Slacker

I have been a slacker lately - haven't taken many pictures nor posted much on my blog. The mission is good.  Life is good. I am trying to enjoy every single day, because the days to the end of the mission are getting fewer.  It will not be long until we are back home.  So I SHOULD be taking pictures like crazy and documenting everything.  But alas, I have not done it. 

 

As Elder Truman will be doing what Elder Mecham is currently doing and Sister Truman what I am doing, there is a lot of on-the-job training going on right now in the office so that they can be comfortable with things when we leave - in seven weeks!  Holy cow, that will go by in a flash!  I still have a list of things I'd really like to do before we go home, and I'm having this sinking feeling that they won't all happen :( 

 

    1.  Visit Elaine in Paso again

    2.  Go to the temple in LA

    3.  Meet up with Brent and Diane (at the temple, maybe) and have a nice visit

Hey, we could combine those two!

    4.  Get missionaries to the Gonzales family (the Sergios, as we call them -- our back neighbors)

    5.  Go see Hurst Castle, while we're this close

    6.  Get a box of walnuts one more time at the church-owned almond farm up by Delano.

 

I already know it is going to be hard to leave this paradise -- but mostly our lovely friends we have here.  And the fabulous young missionaries.  But I am anxious to see all our wonderful family again.  Many mixed emotions.  We'll get lots of special hugs from tiny ones right on up to my beautiful 91-year-old mother, and meet baby Dawson for the very first time :)   And we'll more fully realize the hole there is because Theresa will not be there.

I will certainly miss my walks over at the channels.
My haven.