All the kids have started school and we are kind of getting back into a rhythm again. I got to go to the Jr. High with Jarom on Wednesday morning to change him to Mrs. McBeth's for advisory so he can be in Jazz Band again and see why he didn't get into French 2, like he wanted. He got moved into Jazz Band, but French 2 didn't work. He would have had to trade it with either a Quest class or Geometry and he didn't want to do that. I guess he'll have to take French 2 next year.
It's a good thing we went on Wednesday morning, because he got really sick that night and threw up several times. He didn't go to school on Thursday or Friday. By Friday afternoon he was feeling better. He thinks it may have been something he ate, but I didn't ask him what he thought it was.
Cameron is taking 3-D animation and pottery at the High School and likes those. I guess he likes his other classes, too? David said Cameron came home from school the first day and told him, "I hate English. I'm going to have a TON of homework in that class." I don't doubt it. That's the class he had to read a book and write 3 essays for over the summer that were due the first day of school. The book he had to read wasn't too bad. It was "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. I finished reading it Saturday night. It was a classic that wasn't terribly depressing. And it even kind of sort of had a happy ending. Amazing. I'd hear of Willa Cather before, but never read anything by her before.
Amber gets to get a ride home with her friend Kyleen every Monday and Wednesday because Meagan has the car at school and I work both those days. I'm glad Kyleen's mom is willing to help out. I don't like the idea of Amber walking a mile and a half home all by herself. Amber hasn't had any homework that I've seen. I think I'm going to have to start checking grades online to make sure she's doing her work and turning it in.
We got a flyer from the Elementary School urging the kids to walk to school more safely. According to the flyer, Amber is half a block outside of the boundaries. David made a big deal about it, but I told him I'm not going to worry about it. If they really wanted Amber going to a different school, they wouldn't have assigned her a teacher at her current school. Besides that, she's in 6th Grade, so it's her last year there anyway! Meagan said, "But I had to change schools my last year of Elementary School!" I said, "That's true, but they told us about it long before school started." "That's true," she conceded.
Meagan's first day of college was last Wednesday. She came home from school and said, "It was long and boring." She did kind of spread her classes out, but she's got to go from the main campus to the airport campus and back again, so she needed a little extra time to do that. Plus, she was lucky to get the classes she needed, by the time she finally figured out what classes to take. I'm glad that's over with! I'm sure she is too.
September is going to be a busy month. We're in charge a Stake YM/YW Activity this Thursday, YW Volleyball starts next week and I'm in charge of Standards Night on September 20. I get to make invitations and flyers and such. At least Cindy will be helping with refreshments and I guess Jen will do decorations. I need to remember to ask Mary Ann if she'll do the music. Alot more stuff goes into these things than meets the eye, that's for sure!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Whew!
Meagan, Amber and I had a long day yesterday. First, we started out talking to Meagan's counselor at school. She told us Meagan should take Math 1050 or she'd have to take the math test again in a year and hope she passed again. If she took Math 1050, she wouldn't have to take math again, even if she decided to get a Bachelor's degree eventually. She also told us Meagan should take Chemistry 1010, not Chemistry 1110. Apparently Chem 1110 is a really hard class. So that totally changed Meagan's schedule, which we thought was pretty much set for this semester.
Then, we went to the main campus and Meagan got her *FREE* student bus pass. I wish they'd had free student bus passes when I went to school. We couldn't get the parking permit because we kinda forgot to take the suburban registration... Guess we'll do that Thursday morning.
We also checked out textbooks. If Meagan had to buy all her textbooks new it would cost about $600. That's about half of her tuition and fees!!! Man, textbooks are expensive.
We were going to go meet with the research company about Meagan's wisdom teeth right after that, but I kinda forgot to tell her that, so we had to go home and get the address. At least it gave us enough time to grab something quick to eat.
