A Wii Bit Sore

Yesterday I felt kind of sore and couldn't figure out why. I think I figured it out - I've done the wii fit twice this week - for about 1-1/2 hours total. I'm not used to working out that much any more. I used to go to the gym three times a week and work for about an hour and 15 minutes each time. Now that I've got to do kinesiology for myself, I don't have as much time to go to the gym. I miss it. I guess the wii fit will have to do for now.

Mostly what we've done today is listen to conference on the radio. We can't get channel 5 on the downstairs tv to work. It does work on the upstairs tv, though. I have enjoyed the talks and music.

David - caught Jarom and Amber's cold. He's in bed sleeping right now. He turned 43 on Wednesday. All 6 of us went bowling on Thursday because that's what David wanted to do for his birthday. We didn't go on Wednesday because I had to work. And I was so exhausted I came home from work, ate a bowl of cereal and crashed on the couch.

I think David had fun. I don't think we've ever gone bowling as a family before. Jarom was upset because he was the only person that didn't get at least one strike. He did get a spare, though.

The nice guy at the counter drilled the holes in David's and my bowling balls bigger for free. David needed one of his holes bigger because he's getting arthritis in his ring finger. I needed mine bigger because I don't think the holes were drilled big enough in the first place. It always freaked me out to use my bowling ball because I thought (psychologically, at least) that I was going to get my fingers stuck.

David's blue bowling ball and the orange ball from the bowling alley that Meagan and Amber were using got stuck twice at the end of the lane. David thought they had something going on, because it was always just those two balls that got stuck - together.

Meagan - bought David and MP3 player for his birthday. Now he just has to figure out how to use it. Meagan has been looking all over for her graduation photos and cannot find them. I'm sure I put them in a very safe place. If only I could remember what that safe place is. Meagan xeroxed off a copy of her Seminary General Conference assignment for everyone who wanted to do it. It was a word tally, which I found confusing, so I just started taking notes.

Meagan is heading out for work. She just came by and hugged me, then she "healed" me by putting the heal of her hand on my forehead and pushing. That's what they did in NC on David's mission when he went to other churches, so he taught it to the kids...

Cameron - just went and spent all his hard saved cash on a copy of the "Legend of Dragoon" video game. He's playing it now and is glad that it works because he bought it used from Game Pedlar. Meagan was nice enough to drive him to the mall. Or did he drive? I'm not sure. He says his driver's ed teacher says he's getting to be a better driver.

I came home from work last night and Cameron was shaving David's head. I used to have that job, but I guess it's Cameron's now. That's ok with me.

Jarom - is very happy because we have bagels again. And we had double chocolate cream pie and vanilla ice cream for David's birthday. Because we took so long bowling and buying David's birthday dinner (pizza) at Costco on Thursday, I was helping Jarom with his math yesterday morning before school. David was driving us crazy because he kept saying he didn't understand what I was explaining to Jarom. "It doesn't matter!" we both told him. Of course, David probably would not have been interested at all if we weren't in a hurry. Or maybe he would have.

Cindy and I had a discussion about this Tuesday morning on our walk to the Conference Center. She teaches Algebra at a Jr. High. She told me she tried to teach her husband algebra when they first got married. He didn't understand it and it only irritated him. Finally he said, "You're just going to have to live with me not understanding algebra."

I told her I had determined when I was a teenager that I would never marry a man who didn't understand AT LEAST algebra. Boy, was I wrong. I never tried to teach David algebra other than trying to explain why x and y and other variables are used in algebra. He just didn't get it, so I gave up. I eventually realized that David is smart in alot of things I'm not (sports, strategy, locksmithing, etc, etc), so it's all good. We balance each other. I did have to tell the kids to NEVER ask their dad for help with their math homework. He can help them with anything but math...and maybe science.

Amber - slept over at Kyleen's last night. She almost snuk out of the house without doing her missing homework assignments, but I got home just in time to make sure she did them. She was not happy with me, but she did do them.

Amber had good citizenship, so she got to play her DS for an hour or two at school yesterday. That was the reward for the well-behaved kids in the 5th grade.

Amber's primary teacher came over yesterday and asked me if I would teach Amber's primary class for two weeks. I thought about it and said, "Yes." The first week is Easter and the second week we have lots of YM/YW stuff going on, but I guess it will be ok. I told Amber she could teach the class. She said, "OK, as long as I can have the book." Maybe I'll have her help me. And the other kids in her class. I don't even know who's in her class anymore. We've had several families move out of the ward since the last time I taught her class.

Amber's teacher also had to show her the amber jewelry she's collecting. She told Amber she's glad she can collect something that reminds her of Amber. Awww....