Hey Fam! Also, others who happen upon this email!
Here's the deal. I'm not in much of an emailing mood. Don't let that concern you. I'm doing totally fine. I'm as happy as a clam as you might find in a normal clan of clams with an average range of emotion. Which is to say, I'm quite happy. Just in a way that doesn't really make sense. But that's fine. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes you write things that don't make sense. Anyways. I digress. The point is I'm not really feeling the writing vibes today, so if the email isn't overly interesting or sounds kinda "meh", no need for alarm.
Let's see. What happened this week.
Ciesława met with us a couple times this week (niestete - we can't seem to shake her!). That was ... interesting. Yesterday she stormed out of Sunday School (they were talking about the war in heaven and agency. Apparently she didn't like that). And then we talked to her about how we are at church to learn about the Gospel and the Savior, not to learn English. However, she insisted on staying the third hour. Cool. So we had Relief Society, we were talking about how we're all children of God, and then she stormed out again! Apparently she wasn't a fan of that either. Though I don't know why. Honestly, you'd think that would be a comforting thought. Oh well. In her hurry to leave the church, she left her glasses. So we called her and she didn't answer. And we texted her to inform her of that, and she didn't answer. Then a few hours later she called in hysterics, weeping and wailing and most likely gnashing her teeth, and she was completely IMPOSSIBLE to understand. So I tried calling back later, and again, no answer. Then she sent us a text a few hours later talking about how she wants her glasses and her check which "pani absolutnie ma" (yeah, this pani na pewno does NOT have whatever weird check she's talking about) and then she said she hopes we both leave Bydgoszcz. I was talking to Sister Lenhart about it, and was like, "You know, if someone had my glasses, I wouldn't be saying stuff like that to them. That seems wrong." And she was like, "Yeah, well, I think we've already established that she doesn't think normaly ..." True that, Siost. True that. So maybe we'll get her glasses back to her sometime and that will be the end of the Great Ciesława Experience. ... We can only hope.
Sister Lenhart loves What's Up Doc?. That makes me SO HAPPY. No on EVER knows What's Up Doc?!
There's this weird thing in Poland, where they treat their kids like babies for a REALLY long time. Na przykład, the other day we were walking, and there was this dziecko, and I KID YOU NOT he was 7 years old, and he was just sitting in a stroller, getting pushed around by his mom. RIDICULOUS. So I was like, "Man, I don't konw, maybe this makes me a bad person, but I am NOT pushing my kid around in a stroller like that! The kid's 7 years old! Good grief!" And Sister Lenhart was like, "Yeah, you know, at that age it's either walking or wheelchair." Oh man. It was HYSTERICAL. Sister Lenhart is funny, in addition to knowing good movies and good music. This is going to be a GREAT transfer.
What's the name of Legolas' dad? I've been meaning to ask this for WEEKS, but I keep on forgetting! And it's really starting to make me crazy.
What's happening in the worlds of basketball and football? I feel like I don't know anything!
Emily and Devin's dog is SO FETCHING cute. I want to hold her and love her. Excpet, by the time I get home, she will no longer be tiny and lovable. Dang it, Molly! Just stay a puppy forever, okay? I'm sure you'll be cute when you're big too, but little things are always cuter. Why is that?
Man, I tell you, these Poles just love pouring tea down your throat. Everytime we have a lesson, they're like, "Oh! Welcome! Before we begin, let me get out the tea! And make you drink at least forty cups of it!" Which is all well and good. I love tea - big fan right here. But for some reason that stuff runs RIGHT through you. Seriously. This is true. I don't understand it, but it's true. And for already having a small-ish sized bladder (a.k.a. tiniest bladder on the planet), that makes things kinda difficult. ... Sorry. We just got REALLY up close and personal here. I hope I haven't scared anyone. But sometimes, you've just got to talk about these things.
The other day we were going to meet with a less active family, and as we were coming down the stairs of their building (basically in the dark, mind you. The lighting was NOT great), I slipped and slid down the ENTIRE flight of stairs. Very embarrassing. And painful. And awkward. It was awful. I'm just sliding down on my behind/back, my arms are in the air (probably flailing - I don't remember for sure. In the moment, the only thing I was sure of was the fact that the stairs were very slippery), my skirt is sliding RIGHT up (thank goodness for leggings) - yeah. It was quite an experience. And my back hurts today. I'm not sure if that's a side affect of The Slide or I just slept weird last night. Either way.. Not fun.
We met with this family, and the dad was kinda drunk, and he kept trying to make me hold their baby. Which was unfortunate. Their baby was super cute. I miss babies. But I'm a missionary, so holding babies is not something I do. And I kept being like, "No, I can't - I'd love to but I can't," and then he'd be like, "Yes you can!" It was so awkward. Good sir, I can't hold the child! I'm sorry! I'm a missionary! I can't do that! The White Handbook forbids the holding of children. It is forbidden. "Funsize KitKats! ALSO forbidden!" Good heavens. It was awkward for everyone.
I got to go to Poznań for the first time for Zone Training. That was fun. It seems like a nice place. I got to see some people (Sister Barth, Sister Lidtka, Elder Blom, Elder Peacock - AND speaking of Elder Peacock, he said that he heard Anna is doing SUPER AWESOME in Kraków and that she's SO cool! Of course, I already know this. She's the greatest. But it was fun to hear it from someone else! Also, it was super fun to talk to Elder Peacock for a minute. He's such a goob! Ah, Kraków. Good times, good times), and that's always good! I love seeing people! ALSO, I got mail! Yeah boy! Life complete? Um, I think YES!
Basically that's a good rundown of the week. Pretty exciting stuff.
Talk to you all later, peeps!
Siostra Young
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