i'm back and with a confession!

hi all!

i am so sorry it has been so long! a lot has happened. a lot has been on my mind. and now i have time to write.

finally.

today has been a very hard day.

i just got back from an amazing trip to arizona to see the husbands grandparents. it was wonderful being there, and soaking in the sunshine (i almost forgot there was a sun it's been so gray in seattle).

HOWEVER, i had to leave the husband down south.

yup, i had to catch a flight home to make sure i got to class by 4:00 this evening and the husband along with his brother and sister-in-law and our cute 2-year-old nephew are still having fun in the sun.

the second we got to the airport and he turned to give me a hug i started to cry. a) because i really wanted to stay and b) (the main reason) i did not want to leave the husband. i HATE not being with him. it makes me sick to my stomach.

then...i got on the plane and had the WORST flight ever:

-sitting next to the craziest child ever (i hate to say it, but she was such a bratty little girl!) and i love kids, especially sitting by them on planes because it allows for some entertainment, but this little 3 year-old was something else...i wish i was far, far away from her, we are talking screaming bloody murder (for the entire flight) because of reasons like her mom tied her shoe too tight, then too lose, then too tight. you get the picture.

-i spilled my pop in my lap...but it didn't look like i spilled pop, it landed so that it looked perfectly like i peed my pants. (the flight attendant wouldn't help me...she gave me 2 of those measly napkins for the entire mess). i had people STARRING at me. it was so embarrassing. i went into the bathroom to try to dry my pants and stayed in the tiny thing for 10 minutes crying.

-when i finally got the courage to go back to my seat and sat down with my laptop...i hear "I HAVE TO PEEEEEE". screaming in my ear was the lovely 3 year old. great.

then i had no time to go home and had to go straight to school and sit through 3 hours of the worst class ever.

THEN i raced to the house i am house sitting to let out their dogs and was locked out of the house because the girl that was taking care of the house while i was in AZ locked the only door i am able to get in. (i am finally in now).

ugh.

needless to say, i am glad this day is over. (but not glad i don't get the much needed therapeutic hug from the husband when i need it the most).

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so now for the confession:

every six months in the LDS church is something called "general conference". general conference is a semiannual gathering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. during general conference weekend, church members and others who are interested gather worldwide in a series of two-hour sessions to receive inspiration and instruction from church leaders

there are 2 2-hour 'sessions' on saturday and 2 2-hour 'sessions' on sunday.

total sessions that i watched: zero.

confession: i was lying in the sun, by the pool instead of watching conference (which i should have been doing).

conference is LONG. even longer than the 3 hour church sessions i just wrote about... we are talking 8 hours of church in one weekend!

now before you go thinking i am the worst person ever, here is the good news: i (anyone) can watch videos of all the talks given at lds.org and also there is an LDS magazine called the "Ensign" that has a 'conference issue' that will be coming out which will have all the talks published in it!

so yes, i didn't watch it live but yes i did pre-plan to not watch conference and to read/watch the talks when i got home.

did any of you out there watch conference? what were you favorites talks this time? OR if you are a non-lds reader, do you have ANY questions!?

i hope you are all doing wonderful!