Livin it One Day at A Time

Taking a quick breather..

There’s been a lot of learning, lots of walking, and lots of food.

Unfortunatly, the walking isn’t out pacing the eating.

I’ve been studying for a CCNA test, and just haven’t had time to blog inbetween. But more will come, as will pictures of the beach, late at night.

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So I mosied myself out of my parents home and gave my aging geriatric cat some excessive amounts of petting (I think he was in total bliss during several parts), and took off for Barstow.

During the trip I found out that the Truck stop I had found a pinball machine (Yes, I know, I am a freak) at had been remodeled. There was no pinball machine. If any of you ever see a “Creature from the Black Lagoon” let me know. I had to drown my sorrows in Taco Bell (I know, I must really hate my body).

I then just drove on, eventually hitting Las Vegas. At this point, I tried to contact an old friend of mine, Jerad, but was unable to find him. So instead I went to gas up and got lost. Thank goodness to my natural sense of direction I was back on the Interstate forty minutes later.

As I passed into California I found a lot of old memories coming back. There were new things (spooky abandonded water park, in the middle of the desert, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!). I got stopped coming into the state to make sure I didn’t have any non regulation fruits or vegitables.

Getting closer to Barstow, my excitement peaked. Then I was in Barstow.. The city has changed, but very much stayed the same. I proceeded to drive around until I found my old chapel, the place I lived at (in the ghetto, so in the ghetto) the elementry school I volunteered at. The hotel I am at is right across from the Supermarket that went under and we bought enough frozen food at 50 percent off to last us a good month (we were so proud of that). Memories of walking by the four square church, the marine recruitment station.

I brought one of my mission journals, and was looking for some names of those I baptised. What I did find out was that one of the guys I knew was on Mission.net but that the girl I figured he’d married, well, he didn’t. She was one of the must fulfilling stories of my mission. So Debbie Martinez, if you every google yourself here, let me know.

I then proceeded to eat at all the little areas I remembered (Carrows, Fosters Freeze). I am planning on gaining like 20lbs during this outing. Ohhhhh I will be slathering myself in In-N-Out Hamburgers soon.

Later on today I’ll be heading to church and then journeying to the Island Empire to take some more photos and live some old memories.

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Today is day two. Day one consisted of me working to get out of bed and then packing. As a lot of you know, it takes a lot for me to pack, because, well, I pack everything.

Shirts: Check
Pants: Check
Swimming shorts: Check
Batteries: Check
Pinballs: Check
Japanese Cook book: Check.

Yes. I really am a freak of nature. I’ve had family and friends tell me this. After getting all the junk packed, I proceeded to hit the road. Seven hours later, I made it to the Parents house. Soon I was seeing grandparents, cousins and uncles. It was a good time, and I particularly enjoyed confusing a little cousin of mine.

Now comes the drive to the mission grounds.

To address some comments. Momma Moore: Not enough time, but next time up here, I won’t ignore ya’ll. To everyone else, thanks.

Oh, and while everyone else in the world was in line to get a Harry Potter book (So, those of you have read Deathly Hallows already, is it worth it?). I was at my parents reading blogs and found “Hung up” by Madonna (via The Voice of Reason). It’s catchy, its dance centric, and Madonna. So be aware if you watch the video that there are things you might object to in the video(I do want that boom box).

Oh, and enjoy some Simpsons (T-Minus 6 Days)

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Some of you might wonder whats happened.. I know my family has been asking what happened… It could be that the Qwest connection is spotting every time it rains and my IP address changes (curses qwest!). It could be that I was mauled by a bear at Yellowstone and lost both arms (no, not really).

Cool stuff has happened. Births of Nephews, promotions, growing of beards, shaving of beards.. But life just hasn’t been at the point where I feel the ability of the need to blog about mostly superficial stuff. Just let it be said that I am threadbare and sometimes down.

I do get to do something that I am looking forward to training in California. I’m excited because I get to learn more about something that I enjoy doing, computers. Another part of me is looking forward to seeing my old mission area. Of being able to take photos of old areas as I travel to the training. I plan on having plenty of memory, and hopefully updating my blog a little as I can so that people can see.

My mission, though a while ago, makes up a lot of who I am. I went into it one man, and returned another. Though I only have a few books and pictures from the old mission, I hope to return with a few more.

If you are still reading, leave a comment so I can see if I have anyone left!

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