24 January - 30 January 2022
Can you believe it? It's already the end of January. You know what that means... dun dun dun... my birthday!!!! And Grandpa Jim's birthday, and Symantha's birthday, and then Valerie's birthday.
My mom is the best! She has come up with all the FHE ideas lately, haha. We took the YSA to the gym for FHE to play racquetball, and we had people crashing from other groups because they really wanted to play/work out at the gym.
I've come up with a new system for school work that has been such a blessing. I already have been listing out all the assignments that are due that week at the beginning of the week, but then I feel pressured to get them all done early, fast, ahead of time, etc. And then I dread doing my homework and am not as effective. Well, I came to the realization that I am not going to get ahead on my homework. I'm just not. I'm going to stay on top of it and get it done when it needs to get done, but otherwise I'm going to enjoy my life. Work on projects, go to social activities, watch the occasional movie. So, I assigned all the tasks of that week to a specific day, and then I know that once I finish it that day, I'm off the hook for the rest of the day. And since I've split everything up equally across the week, I'm not super heavy loaded with homework on any particular day. It's great! Then I'm motivated to get my homework done asap so I can relax the rest of the night.
Also, if anyone asks, my favorite TV show is Lost in Space. I still have one episode left to watch!!! I've been so busy that I haven't been able to watch it yet, but I'm excited. Also a bit sad because then it will be over. But also glad that it isn't one of those TV shows that drags on forever and gets lamer and watered down.
Anyways, the other things of note that happened this week was that I had one person come to CFM on Sunday. Lucy participated! Though that was because she wanted chips afterwards. But she had some good insights! I was very pleased. I went to the temple on Saturday and then my parents took me out to Red Robin for dinner! Lucy tagged along. I got bottomless fries and bottomless salad and a guacamole bacon burger!! YUM! I was in fry-heaven! I just had a cheesy grin on my face all night long. Then they brought me a free ice-cream since it was my birthday dinner celebration.
Later when we got home from dinner, Valerie had some friends over for a birthday party and planned all these games to play, one of which was a truth or dare game where the slips of paper were in ice cream cones and you had to crush them with a hammer! One of the dares I got was to call a family member and try to get them to confess something. Aaron didn't answer, so I called Grandpa Jim. It was so cute because he said, "What did I do? Well, if I knew what I did, I'd confess!" Everyone got a good laugh out of that :).
Church on Sunday was great! We had a great speaker talk about sustaining those in callings and being more friendly to others. Then we had a combined second hour and talked about the ward mission plan, which includes becoming a ward family. I love that! We had some good comments, including mine about knowing the names of all the members in your family and greeting them. Then, I got some people to subscribe to my YouTube channel! I only had to bribe them with chocolate is all... hehe. But I've been getting a lot of positive feedback from people about my videos. There was this one crazy lady commenting on my Tithing video negative stuff, and my dad went on there and roasted her! It's good to know my daddy watches my videos and has my back. I also attended mom and dad's ward linger longer and got to socialize with some peeps. And I attended a devotional in the evening, which was broadcast to our bldg, and the quality was SO BAD! I think I heard about half of what he said, and understood half of what I did hear... lols. Oh well, it was good to get to socialize. Oh yeah, and on the way there, we spotted two coyotes just across the street!
ALSO!! We got some exciting news on Sunday from Aaron and Briesa!!! I'm gonna be an AUNT!!!! Yes, that's right. They're gonna have a baby in about seven more months! Mom is so so excited! Dad says he would be more excited if Val and I were getting married... hehe but I think he is super excited.
I am sharing my videos and my goals of being a writer with others. Those dreams are becoming a reality. Also, here is an amazing picture of Christ I came across. You're welcome.
Much love,
Emily Burnham
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