Ramble On: The Boy From Armagh

Hey howdy hey. I don't know about you all but today was definitely a "chocolate pick-me up" day. Now, sitting here, munching on my chocolate honeycomb, that isn't quite as delicious as sea foam but does the trick, I am feeling quite content and ready to begin telling you the happenings thus far. The day I have no views on a post will be the day that I stop writing on this blog. So I'm just waiting for the day when my life stops being interesting to you folks because we all know that I'll never stop being hilarious so something will have to drive you away.

I went to the ward on Sunday, Andrew was nice enough to drive me there, and I heard conference playing in the sacrement room so I slipped in and caught the last five minutes of Pres. Monson's closing talk, the closing hymn, and closing prayer, or was it the opening prayer? I forget now. After whatever was going on finished I went over to some sister missionaries and asked if there was a meeting flowing this one. They said normally there would be but this week everything was all over. Of course it would be. I thanked them, said I'd be there Sunday, and headed out. Andrew had gone to the beach to swim after dropping me off so I decided to walk back, plus he doesn't have a cell phone. I had to walk past a shopping center that I'd wanted to check out to see what it had and ended up picking up somethings I needed but forgot to buy the day before. I know, I know, horrible me. Miss church and then go shopping. If that will really get my bones sent to rot in hell then I'm gonna have to start a mutiny on the whole system of the universe. Once walking the never ending sidewalk back to my room, no my room does not have a side walk in it because the never ending sidewalk ended because the world is flat, and did not much the rest of the day. It was quite relaxing :) I did watch Merlin, but I'll get to that later :D :D :D

It seems that even though I have been here almost a full month I still am a moron and do something very wrong. Though, looking at where the DNA that created me came from it really shouldn't be that much of a surprise. My zone manager found out I was 23 the other day and she was really surprised and told me that she thought I was younger than that. Normally I'd be totally cool with that but for some reason I don't think she means I look young I think she means I act like a babbling idiot that just graduated from high school. Tati and Jaden don't take it personally because you haven't graduated from high school yet so you still know everything.

Monday I managed to overflow a tank and get water everywhere. *bows* Yes, thank you, thank you. I'll take my babbling idiot ribbon now. Oh it's blue, how lovely. Monday we were short staffed and so after doing morning start-ups for all my zones tanks I was wrangled to clean all the turtles tanks and feed them. Other than that I did normal stuff such as feed and whatnot.

Tuesday I helped do a water change on a tank and cleaned out all the gross soggy smelly sand from the hermit crab display. Who know things that stay burred most of the time could make such a smelly mess. Mom you might want to search Kelcie's room for hermit crabs because that might be why her room.... odors. I don't know why she'd have crabs in her room but really why does she have most of the stuff she has in her room? Speaking of slobs I got told I was a slob yesterday as well so I guess it runs in the family. I was told I need to watch my cleanliness and that I'm leaving food smeared everywhere and dropping food bit when I feed animals. I didn't think I was smearing food because my gloves are always sopping wet from putting my arm in the water and throwing food down to the little fish but whatever. I'm a slob, so I've been watching myself to make sure I don't follow in my sisters footsteps for too long. Sorry guys but you'll have to get someone else to play the tris amigo.

Wednesday l did a start up and then vacuumed out a tank. There was a brittle sea star where it shouldn't be and I was told to fetch a bucket to take it somewhere else. It was inside this big rock so I got the bucket and carried the rock and sea star to the area and placed it back in the water. I figured it wouldn't be that much of a problem not to fill the bucket with water because it was a thirty second walk but I got in trouble, again. My zone leader asked if I had filled the bucket up with water and I told her no, thinking to myself it was already heavy enough carriying the big freakin rock. Upset she asked then what the purpose was of getting a bucket in the first place. I told her that I thought it was so I wouldn't get sea water everywhere. She said, "Well yeah, but also to not stress the animal out because it needs water to breath." I told her I was sorry and that I'd fill it with water next time. I'm brilliant, I know. I'll take my babbling idiot trophy now, thank you. That was really my day. Apparently we are getting two sword fish and a black sting ray in tonight. So people will probably be tired tomorrow.

Ok :) Just barely I got a call from the old mostly deaf neighbor lady down the driveway in the first unit. After some mild confusion about me being Andrew, Andrew being gone or asleep, and what the problem was, she agreed to have me over quickly to see if I could fix the problem. When I got there she told me she had recently had the tv guys come by and fix up everything and they told her that channel seven was preset to button six but that there was no signal and no response when she pushed the button. She demonstrated and handed the "remote" to me. It looked like a phone that you'd see about the house. I stood there puzzled for a moment not sure what to do. For a brief moment I was in awe at the technology Oz had that enabled your house phone to also be your remote but after looking over the phone I realized it was just that, a phone. I asked her if her phone was also her remote and she exclaimed 'ohhhh!' very embarrassed. Laughing she picked up the real remote from under a book and pushed the six button and the tv came to live and lo and behold, channel seven began to play!! I could tell that she was really embarrassed but when she asked me not to tell Andrew about the whole thing I knew it. *shakes head* Old people, and you wonder why us youngins think we know everything?!

I was thinking I'd send this on Saturday but I think I'll send it today. You're welcome all you ramble on addicts ;)

Ok, to the part everyone as been waiting for!!! MERLIN!!! Don't worry I won't give any spoilers, unless you want me to that is. It was SO SO good!!! Ahhhhhh!!! It ended on a giant cliff hanger so I've been dying to know how it finishes!!!