It has been four months since I updated this (I'm really bad at it and need to get better), so here we go.
AUGUST: I quickly realized how awful it is to work at Walmart. Working two jobs every day quickly got tiring, and I hated not being able to go to any of my ward activities and not being able to hang out with anyone if the opportunity presented itself. But I suffered through it anyway because I needed money for my mission. (I did eventually quit in October, however.) I signed up for an institute class on receiving and understanding personal revelation (which just ended this past Tuesday), and it was really awesome and eye-opening.
SEPTEMBER: I still suffered at Walmart. I was able to go to the home opener of BYU Football, which was amazing and I'm super thankful for the games I was able to go to this season since it was my last one for a while. I (sort of) spontaneously drove up to Rexburg...I say spontaneously because it was a day before my family was going up there go to Island Park. But if I had waited to go with them, I wouldn't have been able to see all of my friends. I also got to attend the devotional that Elder Holland was speaking at! The family and I went to Island Park (as a last hurrah before my mission), and it was so great to go back to my favorite place on Earth. We went into Yellowstone (even though it was cold and rainy), and even though I've been in that park at least 20 times, it is still magical to me. I love that God has blessed us with such beauty. At the end of the month my mission papers were FINALLY opened.
OCTOBER: I had finally had enough of Walmart and put in my two weeks notice. My last day was on the 17th. I also began the process to be promoted to management at Taco Bell (which helped influence the decision to quit Walmart). Due to Taysom Hill breaking his leg which resulted in NO ONE wanting to go to BYU Football games, I went to the game on the 18th for $10, as well as the other games. The last one I went to for $5! It was so much fun. I was finally able to start going to ward activities at night, and I've been able to meet some new people. I received my immunizations for my mission papers, which sucked, but I'm glad I got them over with. (Perk: they didn't hurt as much as I thought they would!)
NOVEMBER: Halfway through the month, I became a team member trainer (the lowest level of management) at Taco Bell [and received a pay raise, but that's not important. (Yes it is.)] and it has been interesting working on training people, but I love what I'm doing and everyone says I'm good at it, so it all works out. I got my dental work taken care of (which required numbing my mouth and me sounding ridiculous/hilarious). We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving, and I participated in my first Black Friday shopping in five years...and I don't want to do it again. We took family pictures while up in Idaho, and I used one of them for my mission papers.
DECEMBER: Not much has happened in the first six days of this month, except for the fact that I SUBMITTED MY MISSION PAPERS TO MY BISHOP TODAY. I have an interview with him tomorrow, and after that I'm going to figure out how to get an interview with my stake president so I can FINALLY submit my papers to Salt Lake City. My mom is hoping for a mission call by Christmas (and now that I think about it, opening my call while on Skype with my missionary brosef would be flipping sweet). This is all becoming very real and I'm going to be honest and say that I'm getting a little freaked out, but I know that this is what I'm supposed to be doing.
As I said in my last update, I'm going to try to be better at blogging, especially with my mission getting so close, but we'll see what actually happens.
