Dundalk, Part 5

Trim Castle

(These aren't Cody's pictures. We unfortunately couldn't retrieve the one he sent a second time so I took some off the internet, but his looked similar to the one below.)

Holy cats in a blender! That is an awesome hauce! It's probably one of the best hauces ever! Is Mackie jealous? And hey, Magic is a pretty cool name. Much better than Li'l Bandit or Elder Christiansen. And Koji. I will call his name Magic: the magic Hauce! 

I'm serious you guys, don't give Mackie away! And don't let Magic eat him. 

Okay guys, you ready? Here you go: pray for Elizabeth and Isaac. Remember that Romanian family I was telling you about? the Covaciu family? (that's how you actually spell their name I figured out) Elizabeth is the oldest daughter, 13 years old, and she runs the household. Her dad is a pious idiot who won't learn English or finances, so she does all their taxes and such, her older brother is never home, her mom always goes out with her friends, leaving poor Lizzie to clean the house and watch the other CRAZY children. She's overwhelmed, but wants to learn more; she wants to go to the temple. Isaac is her younger brother; 12 years old. He's smaller than Olivia, and pretty fragile, and very bipolar. One minute he's sweet and helpful and listens, and with no transition he's angry and cussing and flipping everyone off and fighting with his younger siblings (who are all bigger than he is). And then, also with no transition, he'll go right back to being calm and sweet. And he's not faking it either. His parents are absolutely no help; they kinda consider poor Isaac a lost cause. He and Elizabeth are baptised, and Isaac wants to be a deacon, but the mom is not interested in helping and the dad is openly against the church. I'm not certain why he allowed them to be baptised in the first place. We're not sure what to do. 

Oh my heavens, that's a brutal albeit very funny story about Justin and Olivia. I remember when Dallin and Tamara thwacked Amanda in the face with an exercise band and bruised her right across the eyes. She looked like the Lone Ranger. I remember when Jenna cut off Amanda's finger in the door. I remember when we buried Amanda alive and she nearly died. Sorry about your head Olivia, I hope you get better soon. And Justin, I know how bad it feels when you hurt your younger sibling, who you know you should be protecting, but it's fine, just learn from it and be more careful next time. 

The castle was called Trim Castle. It was pretty cool. I'll send some pictures hopefully later today. This p-day, we have to get my GARDA card, lest I get deported. It's a Republic of Ireland thing. So not as exciting. 

We have not been exercising. Even a little. We feel bad. This is the last week in the transfer, and we will both likely be staying in Dundalk, and if we do we're going to get a gym membership. 

We have not a lot of money right now, so we've really had to be more careful about our spending habits. It's not easy though; we make regular trips to Dublin for district meetings and exchanges, and the toll costs us 2 euro, there and back.

Guys, I had stuff during the week that I wanted to say, but now I don't remember, so just...ya know. Keep emailing me; I love you!