Church German Lighthouse On Saturday the long awaited Mormon Youth Conference occurred. Last week I asked you all for some ideas [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/youth-conference.html] for what to
The Siblings Sneezing My sister Krishelle graced the land of Palau with her presence last night. Daniel and I picked her up at the airport after dark and then both simultaneously spoke at 700 words per minute on the entire drive back to our place, explaining every
Daniel Traipsing Tonight Daniel finally returns from what is most definitely the longest business trip of all time. He left on this thing almost FOUR weeks ago. And when he gets back tonight, I'm going to drive him home from the airport, handcuff him
Ridiculous Squalor As it turns out, I'm kind of a slob. I've never really known this because I've never lived alone before and my consideration of others is apparently a greater motivator of my actions than my laziness so I
Ridiculous Life is in Session! I've been meaning to write this post for a long time but just haven't gotten around to it because LAZINESS. As you might remember, if you
Daniel Ham & Cheese I am now on week three of forced alone time and I have started to snap. Not, like, Westside Story dance snapping. I mean like "going crazy" snapping. Maybe I didn't need to clarify that. But this whole story turns
Ridiculous Daniel's Departure I wrote yesterday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-huge-surprise.html] about how Daniel is now a week and a half into a three week trip to the U.S., leaving my poor pathetic self alone with Leotrix. He only had a
Videos A Huge Surprise So remember last week when I wrote the most vague post about all time [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-post-about-nothing.html] and complained that I have all sorts of things that I wanted to tell you but that I couldn&
Ridiculous The Inescapable Leotrix Ever since Leotrix entered my life, I have existed in a state of constant nightmare. This is where you are having a nightmare but instead of it being a nightmare
Ridiculous A Post About Nothing First of all, it's a Father's Day miracle! Dean received enough votes to make it to Ironman Kona. His family is bouncing off of the walls with excitement. Thank you all so much for voting and caring. You've
Ridiculous The Joys of Island Living The other day I was running some errands during lunch and I happened upon Daniel, who was also out and about. He told me he wanted to slip into a small clothing store nearby to get some shorts and since I don't
Ridiculous The Precipice of Innovation [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tK7tE4aTvbY/UbfKwY9zWKI/AAAAAAAADds/Ts6FCe7eFOU/s1600/DSCN0660.JPG] The next wave of technology. This week I am doing a REALLY important video conference with people in
Ridiculous Sex, STDs, and Hieroglyphics On Friday just after lunch I was walking down the main road in Palau with Daniel. Actually, I should say, we were walking down THE road in Palau. There's a piece of the road "downtown" that is the frequent location
Ridiculous The World's Largest Cat A little while back I posted the link for you all to vote for Dean Bullock to get a spot in the world championship Ironman race. Dean has terminal cancer and has a dream to compete in the Ironman in Kona. His family posted
Ridiculous Video Rental In the immediate days before moving to Palau, my life was utter chaos. My belongings were spread to and fro across the face of the Earth and I had shipped twenty or so boxes to the equatorial Pacific without really knowing exactly what I
Ridiculous Deviled Eggs On Friday I had a conversation with Daniel about deviled eggs. A Conversation with Daniel about Deviled Eggs Eli: Um . . . why are there . . . [counting] . . . SIXTY deviled eggs in the refrigerator!? Daniel: For an afternoon snack. Eli: For whom?! Are we hosting a town hall
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions We have made it to another weekend and it has started off nicely for me. Today is a holiday in Palau and to celebrate, I ran a 10K sponsored by
The Siblings Last Minute Notice Last week amid all of the Leotrix drama [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/nothing-worse-than-this-has-ever.html] Daniel informed me that he had invited some people over for dinner for the next day. Daniel: Oh, by the way, last Sunday
Daniel Validations I had sort of a bad experience this weekend. It was an embarrassing one. Not the haha I-accidentally-got-naked-in-a-public-place kind of embarrassing. The sad-and-ashamed kind of embarrassing. I responded to a mostly innocuous situation that I
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions The great and terrible week has come to a close. Leotrix is probably off somewhere eating the rat poison left out for him and becoming stronger in the process. The
Ridiculous THE WORST UPDATE EVER!!! First of all, Stranger was surprisingly in the news [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1014&sid=25276718] today! And the first part of this article totally makes it sound
Ridiculous NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED EVER! I NEED EVERYONE'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHILE I HAVE A MAJOR ONLINE FREAK OUT AND MELTDOWN IN EPIC PROPORTIONS. No. Put down that cat and turn off the tv.
Ridiculous Birthday Marathon The photo above is how I always want to remember Daniel, long after he has died from food poisoning or from sticking his hand into a blender or something equally
Church Daniel Snaps Last night Daniel snapped at one of the teenagers. Remember last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/twenty-teenagers.html] when he got high and mighty after I went all Carrie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFbAINOlnY] on them? And Daniel was
The Siblings Solomon I'm working on something for the court now that has just about ripped my brain out of my head and thrown it into a blender. You're welcome for the visual. You all know that I have a job, right? I