Then we went to the research company and had to read through 2 research studies, which took about 2 hours, by the time their staff consulted with us. The first research study required Meagan to have an iv in her arm for 24-30 hours and that kind of freaked her out. The consultant was nice and found Meagan a study where she'd just have to wear a monitor that was similar to a wrist watch, no iv. That made Meagan SOOOO much happier. Then we found out they didn't have any Friday openings until Sept, so we're going to have to go back for her screening on Sept. 1. At least we'll save lots of money by not having to pay an oral surgeon to extract her wisdom teeth, plus she'll get paid for her time... so I guess it's worth it.
Meagan's friend Brianna and her sister had their wisdom teeth pulled out by the same company and were pleased with the results, so that makes Meagan and me feel better about going to a research company for this...
Anyway, we got home and were able to trade Meagan's schedule around to the classes her counselor recommended. I was relieved, until I realized, right after Meagan left for work that her new schedule wasn't going to work with having her wisdom teeth pulled out! Ack!
After Meagan got back home, we went back to the drawing board and moved her schedule around for, oh, I don't know, the tenth time? We got it to where she'll only miss one biology lecture when she gets her teeth pulled. AND, even better, all of her classes except one are now at the main campus! Yay! Before, they were all over the place. I swear, every class was at a different campus, which was rather unnerving.
So, Meagan and I are both relieved and I am just about ready to hand the college reigns over to Meagan. Maybe I should have from the start, but she seemed to need and appreciate the help, so I helped her. I did tell Cameron that he HAS to decide which college, if any, he is going to by the end of the third quarter of his senior year! He looked at me kind of weird and said, "Okay."
The one thing I did learn from all of this is I'm probably not as stupid at chemistry as I thought I was, I just took too hard of a class in college. No wonder I was so lost. I'm glad Meagan's taking the easier chemistry class first.
Then, we went to the main campus and Meagan got her *FREE* student bus pass. I wish they'd had free student bus passes when I went to school. We couldn't get the parking permit because we kinda forgot to take the suburban registration... Guess we'll do that Thursday morning.
We also checked out textbooks. If Meagan had to buy all her textbooks new it would cost about $600. That's about half of her tuition and fees!!! Man, textbooks are expensive.
We were going to go meet with the research company about Meagan's wisdom teeth right after that, but I kinda forgot to tell her that, so we had to go home and get the address. At least it gave us enough time to grab something quick to eat.
Then we went to the research company and had to read through 2 research studies, which took about 2 hours, by the time their staff consulted with us. The first research study required Meagan to have an iv in her arm for 24-30 hours and that kind of freaked her out. The consultant was nice and found Meagan a study where she'd just have to wear a monitor that was similar to a wrist watch, no iv. That made Meagan SOOOO much happier. Then we found out they didn't have any Friday openings until Sept, so we're going to have to go back for her screening on Sept. 1. At least we'll save lots of money by not having to pay an oral surgeon to extract her wisdom teeth, plus she'll get paid for her time... so I guess it's worth it.
Meagan's friend Brianna and her sister had their wisdom teeth pulled out by the same company and were pleased with the results, so that makes Meagan and me feel better about going to a research company for this...
Anyway, we got home and were able to trade Meagan's schedule around to the classes her counselor recommended. I was relieved, until I realized, right after Meagan left for work that her new schedule wasn't going to work with having her wisdom teeth pulled out! Ack!
After Meagan got back home, we went back to the drawing board and moved her schedule around for, oh, I don't know, the tenth time? We got it to where she'll only miss one biology lecture when she gets her teeth pulled. AND, even better, all of her classes except one are now at the main campus! Yay! Before, they were all over the place. I swear, every class was at a different campus, which was rather unnerving.
So, Meagan and I are both relieved and I am just about ready to hand the college reigns over to Meagan. Maybe I should have from the start, but she seemed to need and appreciate the help, so I helped her. I did tell Cameron that he HAS to decide which college, if any, he is going to by the end of the third quarter of his senior year! He looked at me kind of weird and said, "Okay."
