A little thing called Life!

Wow, this month has been CRAZY busy with work and school.... But I have been able to fit in a couple fun things.

First of all, I turned 23! I never thought 23 was old, until now! I feel way old, and 23 sounds so much older than 22.....

My little sister wrote me this message on the mirror for me to find in the morning.

She works at Little Ceasars, so she brought me home pizza and Italian cheese bread as my gift....

haha... and she wrote me a nice little note on the box!

To celebrate my birthday I went to dinner and hung out with 3 of the sisters from my mission.

Kellie Farr, Angie Hatch, and Amy Petersen!!!

It was super fun!!

This past Wednesday a group of NHMM RM's got together at Fat Cats bowling ally. It was super fun to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in months, and just hang out! (It was also pretty sweet, because I won the first game...)

I also had my 90 day review at Target... pretty much they think I'm amazing! The Supervisor that is over me said he didn't even know what to write on it, because I'm such a great employee. He didn't have anything negative to say about me! That made me feel really good!!!! Also, I found out that in the month of February I am one of the top people at getting people to sign up for Red Cards. Yay!!!

Other than that I am just working hard on homework, and test taking! Wow, school is challenging, but I do really enjoy some of my classes, so it makes it more enjoyable to go to class! :)

So this weekend I have been able to see a few people from the mission... and because of that I have talked a lot about my mission... then a girl in my ward is leaving on her mission to England in March, so I was talking to her at church today... also I found this awesome blog that a recent convert has made (www.alfoxshead.blogspot.com) ..... BASICALLY it's sort of making me mission sick (ya know, like home sick, but for the mission).....

Some of the hardest things I have ever done/dealt with were on my mission.... It was REALLY hard sometimes, but I am SO beyond grateful for EVERY experience I had. Wow, what an amazing learning experience. Also my good buddy (Sister) Amy Petersen gave me and super awesome CD... It is "A Nashville Tribute to Missionaries: The Work" So good!!!! So that isn't helping with the mission sickness.
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such great songs!!! My favorite ones are (I don't know the names of any of the songs) the one that talks about how missionaries are being prayed for in the temples, and the one that talks about the hardest thing I've ever done... going all the way from leaving on a mission, to coming home!!! Love them!!!

I know I'm kind of rambling... but I wanted to share a link to an great video called "Dear Elder":

http://www.youtube.com/user/22AlFox?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/npe-RwInkTU

Also, a couple weeks ago I went to Temple Square with one of the sisters from my mission to visit a Temple Square sister that served out bound in our mission... I gave her a bunch of referrals for people I met on my mission. She just called me to give me an update. Some of the numbers didn't work anymore, one she can't get in touch with, but she had some good news come from 2 of them... So one lady said she wants the missionaries to come by and see her... and she is willing to have the temple square sisters call her and teach her too!!! :) Then the other one was for a man I taught in my first area. He didn't want the missionaries to come by, but she said he went on an on about how grateful he was for me and my companion coming and teaching him. He is dealing with some serious medial problems, and we feel like he stopped learning because of his wife... She shared a scripture with him, and she could tell he was touched by it. He is definitely someone who WILL accept the gospel, even if it isn't till the spirit world (because of family situations). It was a GREAT phone call!!! :) yay!

Church today was all about the Book of Mormon, and it made me remember a lot of wonderful people I met in New England, and special experiences they had with the Book of Mormon that they shared with us!

So here are just some pictures from my mission.... fun memories!!!