a chat with mom

tuesday, july 05, 2011
7:48 PM
quilting queen 7:48 PM
hey
49:03
is that you zac?
49:27
It's Mom
49:59
I forgot to write you
zac 7:50 PM
hey mom
50:55
no problem
51:01
how's it going?
quilting queen 7:51 PM
it's great
51:24
we had a fun 4th of July
zac 7:51 PM
that's cool
quilting queen 7:51 PM
I was going to send pics
zac 7:51 PM

52:02
i spent mine without seeing another american
quilting queen 7:52 PM
Jake and fam and nano and fam were here
52:23
we barbecued
zac 7:52 PM
was it delicious?
quilting queen 7:52 PM
the babies are getting big
52:53
Izzy is almost walking
53:02
The food was GREAT
53:17
dda cooked his dutch oven potatoes
53:25
dad
54:16
I discovered I had forgotten to put yeast in the rolls when I went to take the dough out of the bread machine
zac 7:54 PM
oh no!
quilting queen 7:54 PM
that was lame
54:49
so I had to go buy rolls
zac 7:55 PM
aw man
quilting queen 7:55 PM
we had teriyaki chicken
55:43
we barbecued corn on the cob too
zac 7:55 PM
i hope there's a meal like that coming my way when i get back
55:52

quilting queen 7:55 PM
of course
zac 7:56 PM
haha
quilting queen 7:56 PM
do you have your itinerary?
56:41
I want to be able to go to the airport
zac 7:57 PM
well, the ofice sent it to dad i believe
quilting queen 7:57 PM
Izzy's birthday party is on the 31ts
zac 7:57 PM
i get into vegas around 1pm or so
57:36
on 27 july
quilting queen 7:58 PM
you can go to Izzy's b-day party
58:26
I wonder if you'll be speaking at church?
zac 7:58 PM
maybe
quilting queen 7:59 PM
lol
zac 7:59 PM
i hope they'll let me know more than a day before hand
quilting queen 7:59 PM
you should be prepared just in case
zac 7:59 PM
well i do have a very long flight home
quilting queen 7:59 PM
dad can ask the Bishop
zac 7:59 PM
i dont know what else ill do besides study the gospel
quilting queen 7:59 PM
that will give you a wek LOL
59:58
week
zac 8:00 PM
haha
00:06
thanks
00:13
maybe i can just not speak
00:15
eh?
quilting queen 8:00 PM
I doubt that will happen
01:12
I guess the John Mills and The Anderson boy both spoke on the same Sunday
zac 8:01 PM
kenyon?
quilting queen 8:01 PM
john coming home and Kenyon going out
01:58
lol
02:03
I missed it
02:12
I was on the way to Georgia
zac 8:02 PM
oh too bad
quilting queen 8:02 PM
yeah
zac 8:02 PM
but i guess you had fun too yeah?
quilting queen 8:02 PM
I got to see Jared though
zac 8:02 PM
do you know when taylin is coming home
02:41
?
quilting queen 8:03 PM
I don't know
zac 8:03 PM
oh well
03:14
how is jared doing?
quilting queen 8:03 PM
He's busy
zac 8:03 PM
with what?
quilting queen 8:03 PM
they are doing ok though
03:45
they bought a house
03:55
It's pretty nice
zac 8:03 PM
where are they living now?
quilting queen 8:04 PM
Eagle Mountain
04:36
They just move closer to the mountains than they did
zac 8:05 PM
maybe i'll be able to visit him while i'm up at byu
quilting queen 8:05 PM
same general area
05:30
I'm sure you will
zac 8:05 PM
what does he do for work?
quilting queen 8:05 PM
it takes about 45 min to get to his house though
06:05
he still works at the boys ranch
06:35
he bought a motorcycle
zac 8:06 PM
wow
06:43
hardcore
quilting queen 8:06 PM
yeah
06:50
lol
zac 8:07 PM
maybe i'll buy one too when i get financially stable
07:14
then he and i can make a bike gang
quilting queen 8:07 PM
we played a lot of games
07:52
they like to play games
07:59
LOL!
