I. As it appears on paper:
6:30 Wake up and get dressed
6:40 - 7:30 Time for exercise
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Plan your day with your companion(s)
9:00 - 10:00 Study the scriptures by yourself
10:00 - 11:00 Study the scriptures with your companion(s)
11:00 - 12:50 Study Korean
12:50 - 1:35 Lunch
1:35 - 4:35 Class time with Brother Sung
4:35 - 5:35 Study Korean
5:35 - 6:20 Dinner
6:20 - 9:20 Class time with Brother Driggs
9:30 - 10:30 Go back to the dorms, wrap up the day, prepare for bed, etc.
10:30 Lights out
II. As it actually happens
6:20 - 6:30 Wake up a few minutes before the alarm; be in denial; desperately try to fall back asleep while you still can
6:30 Actually get out of bed
6:40 - 7:30 Choose one: a) Go check if gym is still closed for some mysterious sort of renovation work. It is. b) Be told the exercise field is "too wet" to play soccer. c) Play volleyball.
8:00 Enjoy some consistently delicious breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Confirm with your companion(s) that today you will do the same thing you did and will do yesterday, the day before, and tomorrow.
9:00 - 10:00 Study the scriptures by yourself (or for some Elders in our district--not me, I swear--nap time)
10:00 - 11:00 Study the scriptures with your companion(s)
11:00 - 12:00 Study Korean
12:00 - 12:50 Try to focus while Elder Baird tells stories about his many girlfriends waiting for him back home
12:50 - 1:30 Stand in line
1:30 - 1:35 Eat lunch
1:35 - 2:00 Be taught by Brother Sung
2:00 - 4:35 Joke around with Brother Sung and listen to stories about snowboarding, tricking, Korean culture, and his friend who really should be his girlfriend
4:35 - 5:35 Study Korean
5:35 - 6:00 Stand in line
6:00 - 6:15 Stand around with your food waiting for a seat to open up in the cafeteria
6:15 - 6:20 Eat dinner
6:20 - 9:20 Class time with Brother Driggs
9:30 - 10:30 Go back to the dorms, change, work out, try to squeeze in some studying Korean
10:30 - 11:00 Lay in bed with a flashlight practicing reading Korean
11:00 - 11:30 Try to fall asleep
11:30 Fall asleep
III. As it feels
Wake up. Pray. Korean. Pray. Korean. Pray. Korean. Korean. Korean. Pray. Pray. Pray. Scriptures. Korean. Say welcome to the fresh missionaries. Korean. Korean. Scriptures. Pray. Has it only been two weeks? Korean. Korean. Pray. Korean. Pray. At least it's P-Day* tomorrow! Oh wait, it's only Monday. Korean. Korean. Pray. Why is that Nocturne still stuck in my head? Pray. Scriptures. Korean. Eat. Korean. Korean. Korean....
(*P-Day: "Preparation Day". One day a week that's basically a day off. Includes writing e-mails, doing laundry, lots of sports, and going to the temple. And occasionally naps. And occasionally naps on the temple grounds. See attached picture.)
Of course most days have something going on that will change things up, but that's basically my life these days. Well, that and flashcards. Like, flashcards on flashcards on flashcards. My flashcards have flashcards. We get $6 put on our ID cards each week to use at the MTC Bookstore and vending machines, and I've seriously spent just about all of it on flashcards.
In other news, on Sunday we watched a devotional that Elder Holland gave at the MTC years ago titled "Missionaries are Forever" (I think). It's basically been all I could think about over the past few days. I asked Brother Driggs to get me a print copy so I can read it whenever I feel the need.
By the time I'm out of here, I'm gonna have some seriously ripped quads. Our dorm is on the 4th floor of our building, our classroom is on the 3rd floor of another building, and we're always climbing up and down all the stairs (there are no elevators). Also, in all my years of doing taekwondo, I never knew that its name is a pun. It means both "way of hand and foot" and "way of great power". Also, "south" in Korean is pronounced "nam," so after I'm done with my mission (since I'm in Seoul South), I can say I've spent two years serving in 'Nam. Things I've learned about Korean. And exciting news: Brother Sung says they eat tooons of Japanese curry in Korea (which, for those of you who don't know, is my absolute number one favorite food ever). My call truly was inspired.
Our choir director told us that we're reeeeally gonna want to be singing at next week's Tuesday evening devotional, and that it's being broadcast(ed?) to every other MTC in the world. Sounds to me like some big deal's gonna be speaking. Is Elder Holland too much to hope for? I suppose I'd settle for President Monson or Uchtdorf.... (That last sentence was sarcasm. Apparently Koreans don't really get that sort of thing, so I always feel the need to explain when I use it.)
Til next week.
Stay classy, my friends.
Elder Rees, goin' back in there.
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