Dear Home~
Sometimes I have to wonder at the addressing of the family I make at the beginning of all my emails: "Dear Family", "Dear Home", "Dear Mom, Dad, Aaron, Billy, Kendall, Family and Friends"--whatever, I guess I feel it necessary to make sure everyone knows that I'm thinking about them, otherwise I feel like I'm leaving my loved ones out.
Not a lot has changed since last week, except for the necessary abolishing of milk from my diet. I am sad to lose milk, especially since I've always loved cereal, glasses of milk with just about anything, and so on down the line... I also wonder what that might mean about things that are dairy products, like ice cream? It is somewhat disheartening to think about because I love ice cream. But hey, every once in a while will never hurt, and even at that, it is a good thing to maintain a healthy diet. I thought about it earlier: I wonder if those with allergies are more prone to sickness than those without? It made sense to me. I think if I remove the allergens (or in my mind impurities) from my body through maintaining a healthy/allergy free diet, my immune system will be strengthened and I will get sick less often and possibly have more energy than ever before. To me, it seems like a significant alternative. If all I have to give up are the things that harm me so that I can be free from bad health, then I am happy to be healthy--the other things I can leave alone, I am sure if you really wanted to think about what I just said, you could take it to a deeper and more spiritual level, but I will leave that to you to find out. :)
To be brief, on Christmas Eve we will be over at the Strickland's celebrating the night before [Christmas] with their family. Christmas day we will be at the Tilton's--mind you, once again, there are many Tilton's in our ward... this is the family with five children. They've asked us to come over nice and early so we could have breakfast with them and also open presents! Fun!! So yes, the members are more than taking care of us, they are making Christmas as close to home as they possibly can...and they do a great job!
The mission Christmas conference was a lot of fun. We all enjoyed it. It did last literally the entire day, but it was well worth the time. I also appreciated the surprise letter. Thank you and I love you too. :) I have the Christmas packages and they are awaiting Christmas day to be opened. I gave Elder Lucas his present and he seemed excited for more gifts! He says to tell you thanks. :)
School...I'm not sure what I think yet. Ugh... why is this such a difficult choice, I don't know, but it is. I know what I want to do, and that is to not start the second I get home, but whether or not that is the best thing, I still haven't decided. I guess we'll have to discuss it more Saturday! :)
I think the only black mold I have seen so far is the black mold in the shower and on the shower curtain. I will be removing the mold TODAY! And the shower curtain. Gross... mess has finally found its way into disgusting and frustrating profile in my mental storage department of useful and useless information. Of course, I haven't perfected the system yet, so there are still many useless things that need removing, but I'm sure I'll figure out the correct algorithm and have them discarded as soon as possible. :) And the cockroaches here, for the most part, seem to be fairly small. The biggest I've seen has been about the size of an almond. Either way, it is still gross, disgusting, and frustrating.
Anyhow, my time is past being out. I love each of you and can't wait to call home on Saturday! :)
Merry Christmas!
Love Always~
Austin
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