romeo.. o romeo.. wherefore art thou?

everyone remembers having to read romeo and juliet in school right? the passionate week long relationship between two teens that has had people swooning for centuries. sometimes don't ya wish every guy had just a lil bit of romeo in him? the sweet phrases~ the risking everything~ the commitment (once he found the girl)~ the sense of duty~ i dunno, romeo-ish stuff?
last night i got to help nate's little brother proof read his letter for english. he was supposed to be writing a love letter to his dearest juliet with similes and metaphors and hyperboles and blah blah blah- english stuff in it. well the smarty pants decided to use some movie lines- which i decided was plagerism and came up with new lines (his second paragraph was basically the letter william writes for jocelyn in "a knights tale"). anyways.. poor kid shouldn't have asked for my help. i had waaaay too much fun with it. lol, and his poor 14 year old mind had the hardest time when i changed the word 'life' to 'lips'.. he was dying inside i'm sure, cause his read read "agony". i don't think i left more than one sentence unchanged and it was dripping with gooey sweety ness (most of the sweetness he'd put down already, i just made them sound better and sweeter- "you are my flower, my chocolate, my love- please never forget that i love you" lol what a cheese!- but that was his good line). he was completely embarrassed by it, especially after the whole family barged in to read it and laughed every other sentence (because of the the clever sweetness). *sigh* i love that i get to torture younger siblings that aren't mine. thus- i made sure to send a copy to nate so that he can torture him as well:)

anyways, helping with that got me thinking about my "romeo". i've felt rather deprived and unloved and blue because he hadn't sent me a physical/paper letter since october(which means i got it in november.. but october sounds longer and i'm obviously looking for sympathy ;)). he has emailed me- even though he's not supposed to. which i brought up a couple weeks ago- trying to be brave and obedient. and darn it all! he decided followed it! o well .. through obedience we are blessed. hopefully it means i get real letters.. but in the mean time.. he sent me pictures this week! and i now feel bad for being a grump lol.

i talked to my (person i talk to about feelings) and she brought up an amazing point- as i've been grumpy about not getting my christmas package and i was trying to give him and the mail service the benefit of the doubt~ it's been long enough that i've given up hope.. but! he's obviously done his part by sending the package.. its out of his hands- and i shouldn't angry with him, if i must be angry with someone- be angry at the mail service Ü. or the punk who may have taken my package. and be grateful that he was thoughtful enough to put a package together. which is true.. i should be grateful:) and i am! cause he's amazing. and sweet. and makes me laugh. and handsome. and fulfilling his responsibilities. and ya. love him. missioaries are amazing. thank you to all my brothers who have been such wonderful examples of what a good man is. Ü

Puerto Madryn, Argentina- Elder Nathan Streadbeck and Elder Benjamin Niznik

"i don't consider myself in the 'loss' section. i consider myself in the 'put in storage to wait while it matures/ferments and becomes even better while bringing souls to christ' section. kind of like a bottle of wine. like wine, i am hoping to become better with age, be addicting and still make you wobbly at the knees when i get back. :)" february 11, 2009

lol, i think he's been hangin 'round too many drunks..