Day Thirty-Two: 2 Oct 2010

An excellent day!  I woke up and it was fast Sunday, but I got to sleep in a little bit at least lol.  It was a beautiful day outside, and really hazy for some reason.  I went to choir to support my friend Tessa at 9, we sang at 9:55, and we started church at 10 as usual.  We had our fast and testimony meeting today because we didn’t have conference till 6pm (eight hour difference between here and Utah), and I got that “you know you should get up” feeling so I jumped up as soon as the first counselor sat down.  It was one of those times in my life where I actually ENJOYED bearing my testimony because I felt so good and so happy about life.  I talked a bit about how I’ve been out of sync with God lately and it’s wonderful to get that peaceful feeling back as I make the necessary adjustments (not big ones, by the way).  I got to share my experience about the Book of Mormon from when I was 12, as well as testify that I’ve physically FELT the Savior’s presence in my life.  (don’t get too used to this—today was a rare day lol).  Anyway, I enjoyed it immensely and lots of people were gracious enough to comment =)  After 1^st hour I went to Brant’s lesson in Gospel Doctrine about building walls for protection and standing in holy places (I sat by Alison and enjoyed myself), then went and played for the primary kids with James in third hour (which is always fun and fun-ny).  I passed the rest of the afternoon talking with my roommates and listening to music with Robert.  We had a great dinner at 4pm and I talked with a bunch of people for an hour and a half or so before I went downstairs to get ready for conference.  I particularly enjoyed Elder Christofferson’s talk and Pres. Uchtdorf’s humor!  I was disappointed I didn’t get to see Dad too much, but I am glad to see that there are more black members of the Choir.  I found some sheet music for Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu and Rachmaninoff’s g-minor Prelude so that I can polish them up a bit better, it felt good to practice again =)  Now I’m just finishing up some stuff and going to bed.  Hopefully tomorrow is as good as today was!