Conference, Burning Pestles, and All That Jazz

So, I totally meant to post this on Tuesday, so I'll just post this now instead so that it's not just one really, really big post.

Last weekend, we had General Conference. Unlike Utah or California, this is a nighttime thing. You watch Relief Society and Sunday morning session from 3 to 7 Saturday afternoon, Priesthood session (if you're a guy) Sunday morning at 10, and then a marathon of the rest of the sessions from 1 to 11 on Sunday. Needless to say, it was a long day but it was totally worth it. No matter what, I always hear exactly what I needed to hear and figure out where I need to be headed. I find that I have appreciated conference so much over the past few years, and I'm learning more and more.

Monday, it was back to the daily grind of classes. Since we had a bunch of deadlines and we were all really stressed, we all thought it would be really fun to go see a play at the Barbican called The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Little did we know that the Tube would totally stop working while we were on it, leaving us 20 minutes late for the first act, which we had to watch from a little screen in the holding room. I'm not quite sure what happened in the first act, but the general idea is that a grocer and his wife are watching this play, and they think it's boring so they take over and cast their apprentice as the lead role "Knight of the Burning Pestle". The second act included such highlights as the grocer giving beer to audience members, a song and dance battle number, a Monty-Python-esque giant, and men in drag. It's a whole lot funnier than I'm typing it, I think.

By Tuesday, all those deadlines caught up to me and I was just super-stressed, so I called my family and it was really good to hear from everybody. How are all of you? I always appreciate mail/e-mail etc. (Hint, hint)