08:24
I can't see the two of you being a bike gang
zac 8:08 PM
you dont think i'm hard core enough?
quilting queen 8:08 PM
LOL!
09:18
I've never seen you ride anything but a bicycle
zac 8:09 PM
but i sure looked tough on that bibyble
quilting queen 8:09 PM
you ride a mean bicycle though
zac 8:09 PM
bicycle*
quilting queen 8:09 PM
lol
zac 8:09 PM
yeah thanks for the encouragement mom
10:04
i know i'll feel better when io talk to you
quilting queen 8:10 PM
I couldn't believe how fast you could go
zac 8:10 PM
these little chicken legs of mine are tough
quilting queen 8:10 PM
did you smoke your comps?
10:49
lol
zac 8:10 PM
well, for most of my mission
11:04
but when i was in johor, my bike got stolen
quilting queen 8:11 PM
yeah
11:25
that's too bad
zac 8:11 PM
so when i came to bintulu i had to inherit a dying elders bicycle
quilting queen 8:11 PM
you didn't get soft did you?
11:38
lol
zac 8:11 PM
which was basically pulled out of the trash can
quilting queen 8:11 PM
LOL
zac 8:12 PM
the bike frame is like 3 inches too smal so i look like a clown
quilting queen 8:12 PM
LOL
zac 8:12 PM
and everything is falling apart
quilting queen 8:12 PM
does it still go?
zac 8:12 PM
i'm just praying it will last me for 3 more weeks
12:43
it still goes
quilting queen 8:12 PM
lol
zac 8:12 PM
but only at like 2 mph
13:11
but it's all good
13:15
i dont mind really
quilting queen 8:13 PM
you have a good one here
zac 8:13 PM
i just take life at a nice relaxed pace
14:04
i'm pretty stressed for school tho
quilting queen 8:14 PM
I understand but don't stress
zac 8:14 PM
and then the prophet is telling me to get married
14:44
sheesh
quilting queen 8:15 PM
lol
15:28
he didn't say right away
zac 8:15 PM
yeah i know
15:44
i was just kidding
quilting queen 8:16 PM
although..... when those girls catch sight of you they might not be able to keep their hands off you
16:44
lol
zac 8:16 PM
well, you have to remember i have fast little legs
quilting queen 8:17 PM
LOL!!!!
zac 8:17 PM
hey i have a question
quilting queen 8:17 PM
ok
zac 8:17 PM
after dad graduated with his bachelor's degree, did he go straight into graduate school?
quilting queen 8:17 PM
pretty much
17:59
I think he took a semester off
zac 8:18 PM
haha
18:17
i think i want to get a master's in engineering
quilting queen 8:18 PM
dad says he didn't take any time off
18:39
that's great!
zac 8:18 PM
did he get both his bachelor's and master's from byu?
quilting queen 8:18 PM
hopefully you can remember the math
19:03
yes
zac 8:19 PM
well i have a month to prepare
quilting queen 8:19 PM
he had to change majors though
zac 8:19 PM
i'm confident
19:21
oh
quilting queen 8:19 PM
they wouldn't let him get both on the same major
zac 8:19 PM
i see
quilting queen 8:20 PM
you have to change schools
zac 8:20 PM
i just look at other schools and they seem pretty expensive
20:20
haha
quilting queen 8:20 PM
I don't know if it is still the same though
20:43
you can look into it when you get home
zac 8:21 PM
i imagine it is still like that
21:32
how did dad pay for school?
