THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME! REPENT! REPENT! (Day: Mission Call)

OK....I finally got it! After many delays on papers, after my stake president up in Idaho turning them in 2 weeks later than we thought and messing up a load of stuff for us. AFTER ALL THE WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING....IT IS HERE! Well....ok so I came Saturday the 29th BUT IT CAME!!!!!! So I know give you....my future destination for the span of 24 months:

"Dear Elder LeSueur:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN MISSION. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months.

You should report to the SOUTH AFRICA MTC on Thursday, 10 April 2008. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the English language. Your mission president may modify your specific assignment according to the needs of the mission."

And then it just talks about following the rules and some other stuff.

So that is it.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!!!

The funny thing about it....my (step) brother James served his Mormon Mission in South Africa.....but it was Johannesburg. So he got one part of South Africa and I get the other part he didn't get....plus the Country of Namibia!!!!!!!!

Lions, Tigers, Rhinoes, Elephants, African Tribes, and other people and creatures of Africa....HERE I COME WITH LOADS OF BOOKS OF MORMON OR BOOK OF MORMONS TO PASS OUT TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE PLEASE WISH ME LUCK!!!!!!! IT HELPS ME AND GIVES ME MOTIVATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now if I can and if I have time and a computer out there....I will post pictures and stories, or at least try to post them, on here.

If I don't post them on here...I will try to post pictures at least on my picasa site:

http://picasaweb.google.com/bradydalesuer

"So keep a weathered eye out on the horizon" for pictures and whatever else comes up and again....WISH ME LUCK OUT THERE IN AFRICA!!!!!!!!!!!!

STOP PROLONGING THE AGONY (Day: Mission)

Well my week started out ok and then went bad on Monday morning. Aside from having woke up in the middle of the night to loads of pain from the current holes in my mouth and having to stay up for an hour watching Spongebob Squarepants and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, at about 5:30 or so in the morning, (Again with the Cartoon thing....but again there was nothing good on and it was early in the morning....and I was in pain so I just didn't care what I was watching) until my Lortab pill that I just recently took kicked in and I could go back to sleep....I woke up at 8:30 or so AM to my phine vibrating. I look at it and it is a Idaho areacode. So I answer my phone and half a sleep say "Hello!?" "Hey Brady! It's President McGary!" This is my stake president from my BYU-I Stake. He calls to tell me that he finally got my medical papers for my mission papers and is turning them in this second. Well I start thinking in a angry shock "What!?" because the way I remembered it....my bishop, Bishop Turner, had that stuff at like the beginning of the month and I signed them off with my Herby Hancock on the first Tuesday of the month. So after asking me stuff like "If I am still worthy to go on a mission" and other things all over again, he says he is going to turn my papers in right then and there....hopefully. "When can I expect my call then!?" I ask "Oh around January 4th!" Bye!" And then I hang up....and then toss my phone in anger across the room and out the door....but not hitting anything or breaking it. "Dad is going to be so happy to hear this when he comes down and wakes me up again!" I think....and fall back asleep. And just like I thought....he was pissed (or maybe the right wording is super mad) about it. I was mad and bummed too because I was all excited about checking the mail everyday this week to get my call and do a party and everything. Heck we were talking about it the night before at the weekly family dinner we have about what we were going to do. I told everyone to make 2 guesses one in the U.S. and one out....like me and my friends did in Idaho, but nobody wanted to do it. So instead Dad made it more interesting and put money down to anyone that guessed the right country I would go to and even I could get it. We were all thinking we could have the party either Wednesday (Today techinqually) or Thursday (Tomorrow techniqually) becuase that is probably when it would come in. Before I went to sleep I called my Bishop back up in Idaho about it and he was like "Yeah....I gave them to the Stake Secrectary the day after you signed them!" "So when is he getting them now!?" I asked "Between then and now...I don't know what happened or why it took so long." he said. We figure it all sat on his desk probably and they forgot. So now I gotta wait even longer for my call, unless by some miracle it is out in my mailbox right now as I am typing, and then it sucks more for my parents because they were gonna wait to see where I go and then based on that get my christmas presents and now they can't and my dad said he felt bad and what he could get me based on what he was getting all my other siblings since, I guess, he is putting a big cash limit on each of us all he could get is the typical missionary stuff of like luggage and all that stuff and nothing really exciting. I told him I didn't care just because it is just like a crappy moment and timing but whatever....and I also through out the idea of just getting me a Nintendo DS and other stuff like that and I'd be happy....we'll see what happens. So anyways....if anyone reading this that knows me wants to put little bets as to where I will go on my mission....post them here and if you are siblings or wifes or husbands or children of siblings and wanna put bets on...you can too and then call Dad about how much money is on the table if you win! Anyways wish my luck on my call and just life. Chirstmas is around the corner....Merry Christmas, Happy Hannauka...or however you spell it, Happy Holidays, Happy Kuanza or whatever holiday that is....a long with all the other celebrations going on around this time. And to anyone that doesn't celebrate any holdidays around this time....have fun with whatever you do.