The one thing I did learn from all of this is I'm probably not as stupid at chemistry as I thought I was, I just took too hard of a class in college. No wonder I was so lost. I'm glad Meagan's taking the easier chemistry class first.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
School is Almost Here Again
Thank goodness Meagan is almost ready to go back. This college thing has been a little hard for her to grasp. Hopefully after the first semester she'll have it down and she can do it on her own. I've spent a lot of time helping her figure out grants, schedules, etc. We're almost there...
I strongly encouraged Meagan to go take the math placement test last Monday. She was glad she did. Hoping to do well enough to make it into Math 1010, she exceeded our expectations and tested out of it! Wow, Meagan is pretty smart.
Today I overheard Jarom tell Cameron he was a little bit excited to go back to school. "Well, just so I can see my friends, mostly," he told Cameron. Cameron and Jarom both have their schedules now. They both got what they asked for, so that's good. Jarom got Mr. Owen, who is the best math teacher at the jr. high. I was so excited when I saw that, I did a happy dance right there in the kitchen. Meagan had Mr. Owen twice. She had an awful pre-algebra teacher in 7th grade and almost failed it. She got Mr. Owen for algebra and geometry and got straight A's.
Amber is starting 6th grade this year. David and I have one kid in elementary, one in jr. high, one in high school and one in college. Wow. This is going to be quite the year.
Thor is getting better, I guess. We've pretty much kept him in his cage the last 2 weeks. Every once in a while the kids aren't fast enough moving him from cage to cage and he escapes and runs around the house. They catch him pretty quickly. He has calmed down enough that we don't have to give him tranquilizers all the time.
Last Tuesday our family finally made it up to the canyon. I've been wanting to go all summer. It was fun. We roasted hotdogs and made s'mores and dutch oven chicken. We left the potatoes at home on a kitchen chair, so we had chicken and carrots with biscuits on top, with no potatoes. The biscuits never really browned, but they did get done. Jarom said they were his favorite part.
We attempted a dutch oven apple cobbler, but put it on the coals too late, so we had to finish cooking it at home in the oven. We had banana boats, too. And Cameron brought up a box of 24 fat boy ice cream sandwiches. We way over-sugared ourselves. Next time we're only taking up ONE dessert, not four! And, if we do another dutch oven cobbler, we'll know to put it on the coals at the same time as we do the main dish.
We didn't have enough time to hike, but we did walk around the picnic area. Amber and I waded in the creek, in Quintin's honor. He told me last summer that he liked to go up to that canyon and soak his feet in the cold water. I swear he was still a little kid at the age of 78. Even in August the water is ice cold. Cameron managed to fall in the water, but didn't seem to mind much. It was still pretty warm in the sun.
I love being up in the forest "away" from civilization. A tree squirrel smelled our dutch oven chicken and came sniffing into our picnic area. She hopped up on one of the picnic tables trying to figure out where the food smell was coming from. She even climbed onto the fire pit and sniffed. She finally realized the food was too hot to get to and ran away. Cameron felt pity on her a tossed her a slice of bread, which she promptly grabbed and ran away with.
I doubt we'll make it to the canyon again this summer, but at least we made it once. Maybe Labor Day weekend?
I strongly encouraged Meagan to go take the math placement test last Monday. She was glad she did. Hoping to do well enough to make it into Math 1010, she exceeded our expectations and tested out of it! Wow, Meagan is pretty smart.
Today I overheard Jarom tell Cameron he was a little bit excited to go back to school. "Well, just so I can see my friends, mostly," he told Cameron. Cameron and Jarom both have their schedules now. They both got what they asked for, so that's good. Jarom got Mr. Owen, who is the best math teacher at the jr. high. I was so excited when I saw that, I did a happy dance right there in the kitchen. Meagan had Mr. Owen twice. She had an awful pre-algebra teacher in 7th grade and almost failed it. She got Mr. Owen for algebra and geometry and got straight A's.
