I don't wanna taco bout it.

This is how we feel about Warm River being this week.
So we don't talk about it.

This past week was kind of crazy, work-wise. On Monday, it was just me, Kenz, and one other housekeeper. I guess I got dubbed "in charge"? Anyways. Monday we ended up staying till about 5. We weren't supposed to work the following three days, but then Vicky asked if we would come in Tuesday because the Manor wasn't even close to being done and we had a group coming in there Wednesday.
So Tuesday comes along and, after quite a few hours of stressfully trying to organize people into their respective places to clean the rooms they had been assigned, and then Vicky and Mary having to come over and whip everyone into shape (because we had a large majority of them standing around in the hall talking with things still needing to be done), we finally went home sometime around five. That day was nuts. I still get stressed out thinking about it.
We had the next day off though, and we were able to sleep in... Do nothing... And go catch frogs! Remember the creek I talked about that we found while we were riding bikes? We hung around there for forever looking for frogs. Every time we found one, we'd sneak up on it and right as we were about to catch it they'd jump into the water and disappear like under the bank or something. Finally, after about an hour of walking through the creek and stalking these frogs, Kenz got one! We had brought our coworker's daughter with us as well, she hangs out with us from time to time. She's like 11 or so but she's really mature. She's very polite and nice. She's a joy to have around!
The next day was the fourth of July. In celebration, we grilled hot dogs and made home made oreos with red, white, and blue frosting in the middles. I had to go into work for a little bit to greet incoming groups, but after I got off we went to the Nauvoo State Park and hung out with one of our coworkers and his family. These guys are AWESOME. They were so welcoming. It was so nice, cause they were just so "Just come hang out with us!!" Like, everything they talked about doing they invited us to come with them. It was a really comfortable setting, and although it wasn't going with our families and friends, it was probably about the best thing we could have asked for.
They lit off the fireworks across the river in Keokuk. It was cool to be able to watch them from across the river, and not only could you see them but you could see other ones farther down the river. And we were right on the bank of the Mississippi, too. It was a really neat memory to be able to have; sitting on the bank of the Mississippi river and watching the fireworks with friends and family.
The next couple days were just working. Although, last night we had our friends (FRIENDS!) Natasha and JaRee over. They're the two girls that are our age that are going on missions in the fall. They will also be going to Chicago with us, so we planned that out for a couple of hours and then we played games for a bit. We actually had people over in our apartment! Huh!
Church today was jam-packed with visitors. We had people sitting clear to the back of the gym, and then some. The pageant starts this week, so mostly those visitors are families that have come to be in the pageant.
Still don't know what the pageant is about.
The second counselor made a comment about there being a lot of beards though, so take that for what you will.
My class jumped from three kids to twelve. This is the third and the last week that I'll be teaching the 9 year olds, and you know what? I'm alright with that. I've missed sunbeams!