Sushi

I tried sushi today.

A flashback: One night when i was out with the missionaries, we were waiting on a investigator to get to the church. We ran into one of the counselors of the Stake Presidency. We got to talking about how he went on his mission to Japan. I am not sure how the topic moved on to sushi but there we were, talking about it. I told him i had never tried it (the raw fish kind). He was talking about how he loved it. He described the flavor to me. I decided i should venture out and try it sometime.

The present: Today was that day. I was in the Target produce dept today and came across some California rolls. They are rice rolled with seaweed "paper" and had imitation crab meat, avocado...and maybe something else i cant remember. i put some soy sauce on it and took the smallest, tiniest pinch of a taste of the wasabi on the side. (the wasabi totally rocked my world!!!...not in a good way. as i knew it would. i have had it before.) Then i discovered the raw fish slivers on the side as well. At first i dismissed them, but then i was like "whatever, i wanted to try it, let's do this!!!". so i took the smallest piece and put it in my mouth. Actually....it is pretty good. i was expecting an overwhelming fish taste like you can sometimes get with some cooked fish. None. I promise. It was a little salty and pretty good. It made a good combo with the soy sauce. Overall i give them a 9 (outta 10). They are good for you too. Bonus!!

Church

I get excited for Sundays. I enjoy seeing the people there and feeling the Spirit. Today my new bishop called me into his office. We sat down and chatted for a few minutes. He wanted to get to know me a little bit. So we chatted and then as he was wrapping up the conversation he asked me if there was anything he could do for me. I don't think i have ever answered this question with anything but "no", "i don't know", "i don't think so", or "i think i am good" before. You know, home teachers ask it, VT ask it, bishops before have asked it. i never have anything, or want to bother them. Today i said "yes." Today i asked my bishop for a calling. He smiled at me and said "in fact we do have a calling for you." And he gave me a calling. I am not officially called or sustained, so i don't think i am supposed to say what it is, right? So get excited for a post next week.
I also knew that he was going to give me the calling he gave me. I was not surprised at all. I was thinking today about why i thought to ask my bishop for a calling. Usually i shy away from the bishop cornering me with that "calling" look in his eye. I think it is because i am nervous he is going to give me a calling that is going to be super hard for me like teaching Sunday school or something. With all those people starring at me for like 40 minutes. Yeah, it scares the trash out of me. But today i wanted a calling. Do you ever have those moments in your life where you know you need something in your life to challenge you spiritually? Or to make you better at something? Or to force you to get involved? (i don't know if that even makes sense.) I knew the calling he would give me. I knew it would be hard. But i knew that i would be better for it. And i am totally drawn to anything that can take the focus off my life. Off the struggles, and the worry that i am completely stupid for moving to TX all together. I need something good and uplifting and happy in my life to escape everything else. Maybe this calling will be it.

A Christmas Event

Yesterday I hung out with the fam (the people i live with...that is what i call them). We went to (the husband) Tom's brother's house which is north of Dallas. Tom is one of 11 children so there was going to be a ton of people there. I had been warned that Tom's family (like Tom) are a little bit out of control. So i thought since they don't know me, and it is Christmas i should wear my mistletoe headband. For those of you who haven't seen it...it is a headband that i got when i was a kid with a tall, skinny spring on it that sticks strait up in the air over my head (about a foot above my head). It has a plastic mistletoe on the top. So no matter where i go, i am always under the mistletoe *wink* *wink*. I thought it would be funny. So i bust into these people's house that i don't know with mistletoe on my head. I got some strange looks, and some kisses. Mostly on the cheek, but once on the lips. It surprised me a bit. I haven't been kissed on the lips in quite some time. lol.
But it was a really good time. there was good food, and since Tom's family is originally from Ohio, they all know how to play Euchre. It's not Christmas without Euchre. So got my euchre on, in a tournament. It was a good time. Tom and i won a couple of games.