Nichols
Wait! Why is Obi-Wan wearing my bathrobe? How long have you been
listening Obi-Wan? Did you hear me say I like the notebook? Because I
don't. I see you got barbeque sauce on my bathrobe.
You have done that yourself!
I think I'd remember. I'm very neat. We both know I don't eat
barbeque. I absolutely don't eat barbeque!
Only a Sith deals in absolutes...
A Sith?
A Sith.
What'th a Thith?
A Sith.
Thith?
A Sith.
That'th a pretty nathty lithp you have there. Might wanna do something
about that.
I will do what I must.
So, this week's letter is going to be special Nick. Why? Because it's
time for an update on my toenail! You of course remember how you
stepped upon my toe whilst playing basketball shortly before fleeing
to the MTC. Well, after being black and nasty for a while the nail
underneath started to grow back (due to my Wolverine like powers). It
grew in this unusual way for a while and I made the medical decision
to shave off the dead black part with a razor knife. Sadly, the
surgery was only able to remove about 3/4 of the blackened
Nicholas-squashed nail. Subsequently, I gave it time to grow out more
before taking further action. You will be pleased to hear that in a
fit of pure manliness I ripped off the offending remainder with my
bare hands and a slight grunt last night. I now just have to wait for
the healthy nail to finish re-growing itself in a few months. Yes, of
course I will keep you updated.
I don't have much more to say. I have been making an abundance of
smoothies. I also tend to going swimming at 3 in morning. It's a good
way to relax after work. And since you seem to be getting trunky for
food I will let you know I intend to make garlic breadsticks and pasta
tomorrow. Be righteous!
-<MATT>-
Nick,
Plant of the moment: Freesia: The genus was named in honor of
Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795–1876), German physician.[1]
They are herbaceous plants which grow from a corm 1–2.5 cm diameter,
which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves 10–30 cm long, and a sparsely
branched stem 10–40 cm tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided
spike of fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers.
Freesias are very popular garden plants, grown for their often
strongly scented flowers. The most commonly cultivated species is F.
refracta, which was crossed with F. leichtlinii in the 19th century.
Numerous cultivars have been bred from these species and the pink- and
yellow-flowered forms of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars
have flowers ranging from white to yellow, pink, red and blue-mauve.
They are widely cultivated and readily increased from seed. Due to
their specific and pleasing scent, they are often used in hand creams,
shampoos, candles, etc.
The 7th wedding anniversary flower, in the language of flowers,
freesia are said to symbolize innocence and friendship.
Well not awake enough to tell you more at the moment we got back from
San Diego today after going on vacation.
Good luck,
Matt n Sam.
Dearest Nickolas:
It sounds like you are doing alright out there. I doubt you would be
jealous of the work I do though. I have become the mexican's favorite.
They like me for two reasons. I am the strongest white guy that does
good work, and I don't talk to good in Spanish and so they can make
lotsa jokes about me. Life is still good, except I find that I have
become a lot more lonely. Mom and Dad are gone or sleeping, and matt
doesn't usually come over. Kevin has been looking for work and has
found options that means he won't come to California with me and
parker. I guess there isn't much more to do with my life the rest of
the year besides build up a bank account and read books. I am
currently picking what I want off of sam and matts shelves and I might
have another couple months of choices there. Logan Groscost got back
today and gave a inspiring homecoming talk. It seems just yesterday
that he caught his shoe on fire at the survival campout… Good times
those. Anyway I think that I just need to keep living. Life will be
better soon enough. Anywho later bro.
-Alex
P.S. Have you worn that incredible tie I gave you yet and how many
compliments have you received from it?
Nick,
Went to New Mexico and seen Russ & Keri. It is such an ugly drive - I
hope to never drive it again. Bought the bike that Ty wrecked back
from Russ.
You may be cold, but I'm hot here - I'm still getting up at 5:00 AM and walking.
Dad
Hi Nick,
So, to expand on other's sketchy details. Sam and Matt went with
Jerah, Abby, Sam, Noah, and Kim to San Diego. They all stayed with
Jeanne and Bill. I guess they had fun. Sam was really tired and
didn't give any details.
Dad got this wild hair notion to buy back the motorcycle from Rus
because he had heard he was going to sell it. They were planning on
going to Sierra Vista over the 4th, and then eventually Galen would
bring it up to us. But, Dad knew I am yearning to go camping and
thought for some reason driving through Show-Low and Greer and showing
me the forest I couldn’t stay in would take care of the yen. It
didn't work. He rented a truck, picked the longest way to get there
because he thought it would be a prettier drive than going through
Gallup. It wasn't. It was just longer. We both agreed going to
Sierra Vista would have been preferable.
It was good to see Keri & Rus though. (and yes he spells his name
with 1 s). The kids are a little bigger and smarter but still as
friendly and clingy. All over you when you are in the room with them.
I punished Dad a little for taking me on this trip by making him go to
quilt shops. Then we went to Santa Fe. About an hour's drive.
Wasn't impressed. Won't need to go there again. or to Albuquerque.
If we do, we're flying.
Grandma"O" called me. (which isn't usually for good news). She has
pneumonia again. Not in the hospital, but probably should be. Send a
few extra missionary prayers her way.
