ya that's right...I AM MORMON!

so this past week i ran into a culture shock..i went from working in my little mormon bubble known as Deseret Indutries to being in a casino. Definately slim pickins for people who have my same beliefs and all. By now most of us are aware that there are fabulous people who will love you no matter what religion you practice. However, there are some people out there that just don't like mormons. I wasn't keeping my beliefs a secret by any means, but i dind't feel it necessary to announce it either. But today as we sat in our daily huddle and talked about what we did yesterday my manager asked me what i did and i looked at him and said proudly...I went to church! And then the girl in front of me asked what religion i was...it was strange watching the whole room stop talking and listen to my response and the look on my face as i grinned and said..I AM MORMON. For about 30 minutes after that i was bombarded with questions but after that everyone went back to normal. In fact the rest of the night was a blast. Working in a buffet is gonna make me incredibly fat! Im gonna have to work out like a maniac or I'm gonna end up a whale. Its funny though how much emphasis we put on a persons appearance. It makes you look at things differently. People say they can pick out mormons because of our appearences. Well tonight as we allowed the other workers to come into the buffet and eat we noticed a certain group that we could automatically categorize. They were a group of girls, with dark make up and long hair extensions with tiny figures in reveiling clothes. They ate maily fruit and salad and ordered waters. These were the cocktail waitresses (or "butt ladies" as i called them as a kid) Whether good or bad people tend to determine the kind of person you are by how they see you. I'm glad that when people look at me I can be categorized as conservative making it easier for a person to get to know my personality before the form an opinion on me.