it was then that I made the horrifying realization that pure evil had infiltrated Temple Square, and it's name is the Nauvoo Cafe. Seriously I'm never eating there again.
I know I said this last week, but it's official. Me being assigned to help patrons is now officially on my schedule starting Monday. By the way, when I was reading your letter about you getting an e-mail from Sister Haddock (I did get that in case you were wondering) I was kind of laughing my head off. I completed the Apprentice Manual about half a month ago, and what I had just completed was the England and Wales portion of the Journeyman Manual which is what you need to complete in order to help patrons. Elder and Sister Haddock just barely became zone leaders because the zone leaders that were here when I got in the zone were leaving in a couple of weeks. So yeah they're kind of busy and have a lot to learn. But it's still nice to hear that she took the time to send you an e-mail.
After completing England and Wales I was given the choice to start working on either Ireland or Scotland and I chose Scotland. (Because I like Scotland better.) In retrospect I probably should have chosen Ireland it being March now and all, but hopefully I'll finish Scotland by St. Patty's Day. Just so you're not confused, pretty much every nation in the British Isles does their record keeping differently, which is why I have a lot to learn. And Scotland is pretty hard, because I swear they have at least two ways of spelling and pronouncing every place in Scotland. Also I found out why that purple binder says Peebles. Peeblesshire is a county in Scotland, and since adding the Shire part at the end of counties they just shortened it to Peebles. So yes, Peebles is a real place in Scotland.
We also have this giant collection of dictionaries called "The National Dictionary of Scotland". Because the Celtic language and dialects persisted so long in Scotland there's a lot of words that are hard for us to understand in old records. So it's pretty much volumes of dictionaries that explain Scottish slang and dialects. I found this pretty funny, especially when I found that they had "Ach!" in there.
I get the feeling that I might confuse someone, so before anyone asks, I can still help patrons without being assigned if they ask me for help. So even though I haven't really been assigned yet I've still helped plenty of patrons.
Yes I'm living in a new apartment now and I forgot to bring my camera to show you the pictures I took of it. I'm still living with Elder Scotto and he's still my companion. My new roommates are Elder Sy (pronounced 'see') and Elder Bowers, who is a new elder that just got here yesterday. We all get along well, and none of them are loud or irritating which is good.
Anyway, thanks for the birthday wishes and stuff that probably won't arrive here until my actual birthday. (Joseph Smith building is closed on Saturday so no mail until Monday for me.) And before I forget, would you guys be willing to send me my old casual coat and the other coat I forgot to bring? I don't have any casual coats or jackets for jogging or anything and it's kind of hard to jog when you don't want to get cold. The obvious solution is to just not jog but I just found out that I'm expected to get at least 30 minutes of running exercise done. So um yeah can you do that? Thanks.
Elder Larson
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