quilting queen 8:21 PM
loans
22:03
he couldn't get grants for his masters degree
zac 8:22 PM
i see
quilting queen 8:22 PM
you can get scholarships though
zac 8:22 PM
i hope so
23:09
i hope to not have to get into too much debt for my undergraduate degree
23:24
i'm hoping to be able to work at the mtc
quilting queen 8:23 PM
you should be able to get the fasfa for your undergraduate degree
24:08
fasfa
24:15
fafsa
24:17
lol
zac 8:24 PM
well, i filled out the fafsa aplication
quilting queen 8:24 PM
I'm having a brain fart
24:40
good
zac 8:24 PM
but for my age right now i am still technically dependant on you and dad
25:09
and since i am the only dependant, they wouldnt give any aid
25:42
i qualified for a loan for my first semester back, which i have to take to go to school
25:57
since byu doesnt offer scholarships to transfer students
26:12
so hopefully next semester i'll be able to try to get some scholarships
26:28
and maybe in a few years get government aid
quilting queen 8:26 PM
yeah
zac 8:27 PM
every p day my mind just thinks and thinks about school
27:03
it's crazy
quilting queen 8:27 PM
how are your investigators?
zac 8:27 PM
doing ok
quilting queen 8:28 PM
are you going to be able to have any baptisms before you go home?
zac 8:28 PM
well, i hope so
28:58
but you can't always predict some things..
29:07
we have 7 people that could be baptized before i go home
29:23
as long as they get their act together and just get baptized!
quilting queen 8:29 PM
that's cool
29:34
hopefully it will happen
zac 8:29 PM
we've got two people on date for my last saturday in malaysia
30:29
and maybe two for this week if the guy can get off work and come to church this sunday to be confirmed
quilting queen 8:30 PM
that's cool
zac 8:30 PM
and possibly 3 next week
30:54
but it's all just possibilities
quilting queen 8:31 PM
yeah
zac 8:31 PM
we'll try as hard as we can
quilting queen 8:31 PM
it's hot here
zac 8:31 PM
yeah?
quilting queen 8:31 PM
but relatively dry
31:51
it's a little humid
zac 8:31 PM
i imagine it is very dry
quilting queen 8:32 PM
there have been clouds and therewere thunder showers on the East side of town on Sunday night
zac 8:32 PM
woah
quilting queen 8:32 PM
it will feel dry to you though
32:46
lol
zac 8:33 PM
i hope my skin doesnt just all fall off
quilting queen 8:33 PM
there are clouds today and when I left work it was spitting a little
33:29
you can use lotion
zac 8:34 PM
yesterday we got poured on
34:07
for a few hours
quilting queen 8:34 PM
I wish we would
zac 8:34 PM
i dont think vegas could handle it
quilting queen 8:34 PM
Adrienne says she gets poured on a lot
34:53
I remember rain every afternoon and she says it stil does
35:20
I don't think we could either
35:32
there would be flooding everywhere
zac 8:35 PM
i remember riding my bike
36:00
and the whole way to school, the road was just a big river
quilting queen 8:36 PM
yeah
zac 8:36 PM
and it didnt even rain that much
36:37
so what's the temperature looking like?
quilting queen 8:36 PM
I remember going to Aunt Betty's one night and having the road be a big river
37:00
it was really stressful
37:19
today it's cooler
37:37
only 91 to 95 today
zac 8:37 PM
not too bad
quilting queen 8:37 PM
I'm sure it will get a lot warmere though
38:26
it was up to 110 last week
zac 8:38 PM
aw man
38:40
i'm heading into the furnace
quilting queen 8:38 PM
a cold front came through
38:53
lol
zac 8:38 PM
ah
quilting queen 8:39 PM
not like a cold front for Nyssa though
zac 8:39 PM
yeah haha
39:31
i'm so glad i didnt get
called to hoth
quilting queen 8:39 PM
she's not going to be able to handle the heat anymore
40:07
good thing she comes home in November
zac 8:40 PM
hot places are way better
40:26
i think i will die in utha
40:28
utah
quilting queen 8:41 PM
lol
41:17
you just have to dress warmer
zac 8:42 PM
i dont even own a coat
quilting queen 8:42 PM
you'll have to get one
42:52
Nyssa did
zac 8:42 PM

quilting queen 8:43 PM
you'll need to get one up there though
zac 8:43 PM
can you believe my two year mark was last week?
