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Monday, Blessed Monday!

I love Mondays...I always have some reason to rejoice and be wicked happy!!!  Since May 4, 2010, Monday has always been email day....in the mission it was Pday, and even when Pday was moved, Monday was still email day....so that was wonderful.  Since I got home from the mission, Monday is still email day, because I get emails from some friends who are still in the mission, which makes it basically the highlight of my email week! :)  Mondays are also a chance to begin a new week on a clean slate, and my weeks are always full of goals and high hopes and Mondays give me a renewed motivation to work hard.  This week I've got a couple tests to take, which I am actually excited about...tests mean we are making progress in the semester!!!!

I'm flying, high as a kite, and and floating on happiness!!!!!!!  I sure do love Mondays!

On another note, this Monday is actually a bittersweet Monday.  I've had all the usual highs of a Monday, but also, it is January 23, which makes me think more than usual about Stanford Larsen.  Michael commented last night that today marks 5 years since he passed away, and this morning I received John Larsen's email about this.  I want everyone out there to know....5 years may seem like a long time, though at the same time feels like the blink of an eye.  Stanford Larsen marked and changed my life, and will always be a part of my life as my hero, someone I still look up to.  I have never before nor since met someone like him.  So on this day, January 23 2012, Stanford, you are still being remembered, and I know it's not just by me, but by thousands of lives you touched!

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