As my year and a half mission approaches
I am experiencing a lot of lasts.
Last trip to Granny Annie's with my grandparents
Last temple trip with the cousins
last dance comp
last hugs goodbye
last time going to the movies
last time chewing gum
last time wearing big earrings
BUT I AM ALSO DOING A LOT OF FUN LASTS
Last Family Vacay
Last Harry Potter Marathon
Last talk in church
....For 18 Months,
I'm not dying yet people
So I'm gonna talk about the fun ones.
First of all, I know I'm not the only one that thinks in a British accent after watching Harry Potter.
If you don't admit to that your one of two things
Lying
and/or
boring
Its Levioosa Not Leviosaa.
Also, I'm having to restrain myself because when you watch a Harry Potter a day for a week,
you start to pick up some bad habits.
Bloody Hell is not an uncommon statement in the Saunders home rn
We started keeping track and Ron says Bloody Hell like... 74 times in the Goblet Of Fire
Also, my dad tried to use an imaginary wand to turn my little dog into a hunting dog last night.
...and he told my visiting friends from college that we are a family of wizards dead straight up
God Bless Harry Potter + Marathons Of This Kind
and Ron bc who doesn't love a classic Bloody Hell statement from him?
Just watched a youtube video and died laughing
18 times
he says it 18 times
never gets old
also: we went to dinner about forty five minutes away from home and played
"let's think of a word from Harry Potter for each letter in the alphabet"
<3
now to be perfectly accurate with the time sequence of things
The vay cay was before the marathon we are currently having
I was just really excited to talk about HP
now I'm gonna talk about the do's and don'ts of Hawaii
do go scuba diving in Maui at Molokini
it's a deceased and eroding volcano of old
half sunken
super sick
I swam with a shark, it was smaller than the one in Cozumel
but boy oh boy
I was way closer to this one
I hovered about two feet above it watching it dive between coral
attacking smaller sea creatures
One of my favorite things about the two double tank dives we did in Maui
was the fact that it is whale season.
We could hear the whales under water making almost constant noise
singing to each other
we saw them on the boat
coming up for air and even some coming up to give birth, true story
but sixty five feet below we could hear them which was just as cool
picture the way Dory whale talks in Finding Nemo
it's strangely accurate to the real thing.
It was beautiful.
The Cathedral |
Another Hawaii Do: forget that you didn't actually go to Hawaii and call it that
even though you went to Maui which is just as awesome
Maui do: Eat Pineapple and Hula Pie and Drink A Pina Colada BC you like
Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain.
Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain.
Do: Nothing
Do: Read a novel in two days
Do: Jump in waves three times as tall as you
Do: Go see the oldest chapel west of Salt Lake, pose in your new mission dress, and get
a selfie with one of the local members.
a selfie with one of the local members.
no filter and look at that water *sigh |
Do: Let your brother steal Aloe Vera from a house that you thought was the missionaries
but as it turns out it most likely wasn't..
but he's stealing random peoples plant for his bug bites so it's okay.
Do: Drive most of the Road To Hana and fricken' loose your mind on the way home
(UNLESS YOU GET CAR SICK EASILY STAY AWAY I REPEAT STAY AWAY)
it was like this the whole three hours zig zag grab a puke bag but still enjoy the scenic beauty |
named one of the most beautiful roads in the world |
Do: hang out with your aunts awesome bud from college because he is probably gonna give you
a pineapple and a gift card to get the most amazing shaved ice you will ever have in your life
Do: Sleep outside on the padded deck chair 8 stories high every night. It was so warm and peaceful.
Plus, who else can say they woke up and saw a volcano every morning in Hawaii
and heard the birds sing words and the flowers croon?
and heard the birds sing words and the flowers croon?
Can you even blame us?
This View |
Do: Completely nerd out because you love geology and you are
standing in a lava tube nextto a black sand beach made of volcanic rock.
Also steal a bunch of flat stones for massage therapy.
Do: Go so hard all day you fall asleep two different nights
at two different restaurants
Do: Find out the day before you came that your uncle
unbeknownst to your whole family
is going to be in Maui at the same time as you for business, just down the beach.
Do: Meet Mark Eaton former NBA Utah Jazz player
He is literally twice as tall as me |
Do: build sand creatures because castles are overrated
Do: become a famous photographer
even though you don't know how to work your camera.
It's that easy in Hawaii because the beauty makes up for
what you lack which when it comes to camera skills, is everything.
(me, not you mom)
Do: Get up early the first day, sit on the beach with a book
and get interrupted by an attractive man that eventually moves
his chair next to you wants your number and is dazzling to look at.
Don't give your number to that boy because three days later you'll get cornered
by him in your building and he will be drunk off his rocker
and forget your name,
therefore cussing and expressing to himself
how mad he is that he forgot your name and try to ask you on a date
by him in your building and he will be drunk off his rocker
and forget your name,
therefore cussing and expressing to himself
how mad he is that he forgot your name and try to ask you on a date
right then and there.
(Do: Walk away)
Don't drop the key to your rental van perfectly down the
elevator shaft ten minutes before
elevator shaft ten minutes before
you're going to be late to a scuba dive tour
Why not? Because you will have to pay
300 to 500 buckaroos to pay for a replacement
300 to 500 buckaroos to pay for a replacement
not to mention the taxi to take you to your dive regardless,
because you don't want to loose the
because you don't want to loose the
money you spent on that too.
(My dad dropped it and it didn't even bounce or slip in. It fell straight down.)
Don't: get hit by a wave, be sucked down to a sand bar and tear your MCL
because your knee bends and pops the other way agains the ground
resulting in a very uncomfortable MRI
because you have to hold still
because you have to hold still
which is really difficult for forty minutes
because you have restless leg syndrome
because you have restless leg syndrome
(My mother is cursing the waves, but grateful it wasn't worse. We await news about surgery, stay tuned)
#PrayForLeslie2k16
Don't: Think you are cool just because you keep getting randomly selected to be VIP.
Don't: waste time feeling sad because it's your last day in
YOHO
you're only in Hawaii once
Don't: Get "Prince Ali" stuck in your head from Aladdin because your hotel's name is Alii
but if you do, sing it loud and proud because that movie is bomb
DON'T: leave your phone in the airport bathroom after you have already passed
the point of no return as far as airport security goes
the point of no return as far as airport security goes
to the baggage claim therefore having to risk getting body
slammed by a tiny Hawaiian woman that speaks broken English
but knows how to take a motha out.
slammed by a tiny Hawaiian woman that speaks broken English
but knows how to take a motha out.
She was not happy when I climbed those stairs.
"no no no go back you no can come up to this spot. I cannah allow dis. I cannah go to da bathroom"
but I got my phone back, so all is well in Zion.
Don't: Do an ariel on the beach.
HAAA
JK DO IT
HAAA
JK DO IT
...
Okay I'm Done Talking About Lasts, HP, + Hawaii/Maui
(for now)
Soon I'll have a million firsts to talk about
First day at the MTC
First day in Tallahassee Florida
First Companion
First Area
First Investigator
First Lesson
First Baptism
HERE I COME
............
Make It A Good Day
Make It A Good Day
xoxo
Ryanne/Sister Saunders The Missiona(RY)