Email received Oct 5, 2009

Alls well on the western front. Thanks loads for the good bread (Editor's note: We overnighted a loaf of homemade bread to her.), I did the math and it saved me in the neighborhood of $5-10 which is a good chunk of my weekly budget. And goober that I am, I haven't really been homesick, but when I held that loaf of bread (it was still warm, but that may have had to do more with the Vegas sun) I started to tear up a little - I guess homemade things really do come with a hefty dose of love. It's beginning to turn cold here - not just cool, actually cold - last night we jogged between doors just to stay warm...it had nothing to do with the fact that the members who live on that street offered us root beer floats when we were done, really (though I almost asked for hot chocolate instead.) Today we got to the library a little early and had to wait for our computers; normally this would be no problem for me, especially in a library, but when you're surrounded by shelves and shelves of books you're not allowed to read, it's pure torture - we even sat at a table in the YA section, I must be a glutton for punishment. (Editor's note: The Young Adult section is Katie's favorite.) And yes, I memorized my library card number the first week (Editor's note: She always has her library card number memorized.), it was pretty easy, the challenge is that I only use it once a week so that keeps me on my toes.

Tootles,
Sister Cloward

P.S. Did you enjoy Conference? What was your favorite talk?