11/28/11

The baptism went as planned. Well, it happened, but not much went according to plan, to be honest. We flooded the chapel, everyone came late, almost started without anyone from the Bishopric, I had to give a talk at the last minute...but we made it.

The font wasn´t filling up fast enough, so I turned both valves to wide open and left it. Then I didn´t hear the font, so I assumed someone had turned it off. Then my companion assumed I´d turned it off. It looked good and full. Then we left it and Carlos´s wife said ¨Hey, the hallway´s filling with water!¨. I thought we had a leak in the wall (Valencia´s font was flooding the parking garage in September), but it had run up and over the steps, then down into the hallway. So I ran and shut it off, opened the drain, my companion opened the door, which brought more water out...it was fun. Got the mop crew out and pushed most of the water out with a broom into the parking lot. Thankfully there wasn´t carpet.

Then I got up and winged the talk. That went well enough.

So he´s baptised now, and we´re back to finding more people. Sunday I confirmed him, then we participated in the baby blessing, which was a first. Poor thing cried the whole way through.

So...problem with the Christmas gifts. I hope you haven´t picked up too much, because this week the lace up shoes have expressed their desire to die. When you asked, they were fine, but now the heel is splitting in one of them, and there´s small pieces coming out of the sole right at the point where they flex. The slip on´s are fine, and I could probably just wear the laceups out and then run the other pair into the ground. I could try to shoe goo them, but anything on the sole usually wears off in a few days time. Sorry for the really short notice. If it´s too late, no problem, I´ll just wear em out like I said. Probably still do that anyway.

As far as I´m aware of there´s no limit to the number of iPod´s that can be attached. Computers, yes, but iPod´s shouldn´t be a problem. If it´s necessary, I´m sure you´ll be able to deauthorize the Mini and the old Nano without any problems. And my Touch, since it barely worked when I left, and I really doubt it´s worth keeping now.

I did get the package. I´d forgotten how different new garments were. The old ones were pretty old.... I haven´t opened the majority of the presents, just the music. I´m trying to behave, though I may not survive past today... Thank you for all the wonderful gifts!

I didn´t find a turkey, so I bought some cheap pork chops and used up what was left of the potatoes and gravy.

Yes, still send it to Barcelona. A few days before Christmas we´ll all have Christmas dinner with the individual zones, and the Hinckley´s will bring down all the boxes in the office. Just needs to be in Barcelona before the 20th of December, and since it´s 10 days you´ve still got time.

Even though we´ve still got two weeks I´m on vacation essentially. There aren´t any district meetings for quite a while, so I´m just essentially taking numbers now. Only one more meeting before Christmas, and two more before the end of the year, and I might not even be a district leader after this transfer.

I hope you all has a good week.