Alex is becoming big. Got his checking account by himself. Completed
his on-line traffic school for his ticket. And yes, he is getting
bored. Although he seems to be gone a lot. Works all day, Institute
on Tues and Thurs. A date on Saturday. More or less seems to be
keeping busy. But it is a change from last year when we had people
around all the time. Sometimes I miss that too.
I only have 4 weeks left until I'm off for the summer. No agenda yet.
Haven't heard a definite on Nicaragua. Would like to though. Well I
better get this off before you send one to me. Love you, Mom.
From Nicholas to the Family:
Alright. I will figure this crazy keyboard out. Well, actually the keyboard really is not the problem right now. The mouse is absolutely a bother, however. That is how it goes, though. Things go quite well here. We are having a little difficulty actually sitting down with people and teaching them lessons. But we are doing a good amount of contacts, so it will work out eventually. We have to do at least 150 contacts a week. So a bit over 20 a day. Just looking it does not seem all that hard. But when you have all these other appointments, or it is early in the morning, or you are huge and wearing an all black jacket in the dark, it is harder. Especially the last one, because the shortest day of the year was last week. Now we are gaining daylight though. And maybe partially spurred by the pizza you made last week, last Monday, right after emailing, we went to a pizza buffet. A fairly nice one. Seriously, the second nicest place I have been in in Argentina. It runs even with Wal-mart for second, where we also went today. I have some peanut butter now. And other things I needed. They have so many weird types of pizzas. I ate a few of them last week. I was not able to take pictures of them because I was lacking my camera, but so be it. Pizzas covered in hotdogs, bleu cheese, olives, corn, eggs, etc. Quite good, in reality. And when I say covered, I mean it. As in the cheese is not at all visible under the toppings. Covered. Pretty cool. Ah, and french fries covered as well. Speaking of french fries, the Mcdonalds here is outrageously priced. It still gets business, but holy cow. Around 50 pesos for a burger and drink and fries. One dollar is 4 pesos, a little more, so that is like 12 bucks. Plus, regular food is actually cheaper. I can get just a hunk of cooked meat- like steak on a sandwich- for 20 pesos. And a liter drink for 5 pesos more. Crazy. But I will probably try it once in my time here, just to say it is not any different. Peanut butter is pretty expensive. Around 30 pesos for a smaller sized jar. 510 grams, to be exact. But it is not so bad. If you did not yet know, the milk and yogurt and several other things come in bags. You cut the top and pour it out. They come in liter sizes, 5 pesos for milk and 10 for yougurt, which is only a bit thicker than the milk. Pretty sweet. I quite enjoy it. It is a bit weird in a bag though. We cut out the bottoms of soda bottles to put them in. And if you were wondering, and I believe I said it before, there are a lot of random dogs running around. Even if half of them have owners, they just kind of wander around. They are everywhere. Many of them even find their way to roofs. Random dogs will just bark at you from the roofs of houses. And they are of every type imaginable, almost. Quite the variety. I feel I am just rambling, so I will move on now.
Matthew- I have not had a companion who has seen that yet. A little sad. They will see it eventually. I am very glad to see that your toenail is progressing, finally. You made the right decision. I also do not remember that incident at all, if you were wondering. I also have not been able to play any sports since the MTC. Not even soccer. My companion right now does not like it, so we never play. My last companion loved it but we never could find where they play until the last week. There is a tennis court in our area, however, so we might have to get that going one P-day.
Sam & Matt - Good flower choice. Smelly. And the name is interesting enough to merit something or other. I imagine the trip was fun. And I believe I am running out of thoughts, so....
Alex - That just makes me more jealous, because I can understand Spanish. And I can imagine you are a little bit lonely. Since you have such nice open time, you can read the Wheel of Time books I so love. Seriously, take em down. The next one will be coming out soon. If it has not already, it will in the next 6 months. That one does make me a little trunky. I want to read it. But it is easily enough overcome. Crazy Logan is home already. I really want to talk with him. He is so awesome. Sister Matthews had sent me programs from the ward, and I read the little mission letter excerpts. Daniel Merkley and Rosson are awesome. Everyone is doing great. Be good to talk to them eventually. And that tie... I might have to tell you about that after the mission.
Dad - Good thing you figured that out. I will not be inclined to take it now. I am a little sad I never learned how to drive the dirt bike. I was going to until Ty crashed it, but so it goes. Glad for the writing, looking forward to more.
Mom - You are good at making up words mom. It makes reading funny. Glad you were able to take a little trip, even if it was not the best one. I also think those little kids are really funny. Are their voices still so rough and deep sounding? I will pray for Grandma, for sure. I will pray for both of them, even. For the ward thing, the favorite scripture dealio, I will send in D&C 6 36 as the favorite. It is nice and short so it should work quite well. And it rocks, so... Also, one more thing, to keep in mind. When you send packages, keep it to like two a year. For more info on how to send it, look at the mission blog. They have a section on it. You can read the blog, which is nice. Also, one thing I would like is music. Basically any kind of church music is good. But specifically instrumental church would be cool and the church InsideOut songs.
Alright. Time is up, so we will finish there. Glad to write again. Will write again next week. You all are still great. Continue being so!
With love,
Elder Hansen
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