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Everybody should watch it! And now I must totally retire, because we are going to have to leave at like 6AM. Have an incredible weekend everyone!

The District of Columbia police auctioned off about 100 unclaimed bicycles Friday. “One dollar,” said an 11-year-old boy as the bidding opened on the first bike. The bidding, however, went much higher. “One dollar,” the boy repeated hopefully each time another bike came up.

The auctioneer, who had been auctioning stolen or lost bikes for 43 years, noticed that the boy’s hopes seemed to soar higher whenever a racer-type bicycle was put up.

Then there was just one racer left. The bidding went to eight dollars. “Sold to that boy over there for nine dollars!” said the auctioneer. He took eight dollars from his own pocket and asked the boy for his dollar. The youngster turned it over in pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters—took his bike, and started to leave. But he went only a few feet. Carefully parking his new possession, he went back, gratefully threw his arms around the auctioneer’s neck, and cried.

From the First Presidency Message for the month of September, by Thomas S. Monson.

Not much more to say besides that. How often do we walk around, missing gratitude in our lives on even the simplest scale?

I flew out on Sunday afternoon, cuz that was the easiest way for me to get there. It was cool, cuz it had DirecTV service, so I got to watch �Cheap Seats� and the History Channel on the flight over. As we descended below the cloud layer, BAM! There was the Y on the mountain, Lavell Edwards Stadium, my dorms, everything! I got so pumped! My cousins picked me up, I stayed at there house for an hour, then went to my Grandma and Grandpa’s house to spend the evening. Got up the next morning, headed off to registration, and before you knew it, I was at EFY!

The whole week, for those of you who don’t know, is spent building you up spiritually, through classes, devotionals, musical programs, testimony meetings, all sorts of great stuff. You are also in a group of people your age, typically with a 2:1 Girl:Guy ratio. And there is NO way I’m complaining about that! The people in my group were so great, they were all so open and fun to be around, we were pretty tight by the end of the week. My roommate, Jeremy, in particular was awesome, and so were all the guys. The girls, like Kim, were also incredible for several reasons, such as:

• They were all kind to every guy
• They all wore modest clothing! Modest are the hottest!
• They all had strong testimonies and shared them

just to mention a few. And of course they were all excellent dancers!

Well, I guess I can’t really post all about the experience here, unless I wanted to type up my journal, which I don’t particularly feel like doing. But needless to say, my 120 pictures I shot in a matter of 30 minutes will be posted as soon as my new gallery is coded. Hopefully tomorrow! (snicker snicker ya right) But until then, everyone go to EFY!