Happy Friday morning to you all! I am still in bed in my pajamas, but I have a good excuse. I got my Covid-19 booster yesterday morning, so I'm not feeling my best today. My arm started feeling sore within an hour of getting the shot (even though I kept moving it a lot) but I am pleased that this morning it doesn't feel any worse than it did yesterday. It's pretty sore, but not terrible. Other than my arm, I felt fine yesterday up until about 7:30 pm. Then I noticed I was starting to feel shivers up my spine and by 8:30 I was shaking all over. I got ready for bed, took some tylenol, and then crawled into bed with extra covers on top. I went to sleep pretty quickly and then woke up around midnight because I was hot and sweating. I was awake for an hour or so and then slept until the alarm went off at 5:00 am. Frank took care of getting Seth to Seminary and school so I was able to go back to sleep for a while, which I really appreciated. Thankfully, I am done with the chills! I do feel a bit tired and achy all over and I have a headache. But not too bad, overall. I'm just going to take it easy today. It's cold (actually snowed a little bit this morning) so it's a good day to stay in bed!
This week was fairly busy, with all the normal things plus a few extras. I really should take notes or something, because I always have a hard time remembering what we were doing a week ago! Last Saturday I went to a ukulele lesson with my two friends Laura and Mary Kay. I asked Laura to look at my new ukulele (because she's the teacher and knows a lot about ukuleles). This new ukulele doesn't seem to stay in tune for long. I tune it before I play and it slips out of tune again before I'm done. She couldn't find anything wrong with it and said that it might just need some better strings, but when I mentioned that I might be able to return it still, she said that would be worth looking into. I checked later this week and I can still return it, so I decided to do that (still in process of boxing it up; glad I saved the inner box). Laura recommended another brand of ukulele that she thinks is likely to be better. Anyway, I enjoyed the lesson and visit with my friends.
Frank was really busy over the weekend because he was working on getting a new database for work ready for a test. This is a huge project that he has been working on since he started working at Roy's three years ago. He worked a lot on Saturday and then he worked Sunday night overnight because that was when they did the first test. He says the test failed, but that brings them one step closer to getting it right. He has continued to be quite busy this week with both his regular job and his business. He's been able to work from home a lot, so he's been around but very busy.
On Sunday the new YW class presidencies were finally called and set apart. I had a Zoom meeting with my advisor and the new class president after church; it went really well. There is only a president and one counselor in my class presidency, since there are only 5 girls in the class. The new counselor was not at the meeting (or at church) because her mom had a miscarriage the night before. (Her mom was also supposed to give a talk in Sacrament meeting that day...our bishop said "there are better ways to get out of giving a talk." Frank can relate, since he once got out of giving a talk by getting appendicitis...I think he would much rather have given the talk!)
I sent an email to the mom (Rebecca is her name) who suffered a miscarriage on Sunday evening to let her know how sorry I am and told her I had a miscarriage once so I am willing to be a sympathetic listening ear if she needs it. She answered me and we had a short email exchange on Monday. I found a book that brought me a lot of comfort when I had my miscarriage (which I was shocked to realize when I was thinking about it this week was 21 years ago in a few more days!!!) and I have loaned it to several friends since then. I'd like to share it with Rebecca, but the last friend I loaned the book to never returned it PLUS Rebecca is blind so she couldn't read it anyway. I tried to see if an auido book version is available, but I couldn't find one. There is a digital version, and that might work for her somehow...I'll have to ask her. I mean, I can send her emails and she can read them somehow so she may have a way to access digital books. I will have to ask her.
On Monday evening we had family night and played a mean game of Bananagrams...that is my new favorite game. Probably because I win a lot! 😂 Seth is at a disadvantage since he is younger and has a smaller vocabulary than Frank and I, but I'm actually pretty impressed with all the words he comes up with.
I had book chat on Tuesday evening. We had a good discussion of Good Night, Mr. Tom and I always come home from book chat happy. It's always so enjoyable! It was my turn to bring the books to choose from this time so I had prepared by checking two books out from the library. One of them I didn't get in time though and the library didn't have the other one but it is widely available for a very small price. I am pleased that the group chose to read Ben-Hur because I already have a digital copy and have been meaning to read it. I actually suggested it a year or two ago and it wasn't met with a lot of enthusiasm so I was surprised when almost everybody's reaction was "Oh! Ben-Hur! We really ought to read that one. It's a classic. Good idea!!" It's a long book, so we aren't going to meet again until mid-March. I started reading it yesterday afternoon and the chapters are short so I have already read about 7 chapters. It has over 500 pages, though, so I have a long way to go. I loved the movie, so I expect I will like the book.