Teeth are of the Devil (Day: Pain)

So this is about a week late too but the pain is still there. I got my teeth pulled last Saturday. After taking Andrew and Sam home and hearing their "lovely" experiences about getting their teeth pulled along with other "lovely" expierences, I went to the dentist's office a little optimistic and nervous. I asked my dad questions and he could tell I had heard too many stories about what happens. Thanks guys....you all suck now! Anyways so I go in and first they hand me the remote to the TV installed in the roof of the building....so I was pretty relaxed at that point. Spongebob Squarepants and ESPN helped me get through the whole thing. (Yeah....I still watch cartoons on occasion....especially when there is nothing better on TV to watch....and for noon time on a Saturday....that is about the best you can get) Anyways after that they gave me Nitrous gas which my dentist dude, named Curtis Smith....who was from my ward back in Highland....and still is, said was the stuff everyone calls Laughing gas but it has different affects on everyone. For me....it made me relaxed, sleepy, and like I just wanted to lay there and do nothing. The assistant was like "It makes you feel like you don't care what people do to you right!?" I was thinking "Uh....no! I care that you guys are gonna pull my teeth out but I also will just try and sleep or something so then I don't care what happens after that." I never fell asleep but I think I got close on occasion. Then came the shots....still hate shots but there was nothing I could do about it because everything was too relaxed to do anything about it. That hurt a bit but was just really annoying. Then they went to work...it was interesting watch, and mostly trying to watch, tv and feeling just them push on my teeth here and like move their hands clockwise with a thing that looked like a screw driver and then pounding on my sideways tooth and all these different things. But yeah other than that everything went smooth. The odd part was when Dr. Smith, or Dent. Smith....I dunno which one it is, would take this screw driver looking tool...start making a screwing motion against my teeth and then pull up and then he was all done. And then the stranger part was the stitches. I could see the needle and thread and I saw hime go in and then pull out a few times and I was sitting there thinking "I know that should hurt....and yet it doesn't." Then it was all over. He told me he was gonna give me this antibiotic stuff and some Lortab. Then he called my dad in and said the same thing. Then he was like "Take it easy when you stand up because you are not all there..." or something like that. I honestly felt fine so I just stood up but my dad and Dr. or Dent. Smith came and like helped me like I was old or something. But I was like just moving around and felt good. Anyways my dad did all the paper work and I sat there with an ice pack on my cheek to make sure the swelling didn't go too bad and everything. I had some gosses put in me and a little zip lock bag handed to me and was told to switch them out every 45 minutes. Anyways we walked to the car and everything was fine. On the way home....talking to Dad was the funniest part. I kept saying Lortab and he thing I was saying other stuff. I kept feeling my lip because with the numbness it felt all puffy....like someone decked me in the face or something. We made it home and I just chilled out. Then I went to a service project with my family later on in the day. We went and bought toys for some Middle Eastern Refugees that were here and other people too. Then we ate some pizza....which I did too. (Dr. or Dent. Smith called to check up on me before I left to see how I was, and I asked him what foods I could techniqually eat....he said if I wanted to I could eat soft foods but nothing hard like Chips or Bacon or whatever) Then we just chilled out. I finally held my newest baby Niece....Juliet. SHE IS THE TINIEST BABY I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!! And then life has gone on from there. I have been taking Lortabm every night since I got them and the Antibiotics every morning and night. My teeth are just finally starting to not hurt at all and the stitches are disolving in my mouth giving me an "awesome" taste to my tounge. (I keep brushing my teeth and using mouth wash to get rid of the taste but it won't stop.....the madness and the horror!!!!!!) And so life is good.

