My Highlights of 2003
January: Got laser vision correction surgery. Despite having been given a Valium, during the surgery I was terrified that I was going to move my eyes when I shouldn’t and ruin my vision. But I didn’t. The day after surgery, I drove without corrective lenses for the first time.
February: Went to a convention in Seattle. Got my picture taken with James Marsters (Spike from
March: My newest nephew, David, was born on my birthday. Went of a convention in Pasadena and got my picture taken with Bill Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk).
April: Went to General Conference.
May:
June: The Parents
July: Spent a week in Greensboro, North Carolina at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. I learned a lot about writing and had a lot of fun.
August: I started this blog.
September: Fantasy football season started! And there was real football, too.
October: Met up with my best friend from law school in Las Vegas. (No, I didn’t go to law school in Las Vegas; that’s just where I met up with my friend.)
November: I found out that one of my short stories was a finalist in the Third Annual Phobos Fiction Contest.
December: I won my family’s fantasy football league and found out that another of my short stories was a finalist in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest.
Okay, come on, what Church leadership position? Mission president? Area authority? For how long? Details, man, details!
Why were your parents in Peru? I’ve always wanted to go there… and I LOVE the native pipe music!
My parents were in Peru because my dad was serving in a Church leadership position down there.
I generally don’t get too specific about his calling because I don’t want people to think that I’m bragging about it. I’m proud of him for what he’s doing, but I don’t want to seem proud, if you understand what I’m saying.
But, since I don’t want it to sound all mysterious, I’ll explain that he’s a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, and he was serving as area president in Peru and now serves in an area presidency in the U.S.
Yes, I completely understand, I was just surprised that you didn’t give any details. That’s cool that he’s in the SQ of the S and was able to serve in Peru. Did you ever visit your parents there? Or were they able to come home to visit? Being an area authority isn’t the same as a mission president, of course, but is it similar? Honestly, I don’t know… although I should, but it’s not like this is a common gospel topic that’s taught several times a year.
Anyway, that’s great!