Amber is starting 6th grade this year. David and I have one kid in elementary, one in jr. high, one in high school and one in college. Wow. This is going to be quite the year.
Thor is getting better, I guess. We've pretty much kept him in his cage the last 2 weeks. Every once in a while the kids aren't fast enough moving him from cage to cage and he escapes and runs around the house. They catch him pretty quickly. He has calmed down enough that we don't have to give him tranquilizers all the time.
Last Tuesday our family finally made it up to the canyon. I've been wanting to go all summer. It was fun. We roasted hotdogs and made s'mores and dutch oven chicken. We left the potatoes at home on a kitchen chair, so we had chicken and carrots with biscuits on top, with no potatoes. The biscuits never really browned, but they did get done. Jarom said they were his favorite part.
We attempted a dutch oven apple cobbler, but put it on the coals too late, so we had to finish cooking it at home in the oven. We had banana boats, too. And Cameron brought up a box of 24 fat boy ice cream sandwiches. We way over-sugared ourselves. Next time we're only taking up ONE dessert, not four! And, if we do another dutch oven cobbler, we'll know to put it on the coals at the same time as we do the main dish.
We didn't have enough time to hike, but we did walk around the picnic area. Amber and I waded in the creek, in Quintin's honor. He told me last summer that he liked to go up to that canyon and soak his feet in the cold water. I swear he was still a little kid at the age of 78. Even in August the water is ice cold. Cameron managed to fall in the water, but didn't seem to mind much. It was still pretty warm in the sun.
I love being up in the forest "away" from civilization. A tree squirrel smelled our dutch oven chicken and came sniffing into our picnic area. She hopped up on one of the picnic tables trying to figure out where the food smell was coming from. She even climbed onto the fire pit and sniffed. She finally realized the food was too hot to get to and ran away. Cameron felt pity on her a tossed her a slice of bread, which she promptly grabbed and ran away with.
I doubt we'll make it to the canyon again this summer, but at least we made it once. Maybe Labor Day weekend?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Thor-Thor Wild Cat Visits the Vet
So, we took Thor to the vet for his 2 week check-up. The vet said that Thor's leg seems to be healing fine, but was alarmed to know we had let Thor out of his cage and he has been jumping around the house. "That could re-break his leg!" the vet emphasized. Oops...
Then we explained to the vet WHY we had let the cat out of his cage. The cat kept meowing incessantly and would not stop. Like for HOURS on end. Then he started climbing on the gate of his cage and falling on his head. We figured that couldn't be good for him - or his leg. So at first we just let him out to wander around in the basement with a gate up. That was ok for a couple of days. Then he tried to jump the gate - and succeeded a few times. Then we tried putting up two gates. Then the cat tried climbing or jumping them.
Finally we just gave up and let him go upstairs. Then he started jumping onto the window sills. This morning he tried jumping onto the bathroom window sill and biffed it. I didn't see it, but I heard it. Trying to keep a wild cat down is not easy. He also kept trying to sneak outside. He made it a couple of times, but luckily we were able to catch him. He's getting faster, though, so it's not so easy to catch him. Except for Meagan, that Thor loves so much he'll just walk right up to her...
The vet said he could put a splint on the cat's leg, but most cats don't do well with splints. Some of them try to chew the splint off and they're a hassle and cats hate them. Thor would not do well with a splint, he hated his stitches so much he chewed them out himself a few days after his surgery. The vet said the cat HAD to stay in a cage for the next month with no chance of getting out. I asked him if we could get some tranquilizers for the cat. He thought about it and agreed. His assistant gave Thor a tranquilizer and gave us a bottle with few to take home.
All the way home, Thor meowed and meowed in his pet carrier. He was not a happy cat. Thor got the tranquilizer at 10:45 and finally at 11:15 it kicked in. I was so happy!!! Maybe we can keep him in his cage for the next month or two without either him or us going crazy!
