I am SO relieved the abysmal month of August has died. The
year will no longer seem as bland and uncomfortable.
I don't think I ever told you but I do get emails on
holidays now because we email at the Family History Center so we just have a
member open it up.
Last night we had dinner with the Raabs. Sister Raab told me
Allie was very cute and she was looking at them in awe because they had just
left my presence.[1]
I don't know; that's just what she said. It's so weird for me to think of her
being five. She'll be four to me until I get back. Just like Preston will
always be three.
So yesterday I had an unfortunate experience. We were riding
down Baker, a semi-main road, and the portion we were on has no bike lane, but
there are parking spaces. I hate to ride in the road, so I usually ride in the
parking spaces and meander up to the sidewalks when a car is ahead and the curb
is low. Yesterday there were cars parked and a person in the road so I didn't
want to go out, so I went on the sidewalk, and I couldn't get back on the road
because of the cars. A garbage can was on the sidewalk, and there was only a
small passage between it and a fence. I'd biked past before, nudging the can,
so I thought I'd try it again. But this time I did more than nudge it, and I
crashed. Some people were driving by and they stopped to see if I was fine, which
I was. But my bike is not in the best shape now; it locks up in first and
second gear, and I don't want to try our hills in third gear. I'm taking it to
the bike shop today. I hope they can fix it, or I may be in trouble. Hopefully
it doesn't come down to a new bike--or a permanent third gear bike. As it is,
it will probably not be too cheap to get it fixed.[2] Oh, well; that's the
reason I got a job before my mission.
And walking home after that incident it did start to rain,
and I didn't bring my new umbrella, although Elder D. brought his. I got pretty
wet; my planner's a little warped, and after dinner I had to change my shirt (I
had a wet shirt for dinner). But I was just glad it was raining. Rain in this
area is unusual. It doesn't happen very often, and, while back home it is less
common for there to be rain and sun, it is almost always sunny while it rains
here. I don't think I've ever seen a completely gray sky here; there's always a
patch of blue somewhere. The clouds that make it across the mountains disperse
as they cross the river. It's been partly cloudy frequently lately, but it
hasn't rained much.
I can't think of anything else to say...I thought of
something else I might like. In 2006 when I was a vampire for the first time we
got a special polishing tool for some old shoes of mine. I'm running low on my
polish, and I think that was an easier tool, so I would like that if you can
find it in the bathroom closet.[3]
Love,
Elder Melville
[1]
These members visited my family and took a package home for me.
[2]
The bike shop fixed it for free.
[3]
I was a vampire for Halloween. My mom did send me the polishing tool, but it
was not a quality product.
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