Letter #34

hallo! mission fans its your ever enthused elder Elder smart! well, this note might be a bit brighter than the last ones I've given on account that my new place is AWESOME!!!!!!!! I met with elder davidson (turns out I knew him from rochester) and he drove us back to our new 'apartment' I walked up the steps and I could see this comfy looking chair through the blinds I commented on how fancy Our stuff must be to davidson and sure enough, we open it up and the place is HUGE!!!!!!! we have a BIG family room with furniture that looks nice! a walk in CLOSET where we garage our bikes, a kitchen with a BAR and a NICE bathroom and... I have a HUGE desk (now covered in pictures of my favorite lady) the only downside is the water heat is really short.. and my bed is rather uncomfortable. I've had a weird couple days... first night there I met a basher... who was pretty low grade, I'm kinda sick and tired of bashers. and people, but aside from that I feel alot better than my last area... aside from missing the people.the ward relation is kinda distant... everyone here works at the shipyard with ALOT of hours... they don't like Our rules either, so theres tension there. second day was kinda weird too, I think I'll call it area lag, my lungs were starting to get kinda sore for a little bit but I feel better now, the second day in I pretty much, knocked, slept and knocked.. and then slept more during whatever time we weren't doing anything. so, this area is okay but the area is kinda stiff.... so that will be fun to work with! they are nice people an all but.. I dunno. aside from that we have a couple people we can work with so that will be fun. I get to finally split wood again!!! something to do to work out! that will be nice. well that has been my experience so far this week! I hope you all have a very merry christmas. I've been thinking about home a lot and all the stuff we would be doing. I miss you guys lots, fortunately the new place smells a bit like christmas at home, its been very helpful in a lot of ways so I'm doing MUCH better (that should make mom and savannah happy to hear about that) I can't wait to talk to you all (maybe savannah too?) thank you all for your time and patience! I gotta go now! Love, Elder J Smart