Then we explained to the vet WHY we had let the cat out of his cage. The cat kept meowing incessantly and would not stop. Like for HOURS on end. Then he started climbing on the gate of his cage and falling on his head. We figured that couldn't be good for him - or his leg. So at first we just let him out to wander around in the basement with a gate up. That was ok for a couple of days. Then he tried to jump the gate - and succeeded a few times. Then we tried putting up two gates. Then the cat tried climbing or jumping them.
Finally we just gave up and let him go upstairs. Then he started jumping onto the window sills. This morning he tried jumping onto the bathroom window sill and biffed it. I didn't see it, but I heard it. Trying to keep a wild cat down is not easy. He also kept trying to sneak outside. He made it a couple of times, but luckily we were able to catch him. He's getting faster, though, so it's not so easy to catch him. Except for Meagan, that Thor loves so much he'll just walk right up to her...
The vet said he could put a splint on the cat's leg, but most cats don't do well with splints. Some of them try to chew the splint off and they're a hassle and cats hate them. Thor would not do well with a splint, he hated his stitches so much he chewed them out himself a few days after his surgery. The vet said the cat HAD to stay in a cage for the next month with no chance of getting out. I asked him if we could get some tranquilizers for the cat. He thought about it and agreed. His assistant gave Thor a tranquilizer and gave us a bottle with few to take home.
All the way home, Thor meowed and meowed in his pet carrier. He was not a happy cat. Thor got the tranquilizer at 10:45 and finally at 11:15 it kicked in. I was so happy!!! Maybe we can keep him in his cage for the next month or two without either him or us going crazy!
Saturday, August 01, 2009
YW Camp
Well, Meagie and I survived camp. It was fun, but it was alot of work. Now I remember why we don't go camping - well, that and David's whole oxygen thing.
Meagan and I didn't leave home until about 11:30 on Tuesday. I felt really sick Monday night when I was going to pack. I laid on the bed and moaned felt horrible and wondered if I was going to make it to camp. Luckily, after saying lots of prayers, David giving me a blessing and taking some vitaminerals Nox, I felt well enough to go by Tuesday morning. Then I had to pack.
It was a good thing I had Meagan along as a navigator. I didn't get lost even once going up to the campground. That is unusual for me.
The first day was the Stake Day where all the girls in the Stake play games and eat dinner together. Sherry, our Stake Camp Director, really goes all out for camp every year and the rest of us just follow her lead. Our theme this year was B.U.G.S. (building up gospel standards - and enjoy the journey). The games we played were the Bug Olympics. There were 8 different events - the grasshopper jump, dirt and worm eating contest, a bee relay, metamorphosis, fly swatting . . . I can't remember them all.
I helped set that up for a while, then I helped Cindy (the Stake YW Pres) decorate cakes for dinner. Dinner was an "Ant Picnic" so we were trying to make several little ants on each cake, but they looked more like spiders, so we started doing one big ant on each cake. It was not my best work ever, but it was passable, I guess. Several of the YW tried piping ants on the cakes and said, "Wow,this is harder than I thought."
Tuesday night was relatively warm and I didn't freeze while I was sleeping, which was very nice. This year I took a big flannel lined sleeping bag instead of a little nylon one. Sleeping bags are hard to roll over in, even for me, and I'm not that big. I like sleeping in a bed with blankets and sheets much better. I went to bed at about 9:30 pm on Tuesday because I was exhausted.
Wednesday I went with 3 other Stake Leaders to Heber City to get some ice, etc. There was a hail storm in camp while we were gone. Meagan took a photo of the hail stones. Maybe she'll post it.
