Whoops...and Elephants

So, this one time after the Temple in Logan had been closed for a month, and exactly two days before my first day at LDS Family Services, I tried to go to the Temple and...my recommend was expired. The whole two-year expiration change threw me off a bit. It used to be every November, like clockwork. So, not only was I denied my Saturday Temple experience, but I was in trouble (Right here, in River City. With a capital T...etc.) because, considering the fact that I had to put my entire church history experience on my application, including whether or not I was Temple worthy and the names/phone numbers of the past two bishops I've had, I'm pretty sure that they want you to have a current recommend. I instantly returned home and called that guy in the directory that has "Call for Bishop Interviews" in bold letters next to his name. He said I could meet with the Bishop right after church, at 4:30pm, and that the Stake conducts their interviews from 4-6pm in the same building. Perfect! So I get to my bishop's office and end up waiting approximately 45 minutes, because he was in a meeting with someone. It's now 5:15pm. Pleasant interview is conducted. I dash down the hall towards the Stake President's office. The only one there is a clerk typing something. I knock and ask if there's a Stake Presidency member that can conduct my interview. Tough luck for me. The interviews are from 4-5pm. Too late. So now I'm going tomorrow without a current recommend. Boo. I'll have it all dandy by Tuesday night, so it won't be too bad. I just hope they're not so sticklish that they wonder whether or not I'm actually a faithful member of the church because I forgot that I have to renew my recommend in July instead of November (or September, which is when I actually thought it would expire, because that's when the scanner things were introduced. Apparently I was way too on top of it two years ago and went in first thing to get my recommend changed as soon as they said I would have to have it changed. I therefore can only conclude that since I entered into graduate school my brain has slowly started to disentigrate).

I therapized myself yesterday by moving my furniture. Someday, when I have a family, they're going to get lost in our house because I keep moving our furniture every four months.

On a completely random note, on the news the other day they reported a new baby elephant being born at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake. First, baby elephants are very cute. Second, this reminded me that elephants are pregnant for 24 months. I would think that being pregnant for 24 months would be incredibly uncomfortable (as would giving birth to a 251 pound baby elephant). Okay, now, you're going to have to pay attention to my train of thought, because it tends to jump a bit and I come out with weird results. From the baby elephant, my brain reflected on the multitude of babies that my friends/family have had in the past year and a half (all of whom are adorable--Moms and Babies). It then jumped to the fact that I will never have to be pregnant for 24 months. However, it will take me 24 months to get my diploma. And I like to think that getting a graduate degree is as difficult and possibly just as uncomfortable as giving birth to a baby elephant.

Herego:
MSW=Baby Elephant
And I'm pretty sure that deserves a Baby Elephant Walk

My only hope is that my diploma doesn't weigh 251 pounds. I mean, how would I ever hang it?