Well, Friday came around, as Fridays do, and as I had managed to worm my way out of work, Maria and I decided to attend the "Cottage Evening" the Elders proposed ( Read more... )

For those of you who know me, you will know that I am on a mission (not the one you are thinking of) to meet a person from every state in America ( Read more... )

Well, since Maria and I had been invited to go to the activity the girls were holding on Rainbow Tuesday, we went. We were doing storytelling, and Heather's sister Fiona was invited to tell us stories, as she was a professional storyteller for young children. We talked about our favourite stories and Fiona read us a story. We then had to make up ( Read more... )

My second-ever real life encounter with the Mormons ( Read more... )

At a friend's house that night, we were invited to participate in some drinking games. Never a big drinker, in fact, hardly ever, I declined participation. Upon their enquiring of why I would not participate, I told them I was attending church in the morning. "Church!" came the reply. "You are not drinking for CHURCH ( Read more... )

I recieved a phone call about 10 am. Normally I would have been at school, but I don't start school until 11am on a Wednesday morning, so I was at home. It was a number that I didn't know, and as I had been having problems with some weird guy (STALKER) ringing me, I was a bit anxious at the prospect of answering my phone and having to talk to him. ( Read more... )

I was tired. I had been at work since 6am and I was annoyed at having missed the bus to see a friends' band play. But instead of going home and sulking, as I had wanted to do, I was determined not to let this dumb bus service get the better of me... I mean, it was their fault, not mine that I had missed it. So I decided that I would carry out my ( Read more... )