After that, I mostly sat around wondering what to do with myself until Sherry needed some help setting up the spiritual hike. Me, Sean (the YW 2nd Counselor's husband) and two girls from my ward that got in trouble for pulling a prank went to help set up. The hike was based on Lehi's dream of the Tree of Life, so we built an "iron" rod in the woods that led to the tree of life. We were late getting back for dinner - and I'm the one who did the meal assignments. We were really bad at getting to any of the meals on time.
Wednesday night I stayed up with the Stake and Youth Leaders and ate lots of stuff I shouldn't have (mostly sugar!) and went to bed about 11:30 pm. It was alot colder - my feet never did get warm, but I slept pretty well in spite of it. I had several strange dreams, like David and I driving our car around the inside of the fitness center and something about panhandling and how the laws had changed. It looked more like NYC than my city.
Thursday after breakfast, I packed up all my camping gear so I would be ready to go home after the spiritual hike and not have to pack in the dark. After that, it was mostly finishing setting up the spiritual hike. At one point I almost felt like I had heat stroke. That, and I really regretted the 2 pieces of bacon I had for breakfast. It tasted good, but I didn't feel so good. Maybe I'm supposed to go kosher? After sitting in the shade for a while and drinking some propel water, I felt better.
We got finished just in time to go back and eat dinner with our wards. Our ward had pulled pork (yay, more non-kosher food!), funeral potatoes, green beans and dutch oven cobbler. Technically the only thing I could really eat was the green beans, but I ate some of the other stuff anyway. It tasted good.
I walked over to East Camp, where the spiritual hike was, by myself. I somehow got to be in charge of running the ipod at the end of the hike by the "tree of life." It was a song Sherry found about Lehi's dream, which was fitting, but the song was really long - almost 5 minutes. Between that and technical difficulties with the ipod, alot of groups got backed up and had to wait for a while. The "fruit" on the tree of life was little temples made out of clear beads. Several of the leaders (not me) spent hours making them by hand. The tree looked pretty cool with little bead temples and white flowers and clear Christmas lights on it. Until the converter box connected to Sherry's van started sparking and burst in to flame. Luckily Sherry was standing there at the moment, so she got it stopped, but that was the end of the lights and music. There was only 1 1/2 wards left, so we almost made it. I think it turned out okay in spite of it all.
After that, I went back to camp and headed home. It was already 9:30, so it was dark. I only made 2 small wrong turns and made it home by 11:00. Driving down Parley's Canyon at night reminded me of playing Mario Karts - Bowser's Castle specifically. I kept expecting a stone column to stomp me. At least there were no flames. I was thinking - Meagan would be good at this - she's better than me at Mario Karts.
I was glad to get home and see my family. The house was still messy, but what was I expecting, really? At least everyone was ok. I didn't go to bed until about 1:00 am because I stayed up talking to David.
Yesterday morning I got to go back to work and it was very busy, thanks to me taking Wednesday off. I'm tired today and haven't done much. Thor is a little happier today because we let him come upstairs. He still wants to go outside, but that's not going to happen for a while.
Meagan and I didn't leave home until about 11:30 on Tuesday. I felt really sick Monday night when I was going to pack. I laid on the bed and moaned felt horrible and wondered if I was going to make it to camp. Luckily, after saying lots of prayers, David giving me a blessing and taking some vitaminerals Nox, I felt well enough to go by Tuesday morning. Then I had to pack.
It was a good thing I had Meagan along as a navigator. I didn't get lost even once going up to the campground. That is unusual for me.
The first day was the Stake Day where all the girls in the Stake play games and eat dinner together. Sherry, our Stake Camp Director, really goes all out for camp every year and the rest of us just follow her lead. Our theme this year was B.U.G.S. (building up gospel standards - and enjoy the journey). The games we played were the Bug Olympics. There were 8 different events - the grasshopper jump, dirt and worm eating contest, a bee relay, metamorphosis, fly swatting . . . I can't remember them all.
