Email from Mom: Saturday, October 29, 2022

From: Mom
To: Christian.garcia@missionary.org
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022
Subject: October is almost gone

Hey Elder Garcia!

How are you today? How is life in the mission world this week? Were you able to have some baptisms today (Sunday)? How are the rest of the ami's doing? You had interviews this week too yeah? Anything exciting there? I am also curious to know how the creation of a branch takes place. Is that during church on Sunday? Is it something that President Proudfoot takes care of before church? All questions going on in my brain. :)

It has been a week here. Fall Break so no school. Tyler was hunting and so B and I got to it in her room. I forget how much I actually hate painting. The prep work is a nightmare. I hate filling in holes, waiting for it to dry, sanding it, cleaning up the super fine dust, and the dreaded taping of a room....ugh. Anyways, it was fine and we got it all done and it looks great. She got her bed where she wants it (not in the center of her room anymore), we found a new nightstand cabinet thing, she picked out a new egg chair, and now we just have to wait for Tyler to help us with some shelving because they will require more know how than I want to pretend to have. Oh, and we need to get her LED lights put up. We had to order new ones after we had to take her old ones down so hopefully these will go all the way around her room instead of just on one wall. Fingers crossed. Maybe we will do that tonight...we will see.

The weather was crappy cold all week so not much golf cart riding but that wasn't too terrible if you ask me. I loved having Brooklyn home to hang with. She also got pulled over by the dreaded Community Service lady but that didn't stop her from getting back on the golf cart when weather allowed. Brooklyn went with the young men to the haunted house that the Maynards do and had fun and then even made it to the Riddle party last night. Tyler and I didn't go. Not a chance I was going to be the friend who they continually crap on and then show up and pretend like I give a crap about any of them. She said it wasn't all that great and pretty boring to be honest. I imagine it was mostly "don't you just love my new house" crap. Glad to have missed that one.

Tyler froze while hunting and was frustrated when he got home that there aren't really great buck deers to shoot at. All the time he puts in and the work he puts in to not find something big would be annoying if you ask me. He says he is getting to a point where he might just start to look at hunting guides and see if that is something to consider. Because of the lack of good deer, the drive and love of hunting isn't quite there like it normally has been. It is hard to see. He left today to go and hunt tomorrow one last time and I sure hope my prayers are heard.

Kaitlyn finally made it home from Texas after a major fiasco of the airlines. She learned the hard way which airlines not to travel on and was glad to be in Utah. She has been busy getting her classes lined up for next semester and looking for a new job. She came up today so we could go to lunch and do a little shopping for her birthday and then she headed home. 21 is the last big birthday and I realize that from here on out it is a day to celebrate but the celebration just looks different. She will be up tomorrow to carve pumpkins and have dinner so we will do a little more celebratin then. Plus Tyler will be home too so that will be goo.

I had a ton of my nail stuff that I ordered show up and it has officially taken over the office. I have stuff literally everywhere. I am mroe than intimidated and slightly overwhelmed but I am determined dang it to make it happen. Tyler was such a great sport and let me work on his cuticles last night while we watched game 1 of the World Series (the Phillies took game 1 over the Astros btw). Just getting familiar with the efile and the different bits that get used plus making sure you don't break down the natural nail that much to cause damage. All of it makes my brain crazy. I think really when I get the product on (gel or acrylic) I will be fine with the polish and design part but it's the product part that scares me to death! UGH.

Halloween is here on Monday and then it is madness into the holiday season. We are going to go to Mexico for Thanksgiving and then the cabin for Christmas and I can't wait. I don't want to do any decorating as of right now for any of it but hopefully by the time it gets here things will have changed. We will see right? It all just seems so overwhelming.

Other than that, life has been moving on one day at a time. The time seems to be flying by most days and I cannot believe when I see another month go away. I am not ready for 2023 and I am so ready for 2023 at the same time! Double edged sword all the way around. :) I sure love you and am excited to hear what you have been up to this week and how things worked out. I am excited to hear how your new ami's (the teenage girls) have been progressing and if you were able to get baptisms done as well. I am STOKED to hear about the creation of a branch too! Seriously just so rad.

Keep up all you are doing. Remember that hard work pays off and that you are there for a reason. Keep smiling. I love you for forever.

Mom