quilting queen 8:43 PM
yeah
43:53
we noted that
44:17
people at church are asking when you are coming home
zac 8:44 PM
haha
44:56
27 july
quilting queen 8:46 PM
that's what we told them
zac 8:46 PM
most of the people from my mtc group are flying straight to salt lake
46:16
from japan
quilting queen 8:46 PM
they live in Utah?
zac 8:46 PM
yeah there were only four out of 16 not from utah
quilting queen 8:46 PM
wow
zac 8:46 PM
one is wyoming, one is idaho, one ohio and then me
quilting queen 8:46 PM
why are they flying from Japan?
zac 8:47 PM
our flight from singapore takes us through japan
47:17
so we all fly together to japan
47:30
and then get on separate planes to cross the pacific
quilting queen 8:47 PM
and then you fly here
zac 8:47 PM
yep
quilting queen 8:48 PM
I'll bet the guys from Idaho and Wyoming had never heard of Singapore
zac 8:48 PM
probably not
48:36
haha
48:51
i think it's crazy that i never served once in singapore
quilting queen 8:49 PM
yeah
zac 8:49 PM
almost all my mission was in one malaysian state
49:16
sarawak!
49:29
and then 2.5 months in johor
49:34
but hey cool news
49:42
the branch in johor is splitting
quilting queen 8:49 PM
I guess that was where you were supposed to go
49:52
COOL!
51:02
how is the ward in Sarawak/
51:06
?
zac 8:51 PM
well, it's doing ok
51:20
a lot fo youth
quilting queen 8:51 PM
well... that's good
zac 8:51 PM
mostly teenage girls
quilting queen 8:52 PM
OHHHHHHHH
52:03
lol
zac 8:53 PM
so the future as of now is a little bleak
53:12
we need to get good young men
53:15
to be future leaders
53:23
and the husbands of these girls
quilting queen 8:53 PM
yeah
53:33
that's too bad
zac 8:53 PM
i dont know what that ohh was about, but rest assured i'm marrying an american
quilting queen 8:54 PM
that wasn't what I meant
zac 8:54 PM
sorry if i'm defensive
quilting queen 8:54 PM
that's ok
zac 8:54 PM
all the ibans here tell me to marry an iban
54:51
lol
quilting queen 8:54 PM
lol
zac 8:55 PM
bintulu is a good place tho
55:18
lots of freindly members
quilting queen 8:55 PM
the oh was more like I see
55:43
it 's too bad that it's so far away
56:23
you probably won't ever be able to go back unless you make a lot of money for the trip
56:56
That would be cool if we could visit with you
zac 8:58 PM
yeah that would be awesome
58:20
maybe someday if i get rich
quilting queen 8:58 PM
as long as I didn't see any big bugs or spiders
58:57
Adrienne has already had a run in with a big wolf spider
zac 8:59 PM
oh no
59:39
if you came here, you prbably wouldnt see anything
59:44
that happens when you live here
quilting queen 8:59 PM
that's one reason why I hated living there
00:29
lol
00:53
the bugs don't like tourists huh?
zac 9:01 PM
well, they are a little shy
01:07
maybe it's the white skin
quilting queen 9:01 PM
lol
zac 9:02 PM
i have no idea how much a plane ticket would cost to get here
quilting queen 9:02 PM
probably a lot
03:20
I should research it
zac 9:03 PM
i hear
04:13
that there is like an internship thing at byu
04:31
for return missionaries to go back to the country they served in
04:44
to teach people about how to get a job
quilting queen 9:05 PM
that's cool
zac 9:05 PM
the only thing is you have to pay for airfare
05:15
yourself
05:24
it would be cool, but i dont know if i could do it
quilting queen 9:05 PM
yeah
06:34
I need to get your room ready
06:53
take out the baby stuff
06:56
lol
zac 9:08 PM
there's baby stuff in my room?
