ha it wasnt a big deal my glands in my neck were just golf ball size for a week or so and some elders told me i should get checked for diabetes. everything is all good and i am alive with normal glands. i didnt get any meds though. no i dont have any vitaman c but if i remember il buy some soon. i was just tired and to be honest not in the mood to stare at a computer haha i was ready to just do my own thing and chill and not worry about anything. sorry about that mondays are my sit back and relax days, we are riding an average of maybe 40 miles a day which in all reality isnt that much but it feels like a bunch and after a week of that i dont wanna do much. i wasnt sick so no worries there. oh mom i have a talk that you need to listen to by john by the way called rough start great finish, i love it and i think you would too.i remembered it when you said about your instructor saying oh dont you think you can handle it. she is in for a suprise ha im pretty sure there isnt anything that MY mom cant handle! how dare her say anything like that.im super glad that you and Shelly go to the temple and what not i knew when i challenged you to do it that it would bless your life alot and that your weeks would be better and i can tell that they have just by your letters, ha whether you know it or not even the way you write has changed. i can tell that your a little more relaxed and not as stressed, that your testimony of Gods hand is in all of our lives and how perfect his plan is. Even the way that you decide about giving your children permission to do things and what not, its kinda hard to explain but i know its been a really good thing and i am glad that shelly is doing it too.sounds like its been a week long holiday haha but a super fun one non the less. there has been stuff going on like crazy here and its nuts. are you all going door to door tonight? wow thats so awesome madeline wrote her own talk and gave it, im super proud! i almost choked when i read KaLee went to RS... she isOLD! that blows my mind! so the area is really good, the boundries are still the same but we are going to get permission to teach the guy that comes to church and teach him all this week and then set a baptismal date probably for 2weeks later, im super excited!!! ok so this family im so excited, they come to english classes and what not and church. we werent able to teach them a whole lot cuz the branch had a ton goin on and they went to EVERY activity it was semi frustrating but awesome too ha (mixed feelings) but we have a lesson with them on wednesday and we are going to set baptismal dates with all of them!!! im so stinkin stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!! this branch is goin crazy cuz they had forgotten what investigators were and what it was like to have them come to church haha its so great! a cool spiritual experience was saturday night, it was transfer news and my comp is getting transfered ,btw, so i was just prayin and i was like ok please listen to this prayer i need a good companion that i will get along with and we will work super hard and get these people baptized and that it will be a good transfer. as i said amen our phone rings and its the rest of transfer news and i was gonna find out who i was getting, idk if you remember me talking about elder tuttle from my mtc district but we are going to be comps and we are like super cool and idk it was definately the answer and the comp i think i needed for this transfer! another super cool thing was at church we told the new family that my comp was gonna leave and she was like well i have some good news for you then before you go and she says you 2 have made such an impression on my son (16years old) that told me that he wants to be a missionary and i told him ok well we are still learning and stuff but if thats what will make you happpy later ok and he says i know it will make me happy! wow my heart was pounding really hard and im pretty sure i had a smile on my face that went from ear to ear! so schedule is 620 wake up run and then shower and eat. 8 personal study 9 comp study 10 is language study. haha and you were asking about weight yes i have gained... i am 175-178 haha varies from dayto day... yes i got the package from you, thank you soooo much!!! ha everyone hammered the candy and im pretty sure they had my oreos eaten in like 10 minutes. im super glad you heard from bub and jose, you will have to get me bubs address cuz he wrote me and he leaves the mtc before my letter can get to him there. i havnt heard from jose in a while but it sounds like he is good and im super duper glad! i am so proud of all those guys well i hope its been a good week and i hope you have another good week! i love you all and dont get too cold ;) ha cuz i wont, pretty sure it still hits 100 some days. be safe and i will email again in 1week haha. love taylor