We had a nice sunrise one morning...it looked even better in real life than it does in the picture! This is the reward I get for picking kids up from Seminary twice a week. :)
I left off last week talking about mice, so I'll just mention that we caught another one a few days later. Yikes! But no more since then, so hopefully that's all of them. Unless the other two had babies before their demise.
So this was one of those crazy RS weeks. It started Saturday morning when I got a call from one sister who was worried about one of the sisters she visit teaches--this sister had a son in the hospital who wasn't doing well. (It's a grown son, with a wife and child of his own. No one in the family is active except for one daughter, who recently moved to North Carolina. So very few people in the ward know this family.) I actually already knew he had been sick...I talked to his mom the previous Saturday to see how he was doing. At that point she thought he might be sent home soon, and actually he was sent home later that day. But then on Friday they had to rush him back in. To make a long story short (and to leave out a lot of the complicated details), we arranged to have some food dropped off at their house Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings to help the family since they were spending most of their time at the hospital. Then on Tuesday afternoon I received a text message from the active sister letting me know that her brother had passed away. (His liver failed.) I immediately contacted the bishop, who contacted the family and then let me know that they didn't need any help...the son's wife had made all the funeral arrangements already and had help from people at her church. Wednesday evening, late, I received a call from the active sister who was flying in the next morning and needed a ride from the airport. Since it was such late notice, I didn't have time to ask around so I told her I'd pick her up. That worked out fine, but I had just dropped her off and was hurrying to a presidency meeting when I got a message from their home teacher saying they wanted a dinner after all...oh, and they needed it the next day (Thursday)! I had to contact the bishop again to make sure he was ok with that (he was) and by then it was late afternoon and I had less than 24 hours to get a dinner put together for 60 people. So I called my compassionate service leader and she came right over and we got the ball rolling. It was a very hectic 24 hours, but we managed to get it all figured out. The dinner was nice (in spite of the fact that I forgot the bags of lettuce and left them in my refrigerator...and didn't notice until I got to the dinner, which was a good 30 minutes from my house!) and I could tell it meant a lot to the family. Oh, and they asked me to say the blessing on the food! So I think it was a good thing and worth all the effort. (And I hope I don't sound like I'm complaining because I'm not. I was glad to do it but I won't deny it caused me a great deal of stress!) My compassionate service leader was awesome, too--she made all the soup herself! And a bunch of other people contributed bread or desserts. I didn't get home from the dinner until nearly 7:00 last night, though, so I was pretty tired.
Ok, so back to Saturday...in between all the RS phone calls I got chores and other RS tasks done and Frank and I went to lunch together at the Olive Garden...he had a gift card from Christmas. Frank took the Tanner and Jared to a dance that evening. I worked on Personal Progress, helped Seth prepare a talk for the next day and prepared for a meeting. Scott and I watched one episode of Dr. Who...I've managed to watch two of them now! At this rate, I'll finish them all in 5 or 6 years.
Sunday started early...I had PEC before church (I only go once a month). After church I went to the missionary coordinating meeting (Scott was invited too). I had choir later and then helped take food out to the family mentioned earlier. Finally after all that I came home and got to rest a little!
The kids were out of school and Frank was off work on Monday for President's Day. We had planned ahead of time to take a family we know to lunch. They've been unemployed for nearly 6 months, so you can imagine it's been hard for them. When Frank was unemployed a family in our ward took our whole family to lunch once. I remember feeling kind of guilty about the expense, but I also remember how much we appreciated that. It really lifted our spirits! So we decided to do the same thing for this family. We have been so blessed lately that it wasn't a hardship for us to do that. I wasn't sure they would let us, but when we explained that someone had done it for us and that someday when things are better for them they can do it for someone else, they agreed. We all went to Red Robin and we had a really good time. I'm so glad we could do that! Oh, and the good news is...they got a job offer later this week and accepted it yesterday. (Although it's in Utah, so they'll be moving...sad for us.) We've been friends since we moved here 13 years ago.
Tuesday I had book club. We discussed The 5000 Year Leap and Dad will be glad to know that everyone loved it and they have plans to pass it on to parents, children, etc. And one lady said we should raise money to buy more and provide them to the schools! We had a very interesting discussion about it too, and a lot of discussion about what we should do to help educate more people about the principles behind the Constitution. Also on Tuesday I took Scott shopping and we acquired one pair of pants and two white shirts. We have a long way to go, but that's all the time I had that day and after that my week went crazy so we haven't had a chance to look anymore. Frank went to the dentist...they got his appointment right this time...and he has no cavities which is always nice to hear.
I already talked about Wednesday...trip to the airport, presidency meeting and meal planning took up the whole day. I didn't make it to the store as I intended so on Thursday I had three different stores to visit. Shopping and then the dinner itself took up that whole day. The laundry didn't get done but Scott did vacuum the whole house for me; bless him! And Frank made dinner for our family. And put in a full day of work plus did lots of work for clients. So he was a champion, too.
Tanner had a day that was as busy as mine...he helped with a talent show after school and never even came home from school in between school and the talent show, and he got home after I did...not until nearly 10:00. Scott went over to help with that too. I didn't wake up this morning to pray with the boys as I usually do (my "internal clock" usually wakes me up, but this time it didn't wake me up until 6:30)...around 7:50 I was surprised when Tanner appeared. He had been asleep that whole time! He decided to skip Seminary because he was so tired but then he overslept and didn't get up in time for school either. I assumed he was gone...didn't check his bed! I did check for backpacks when I got up to make sure they had gone to Seminary but I thought the one backpack I saw in the closet was Scott's, not Tanner's. So he was late for school...at least I had Scott to take him over for me and Scott also took a lunch over to Jared later because he forgot to make one. Tanner and Jared stayed after school again today--they are preparing the sets for a show. Scott just went to get them (it's 5:00) so it's been another long day for them.
Today I've been "regrouping". I got the budget done and the laundry is mostly done now. We have a ward activity tonight (just for adults) that Frank and I are going to. After getting home from work, Frank made dessert to take to that. We have to include a "heart healthy" ingredient, so he made a dark chocolate cake. It smells delicious! After Seth got home from school, he was playing Minecraft (a video game--it's even slightly educational!) when he suddenly curled up and stopped playing. He said his head hurt. I took his temperature and it is 102.2! I guess he's finally picked up the flu that's been going around. I hope he doesn't get the upset stomach part.
That brings you mostly up to date on us. I'm sure I'm forgetting something but life's been pretty hectic so my brain is a little frazzled. I'm trying not to think about the things I haven't been getting done...like dusting...and painting the bathroom...and exercising...not to mention shopping with Scott...well, you get the picture!
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