To start this off on a positive note, I would like to inform you all that I understood what topic was being talked about in our lesson of our TRC this week (which shouldn't be impressive because I helped plan the lesson, but sometimes Allison will switch it upon us and I'll just be nodding and saying phrases I find in the red book). That was definitely our smoothest lesson yet, hopefully, next week's lesson - which will be our last one!?!- will go as well. It's been pretty good teaching Allison, I'm sure she's a great person, I just unfortunately understood next to nothing that she told us about herself.
To pause being positive, I had to go to the DMV this week (I needed my driving record for my reassignment), for those of you that haven't gone for a while, it is as bad as you remember (perhaps even worse?). The Chic Fil A workers would have had me out of there in about 3 minutes flat, but instead, it took over 30 minutes for them to print out half a sheet of paper we had to pay 8$ for. The woman at the front desk- Ana T if your reading this it was the U-Turn Lady- really took my ID, asked for my appointment code, and then asked me what my name was, COULD SHE NOT READ!?!? My name was on both the appointment and the ID? I understand this was a minor thing but, it very much bothered me for multiple hours following this interaction. That entire building reaks of despair and as my father often says has the same effect on your soul as the dementors from Harry Potter.
Anyway getting back on track here, all in all, it was a pretty great week. Learned some new words, got stressed about the massive amounts of Spanish I don't know, and learned some verb conjugations.
We had a Workshop for Transitioning into the Field this week (we had to do it this week because next week is CHRISTMAS). Anyway, they had this website that let us put in questions and then vote for questions and they'd answer the top ones. Some of the questions being sent in there we sending me into orbit.
Most of you would already know, but Ian, Rachel, and Rocky surprised us by showing up early for their visit. I saw their figures walk past my window, and thought I must have been imagining it for a moment. I heard knocking at the door and heard my dad say something about how UPS must be delivering his package. I was in class trying to focus on some video of people stating their beliefs in Spanish, and I couldn't focus on a single word; because when my dad finally answered the door (he likes to give the UPS man time to get back to his truck) he and my mom were quite excited, and I could hear it from my home MTC. Anyway, half an hour later I had a break from class, and as I walked into our living room, I was treated by the sight of the attached image.
Such a fun week, and I can't believe it's my last full one of the MTC. Feels like we just started, kind of stressful, but also very exciting. I hope everyone has a phenomenal Christmas. Make sure to remember the reason for the season somehow, and eat a lot of cookies!
Hermana Shelton
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