today was nice.
i went to normal church for the first time in five weeks.
it felt very strange at first.
E and i baked potatoes for the munch n mingle.
we are so serviceable.
there's this girl in my ward who has a kid named addy.
she is two.
and adorable.
and so blonde.
i love blonde babies.
anyways, addy walked up to me in relief society (obviously because it's a single's ward there isn't much demand for a primary program so addy just goes to all of the classes with her mom) and started talking to me and wanted me to draw her pictures, so we were doing that together for awhile. then it became obvious that she was never taught how to whisper, so i took her out in the hall so her mom could be in relief society and not have to worry about anything.
because that's what you do.
that's what i was always taught, anyways. (thanks, mom.)
if a mom needs a break from her loud kids, you go help her out.
i cannot tell you how many times while i was growing up my mom would whisper to me, "sister so and so's over-whelmed with her bajillion children. go sit by them and keep them occupied."
so anyways, i always grew up thinking that that's just how the church hierarchy works. mom needs a break and a little help sometimes. the church is centered around service anyways, right?
and it never occurred to me, until today, that that is not everybody's first response. i had a few people come up to me that commented on it, and how nice it was of me, and i thought that was really stupid. because i was just doing what i thought you were supposed to do.
either way, i am glad i got to help out. and sometimes it is a lot more fun to draw ghosts and spiders and bad guys that drink coffee than it is to go to relief society. :P
than my good friend Tim came all the way from price to spend some time with me. we made some really delicious dinner, we swapped stories,and i tried to get him to eat the rest of my oreos, but he wouldn't.
then we went to the church and played through some of our old fave songs. that what tim and i do. we sing. and it was great. i missed him a lot.
then we went and visited kacy for like 10 minutes because we had to race back to my apartment and watch the season premiere of the walking dead! and it was awesome.
then we sat and talked to my roommates for awhile and then smashed pumpkins and laughed and were happy.
i swear every single night, my roommates and i sit up talking for at least 2-3 hours. i love them all dearly to bits and pieces. it is so incredible to me how much i have come to love these girls. i would do anything for any of them. we have become the cutest, most supportive family here in c103.
they have helped me through one of the hardest times in my life, and that was when i barely even knew them. sometimes i wonder if i would have connected with them as much as i have if i wasn't constantly in a crisis that required love and support from them. i'm really glad that i have had this time to be able to bond with them.
i have a really hard time with letting people in. but because this has been such a vulnerable time for me, and i needed somebody to talk to, it was so easy. at no other point in my life would i have been able to connect with these girls the way i have been able to this past month. and i wouldn't've wanted it any other way now that i look back. these are friendships that i know will last a life-time.
i am so blessed.