The Wildcat's Den

In the Florida Jacksonville Mission!!!

Whew, there it is, my mission call.  I'm going to Florida (and the extreme southern part of Georgia).  I leave for the Provo Missionary Training Center on February 13.  I'll be there, I think six weeks (I'm really not sure how long I spend there) and then I'll leave for Florida from the MTC.

adjie1026 guessed somewhere warm, but I forgot to write down that my mom had also guessed Florida.  It was while we were discussing missionary clothes shopping, but she didn't want to get anything yet because (and I quote) "We'll get you a bunch of sweaters and stuff and then you'll get called to somewhere like Florida." (hee hee)

As another side note: my cousin actually went to Florida Fort Lauderdale on his mission.  And since I'm only the second grandchild on my mom's side of the family to go on a mission, this might be a trend (you hear that other cousins?  The next one to go'll get sent to Miami or something.  Now that I've said that, they'll go to Alaska ^_^)

Oh, and the thing about the postage?  My mission prep teacher last year had a theory, which sort of still holds true:  If your postage on the mission call envelope is around $1.35 and higher, that means your going foreign.  If it's $1.10-$1.17 and thereabouts, it's stateside.  There were a few anomalies in that class: someone had postage that was $1.24 and they went to Canada and someone actually did have a $1.30 that went to Florida.  I don't know why the postage works like that, but it does.

Well, this'll definitely be a new experience.  The only thing I know about Jacksonville is the Jacksonville Jaguars.  My little sister wondered if I was anywhere near Disney World, though.  I told her no, though Gainsville's (Florida Gators, anyone?) in the mission too *waves to Coach Urban Meyer*

Florida here I come!

Okay, so I'm expecting my mission call to be here this afternoon, probably sometime around 2:00 (eeee!)  I might not open it tonight, though because my family is scattered all over today: parents are in town for Christmas errands, youngest sibling on a school field trip and won't be back until way late, one sister is on her way home from college, brother has a basketball game tonight.  The other sister is home and sick (which is sad, because she had to miss the field trip.  But I hope I don't get whatever crap she has.  I was sick for Christmas last year - it's not something you ever want to experience, trust me.  Twice in a row is probably bad luck or something).

I did have a roommate who went on a mission a few years ago and it took her call weeks to get there for some reason.  I hope mine isn't too late, but our mail is a little wonky.  It's especially wonky this week because the postmaster passed away and they close the post office for the funeral on Monday.  Since we're out in the boondocks, we only get our mail three days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), but the did deliver yesterday (Tuesday).  I dunno... I guess it'll get here when it gets here.

So, I'm figuring on opening the call tomorrow, so watch this space for the announcement.  There is still time to get your guesses in (do I sound desperate?  Nah, I just want something to discuss while I wait ^_^).  Here's the list so far:

[Unknown site tag]rosevixen: Somewhere foreign, but still speak English
shellic: [Unknown site tag]Europe at least - possibly France or Russia. Then again, it might be Ohio; maybe the Phillipines[Unknown site tag]adjie1026: Japan or Hawaii - somewhere warm (Christmas with palm trees is going to be kind of weird, though)
Emily: England or Ireland, somewhere in Western Europe that speaks English (her guess would have been China, except there's not a mission in China. Heh. )
Aunt Paula: New York or somewhere in Europe
Dad: Boise, Idaho (He was joking, but I'm putting it down for kicks)
Mark: France.  Yup, definitely France (that'll make Shalayne jealous.  But if she could persuade Mom and Dad to do it, they could fly out at the end of my mission and pick me up.)

Okay, folks, let's do this!