i am an exceptional person.

i didn't get to watch much general conference this go around.

darn pool and warm sun.

i listened to a whole bunch... but missed those seen-but-not-heard old man facial expressions that caused 21,000 mormons to errupt in laughter through the radio.

best conference ever, though, huh?

the words are always current, always necessary, and always loving.

seems like there's always a fan favorite or two.

this year, i'm going with elder quentin l. cook's saturday morning talk on women

and elder richard g scott's sunday afternoon talk on marriage.

oh, the buzzzzzzzzz that hit the air + interweb when he spoke.

incoming text messages, facebook status updates, and tweets, oh my!

i was feeling verrrrry validated about my {slightly victimized} position as an eligible, yet unmarried mormon of a girl when he - with pure elder scott gentleness - told the boys to get married... after all "i am an exceptional person that {he - mr. mystery man} would find interesting to know better!" 

that talk was all the rage monday morning.... that and the straight forward message of president monson's talk to the men on saturday night.  the dads at work had a great time sharing in my validation.

i watched president monson's talk at home over dinner.  still feeling so validated + victimized as he used phrases like....

"discipline yourself to stand above the ways of the world"

"be honorable and decent"

"let your actions be above reproach"

"words we speak, the way we treat others, the way we live our lives..."

"let righteousness guide our every step"

"be worthy recipients of the divine power of the priesthood"

... to put the boys in their place to become worthwhile husbands to the women in waiting {me}...

and then i remembered all of it applied to me, too.

dang it.

the little zinger of guilt/gentle poke of the spirit reminded me of my shortcomings that don't necessarily make me the super, practically perfect catch worthy of mr. amazing.

and so....

i'm shaving some scum off the dvr queue

and scheduling a little more temple time in my appointment book

and i'm gonna quit this, and ease up on that

and i'll soften my tongue quite a bit

so i can be "a daughter of father in heaven who, with grace and devotion, [lives in] full feminine splendor of righteous womanhood."

i've heard the reward is worthy of the task.

{p.s. i think the scott bennion bounty is still in full effect.}