Schools out for.....Winter!!!!! (Day: Uh.....)

Ok so I am about a week late on this but oh well. School is out for me and life is great. I'm home in Utah....I am sleeping in my bed in my room in the basement again. I am seeing family on a day to day basis instead of a every other weekend basis. Life is good. Only thing I miss about Idaho is the people and maybe the Sand Dunes.

I Don't Wanna Be Thankful!!!!!! (Day: Night)

So Thanksgiving Break came and went, and it was probably the best thing to happen this semester. Being home for a whole week plus 2 weekends was perfect. I went to back to Lone Peak for Lunch one day and for Radio the day after, I hung out with Shiloe and Jayce, saw relatives, hung out with my mom....a lot, hung out with my dad and Paula....a lot, played the Wii (which I hear hasn't been touched since I left it....which I think sucks but whatever), saw Daphne, Miles, Oliver, Will (7), and Dotty...a lot, plus other stuff. The only thing I missed out on was seeing Juliet Penelope LeSueur (Trixie or J. Penny-as I want to call her now). Suzy had her while I was driving home to Idaho. I was in Logan when I heard the news and wanted to turn around so badly but couldn't because my dad wanted me to go home and get good grades. But thanksgiving was fun, had a big turkey dinner where everyone was there plus some others. We went and saw Enchanted. We celebrated Oliver's First Birthday. Cory and Mary had an Open House for their house which was fun and we played the Wii version of Guitar Hero 3 which was fun. So life was good. I actually felt like I got time out of hanging out in Utah with this Break and it was well worth it. Now all I have to do is get done with the semester with good grades and then I can be home and life will be even better.

The process to being a Missionary (Day: Something)

