Urban Poly Princess

I just love my Zumba class. Sinai is going to Tonga for 3 weeks. There is a huge Tongan celebration for the coronation of the king. I don't know why it happens a year later. Probably out of respect for the monarch who passed. Sione Ika went to Tonga with his community choir. They plan to sing at the coronation. A lot of Youtube videos were posted of high school students preparing numbers to perform for this too. It is probably going to be similar to when I attended the Centennial. I performed in a show with PCC who provided instruction and costumes. It was so much fun and right before my mission. I got my call right before my trip to Tonga and I went through the temple for the first time the Saturday before my flight because I wanted to go through the Tongan temple with my dad.

As a result my experience was rushed and overwhelming. I wish my mother or father stopped me because I wish I had time to think and ponder instead of rushing around like I did. It was so much fun however and good for me right before my mission. Tonga is a 3rd world country and people don't have very much there. When I submitted my papers I put I would be available on October 1st. As typical I expected my reporting day to be in December but they wanted me to report on October 3rd. Sooo I had maybe a week after I got home from Tonga to prepare for the MTC.

My cousin Noelani picked me up from the airport and I stayed with her and Brent for a day or 2 before I entered the MTC. Matt was a baby then, now he is an RM and married. Time flies. My recent Tongan experience put things into perspective for me. Hearing a sob story about how some lady couldn't afford to buy things for her kids on Christmas drew no mercy or sympathy from me. They had TV's, game systems, videos and she was complaining. My cousins were happy in Tonga without any of those things. They played games with balls and while my cousins were the lucky ones with a refrigerator, that was a luxury. So was the truck my uncle owned. This was rare.

No one was sitting around complaining about not having money to buy Christmas gifts. Christmas in Tonga is a fun time filled with good food, bands, visiting family and dances. No one received gifts there although many invitations to meals were offered all over the place. Material things ultimately don't matter to me although I want to have money. I want the basics taken care of and enough money to work on what is truly important - my family and building the kingdom wherever I can.

I put Weber in on google to see how long it really takes to drive there and it was just 36 minutes. I wouldn't mind commuting that at all. Layton is only 20 minutes from here, that's just 5 minutes more than driving to Sandy or Draper. It may be closer than Herriman. It is tough for annoying to commute to Logan for school but it isn't long to commute from here. He is NOT too far from me and maybe that is my insight.

I kept thinking distance was a problem but not really. He is closer than Provo and really not that far from here. Far from Logan yes but not from Salt Lake City. Distance is NOT an issue at all. So really it is just what he wants to do. How nice for him. Yes that is sarcasm and yes I still need to work on that.