Louisiana Part 3

Monday (cont.)
After falling asleep, a few people from the ward here took us to dinner at an Asian fusion place. Sarah Katherine was the only other person my age there - I like her a lot. She's super friendly and fun to be around. Then they took us to a place called Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt, which was exactly like Red Mango in Colorado.

Tuesday
We drove 30 minutes west to the next town over, Ruston. Ariel and I went to Seminary there, and had an entire lesson about marriage. I haven't had many of those in Seminary. Then Ariel went to be a shadow at Cedar Creek, a tiny private school, and Mom and Dad and I went house hunting. We found one house that reminded my mom of Connecticut that she and I both liked, but we still have yet to find a house we love. House hunting definitely gets boring after a while - I'll never be a real estate agent.
We met with people from Cedar Creek, and then drove around and looked at houses more. A Mormon family from Ruston invited us over for dessert to talk about moving to Louisiana, since they moved down here from New Jersey last year. Thier oldest daughter, Alise, was Ariel's age, and was quite amiable.

Wednesday
I got to sleep in this morning! Mom and Dad took Ariel to St. Frederick's, the local Catholic school to shadow, and then we house hunted later in the day. We found a few houses that were nice, but they're way far away from everything else. We picked Ariel up from St. Fredericks, and while we were in the meeting with their principal, I found out that I got a scholarship to BYU! That was very exciting. After we drove around and looked at more houses, a woman from church and her daughter (one year younger than me) took my family to dinner, and then to Mutual. For Mutual, we mostly sat around and talked, but also flew kites by the river. It was really fun, and I really like all the girls in YWs here. They're all so friendly, and fun, and they seem a lot more close-knit than the YW in my ward back home. It's nice.

Thursday
Another morning to sleep in! I worked on some homework, and then we drove to Ruston again so that Ariel could visit Ruston High School. While in Ruston, we looked at some more houses, and then met with the school counselor at Ruston High. Then we drove back to Monroe, went to Walmart, and have returned home for now, until we go to Sarah Katherine's house to watch the BYU Basketball game and eat dinner.

So that's what's been going on. I miss my bed. It's much more comfortable than the bed Ariel and I have to share here. And Ariel's a bit of a blanket hog, and apparently I am too, so it'll be better when I'm back in my own bed. But I don't want to leave the warmth and green of this place. I feel like it's summer here, since I haven't been in school and it's so warm. I don't want to go back to two more months of school and cold... :(

But I do miss my friends. Ugh. Conflicted.

I was thinking today about the Aladdin deal when I was listening to a song by Relient K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet?. I think it would be nice and easy to just not speak to him again and then just move to Louisiana and go to BYU without ever seeing him again. But it'd also be cowardice. And I don't want to take the easy way out. I want to do the right thing, the thing that takes bravery, and guts,  and hotheadedness, and whatever else it is that we Gryffindors have.

- Many hours later -

I just got back from Sarah Katherine's house. We ate a ton of food and watched the BYU Basketball game. I had never watched a basketball game before, but it was exciting. It was hilarious to hear a lady older than my mom shout at the TV "You just got Jimmered!".

I still don't know what to do about the whole Aladdin-hates-me-and-never-wants-to-speak-to-me-again-but-I-don't-want-to-leave-on-a-bad-note situation. Sigh.