Ok well there isn't really been much happening around here in Idaho. The only stuff I have been doing is going to class, trying hard to get good grades, hanging out with friends, going to Utah for the weekend....every other weekend, and then whatever else comes my way. The thing that is sucking right now is I am running low on money and still have to pay for more school. I blame being low on the ticket I got from the stupid accident, which was $75 with a $5 or $6 charge because I was using my card and doing it over the phone, and then I have gone shopping for some clothes a couple of times, and one time going through Wal Mart I picked up Transformers. So yeah....that's about it. Other than that the only other cool thing is that I ran into a friend of mine that I haven't seen since I was 3....and living in Merced, CA. And for anyone that has no clue where Merced is....it's near Family Camp. And if you don't know where Family Camp is, Merced and Family Camp are near Fresno. But yeah her name is Brittany De Lora and I found her through Facebook.com (which one of my friends talked me into and now I am pretty addicted to it which sucks) We have been hanging out and I took her to Utah with me with one of her friends so they could hang out with their siblings down there going to school. But it was awesome seeing her again for the first time in 15 years and the cooler thing was she remembered me when I was talking to her at first on Facebook.com so...everything is going well....I guess. Anyways the only thing that might be interesting that I have been doing is working on my Mormon mission papers (I say Mormon just in case anyone runs through and has no idea what I am talking about....because I think you can run through blogs randomly and just check them out and everything) so I did my dental work in Utah one weekend. It was alright but those fircken metal hooks which I guess they use to get rid of all the plaque and everything suck. I was sitting there just thinking "MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP PLEASE!!!!!" So yeah but it was alright in the end. They got that like Cherry tasting goop and put it on that rubber spinner thing and started massaging my teeth with it and that felt good. Then today I went to go get my medical stuff done. Did the TB Test, Urine Sample (which was odd...they had step by step instructions of how you were supposed to fill this cup up and everything), and they did a Blood Sample. From that I discovered some stuff. Either I was never meant to give blood or I was stupid to watch the girl move and wiggle the needle around as she was doing the TB test and everything. I think I watched her put it in too but now I can't remember. But anyways I watched her do the TB test which she had the needle in there for a good long while compared to the last time I had it done in which they just took a little pricker thing and stabbed my arm and that was it. This one was like a fricken shot that was a huge needle that was probably like 1/4 or 1/3 of an inch big and yeah. Anyways this time was way different and hurt more than the last time I had that done. Then the blood sample thing...I knew if I watched her I would have freaked and crapped my pants and everything so I brought my iPod to distract me so I put Transformers on (which I picked up from home because people had gotten it...so now I have it twice) and then I put my hoodie up so I would be blocked from looking at it at all. This hurt a little too but I didn't flip out and everything like I used to with shots and so life was good....until she got done. She got done with everything and my stomach felt all weird and I just felt sick and then when I got up and sat down in a different chair....I started breaking out in a cold sweat and everything. The girl came in and looked at me and she looked really worried, I have no clue if I was just pale white other than I was sweating and I felt sick. She looked at me and asked me "Do you wanna lie down somewhere!?" Which I was like "If there is a place I can lay down then yes!!!" She got me a room and then I layed down and got all better and then she walked in and handed me a paper and said I was done and I could go to the check out. So everything is basically done for me on my papers for my Mormon mission. All I gotta do is go to a medical appointment at the same place on Monday where they will check the TB and hopefully just give me a couple of shots and check like my eye sight and all this other stuff and then call it a day and then I can get my Stake President Interview before I run off to Utah for Thanksgiving break (which is a week long and two weekends too) and then with some luck I can get my call sometime around the Beginning of Decemeber and everything which would be cool.

So that is life for me right now. Halloween was awesome. I went to a School Set Up Dance and Carnival and it was great......AND THERE WERE MANY HOT GIRLS AT THE DANCE...I got names and basic info but no numbers which I am bummed about now that I think about it and look back on it and everything. Then I had a little weird moment on like Wednesday or Thursday where I lost my truck for a second. I couldn't find it in the dorm parking lot and I thought someone took my keys while I was sleeping and moved it or maybe something wasw going on for this weekend (because Preference is tomorrow and everything) and so I was a little nervous but didn't totally freak out. Well I was like...I am gonna go check the parking around the Medical Center and the Girl's Dorms because I remember last being in that area with the car the night before. Well it was there....I thought I drove it back to our dorm Parking but I guess not and it was just left there all night. Which I mean I could park there without getting in trouble and stuff but still. I wonder if you can get Alzheimer's at the age of 18....and if you can...I blame Mom and Grandma for that problem (I'm joking....but seriously). Anyways that is it. So now I am gonna go hang out for a little while longer with people and then go to bed later. I figure the next time I write in here will be about my brother Darin and his wife Suzy's baby girl being born and I figure sometime around there (if I get everything finished by next week) I'll also get my call. So my next post should be about my call, my new niece, and my thanksgiving break....everyone wish me luck on getting my call and getting good grades for this semester and everything.

And heads up for anyone reading this that is still in High School or something.......COLLEGE REALLY IS DIFFERENT AND HARDER. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STUDY GROUPS AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING OR ELSE IT IS NO FUN. This is kind of the situation I am in but it isn't all that bad because I still have 4 to 5 weeks left of school to make everything work.....BUT STILL.....HEED MY WARNING OR ELSE YOU'LL REGRET IT IN THE END!!!!!!!!

