September 22, 2021

 I'm a Dog Whisperer?!

I said last week's email was going to be short and boring and this one will probably beat last weeks in both departments. Good news is that my next email will be from the beautiful city of Cali Colombia, and I can share all of my fun first week and travel stories. But as for this week you get the boring stuff. Bear with me as I try to make this entertaining. 

This week mostly consisted of scrambling to get everything I need for Colombia. Between a few Walmart trips and probably the world's largest Amazon order I think I am close to having everything. Now I get to pack this week so super looking forward to that. (I'm dreading it if you didn't pick up on that). 

As for class this week we had a good time as always. Thanks to a suggestion from my Grandpa, we got my teacher to try and say the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Marry Poppins. He had to have seen the movie before because he did a decent job but boy did my district get a laugh out of him trying to say the word for a good 5 minutes. My Spanish is definitely coming along but I know that in my next email I will be telling you guys that I know absolutely nothing when I have to use Spanish 24/7. I make class sound fun and it really is for the most part but I am so grateful that I have only 32 hours left. 

As for the subject I'm not convinced it's even click bait. We watched my sister's dog for 4 days and she slept in my bed with me. The pooch sat on my lap for the majority of class this weekend so that was fun. I think I could be a dog whisperer. I will attach a picture of her because she is cute and I love dogs. Her name is Jovie. 

If there is anything worse than a boring email it is a boring email that is long so this is where I end. Love you all and hope you are doing well. Get ready for a banger email next week.

Love y'all, 

Elder Nixon



 

 

 

 

 


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