So my family checked the mail today and there was a large white envelope waiting there for me.
For Sister Atkin.
Holy Smokes.
Of course I am freaking out a little right now, but it will do no good because it is with my family in Logan, and I can't open it until Saturday, even if I did want to take a peak (which I do).
It is so unreal! Of course, all of the possibilities are racing through my brain right now. My family is playing a guessing game, but they each get five guesses, which I think is a bit excessive. They will easily cover the whole globe with their guesses.
I am dying to hold it in my hands to judge its thickness. Honestly, I really want it to be really thick, which means that at this point I am telling myself that it is too thin (in my imaginary image of the envelope I have never seen) to be foreign, and talking myself into being super excited about serving in Boise. Which I will be, of course. Above all, I am just trying to not have expectations, which is impossible. I'm canceling out my foreign expectations with more local ones in the hopes that too many contradictory expectations will add up to be the same as having none.
And now I am just rambling hopelessly, my thoughts moving like drunkards (you know, some loud, some moody and quiet, some wavering or meandering all over, giddy, or violent, others passed out in the back and so on), so I had better just try to convince my stomach that food is actually a good idea.
These are going to be three very long days.
The seconds before I opened my call were probably the most terrifying, exciting seconds of my life. I mean, it doesn't matter what you do because they've already decided where you're going! Decision - MADE! And your call will be to the PERFECT mission for you. Heavenly Father loves His children in Boise just as much as His children in Milan. So excited for you! We might even be in the MTC together if you report before Nov. 1st!
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