quilting queen 9:09 PM
Nyssa made your desk up as a changing table and there are toys in there
09:29
she hung up a Noah's Ark wallhanging
zac 9:09 PM
well, i dont mind sleeping on the couch
quilting queen 9:09 PM
your bed is still there
09:59
and your stuffin the closet
zac 9:10 PM
i'll only be there a few weeks
10:23
so no need to move a lot of stuff around
quilting queen 9:10 PM
the bookcase with games was in yourv room but we took it out
11:02
I won't be moving much stuff
zac 9:11 PM
i still cant believe my mssion is almost over
11:33
it seems so soon
quilting queen 9:11 PM
yeah
11:55
it sure went fast
zac 9:12 PM
i feel a little nervous to continue with life
12:47
i feel really comfortable with missionary work now
quilting queen 9:13 PM
yeah
13:23
all missionaries feel like that
zac 9:14 PM
how do you guys feel now that all your kids are moved out?
quilting queen 9:14 PM
lonely
zac 9:14 PM
aww
quilting queen 9:15 PM
I'd rather have a few people around
zac 9:15 PM
yeah
15:34
but jake and nano still live close by
quilting queen 9:15 PM
they are busy and don't come over a lot
16:27
I do babysit Sara on Mondays and Fridays
16:38
it's pretty fun
zac 9:16 PM
that's good
16:47
how is she doing?
quilting queen 9:16 PM
she's doing great
17:04
she's so cute
17:18
I was going to send a pic
17:52
I took pics of the 3 girls in their July 4th dresses
18:07
they are all pretty cute
zac 9:18 PM
aww
quilting queen 9:18 PM
Sara looks like Nano and Izzy looks like Jake
18:36
lol
19:04
Izzy has HUGE blue eyes
zac 9:19 PM
lol
19:49
i wonder if they'll look different later
quilting queen 9:19 PM
maybe
zac 9:20 PM
i feel like kids look more like the dads early on
quilting queen 9:20 PM
kids change a lot
20:11
look at you?
20:13
lol
zac 9:20 PM
yeah nobdy thinks i look like either of you
quilting queen 9:21 PM
lol
21:06
you look like dad
zac 9:21 PM
do i?
21:39
i havent seen a picture of him when he was younger for a long time
quilting queen 9:21 PM
actually you look Reed
21:45
lol
22:07
not as much as Jake though
22:40
dad looks a lot like grandma Naida
zac 9:22 PM
well i didnt know reed was this handsome before
22:48

quilting queen 9:22 PM
LOL!!!!!
zac 9:23 PM
i wonder if girls in america will think im handsome
quilting queen 9:23 PM
so what are your plans for today?
24:11
Desiree sure did
zac 9:24 PM
did she huh?
24:47
haha
25:05
well, we'll see what she thinks after she's seen what malaysia has done to me
quilting queen 9:25 PM
yeah
25:08
lol
25:31
what has it done to you?
zac 9:26 PM
well malaysia is a rough place
26:11
it just thrashes things
26:23
like my face
quilting queen 9:26 PM
yeah
zac 9:26 PM
anyways, today hopefully we'll have two people interviewed for baptism
26:52
wee
quilting queen 9:27 PM
I thought today was P day
zac 9:27 PM
it is
quilting queen 9:28 PM
you interview people on P day?
zac 9:30 PM
we go out at night on pday
30:13
6:30
quilting queen 9:30 PM
oh
31:09
what are you doing before?
zac 9:32 PM
we are just relaxing today basically
32:09
buying groceries
32:12
emailing you guys
quilting queen 9:32 PM
lol
32:25
yeah
zac 9:32 PM
maybe next week we'll go explore some caves
quilting queen 9:32 PM
REALLY!
zac 9:32 PM
i'l get some pics
32:49
but mom i gotta go
32:52
i love you lots
32:58
talk to you next week
quilting queen 9:32 PM
love you too
33:01
ok
zac 9:33 PM
have a good week
quilting queen 9:33 PM
bye
zac 9:33 PM
bye
quilting queen 9:33 PM
you too