WAIT

Hello world! ...Again.

I suddenly realized there were two important things.

They often told us in seminary and stuff to try to do a prayer when you wake up as a prayer before you go to sleep. I have the one for when I sleep down, but I just never have been able to make a habit when I wake up, since I'm out of it and don't remember much. *derp face*

Also, after we did all of the exams in PE, the teacher asked us to try working on one or two of the exercises on our own at home so that we will improve next semester. (I don't have to do the exam next semester though! *taunting laugh*)

In the Young Women's activity that week, we were going to do a Personal Progress experience where you are supposed to make a goal to have a certain habit and work on it. If we kept it up by Sunday, she would pass it off. I realized I could do both exercise and prayer in the morning to do all this good stuff at the same time. So, I made a goal to do some push-ups, (crunches if I am not in a hurry, like on Saturday,) a little stretching, and a prayer in the morning. I have managed to do it every day except for that day I accidentally woke up late. *sweat drop*

I've been really proud of myself so far! The first morning I only managed to do 7 push-ups (same amount as in the exam, of course), and this morning I did 20! *cheering and noisemakers* I also like doing a prayer in the morning. It's usually not long since I know I have to hurry up, but I still get to pray about my concerns for the day and stuff. If you don't wake up extremely early, I suggest you do something like this, that improved both physical and spiritual health.

The day I had my eye exam, my mom and sister afterwards decided to go sign up for appointments at a clinic for their checkups. The clinic told them they could go in right then. So I could either be in the waiting room for an hour or do something else. My mom (probably mentally gulped and) told me that I could go eat some ice cream meanwhile at Dairy Queen, since that was the next building over. We both were a little nervous about this, because I have never been out of the house all by myself besides at school. Seriously. I had never been in a restaurant by myself, or a store, or anything. And I barely did any of those things with just my sister, either. But I realized that I really needed to start becoming more independent now, and agreed to do it. She and my sister gave me some money (all coins, since my mom likes to use coins as much as she can) and I walked out of the clinic anxiously and slowly.

I went in as the same time as a dad with his son who just finished with his karate class, so he was wearing his gi and no shoes. They ordered while I looked at the menu (of course never having been inside of DQ before didn't help my nervousness) and I decided on getting something called Oreo Brownie Earthquake (basically, brownie with ice cream and chunks of Oreo. The name is too dramatic, if you ask me). I probably looked so nervous and lost to the people working, which is pretty much how I felt. I got the already-finished brownie when I got my receipt, found a spoon (did you know here's literally no forks at DQ?) and chose my own tall chair to sit in and enjoy my dessert. I ate slowly and studying the restaurant and things I could see in the windows, and smiling when I saw the little kid showing off his karate moves to his dad, and left. I felt better going back to the clinic, and I sat down in the waiting room (probably confusing and worrying the lady that was also in there with her kids, especially since I was dressed like a total tomboy that day; Spider-Man hat for the win!) and read some more of Bunny's story until my mom and sister finished their appointment.

There ya go! Two important experiences that happened this week.