Email: 1 week already - June 23, 2010

From: Courtney Smith
Subject: Re: 1 week already
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 9:22 AM

Holy cow Mom!! We're on the compy at the same time!!!!! Oh, and Happy Belated Father's Day to Dad! I feel so so so bad for forgetting to mail a card! That's terrible about the forest fires :( I never realized how beautiful Provo is. The mountains are just right there and so great to look at whenever I'm outside or need to stare out the window for a bit to remind myself I'm not in prison. Ha ha, I kid, but sometimes it feels like I'm stuck inside too much. Gym time happens 5 days a week for about 50 minutes or so. Sometimes we do intense ab workouts that our Finland-bound roomates taught us or go outside to the field to enjoy the weather while it's fabulous. I'm really glad to have my roomates and companion. The Finns are hilarious and bring me smiles and laughter every day and I'm excited to have Sister Aitken as my companion. She's from North Ogden, Utah, but she's not quite the typical missionary material, which is a good thing.. She has great personal experiences that enhance our teaching scenarios. I'm running out of time so I have to speed this up!!! 30 minutes a week is WAY too short :'( My last day at the MTC is August 30th and the last day of the mission is December 11th. DearElder.com is a easy way to send me mail. You should try it sometime! Big news this week is that new mission presidents are coming in for training this week, that means there should be General Authorities about! I'll tell you about it next week.. The computer is about to kick me off, so love ya oodles!

By the way, random stuff that popped into my head: Did you ever get Tilly ear cleaner stuff and some chew bones to get the plaque off her teeth? Could Stacey or Shauna check my FB to see where my pal Rebecca Crowe got called to? Did amazon refund my camera?