Takin' It to the Streets

I woke up early again this morning (relatively speaking anyway) and Megan and her friend showed me where the Johns Hopkins Shuttle bus stops down the street. This shuttle is what I will take to work everyday once I start working next week.

I got a call this morning confirming that I had to get tested for TB today. Yikes. I hate needles. As much as I hate leaving phone messages. Those are my two biggest fears. Anyway, after I got off the shuttle, I found my way to where I had to get my TB test done. In the meantime, they decided to let me get all my paperwork done. Let’s just say that I was there filling out paperwork and getting tests done for almost four hours. It wasn’t much fun. Luckily my friend Sam was there, so that made it better.

I hopped on a shuttle bus and hoped that it was the right one to take me back to my street! Luckily it was, because I was in a hurry to get back to my place so that I could get something to eat, and then hurry and get ready to go to the Washington DC temple with the YSA ward! I was super excited to go!!

Megan and I had to sign some forms for the apartment last minute, so the only way that I could get to where I needed to be in time was to catch a taxi. It was my first taxi ride ever!! We rode the taxi just from my place up to the hospital, and it cost $8. I thought the taxi ride was pretty darn cool.

Pretty much all in one day I learned all different sorts of forms of transportation! It will definitely be a good skill to have.

Lauren, a member of the ward, picked me up where we had planned to meet, where we then went to her place so she could get changed (oh, by the way, Lauren is like the coolest person I have ever met), and then we went to the church to meet. This is where I got to begin meeting some of the ward members. They are all SO awesome. I really am going to LOVE this ward so much.

The Washington DC temple was absolutely fabulous. It was such a neat experience to go there. I really am so grateful that I had the opportunity to get away from all the commotion of the city, and the stresses of moving and creating a new life and just focus on what really matters in life for an hour or two.

After the temple, we all went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant. Apparently the ward likes to go out to eat a lot. It was really fun to break the ice with the ward members and get to know everyone a bit better. It really will be a fabulous summer :)