So again, and seriously, wish me luck on everything up here!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain, rain, go away...because you ruin everything (Day: Bad)

Yeah so, this weekend I went home for the first time in a month. It was great....saw everyone I wanted to see except my mom and my sister casey, who were both in California for a cousin's wedding, and my best-friend Shiloe. I even went back to Del Taco and saw my friend Gabriella and my friend Mike Hansen. So the the trip was great, watched some conference, went to Priesthood session, saw Hanna Lillywhite and went to this sick-tight rap dance party on Center Street in Orem, hung out with Daphne and Miles all-day Saturday, they were at my parents' house while their parents were in NYC for some reason, and then saw everyone on Sunday like Kurt, Lyndi, Rob, Bret and Irene and their family, and then everyone else in my family plus Julia, Bryan's GF, and her sister, and James' GF, oh and Chloe and Brittany.

So great weekend right....well you could say that if the trip here didn't turn out bad. Let's just say I learned a lesson about my car, on a bad road that is really wet from rain and is mostly gravel, trying to stop at a long line of cars trying to hit the junction between the 20 Freeway and the 15 Freeway....isn't all that easy. Yeah, got in my 4th accident ever in my life and 4th this year. Out of 4...2 were my fault and they were minor, the other one some guy hit me while I was in a parking lot, and then the other one was in Paula's car going to school....and it was the morning of my 18th birthday....and my first accident ever in my life.

No but this accident sucked. So what happen was I was slowing down to get over into the lane which would hit the junction and put my on the 15 Freeway. Well I got in the lane, came around the corner probably going around 20 or 25 and the Speed Limit was 35. Anyways I saw a long line of cars so I hit the breaks to slow down, well we kept getting closer and as people were kind of saying stuff loudly at me about getting closer to the car, I hit the breaks harder and I could feel that the tires weren't getting stopped by the breaks. They were sliding through the breaks and so we kept sliding and hit the car infront of us, and they tapped the car in front of them. The damage to my car was just my plastic bumper got cracked and broken and my liscens plate got more mended to form everything that was holding it all in place and everything. The damage to the girl's car I hit was the very left corner of her back bumper got popped out and everything and that was it. Then the car that got hit by the people we hit just left little scratches of screws from the liscens plate in her back bumper. So it was minor. Really tiny. Infact if you looked at the front of my car right now....you wouldn't think it got in a accident...you would have thought it got all old and cracked....minus the liscens plate.

So anyways we got out and exchanged info and everything, made sure I did everything right this time since the last time I got in an accident I screwed up on getting the right info and people kind of flipped out at me a little for it, I called dad who was really only worried about everyone involved and I kept telling him everyone was ok. And then I was at the point where I wanted to just get in the car and go, then the cops showed up. I don't know if someone from the accident called it in or a by-passer but we were stuck there for an hour too long getting everything all squared away and then I ended up getting a $75 ticket for tailing too close when I wasn't even riding someones tail when the accident happened. But then we got it all done and we got in the car and left. We said a prayer there because we forgot to before we left and right as we got to Pocetello my roommate decided he wanted to drive all the way in. (Found out that this accident was my roommate, Andrew's, first accident ever in his life....he seemed a little spooked and shaken up from it. He told me when he got into the car that he is someone that when something like this happens that he wants to take control and handle everything, so when he said he wanted to drive I let him have it so everything was all cool)

So yeah basically the roads here in Idaho suck, and I know they suck because one a few, not planned on, situations just driving around Highland, I was stuck with having to hit the breaks kind of hard doing about the same speed to stop at red lights and everything and with the roads still a little wet from all the rain, and I could stop at the lights with no problem. So the extreme wetness and the roads being gravel didn't work to our advantage. Oh and I drove all the way back on sunday. Everything we well back and we didn't have any problems with weather or anything.

So yeah now I got a ticket to pay for, a slightly battered car, and new wisdom of how to handle and what to expect from the roads up here....and since this is my 4th accident I have been involved in since turning 18...I'm making a vow now to not get in anymore situations that could be or will be accidents anymore for a least, or I hope for, 2 years. NO MORE ACCIDENTS....OR AT LEAST NO MORE THAT I CAUSE. BUT I AM GOING TO JUST STICK WITH NO MORE.

Everyone wish me luck on this vow and everything.