I'm sorry there are not going to be any pictures with this post. Frank had meetings in DC today and he has been wanting to get pictures of the cherry blossoms so he took the camera with him. I don't think I took any pictures this week anyway, but since he has the camera I can't check.
After last week's marathon, this week's post will at least be fairly short. We have still been really busy, though. Doesn't ever seem to be a slow down in our schedules. Jared's play started last night...it will be this weekend and next weekend too. He had rehearsals until late every day until yesterday. He did get to come home after school for a while yesterday but had to be back to the school by 5:00 to get ready for the performance. It went well, in spite of the fire alarm that went off shortly before the show was supposed to start. That set them back a bit, so the show started late and therefore he was home later last night than planned. He does not have to go tonight, though, because he is taking the ACT tomorrow morning. So we told him they were going to have to get someone else to do that show since we didn't want him up really late.
Anyway, on Monday through Wednesday they had meals provided for the cast and crew. I contributed water bottles and brownies for the dinner on Monday evening. Also on Monday I took Scott to the doctor for a check up. His health checked out fine, other than the cyst I already mentioned. I also took Scott & Tanner to get haircuts that day, and Scott signed up for an online class through BYU-I.
On Tuesday Scott, Tanner and I went to the temple. I had a one female and one male family name that both needed the initiatory done, so we both did initiatories (did a few temple names too) while Tanner did baptisms. There was a big group in the baptistry so we got done first. I was able to watch Tanner's baptisms but Scott just missed that part. However, they asked Scott if he would like to help with the confirmations, so he got to do all the confirmations for Tanner...plus a bunch of others. It was really nice to be in the temple together! That is also the first time I've done a temple ordinance for a blood relative (I've done a few ordinances for Frank's family, but never one for mine) and I have to say that it really did add a dimension of meaning that I've never felt before, even though I don't personally know this relative. The temple was really pretty with lots of flowers finally blooming, but we didn't take any pictures because it was raining. So we just ran to the car!
When I got home from the temple, one of my counselors called me with sad news...she had just found out that a sister in our ward passed away on Saturday evening. My counselor was this sister's visiting teacher and she had been trying to get in touch with her for days. This sister had open heart surgery last week and was still in the hospital, but she was recovering well, so it was still a big shock. She was a lovely lady and we will really miss her! She joined the church about 10 years ago and is the only member in her family. It turns out that she had told her family that she didn't want them to have the trouble and expense of planning a large funeral, but she thought her church "family" would want to have a memorial service of some kind and that would be ok. So we are in the process now of working with her family to plan a memorial service.
Wednesday was ridiculously busy and I spent most of the day in the car. First I went to Walmart to get some groceries etc. Then Tanner had to be at work at 11:00 and then Scott had an appointment at 11:30 with the specialist to look at the cyst. The specialist said it wasn't the kind of cyst the doctor thought it was, it is just an ingrown hair. He said 50% of the time it will clear up with an antibiotic so he prescribed one. He doesn't want to do anything else unless they have to because if they open it up it takes a really long time to heal. It's very low on his back, so whenever he sits down there is a good chance it will split open. So we're hoping Scott is in the 50% where the antibiotic clears it all up. We went right from the doctor to drop off the prescription at the pharmacy. Then I needed to put gas in the car and it's right next to the grocery store, so I got the rest of the groceries I needed. Then Scott reminded me that Jared had an oral surgeon appointment, which I had completely forgotten...it was only a half hour from then! So I rushed home & dropped off Scott with the groceries and then went to the school to pick up Jared. We were only a few minutes late to his appointment! The good news is that Jared's infection is all cleared up and his mouth looks great so hopefully he won't be going back to the oral surgeon. Anyway, Jared had to be back at the school for rehearsal so after stopping by the specialist Scott had seen that morning (so they could get a copy of his photo ID, which he forgot to take to the appointment), I had just enough time to take Jared back to the school before I had to leave to pick up Tanner from work. By this time it was 3:00 and I hadn't had lunch! Thank heavens after that I didn't have to go anywhere else. Frank went to the church to help with board of reviews for scouts, but I was happy to stay home.
Yesterday Tanner worked again, Scott helped a family in our ward who are moving, and I went to lunch with my friend Rebekah. We sat outside in the sun because it was finally pleasant enough to do that (although a bit nippy in the shade) and last night I realized that my arms had gotten a bit sunburned. Tanner and Scott went to Institute and they picked up Jared from his play on their way home. They were up pretty late.
Today I totally forgot I was supposed to do a food order...can't believe I did that, but they were nice about it and I've rescheduled. I got the budget updated in a short amount of time, for once, and so now it isn't even quite noon yet. My plans for the rest of the day are to exercise and do RS stuff.
Now that Scott knows he doesn't have to have a cyst removed (at least not yet) he can go ahead with his plans. He leaves on Monday for a trip to Utah / Las Vegas / Disneyland--he's doing that with a couple of former missionaries from his mission, along with one of the members he got to know really well while he was out there. He'll be on the trip for a week. Then he plans to return to Utah; he's not coming back to Maryland. He has a job lined up and a place to live too (with the same member). His plan is to work full time and save money so that he can go back to school in a year (after getting his Utah residency). So he won't be back in school until fall 2016. He's not sure yet which school he'll be going to or what major he'll be doing, but he has some time to figure that out. In the meantime, he will take a few online classes from BYU-I. His ultimate goal is to be a Seminary teacher, but he has to get a degree to do that. Apparently, it is really competitive so he needs to have a degree to fall back on in case he's not accepted to be a Seminary teacher. We're sorry to see him go away so soon but know he needs to get on with his life. At least a lot of you will get to see him soon and hopefully we'll be out there frequently and get to see him (and all of you) also. Plus I keep reminding myself that I can call him, text him, or Skype him whenever I want!
For those of you who are wondering about his social life, he did break up with the girl he was dating before his mission--they stopped writing over a year ago. She is actually at BYU-I now, ironic! I really like her and I'm sorry things didn't work out but I'm sure she'll find a great husband. In the meantime, Scott has been communicating a lot with a sister from his mission who went home the same day that he did. Home is California for her. She will be at BYU this summer so he is hoping to pursue that possibility and he has a few other possibilities in mind as well. So we'll see how that goes. No rush, of course!
My cell phone quit working this week. The texting part still works fine, but when anyone calls me I can't hear anything...not even static. So I guess I will have to break down and get a new phone. I've had this one forever. The trouble is, they don't even have "dumb" phones available. I have to get a smart phone, along with a data plan that costs more than what I'm paying, of course. That totally bugs me! It's going to take a while to figure out what I'm doing so for now if you need to get in touch with me, call my home phone...or text me!
I have this uncomfortable feeling that I'm forgetting something important, but that's all I can think of for now. We are enjoying warmer weather (still kind of chilly some days, but most days are nice) and the trees are finally in bloom. That makes me happy! When we figure out our summer plans, we'll let you know. For now, that has to wait until we know when Tanner is leaving on his mission (and where he's going). But the Alaska trip is looking less and less likely since we were on a tight schedule already and they have added two days onto the end of the school year. We are hoping we'll make it out to Utah sometime this summer, though.
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