We had a combined YM / YW activity on Wednesday evening. Originally, it was my class's turn to plan this activity but since the YM had planned a combined activity in December that we didn't get to do (switched to service at the last minute, since a family in the ward needed help moving) so the YM really wanted to do this activity in January. I can't say I was unhappy about that. I was actually really relieved that I didn't have to plan an activity, especially since I didn't have a class presidency until a few days before. The original activity was supposed to be "Reindeer Games" but since it wasn't almost Christmas anymore, they switched it to "Reindeers Go to the Olympics" and modified all the activities so that they were like winter Olympic competitions. Most of the games were in the gym and we were instructed to wear socks so that we could slide around like we were on ice. We did speed skating, figure skating, curling, and ice hockey. Plus some bobsledding at the end, which involved pushing a car (in neutral gear and with an adult driver to avoid mishaps) around the parking lot. I think everyone had a great time! Here's a few photos of "curling" and "ice hockey":
Yesterday was fairly uneventful besides getting my Covid-19 booster. I had an appointment at 10:00 to get that, but I had to wait a long time so I didn't get it until nearly 10:30. There was not a long line of people waiting in front of me...in fact, only one other person was waiting ahead of me but for some reason no one came out to give us our shots until we had both been waiting for a half hour. (We did check in when we arrived, so they knew we were waiting, they just must have been really busy or short of staff or something...I went to a pharmacy to get it.) Another guy arrived to get his booster while the guy in front of me was getting his. I was chatting with him for a few minutes afterwards (since you have to wait a bit to make sure you don't have a bad allergic reaction to the vaccine) and he said he had Covid a few months ago (even though he'd been vaccinated) and it was pretty bad. He said he felt like he had a pile of bricks on his chest! Doesn't sound fun at all. He got the antibody treatment and within 24 hours he felt a lot better. He had to wait 90 days after getting the antibody treatment to get his booster.
In between those events and all the usual chores, I've been trying to get a lot of little extra things done since the tax season starts next week so I'll be busier....things like getting the application submitted to our HOA to get our new windows approved and ordering some new swimsuits because I'm going to need to have more than one for Hawaii. (We'll be swimming several times and the places we are staying don't have easy access to washers and dryers. And I HATE putting on a damp swimsuit!!) I ordered a swimsuit for Seth too since both of the ones he has are way too small now. The swimsuits actually arrived last night (much to my surprise since I ordered them a few days ago) and Seth's fits fine but I haven't tried mine on yet. First, the idea of taking off my warm clothes and putting on a swimsuit when it is 20 degrees outside (and very drafty inside) didn't appeal to me. But I still might have forced myself to do it if my arm wasn't so sore!! I just couldn't face the idea of getting in and out of a swimsuit top with a really sore arm! I will have to try them on soon, though.
I've also been reading a book that I started last week called How We Got to the Moon. It's actually a children's book...probably written for about 5th grade on up...but I have found it really fascinating! (Shout out to Amy for sending me this book!) It has lots of drawings and diagrams and detailed explanations about how things work, like rocket engines and so forth. I'm sure they are simplified explanations, but still...I feel like I've learned a lot. One of the things the author does a lot is present a problem they encountered and then he explains the solution they came up with for that problem. It's been really interesting to read about the things they came up with...often, the best solution turned out to be the simplest one. I have really been inspired to read about what we, as human beings (not me personally!), have been able to accomplish. All the problems that had to be solved, all the things that had to be figured out, all the myriad things that could have gone wrong...but with all those people putting their heads together and cooperating, they managed to get people to the moon and back safely...more than once! I've just found that to be really inspiring.
That's all I can remember to tell you about for this week except that it would be great if you could include Tanner in your prayers. He has been struggling a lot lately with some depression / anxiety. I talked to him a few days ago and he reported that he has dropped all of his classes for this semester. He felt like he needed some time off. I was actually relieved to hear that he had made that decision. I have been somewhat aware that he's been struggling with school and with his physical and emotional health for a couple of years, and I really think he needs to take some time off to focus on getting his physical and emotional health in a better place. He's dealing with a lot of issues with sleep so he never gets enough sleep. He did a sleep study and he does not have sleep apnea, but he took a survey about narcilepsy and he said he checked yes for almost all of those questions, so that is something he is trying to follow up on. He is also trying some different medications for depression / anxiety and he is trying to figure out if he needs to change his ADHD medication because it doesn't seem to be working very well. So, he could use some prayers I think...that he can get the medical help he needs and get in a better place, both mentally / emotionally and physically. He doesn't want to drop out of school completely, but he is trying to figure out if getting his education through a different route (online classes? certifications?) would be a better way for him to go. He has a lot of decisions to make, so please keep him in your prayers. Thanks!
I'm so glad that this is my last post for January...I've almost made it through another January! It's never an easy month for me since it's so cold. February isn't much warmer, of course, but at least it's short! So glad we're getting closer to spring! This year it has been nice to have something to look forward to. When it's really cold and miserable, I think "in this many more days I will be lying on a beach in Hawaii!!" (Frank keeps me updated regularly on how many more days until our trip.) That thought always cheers me up! 😄
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