I helped set that up for a while, then I helped Cindy (the Stake YW Pres) decorate cakes for dinner. Dinner was an "Ant Picnic" so we were trying to make several little ants on each cake, but they looked more like spiders, so we started doing one big ant on each cake. It was not my best work ever, but it was passable, I guess. Several of the YW tried piping ants on the cakes and said, "Wow,this is harder than I thought."
Tuesday night was relatively warm and I didn't freeze while I was sleeping, which was very nice. This year I took a big flannel lined sleeping bag instead of a little nylon one. Sleeping bags are hard to roll over in, even for me, and I'm not that big. I like sleeping in a bed with blankets and sheets much better. I went to bed at about 9:30 pm on Tuesday because I was exhausted.
Wednesday I went with 3 other Stake Leaders to Heber City to get some ice, etc. There was a hail storm in camp while we were gone. Meagan took a photo of the hail stones. Maybe she'll post it.
After that, I mostly sat around wondering what to do with myself until Sherry needed some help setting up the spiritual hike. Me, Sean (the YW 2nd Counselor's husband) and two girls from my ward that got in trouble for pulling a prank went to help set up. The hike was based on Lehi's dream of the Tree of Life, so we built an "iron" rod in the woods that led to the tree of life. We were late getting back for dinner - and I'm the one who did the meal assignments. We were really bad at getting to any of the meals on time.
Wednesday night I stayed up with the Stake and Youth Leaders and ate lots of stuff I shouldn't have (mostly sugar!) and went to bed about 11:30 pm. It was alot colder - my feet never did get warm, but I slept pretty well in spite of it. I had several strange dreams, like David and I driving our car around the inside of the fitness center and something about panhandling and how the laws had changed. It looked more like NYC than my city.
Thursday after breakfast, I packed up all my camping gear so I would be ready to go home after the spiritual hike and not have to pack in the dark. After that, it was mostly finishing setting up the spiritual hike. At one point I almost felt like I had heat stroke. That, and I really regretted the 2 pieces of bacon I had for breakfast. It tasted good, but I didn't feel so good. Maybe I'm supposed to go kosher? After sitting in the shade for a while and drinking some propel water, I felt better.
We got finished just in time to go back and eat dinner with our wards. Our ward had pulled pork (yay, more non-kosher food!), funeral potatoes, green beans and dutch oven cobbler. Technically the only thing I could really eat was the green beans, but I ate some of the other stuff anyway. It tasted good.
I walked over to East Camp, where the spiritual hike was, by myself. I somehow got to be in charge of running the ipod at the end of the hike by the "tree of life." It was a song Sherry found about Lehi's dream, which was fitting, but the song was really long - almost 5 minutes. Between that and technical difficulties with the ipod, alot of groups got backed up and had to wait for a while. The "fruit" on the tree of life was little temples made out of clear beads. Several of the leaders (not me) spent hours making them by hand. The tree looked pretty cool with little bead temples and white flowers and clear Christmas lights on it. Until the converter box connected to Sherry's van started sparking and burst in to flame. Luckily Sherry was standing there at the moment, so she got it stopped, but that was the end of the lights and music. There was only 1 1/2 wards left, so we almost made it. I think it turned out okay in spite of it all.
After that, I went back to camp and headed home. It was already 9:30, so it was dark. I only made 2 small wrong turns and made it home by 11:00. Driving down Parley's Canyon at night reminded me of playing Mario Karts - Bowser's Castle specifically. I kept expecting a stone column to stomp me. At least there were no flames. I was thinking - Meagan would be good at this - she's better than me at Mario Karts.
I was glad to get home and see my family. The house was still messy, but what was I expecting, really? At least everyone was ok. I didn't go to bed until about 1:00 am because I stayed up talking to David.
Yesterday morning I got to go back to work and it was very busy, thanks to me taking Wednesday off. I'm tired today and haven't done much. Thor is a little happier today because we let him come upstairs. He still wants to go outside, but that's not going to happen for a while.
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