Hellllllloooooooooo to you!
Haha, whenever I say things like that, I remember this scene from Mary Poppins:
“Hunter: View hallooo!
Horse: Oh, yes, definitely. A view halloo.”
So, it's just me again, on my little plaid chair, in my skirt, way too late at night...so what else is new? I somehow arrive here at the end of the day, exhausted, and I think, why not share something to avoid brushing my teeth? Do you know...
I own approximately 9 "mid-calf length" skirts...and maybe 3 pairs of jeans.
Is that weird?
Haha.
But anyway, mostly I just wanted to share with you a few of favorite quotable moments from this week. Maybe you will find them funny, and maybe not...but either way, they make me smile...so ah well.
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"So, if you're not sure what you're allowed to eat, just go ahead and look right at this picture. Yup, that's it, right there. If it's not in this picture...yep, praaaaaah-bably not a good idea. Like, me? I quite like pumpkins myself."
--Elder F.
--While pretending to describe the Word of Wisdom (a law of health for spiritual and physical strength) using a pamphlet with a picture much like this:
"So, if you're not sure what you're allowed to eat, just go ahead and look right at this picture. Yup, that's it, right there. If it's not in this picture...yep, praaaaaah-bably not a good idea. Like, me? I quite like pumpkins myself."
--Elder F.
--While pretending to describe the Word of Wisdom (a law of health for spiritual and physical strength) using a pamphlet with a picture much like this:
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"But this is completely unfair! How am I supposed to know what you're SAYING?! I don't SPEAK Spanish!"
--Elder G.
during an activity designed to practice listening to Spanish...the language in which he is supposed to teach the Gospel as a missionary and which he has been learning for the past month
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Sister C: Yes, my husband reads to me every night before bed.
Sister S: GAWRSH! I gotta get me a man like that!!
Me: So Sister C., how long have you been married?
Sister C.: [at first stumped for a minute]...it's gotta be...fifty...seven? years?
Sister S: What year were you married?
Sister C: Uh....woulda been...1953.
Sister S: Yup, I married my first husband in '56.
[pause]
Me: I was born in 1985.
[silence]
[laughter]
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"So pretty much whenever I need help from another department chair, I go in his office and then we just end up commiserating together. And then I like to eat Cheetos and drink chocolate milk. And I'm thinking I really need a bottle of Vegemite for my office."
--Dr. E
on why it's hard to be the department chair
Note: He is Australian. Having Vegemite in his office would, in his case, be a good thing. As opposed to how it would be for the rest of us, who know that Vegemite is...not so good.
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"Your name is EMILY?! Oh my gosh. I see you totally differently now.
Like, you look different."
--Elder W.
upon learning that my first name isn't actually "Sister" OR "Hermana."
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"Wait, this is the best part. He steams in the rain! But just a little bit."
--Melissa
On Jacob, while at Movies 8 seeing "New Moon"
(She was not serious.
We are not that pathetic.
Close, but not quite.
Just saying.)
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"And so, he drives up an hour-and-a-half from Price to see me two or three times a week! He takes me out for a muffin, and a show, and then lunch, and then he hits the road again. But I also talk to him on the emails a few times a week too. It's been hot and heavy like this for a few weeks!"
--Sister S.
on the boyfriend she has had since August. She is in her 70s. :)
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So, do you have a romance to tell us about?
No?
Well...
[disappointed, and then with renewed vigor]
The temple is a magical place!
--Sister C.
On having hope
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"But this is completely unfair! How am I supposed to know what you're SAYING?! I don't SPEAK Spanish!"
--Elder G.
during an activity designed to practice listening to Spanish...the language in which he is supposed to teach the Gospel as a missionary and which he has been learning for the past month
****
Sister C: Yes, my husband reads to me every night before bed.
Sister S: GAWRSH! I gotta get me a man like that!!
Me: So Sister C., how long have you been married?
Sister C.: [at first stumped for a minute]...it's gotta be...fifty...seven? years?
Sister S: What year were you married?
Sister C: Uh....woulda been...1953.
Sister S: Yup, I married my first husband in '56.
[pause]
Me: I was born in 1985.
[silence]
[laughter]
****
"So pretty much whenever I need help from another department chair, I go in his office and then we just end up commiserating together. And then I like to eat Cheetos and drink chocolate milk. And I'm thinking I really need a bottle of Vegemite for my office."
--Dr. E
on why it's hard to be the department chair
Note: He is Australian. Having Vegemite in his office would, in his case, be a good thing. As opposed to how it would be for the rest of us, who know that Vegemite is...not so good.
****
"Your name is EMILY?! Oh my gosh. I see you totally differently now.
Like, you look different."
--Elder W.
upon learning that my first name isn't actually "Sister" OR "Hermana."
****
"Wait, this is the best part. He steams in the rain! But just a little bit."
--Melissa
On Jacob, while at Movies 8 seeing "New Moon"
(She was not serious.
We are not that pathetic.
Close, but not quite.
Just saying.)
****
"And so, he drives up an hour-and-a-half from Price to see me two or three times a week! He takes me out for a muffin, and a show, and then lunch, and then he hits the road again. But I also talk to him on the emails a few times a week too. It's been hot and heavy like this for a few weeks!"
--Sister S.
on the boyfriend she has had since August. She is in her 70s. :)
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So, do you have a romance to tell us about?
No?
Well...
[disappointed, and then with renewed vigor]
The temple is a magical place!
--Sister C.
On having hope
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