More Senior Moments!

One of my responsibilities in the mission office is to answer the telephone.  Now, you see, 90% (at least) of the time the phone is for Finance (Elder Smart) Housing (Sister Shumway) or the Car Czar (Elder Shumway).  Still it is my job...........go figure. 

I have been known to forget who I am and where I am when I answer the phone.  I am simply supposed to say "Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission, this is Sister Smart".  Well, I have had several senior moments when I pick up the blasted phone and promptly forget where I am and who I am so I totally mess up the greeting.  Most every time this happens it is the Mission President calling.  I told him that I try to look at the large sign on the open door which says "Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission" and then if I also space out who I am I have that cute black nametag to remind me.  Well, the other day he called (of course) and I botched up my greeting.  He laughed and said "What's the matter, is the door closed?"  Well, actually, it was.  I'll be lucky if I'm not banned to the Upper Peninsula.  I hear it is lonely and cold up there.

Greendale Wisconsin is so beautiful and I didn't think it was possible for that many trees to be in one place.  I am anxious to see these trees in the fall!

We are loving this mission, inspite of the many goofs we make each day.  I managed to both lose and gain a missionary in the same day today.  Apparently on August 1st, which was right in the middle of the hectic transfer week, we received an email saying that one of our missionaries coming in September wasn't coming after all.  Neither I nor my trainer remember receiving that.  Then today I received a medical card for an Elder I had never heard of.  He, too, is coming in September.  Now I KNOW that we didn't receive notice of him.  Even finance in Salt Lake had no record of him.  Many more days like today and my brain will totally be fried!!!

Also, this week and next are Liahona producing weeks.......................HELP SOMEONE!!!