The Lists that Govern my Life

Yes, I used this title already for a mission email. It's called recycling. Or just reusing. So in the 54 days I've been home from my mission, I've failed at keeping my blog. Sorry. And I know. I’m being one of those annoying people that use their mission as a point of reference for any mention of time. I can’t help it. Everything has suddenly become “before my mission” or “after my mission.” Or “during my mission.” But I wrote approximately 75 emails about that 18 month adventure. All of which were far more interesting than what you are currently reading.  But things are about to kick off speed because....SCHOOL STARTS IN TWO DAYS! Thus starting "the semester right after my mission." I think we all need some kind of reference point like a mission.  And not that school is actually more exciting than a mission, but it is something. Something grand. So what is there to be excited about for school? -history classes -

Well. It's been a while. Approximately 18 months. Because of the whole give-all-your-time-up-to-teach-people-in-Germany-about-the-restored-gospel-of-Christ-for-eighteen-months. Yeah that thing that was wonderful and arduous and sometimes terrible but mostly beautiful that changed my life forever. And so here I am in America again, trying to apply the things I thought I learned but failing miserably because maybe I learned too much or maybe I still don't really accept this whole being-a-process thing or maybe I'm just a peon. But I'm working on it. You may ask, what kinds of things are hard? Actually you probably know what kinds of things are hard in life but I thought I'd list a few more RM specific just in case. Losing motivation to talk to strangers. Which was one of my favorite and least favorite things on my mission but I got really good at it. I don't know if it's the lack of name tag or what, but it just got a lot harder to greet everyone